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Orion2012 · 08-30-08, 11:55 PM

I personally would just let them pass and report the contact. Shadowing them uses to much fuel, and if they are doing 18kts, you wont gain much ground, and for me to fire I wanna be within 1500 yards.

Also running on the surface could get you attacked with the DD's guns, or even worse, aircraft called in, which if you run any mods, could result in a very quick death.

Also in a porpose class you only have 12 front torps anyway, at a range of 4000 yards you need 3-4 to be relatively certain one will detonate. So firing roughly 1/3 of your total loadout at a target whose demise is anything but certain.

Last off, at 400 yards running away a torpedo on high speed may not make it, and the ones on low speed, are easily avoided.

Just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt.

08-30-08, 11:55 PM	#2
Orion2012 Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 611 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I personally would just let them pass and report the contact. Shadowing them uses to much fuel, and if they are doing 18kts, you wont gain much ground, and for me to fire I wanna be within 1500 yards. Also running on the surface could get you attacked with the DD's guns, or even worse, aircraft called in, which if you run any mods, could result in a very quick death. Also in a porpose class you only have 12 front torps anyway, at a range of 4000 yards you need 3-4 to be relatively certain one will detonate. So firing roughly 1/3 of your total loadout at a target whose demise is anything but certain. Last off, at 400 yards running away a torpedo on high speed may not make it, and the ones on low speed, are easily avoided. Just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt.