Silent Running? How about just running?

maillemaker · 06-24-07, 09:53 AM

The more I play this game the more convinced I'm becoming that there is little benefit to running silent. Certainly sitting still does no good. I have not once sat quietly on the bottom and survived. So if you're thinking you'll do a "Das Boot" and sit on the bottom, effect repairs, and then sit quietly at 'silent running" and wait for them to go away, forget about it. They will make pass after pass until you are sunk.

It's even becoming less useful to try and use silent running to avoid escorts. Until you can get some distance between yourself and the escorts, AND get your ass pointed towards them to minimize your profile, again - all silent running does for you is make you a nice, slow, easy target.

My tactic? You need 200 meters of water, flank speed until you get to 150 meters, then cut and drift, doing the wiggle waggle. But don't trust too much to silence. Favor flank speed and running to silently getting bombed into the abyss.

06-24-07, 09:53 AM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Silent Running? How about just running? The more I play this game the more convinced I'm becoming that there is little benefit to running silent. Certainly sitting still does no good. I have not once sat quietly on the bottom and survived. So if you're thinking you'll do a "Das Boot" and sit on the bottom, effect repairs, and then sit quietly at 'silent running" and wait for them to go away, forget about it. They will make pass after pass until you are sunk. It's even becoming less useful to try and use silent running to avoid escorts. Until you can get some distance between yourself and the escorts, AND get your ass pointed towards them to minimize your profile, again - all silent running does for you is make you a nice, slow, easy target. My tactic? You need 200 meters of water, flank speed until you get to 150 meters, then cut and drift, doing the wiggle waggle. But don't trust too much to silence. Favor flank speed and running to silently getting bombed into the abyss.