I guess i'm improving

xXNightEagleXx · 08-21-15, 09:55 PM

Considering that i have never played any silent hunter or even any submarine game until 1 and half week ago, I started with the stock version and managed to successfully ambush and attack a convoy. Yesterday i switched to TMO and i've already managed to ambush (without being spotted by destroyers), attack the convoy, destroy the merchant and more important to sneak away (which is pretty harder).

I'm playing with only map contact on (TMO) but i'm aiming to no contact, even though i try to do as if i didn't have any contact (but you never feel completely blind).
So by now using the first two method of "4 bearings methods guide" i can get an acceptable course when still having only passing sonar info (if you guys can suggest any other method i will appreciate, regardless more or less accurate).
However my struggles begin at this point, first of all when i can finally identify the target, it seems that i don't have enough time anymore (maybe it is just a matter or practice).

Sometimes it is so dark and foggy that i just cannot identify it. In case like this, what should i do? I mean if only merchant i'd make use of active sonar but in case of escort? Should I just fire salvo and hit whatever it hits?

Supposing that i can identify the target on time, should i proceed to speed (using vertical crosshair), distance and AOB order (using the omnimeter)?

I could use the three minutes rule but that would require no escort and active sonar (or am i wrong?). It seem that the crosshair method suffer of limited enemy bearing range, so you couldn't use it when they are too far away (or could i? XD)

Another thing that i really have to improve is the ability to strike more ship on the same attack, but correct me if i'm wrong at the beginning of the war in TMO deploying torpedo to multiple targets increase the risk of not dealing enough damage? (in my first TMO try i launched 4 torpedo and all of them failed to detonate...i forgot how you guys say it).

Please feel free to criticize and suggest more tactics or methods.

Thanks in advance

PS: this game is awesome, one of the best i have never played.

08-21-15, 09:55 PM	#1
xXNightEagleXx Planesman Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 182 Downloads: 148 Uploads: 0	I guess i'm improving Considering that i have never played any silent hunter or even any submarine game until 1 and half week ago, I started with the stock version and managed to successfully ambush and attack a convoy. Yesterday i switched to TMO and i've already managed to ambush (without being spotted by destroyers), attack the convoy, destroy the merchant and more important to sneak away (which is pretty harder). I'm playing with only map contact on (TMO) but i'm aiming to no contact, even though i try to do as if i didn't have any contact (but you never feel completely blind). So by now using the first two method of "4 bearings methods guide" i can get an acceptable course when still having only passing sonar info (if you guys can suggest any other method i will appreciate, regardless more or less accurate). However my struggles begin at this point, first of all when i can finally identify the target, it seems that i don't have enough time anymore (maybe it is just a matter or practice). Sometimes it is so dark and foggy that i just cannot identify it. In case like this, what should i do? I mean if only merchant i'd make use of active sonar but in case of escort? Should I just fire salvo and hit whatever it hits? Supposing that i can identify the target on time, should i proceed to speed (using vertical crosshair), distance and AOB order (using the omnimeter)? I could use the three minutes rule but that would require no escort and active sonar (or am i wrong?). It seem that the crosshair method suffer of limited enemy bearing range, so you couldn't use it when they are too far away (or could i? XD) Another thing that i really have to improve is the ability to strike more ship on the same attack, but correct me if i'm wrong at the beginning of the war in TMO deploying torpedo to multiple targets increase the risk of not dealing enough damage? (in my first TMO try i launched 4 torpedo and all of them failed to detonate...i forgot how you guys say it). Please feel free to criticize and suggest more tactics or methods. Thanks in advance PS: this game is awesome, one of the best i have never played.