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Zedi · 09-12-10, 03:08 PM

I'm very sad to say that I had to disable IRAI, is not working good now.

Story: got in sight a very large convoy and after the first torpedoes ALL escorts left the convoy and started to camp me. For 2 days about 8 or more DD's were on top of me and in the meanwhile the rest of the convoy stopped to wait the escort to finish.. whatever they had to do. In the middle of Atlantic.

In reality, a commander who would give such an order would face the martial court. Leaving a huge convoy unprotected and delay with at least 2 day the arrival of very vital cargo at the destination .. just because they hunt a single sub in the middle of Atlantic... is beyond any imagination. The tactis now in IRAI are very wrong. Not to mention that there is no way to escape. Even under 200m and with all engines at stop, they still had a very clear picture about my location. Soon as I moved few meters, they moved too... is like they are somehow linked to my sub.

So after 2 day of playing cat &mouse I disabled IRAI and continued with the stock settings. I loaded a save from right before I started the attack on convoy and I had a relief to see the right tactic from the escorts this time. Soon as they detected me, 2 DD left the convoy and headed to my location. The rest of the convoy followed they route without breaking the formation. After I sunk 2 merchants, 1 more DD joined the hunt. But all was over 30 minutes later after they lost any contact with me. They just simply returned to the convoy and their main role, protection.

The stock tactics are correct and the escorts do the job right. The only problem with them is that they loose all contact with the sub if I go deeper that 80m. Under 80m I can sail at max speed, they all go deaf and blind. Also, the escorts are unable to drop DC's deeper that 50m and even than.. the damage is very low. So these things should be fixed, the tactic used in stock is right. They will keep the sub underwater and away from the convoy, but they will never halt a whole convoy for this, or worse.. leave it unprotected. Is a whole different story on a task force where all ships are HK's and they only purpose is to own the sub/enemy.

09-12-10, 03:08 PM	#756
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	I'm very sad to say that I had to disable IRAI, is not working good now. Story: got in sight a very large convoy and after the first torpedoes ALL escorts left the convoy and started to camp me. For 2 days about 8 or more DD's were on top of me and in the meanwhile the rest of the convoy stopped to wait the escort to finish.. whatever they had to do. In the middle of Atlantic. In reality, a commander who would give such an order would face the martial court. Leaving a huge convoy unprotected and delay with at least 2 day the arrival of very vital cargo at the destination .. just because they hunt a single sub in the middle of Atlantic... is beyond any imagination. The tactis now in IRAI are very wrong. Not to mention that there is no way to escape. Even under 200m and with all engines at stop, they still had a very clear picture about my location. Soon as I moved few meters, they moved too... is like they are somehow linked to my sub. So after 2 day of playing cat &mouse I disabled IRAI and continued with the stock settings. I loaded a save from right before I started the attack on convoy and I had a relief to see the right tactic from the escorts this time. Soon as they detected me, 2 DD left the convoy and headed to my location. The rest of the convoy followed they route without breaking the formation. After I sunk 2 merchants, 1 more DD joined the hunt. But all was over 30 minutes later after they lost any contact with me. They just simply returned to the convoy and their main role, protection. The stock tactics are correct and the escorts do the job right. The only problem with them is that they loose all contact with the sub if I go deeper that 80m. Under 80m I can sail at max speed, they all go deaf and blind. Also, the escorts are unable to drop DC's deeper that 50m and even than.. the damage is very low. So these things should be fixed, the tactic used in stock is right. They will keep the sub underwater and away from the convoy, but they will never halt a whole convoy for this, or worse.. leave it unprotected. Is a whole different story on a task force where all ships are HK's and they only purpose is to own the sub/enemy.