The Enemy Below

TDK1044 · 07-14-07, 03:14 PM

I'm using 1.3 and TM 1.3 and I find the AI very much improved in this game.

I started a new career, and on my first mission I crept up on a convoy to make an attack. Two Destroyers spotted me very quickly and started racing towards my postion. I attacked the convoy, sinking two ships, and dived deep to make my escape. In 1.2, that would pretty much have been it, but in 1.3 things are different. A third Destroyer joined the other two and the game was on.

The next thirty minutes was pure cat and mouse. I remember a scene in the movie 'The Enemy Below' where Robert Mitchum's ship sits on top of the submerged sub waiting for it to move again. This happened to me. I sat there and so did a Destroyer. I moved at 1 knot and changing direction, and the Destroyer followed me. In the end, I went to periscope depth and fired two stern torps, killing 1 Destroyer. In the chaos that followed I was able to escape.....just

This is only December 1941 and it's already a challange to escape after an attack.

Great stuff!

07-14-07, 03:14 PM	#1
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	The Enemy Below I'm using 1.3 and TM 1.3 and I find the AI very much improved in this game. I started a new career, and on my first mission I crept up on a convoy to make an attack. Two Destroyers spotted me very quickly and started racing towards my postion. I attacked the convoy, sinking two ships, and dived deep to make my escape. In 1.2, that would pretty much have been it, but in 1.3 things are different. A third Destroyer joined the other two and the game was on. The next thirty minutes was pure cat and mouse. I remember a scene in the movie 'The Enemy Below' where Robert Mitchum's ship sits on top of the submerged sub waiting for it to move again. This happened to me. I sat there and so did a Destroyer. I moved at 1 knot and changing direction, and the Destroyer followed me. In the end, I went to periscope depth and fired two stern torps, killing 1 Destroyer. In the chaos that followed I was able to escape.....just This is only December 1941 and it's already a challange to escape after an attack. Great stuff!