almost too easy

[nappy]

This is not a rant, neither is it a critisism of the game.. its more like a..was it really this easy/am i cheating? I am sinking way too much, way too easy.

heres my setup.
patch 1.5 with the following mods:
RFB_2.0
RFB_2.0_patch_23April2010
RSRDC_RFB_V575
RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1
Spaxs SH4 Uboat SPEECH FIX_V8

heres how i usually do it.

i leasury move towards whatever mission im on. During this time, i order the scout planes to scout ahead of me. Whenever they find something i mark the spots and set an intercept course.

When im at the right spot, ahead of the convoy/task force. i set myself up for a shot at about 3000-4000 meters, which lets the leading escorts pass me at quite a distance, even flanking escorts pass me obliviously.

I map their speed, heading and distance with great care and set my torpedo settings accordingly (all manual) and launch them at the right time.

and heres the kicker, i never fire at more than 1 ship. and i hit whatever i fire at 99% of the time and when i have fired my torpedoes, i go silent, deep and slow and i never attack the same convoy again. i just slip away and when the convoy is gone, i again start heading for my objective having the scout planes searching for other convoys.

Using this approach i attack multiple convoys during 1 voyage, never gets too close
and never tangle with the escorts......and in all honesty.. its too easy to rack up too much tonnage.

but.. what else can i do? i have my realism settings at 100%..yet.. i dont want to make it more difficult just because i can (im a uboat captain, within the rules of the game, i want to do my best). the only thing i can do to make it even more difficult is to remove the auto map updates... but that will only make the actuall torpedo solutions more difficult.. my main point here is that, its too easy to attack convoys in the first place. keep your distance, stay quite, slow and deep, and you always get away

Anyone have any thoughts about this?

nappy