Ok no way they heard me!

GoldenRivet · 08-18-07, 01:26 AM

Im not one to usually complain about this sort of thing but this is increadible.

There i am in my VIIC in 1945, i pull into a spot of the ocean where i think im going to be fairly safe from contacts to wait out the last 3 or 4 days of the war. i dove down to 130 meters, stopped engines and rigged for silent running to wait it out to the end of hostilities. after about a half a day in the game, while im stopped down deep, hydrophone contacts are now approaching... A small group of destroyers passes about 1500-2000m off my starboard side moving at approximately 15-20 knots parallel to my boat.

suddenly, while still at 130 meters, silent running and stopped... the pinging begins by one of the destroyers, im not sure whichone, But eventually all three were making hedge hog attacks and DC attacks on me. initially with serious accuracy!

i used decoys, and eventually dove to 230 meters creeping along at one knot using my usual evasive tactics. some of their depth charge attacks were very inacurate but still too close for comfort.

eventually they were attacking one of my decoys. i was slipping away and got about 3K meters from the location where they were attacking. I maintained one knot, checked the depth - holding steady at 230 meters. smooth sailing, no damage, 230 meters is looking good. heading was looking good, i felt confident of escaping these uber-destroyers.

suddenly. death screen. "U-boat destroyed by pressure"

i consider myself to be pretty good at understanding how sonar works and how GWX works and how to avoid detection... but i think it is pretty rediculous that a destroyer group that (A) has no previous knowlege of my existance or my position (B) is moving at a high rate of speed... can detect a U-boat that is (C) 130 meters depth (D) rigged for silent running (E) all stopped and (F) already has a low aspect ratio!!! - can detect my sub.

perhaps someone of more experience than myself can provide me with some insight as to how the GWX destroyers are capable of such feats :rotfl:

now...

i understand that they are always EITHER listening or Pinging, i just dont understand how they initially detected me in the first place.

08-18-07, 01:26 AM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Ok no way they heard me! Im not one to usually complain about this sort of thing but this is increadible. There i am in my VIIC in 1945, i pull into a spot of the ocean where i think im going to be fairly safe from contacts to wait out the last 3 or 4 days of the war. i dove down to 130 meters, stopped engines and rigged for silent running to wait it out to the end of hostilities. after about a half a day in the game, while im stopped down deep, hydrophone contacts are now approaching... A small group of destroyers passes about 1500-2000m off my starboard side moving at approximately 15-20 knots parallel to my boat. suddenly, while still at 130 meters, silent running and stopped... the pinging begins by one of the destroyers, im not sure whichone, But eventually all three were making hedge hog attacks and DC attacks on me. initially with serious accuracy! i used decoys, and eventually dove to 230 meters creeping along at one knot using my usual evasive tactics. some of their depth charge attacks were very inacurate but still too close for comfort. eventually they were attacking one of my decoys. i was slipping away and got about 3K meters from the location where they were attacking. I maintained one knot, checked the depth - holding steady at 230 meters. smooth sailing, no damage, 230 meters is looking good. heading was looking good, i felt confident of escaping these uber-destroyers. suddenly. death screen. "U-boat destroyed by pressure" i consider myself to be pretty good at understanding how sonar works and how GWX works and how to avoid detection... but i think it is pretty rediculous that a destroyer group that (A) has no previous knowlege of my existance or my position (B) is moving at a high rate of speed... can detect a U-boat that is (C) 130 meters depth (D) rigged for silent running (E) all stopped and (F) already has a low aspect ratio!!! - can detect my sub. perhaps someone of more experience than myself can provide me with some insight as to how the GWX destroyers are capable of such feats :rotfl: now... i understand that they are always EITHER listening or Pinging, i just dont understand how they initially detected me in the first place. __________________