[Berinhardt]

I usually play while watching television (usually History or Military Channel), and put on headphones whenever I need to jump into real time. I also save the game after every successful engagement in case I screw up running at high time compression.

When dodging escorts, I avoid running at time compression rates higher than 8x - the DD's seem to "suddenly" locate me at higher rates (known bug), so I set the laptop next to me and monitor the situation from the external camera or tactical map while I slip away below the thermal layer at 2 knots.

My other strategy is to conserve torpedoes - if the ratio of escorts to frieghters is low, ( example 4 escorts for 10 freighters) I'll hunt the escorts then surface in the middle of the convoy and sink them at close range with my deck gun. Usually I'll sink the lead escort first, drop two decoys, turn in the direction of the convoy, and naill the two side escorts with the stern tubes as they steam towards me at full speed. As the frieghters panic, the rear escort usually comes right up the middle of the convoy and straight at my periscope. When it's all over, I've sunk an entire convoy with 4-6 torpedoes and I don't have to wait around for the escorts to go away.