How much do you push your luck??

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It was early September 42, and now that I started a new career with much more knowledge on how TMO and RSRD work and with some help from some great members, I am on my way down south in my new Gato..

I know oct 17th-20th there is a huge task force 3.5e 161.20s, so I decide to rape some bases or at least patrol the outskirts.. Luck must of been on my side because after I sunk 3 merchants I ran into a small task force heading for port and my luck it was 6 Heavy cruisers.. I managed to sink 2 of them..

Knowing now my Oct date for the big task force is coming soon, I quickly refit and head to my location..

I took some heavy damage on the way ( I took off Easy A.I. that I had installed TMO) and now I have about 40% damage on the hull thanks to some 4 engine bombers, but all systems are still working (after some heavy patch jobs) so I decide to go ahead with the task force..

I spot the force, and quickly head to Periscope depth.. I sit and wait and again, luck will have it, I am in a perfect shooting solution position for a Kongo battleship at my bow and a carrier at my stern.. I have a mix of Mark 10's and 14's (crappy duds) and shoot all 6 at the kongo and all 4 at the carrier.. Again, luck has it, all but 2 (1 for each) hit.. and with both my front and rear having serious explosions going on, my system is lagging, I had a huge grin on my face as they both sank with quickness..

finally, things are working out for me..

but I couldn't get my torps loaded in time, so I let the remaining victims run along.. I surfaced and decided to chase.. After a good 2 hours, I got back into position, and I guess it was time, but my luck ran out.

I got spotted some how? I forgot to shut my secondary machines off, my guys were begging for the A/C to be on, due to me asking for double shifts so I forgot to go silent

I now have 3 destroyers taking turns dropping their cans on and all around me.. I am playing with depths of 250-400 feet.. Knowing with my previous damage I could pop at anytime, I keep asking.. I had a GREAT patrol, one of the best, more so than my years of GWX.. Did I push the envelope to much? I still had plenty of fuel and a new load out of torps, I felt it would be stupid not to push for more targets..

So now I am on Pause, taking a break, maybe read up some more on SIlent Victory, maybe get a technique or two

So I ask.. How much do you guys press your luck? .. This is of course you play dead is dead, because we could always reload a saved game