To attack a flower, or not?

tmdgm · 08-24-07, 12:34 AM

Late 1940, I am a few 100 miles off the Azores, and ran into a big convoy with only 1 flower escort up front. I'm in a type VIIB. Seas are the calmest I've ever seen in this game. Wind is 0, completely flat. Perfect for deck gun... except for that flower.

So I'm thinking, torpedo the flower from periscope depth as the convoy approaches. 180 rounds of rounds plus the torps I have left for the convoy if I get him.

Or, just sneak up, pick a ship off. Hide. Go past the convoy. Reacquire. Repeat.

Packerton · 08-24-07, 12:38 AM

You could destroy the flower in one on one combat even in GWX if you take out his weapons as fast as possible with good deck gun skill, after his weapons are gone finish him off with waterline shots to make sure he cant ram you then have your way with the convoy

Kpt. Lehmann · 08-24-07, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tmdgm

Late 1940, I am a few 100 miles off the Azores, and ran into a big convoy with only 1 flower escort up front. I'm in a type VIIB. Seas are the calmest I've ever seen in this game. Wind is 0, completely flat. Perfect for deck gun... except for that flower.

So I'm thinking, torpedo the flower from periscope depth as the convoy approaches. 180 rounds of rounds plus the torps I have left for the convoy if I get him.

Or, just sneak up, pick a ship off. Hide. Go past the convoy. Reacquire. Repeat.

Hmmm, maybe we should give that convoy more escorts?:hmm: 1940 though. Hmmm.

bookworm_020 · 08-24-07, 12:51 AM

Trim the flower! Then you can have your merry way with the convoy. Just remember to post some screen shots after you have had your fun.

KapiteinP · 08-24-07, 01:08 AM

Use your deckgun! With good skilled deckgunners it must not be to hard

madmike81 · 08-24-07, 01:11 AM

If that is only the escort and the merchants arent armed its well worth whatever risk their may be.

headcase · 08-24-07, 01:14 AM

Put her down like a cold beer. And enjoy it as much. Don't really matter how you do it, but I like to save hull integrity. Enjoy the turkey shoot.

TarJak · 08-24-07, 02:14 AM

Get stuck in and get rid of the Flower. The convoy is then yours to enjoy for as long as you have ammo.

SmokinTep · 08-24-07, 06:17 AM

Torpedo the Flower. Why take a chance in missing with the deck gun and losing out on that unarmed convoy.

Shelton · 08-24-07, 06:23 AM

If your a real uboat captain you will sink as many cargo ships as possible! Follow your orders from BdU and sink merchants!!

ichso · 08-24-07, 07:24 AM

Try to torp the corvette. It would make your original task way less complicated in this situation as you don't have to sneak away and get into position again.
If the flower is gone, you can STAY in your attack position when not having to evade detection or an attack.

I wouldn't risk a surface fight though. It may work many times this early but bad luck can happen to every one. So don't risk the lives of your crew and go for a torpedo attack

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Originally Posted by Shelton

If your a real uboat captain you will sink as many cargo ships as possible! Follow your orders from BdU and sink merchants!!

You have relatively free hands there. Your main order is to sink merchants, right. But those orders can't be THAT specific and exclusive. It depends heavily on the situation you're in. And in some cases it's better to waste one torpedo for something you're not directly ordered if your main task can profit from that.

Mush Martin · 08-24-07, 07:29 AM

You guy's have no sense of style.

Ramming Speed...............

ichso · 08-24-07, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mush Martin

You guy's have no sense of style.

Ramming Speed...............

I have sense of the style of my sub's bow and don't want to get it all messed up with bruises and buckels

VolvicCH · 08-24-07, 08:32 AM

Take him out......but i think a torp for a flower is overkill......happy hunting

Have a nice day

Brag · 08-24-07, 08:53 AM

Allways keep the advantage to yourself. Torpedo the flower!

08-24-07, 12:34 AM	#1
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	To attack a flower, or not? Late 1940, I am a few 100 miles off the Azores, and ran into a big convoy with only 1 flower escort up front. I'm in a type VIIB. Seas are the calmest I've ever seen in this game. Wind is 0, completely flat. Perfect for deck gun... except for that flower. So I'm thinking, torpedo the flower from periscope depth as the convoy approaches. 180 rounds of rounds plus the torps I have left for the convoy if I get him. Or, just sneak up, pick a ship off. Hide. Go past the convoy. Reacquire. Repeat.

08-24-07, 12:51 AM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Trim the flower! Then you can have your merry way with the convoy. Just remember to post some screen shots after you have had your fun. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-24-07, 01:11 AM	#6
madmike81 Sparky Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Johnson City TN Posts: 155 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If that is only the escort and the merchants arent armed its well worth whatever risk their may be. __________________ "We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go."

08-24-07, 01:14 AM	#7
headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Put her down like a cold beer. And enjoy it as much. Don't really matter how you do it, but I like to save hull integrity. Enjoy the turkey shoot. __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

08-24-07, 07:29 AM	#12
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	You guy's have no sense of style. Ramming Speed............... __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

08-24-07, 12:38 AM	#2
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	You could destroy the flower in one on one combat even in GWX if you take out his weapons as fast as possible with good deck gun skill, after his weapons are gone finish him off with waterline shots to make sure he cant ram you then have your way with the convoy

08-24-07, 01:08 AM	#5
KapiteinP Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 30 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Use your deckgun! With good skilled deckgunners it must not be to hard

08-24-07, 02:14 AM	#8
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Get stuck in and get rid of the Flower. The convoy is then yours to enjoy for as long as you have ammo.

08-24-07, 06:17 AM	#9
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Torpedo the Flower. Why take a chance in missing with the deck gun and losing out on that unarmed convoy.

08-24-07, 06:23 AM	#10
Shelton Planesman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If your a real uboat captain you will sink as many cargo ships as possible! Follow your orders from BdU and sink merchants!!

08-24-07, 08:32 AM	#14
VolvicCH Bosun Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Guadiaro, Spain Posts: 65 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Take him out......but i think a torp for a flower is overkill......happy hunting Have a nice day __________________ “Oh God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small” “As we sail thru life, don't avoid rough waters, sail on because calm waters won't make a skillful sailor”

08-24-07, 08:53 AM	#15
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Allways keep the advantage to yourself. Torpedo the flower! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/