Suspicious destroyer activity

Hinrich Schwab · 11-27-11, 06:10 PM

On one of my patrols, I spotted a large convoy of ships with only three destroyers as escort. Because of shallow waters, distances and positioning, attack was impractical. As I was leaving the area, After realizing I couldn't radio in the convoy due to necessity of visual confirmation, I continued on course at periscope depth. I saw the acoustic tracking of the trailing destoryer break off at ~14KM and begin attack patterns as if he were hammering another boat. However, as I maintained my plotted course, the destroyer ran parallel for about 36 hours. I located an unprotected group of three merchants, which I quickly sank. THEN the destroyer changes course to intercept me. I can only assume this happened because the first ship sent a distress signal. However, I have never encountered any destroyer following parallel to a player for so long. The destroyer would not have turned had he not followed me to be there for the distress call. I had no trouble avoiding the destroyer, but the fact he tailed me for so long is weird considering how many people said that the AI is a few french fries short of a Happy Meal. I am running DarkWraith's UI mod, but I do not know if that effected anything. Has anyone seen destroyers run parallel for so long?

11-27-11, 06:10 PM	#1
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Suspicious destroyer activity On one of my patrols, I spotted a large convoy of ships with only three destroyers as escort. Because of shallow waters, distances and positioning, attack was impractical. As I was leaving the area, After realizing I couldn't radio in the convoy due to necessity of visual confirmation, I continued on course at periscope depth. I saw the acoustic tracking of the trailing destoryer break off at ~14KM and begin attack patterns as if he were hammering another boat. However, as I maintained my plotted course, the destroyer ran parallel for about 36 hours. I located an unprotected group of three merchants, which I quickly sank. THEN the destroyer changes course to intercept me. I can only assume this happened because the first ship sent a distress signal. However, I have never encountered any destroyer following parallel to a player for so long. The destroyer would not have turned had he not followed me to be there for the distress call. I had no trouble avoiding the destroyer, but the fact he tailed me for so long is weird considering how many people said that the AI is a few french fries short of a Happy Meal. I am running DarkWraith's UI mod, but I do not know if that effected anything. Has anyone seen destroyers run parallel for so long?