credit for sinking ships

Scarredclown · 05-20-15, 04:44 PM

Last night i was patrolling the strait between Hokkaido and Honshu. It was around noon and i was cruising at periscope depth. I get a quick look and find myself almost in the center of a convoy. I shot all my fish then dive before the 3 DD get at me. Resurface on the other side of the convoy and again launch all my torps. Then i play cat and mouse with some very angry DDs. All in all i get six sunk ship icon on my map. But i was credited for only 4 ???

TorpX · 05-20-15, 11:56 PM

Perhaps, two of the ships rammed each other in the confusion.

If that is the case, you don't get credit; just the warm glow of victory.

SSI01 · 05-21-15, 06:38 AM

Or, as the squadron adjutant reminded Leutnant Stachel in "The Blue Max," when the good Leutnant's SE-5 kill went unconfirmed - "Then you have the deep satisfaction of knowing you have served the Fatherland."

In a similar vein, I have noted on a few occasions that during a protracted engagement, when I am both attacking a convoy and attempting to dodge its escorts at the same time, some of my sinking markers are a nice fresh red and others are greyed-out.

Scarredclown · 05-21-15, 02:47 PM

I'm thinking that the ramming option is probably the best one. When my torps start exploding everywhere, the ships started to get a bit frantic.

05-20-15, 04:44 PM	#1
Scarredclown Loader Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Quebec Posts: 85 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	credit for sinking ships Last night i was patrolling the strait between Hokkaido and Honshu. It was around noon and i was cruising at periscope depth. I get a quick look and find myself almost in the center of a convoy. I shot all my fish then dive before the 3 DD get at me. Resurface on the other side of the convoy and again launch all my torps. Then i play cat and mouse with some very angry DDs. All in all i get six sunk ship icon on my map. But i was credited for only 4 ??? __________________ Sorry for my English, triyng very hard !

05-20-15, 11:56 PM	#2
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Perhaps, two of the ships rammed each other in the confusion. If that is the case, you don't get credit; just the warm glow of victory.

05-21-15, 02:47 PM	#4
Scarredclown Loader Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Quebec Posts: 85 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I'm thinking that the ramming option is probably the best one. When my torps start exploding everywhere, the ships started to get a bit frantic. __________________ Sorry for my English, triyng very hard !

05-21-15, 06:38 AM	#3
SSI01 Loader Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 88 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Or, as the squadron adjutant reminded Leutnant Stachel in "The Blue Max," when the good Leutnant's SE-5 kill went unconfirmed - "Then you have the deep satisfaction of knowing you have served the Fatherland." In a similar vein, I have noted on a few occasions that during a protracted engagement, when I am both attacking a convoy and attempting to dodge its escorts at the same time, some of my sinking markers are a nice fresh red and others are greyed-out.