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difool2 · 03-07-08, 10:37 PM

I like the no-tails contacts. Recall that any shadowing U-boat or patrol plane will only be able to provide a general heading, and in addition to that convoys like to change course fairly frequently (fog of war and all that). For me the uncertainty of such contacts makes for a more rewarding game experience than just sticking the ruler on the contact and extending it in a precise direction and hustling to within 1,000 yards of the presumed course and waiting-more fun to hunt for them along the general path.

03-07-08, 10:37 PM	#2
difool2 Commander Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 459 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I like the no-tails contacts. Recall that any shadowing U-boat or patrol plane will only be able to provide a general heading, and in addition to that convoys like to change course fairly frequently (fog of war and all that). For me the uncertainty of such contacts makes for a more rewarding game experience than just sticking the ruler on the contact and extending it in a precise direction and hustling to within 1,000 yards of the presumed course and waiting-more fun to hunt for them along the general path.