Nubie - sub v sub help!!

twm47099 · 05-28-12, 02:36 PM

I just bought DW, and I've been trying the 1-star missions to try to learn the game. When using 688(i) or SEAWOLF in ASW barrier missions (easy setting), I have been completely unsuccessful - but at least I've been able to dodge a couple of counter fires.

With ASUW I've been successful using EW intercepts, Passive Sonar, Active sonar intercepts, and visual targeting either separately or in combination (in easy and intermediate difficulty). But not so against subs.

It is usually difficult to locate a sub on passive sonar (not unexpected), but even after I have a good solution (confirmed during replay) I can't hit anything. In one replay, I watched as my enabled torp circled, straighten out, and run right over the "truth" position of the target and just keep on going. (I didn't see any cm dropped by the target at that point in the replay.)

Does target depth play any role in this? I understand the layer, and I would expect that if the target is below the layer, I would want to send the torp to a depth below and vice versa. But I've had the problem in a deep water column with no layer. How would you determine the target depth when there is no layer, and does it make a difference?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

thanks
Tom

05-28-12, 02:36 PM	#1
twm47099 Bosun Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 67 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Nubie - sub v sub help!! I just bought DW, and I've been trying the 1-star missions to try to learn the game. When using 688(i) or SEAWOLF in ASW barrier missions (easy setting), I have been completely unsuccessful - but at least I've been able to dodge a couple of counter fires. With ASUW I've been successful using EW intercepts, Passive Sonar, Active sonar intercepts, and visual targeting either separately or in combination (in easy and intermediate difficulty). But not so against subs. It is usually difficult to locate a sub on passive sonar (not unexpected), but even after I have a good solution (confirmed during replay) I can't hit anything. In one replay, I watched as my enabled torp circled, straighten out, and run right over the "truth" position of the target and just keep on going. (I didn't see any cm dropped by the target at that point in the replay.) Does target depth play any role in this? I understand the layer, and I would expect that if the target is below the layer, I would want to send the torp to a depth below and vice versa. But I've had the problem in a deep water column with no layer. How would you determine the target depth when there is no layer, and does it make a difference? Any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks Tom