Help...?

Legionary74 · 09-30-10, 12:20 PM

So here I am, sitting on the bottom of grid AM97, about 70 meters under water, just recovered from severe flooding, anything possible is repaired.

Problem:
Destroyer is circling above

Problem:
Both electric engines are KIA.

Legionary74 · 09-30-10, 12:20 PM

Blow ballast and run like hell zig zagging?

Legionary74 · 09-30-10, 12:34 PM

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flag4 · 09-30-10, 12:37 PM

...sorry to hear you are dead. but in future maybe you could just sit tight in silent running mode and PRAY!

...go to free camera and watch them hunting you?

Legionary74 · 09-30-10, 12:38 PM

Did all that, but after a few mins he gets me again

Tessa · 09-30-10, 04:03 PM

Only thing you could've done was to constantly keep changing depths, though (assuming you're in deep water) without any kind of forward or backwards momentum it can take minutes to just go up or down 10 meters. Normally you'd bottom the boat, though in this game the enemy can still pinpoint you and dc you to death sitting dead silent on the bottom. One thing I'd really hoped they would fix with SH5 (from what I hear its unchanged, just another grudge to put on the pile on why to avoid that version).

desirableroasted · 09-30-10, 05:26 PM

You were probably never going to get out of that one. As others point out, it's impossible to "fade into the background noise" on the bottom unless you happen to be below the thermal layer (and that's rarely at 70m).

Blowing ballast, surfacing and trying to zig-zag away is probably your best bet if a) the escorts do not yet have radar and b) surface visibility is reduced or minimum. With luck, you can surface right beside a DD and vanish into the murk. I've tried it twice and escaped, though got nailed by planes before I could get back home.

Schwieger · 09-30-10, 11:01 PM

When all else fails, you can surface and go out in a blaze of glory with the deck gun instead of waiting to die in an incapacitated U-Boat.

Gerald · 09-30-10, 11:05 PM

All available options must be examined, when it really matters, you have no damage to the hull when it is good to go down so far now

Legionary74 · 10-01-10, 08:05 AM

I was an idiot.

If I blew ballast and circled, we would of won.

How do I know? My deck gun knocked out a destroyer at 2000m yesterday.

Schwieger · 10-01-10, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legionary74

I was an idiot.

If I blew ballast and circled, we would of won.

How do I know? My deck gun knocked out a destroyer at 2000m yesterday.

o.O

You fought a destroyer on the surface?

Legionary74 · 10-01-10, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schwieger

o.O

You fought a destroyer on the surface?

Indeed

Schwieger · 10-02-10, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legionary74

Indeed

lol I actually did that a few times after downloading the no instant death screen mod... for some reason I was able to blaze into a taskforce with three Revenge BBs and numerous destroyers... while taking little damage even though it was on 84% realism lol

Sailor Steve · 10-02-10, 09:46 AM

That's one of the problems with the game - you can shoot down dozens of planes, go toe-to-toe with heavily armed surface ships and win - do six impossible things before breakfast, actually. Mods have helped, but nothing seems to truly make it realistic. People keep trying, though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legionary74

If I blew ballast and circled, we would of won.

My teeth are hurting again. It's would have.

Legionary74 · 10-02-10, 10:05 AM

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09-30-10, 12:20 PM	#1
Legionary74 Ensign Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 220 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Help...? So here I am, sitting on the bottom of grid AM97, about 70 meters under water, just recovered from severe flooding, anything possible is repaired. Problem: Destroyer is circling above Problem: Both electric engines are KIA.

09-30-10, 12:34 PM	#3
Legionary74 Ensign Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 220 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	--- Last edited by Legionary74; 06-16-15 at 05:34 AM.

09-30-10, 12:37 PM	#4
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...sorry to hear you are dead. but in future maybe you could just sit tight in silent running mode and PRAY! ...go to free camera and watch them hunting you? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

09-30-10, 05:26 PM	#7
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	You were probably never going to get out of that one. As others point out, it's impossible to "fade into the background noise" on the bottom unless you happen to be below the thermal layer (and that's rarely at 70m). Blowing ballast, surfacing and trying to zig-zag away is probably your best bet if a) the escorts do not yet have radar and b) surface visibility is reduced or minimum. With luck, you can surface right beside a DD and vanish into the murk. I've tried it twice and escaped, though got nailed by planes before I could get back home. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

09-30-10, 11:01 PM	#8
Schwieger Commodore Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: U-142 Posts: 624 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	When all else fails, you can surface and go out in a blaze of glory with the deck gun instead of waiting to die in an incapacitated U-Boat. __________________ Support U-Boot_HAHD: Install Dropbox Click Here & Increase The Teams Dropbox space and get 2.25GB of free online Storage space for yourself.

09-30-10, 12:38 PM	#5
Legionary74 Ensign Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 220 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Did all that, but after a few mins he gets me again

09-30-10, 04:03 PM	#6
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Only thing you could've done was to constantly keep changing depths, though (assuming you're in deep water) without any kind of forward or backwards momentum it can take minutes to just go up or down 10 meters. Normally you'd bottom the boat, though in this game the enemy can still pinpoint you and dc you to death sitting dead silent on the bottom. One thing I'd really hoped they would fix with SH5 (from what I hear its unchanged, just another grudge to put on the pile on why to avoid that version).

09-30-10, 11:05 PM	#9
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	All available options must be examined, when it really matters, you have no damage to the hull when it is good to go down so far now __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-01-10, 08:05 AM	#10
Legionary74 Ensign Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 220 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I was an idiot. If I blew ballast and circled, we would of won. How do I know? My deck gun knocked out a destroyer at 2000m yesterday.

10-02-10, 10:05 AM	#15
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