Well...I'm happy playing NYGM-mod, so it's not relevant to GWX. But, there are very few (if none) "elite" etc. enemy vessels in 1939-40 in NYGM. In GWX it might be different.
NYGM uses 16k visibility mode and I like it...since detecting a convoy 8k aways is too short distance for me to plan attacks. I like to take my time...:p
Being detected when 5-6k away in dark night and during choppy seas is not something that could happen easily. Maybe once or twice in early war, but they were rare exceptions. Kind of Das Boot.."I cannot believe they saw our periscope!"
