Went out on the Medium difficulty patrol today. Ran into a 5-ship Corvette/Destroyer group running interference for a tiny convoy of 2-4 ships.
I think some massaging of the "Discipline" mechanic needs some work as it seems to run low/out in a very short amount of time.
So I evaded the ships and went on to sink three ships in the convoy. I then got orders to go sink a ship with a "critical to the war effort" item in it, to destroy at all costs.
So I plotted an intercept course and engaged them at Periscope depth. I had 4 torps left - forgot to warm up two of them. One missed, one hit. Third was a dud. 4th hit but didn't sink the ship. So, I surfaced to try out the deck gun gameplay.
Yeah, that didn't go well at all. lol 6kt seas, so relatively calm, but at the distance we were trying, it was nigh impossible for them to hit it.
However, it didn't take long for the escorts to bracket me and then start putting the hurt on.
Took a few hits, started to take on water, so I closed off the bow torp room, losing a sailor in the process. Shells kept coming and eventually we took on more water than we could get rid of and sunk.
Enjoyable experience!
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