[Sailor Steve]

I've had escorts spot me in daylight at 7000 meters or more, and I get into trouble because I'm still used to closing and diving at about 5000 from my AOTD days. The longer range spotting in the daytime is realistic, but having your scope spotted at 2000 meters on a dark night is a tough call, simply because the scopes themselves were all-but-useless in those conditions. All of the writings indicate that the night surfaced attack was the only way to go, and they could get quite close without ever being seen.

I'm not blaming GWX or NYGM for problems like these, because I've read enough about the basic AI setup to believe them when they say how hard it is to get it right with the game set up the way it is. It's just something we have to learn to treat as if it's real life, that is accept it and live with it.

As for hitting the periscope, I agree with Penny that it must have been bad luck. I've had my scopes shot at many times in test scenarios, and only had the conning tower hit once - and this was all in broad daylight.