For the love of..... LEAVE ME ALONE!

Gargamel · 10-23-10, 12:33 AM

Just encountered my first dd i couldnt shake. Kudos to my repair team.

But my god this is stressful. (ARRRRGGG F5 refreshes the browser window! grrrrrr)

I work a very low, then very high stress job, being a paramedic. But, I couldn't do this.

No way.

The boredom and stress of nothing but rough seas, then pingpingping.... not knowing when your death would come.

My god.... these poor men......

Kpt. Lehmann · 10-23-10, 12:41 AM

LOL! I TOTALLY prefer the persistent DD's to calls like the the symptomatic second degree type two heart block I ran on the other day!!!

Brag · 10-23-10, 08:09 AM

Feb. 1941

There is a nasty, sneaky, treacherous DD.

Spotted a small, unescorted convoy of three ships. On submerged approach at high speed to what should have been a satisfying massacre, a DD appeared astern. We were at only 26 meters deep when this fiend kaboomboomed us with a shower of wasserbomben.

It caused light damage and we were able to sneak away.
The surprise was a nasty, unfair ambush to a sumbie going about its business.

flag4 · 10-24-10, 04:11 PM

good luck. dont give up!

Gargamel · 10-24-10, 10:02 PM

Yeah, 3.5 hours of real time evasion.

Tried scooting away after he made a run at me.... but with only 40 m of water.... it's easy to catch up....

Tried playing dead, laying on the bottom. Yeah, that just made it easier to DC me.

Eventually, a few hours later, I finally got upset. Eventually got him with a close range torp, but not before he blew off my observation scope (targeting scope was stuck from DC'ing).

Ingame, it went from dusk till dawn before I could limp away.....

CherryHarbey · 10-25-10, 02:27 AM

I can certainly relate to your opening post. Last time I spent that long (in real time) trying to evade escorts, by the time I dropped of the continental shelf NW of Ireland into deeper waters and away, I was completely exhausted. Hate to think what it would have been like for real.

desirableroasted · 10-25-10, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Yeah, 3.5 hours of real time evasion.

Tried scooting away after he made a run at me.... but with only 40 m of water.... it's easy to catch up....

Tried playing dead, laying on the bottom. Yeah, that just made it easier to DC me.

Eventually, a few hours later, I finally got upset. Eventually got him with a close range torp, but not before he blew off my observation scope (targeting scope was stuck from DC'ing).

Ingame, it went from dusk till dawn before I could limp away.....

You've probably read many of the threads about evasion, but a few tips that seem to prolong the lives of many kaleuns.

40 m gives you little or none of the tactical advantage of being a u-boat. Hard to slp under their sensors and no thermal layer.
While playing dead and "merging with the bottom" might work in real life, it doesn't work in SH3.
"Silent running" is not silent enough... you need to step your RPMs down to around 60-75.
Long, slow curves, alternating between port and starboard, at 15-25 degrees seem to work better than a straight line route of escape.
If he is sticking with you, you are giving yourself away somehow. Recheck the RPMs, and get as much depth as possible.
(Unrealistic, but....) The AI escorts cannot hear you "ping" the bottom to find depth.

You probably got saddled with an escort with elite skills (though your being able to sink it, which usually requires 600 m of distance, indicates you may have been been in a better position to escape).

Red Heat · 10-27-10, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Just encountered my first dd i couldnt shake. Kudos to my repair team.

But my god this is stressful. (ARRRRGGG F5 refreshes the browser window! grrrrrr)

I work a very low, then very high stress job, being a paramedic. But, I couldn't do this.

No way.

The boredom and stress of nothing but rough seas, then pingpingping.... not knowing when your death would come.

My god.... these poor men......

Like in the filme Das Boot...pressure is every where!

stokeyblokey · 01-10-11, 07:30 AM

Damn, I did wonder why I was having so much trouble with some destroyers - thanks everyone

I am a long-time SH2 player and moving up to SH3 was a bit of an eye opener anyway with the changed commands system - I really missed the old [=5 degrees port rudder, ]=5 degrees starboard rudder way of steering the boat...guess now I have a reason to start using the alternative view of the rudder controls rather than the compass

PS: Can you tell I prefer keyboard commands over using the mouse?

10-23-10, 12:33 AM	#1
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	For the love of..... LEAVE ME ALONE! Just encountered my first dd i couldnt shake. Kudos to my repair team. But my god this is stressful. (ARRRRGGG F5 refreshes the browser window! grrrrrr) I work a very low, then very high stress job, being a paramedic. But, I couldn't do this. No way. The boredom and stress of nothing but rough seas, then pingpingping.... not knowing when your death would come. My god.... these poor men...... __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

10-23-10, 12:41 AM	#2
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	LOL! I TOTALLY prefer the persistent DD's to calls like the the symptomatic second degree type two heart block I ran on the other day!!! __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

10-23-10, 08:09 AM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Feb. 1941 There is a nasty, sneaky, treacherous DD. Spotted a small, unescorted convoy of three ships. On submerged approach at high speed to what should have been a satisfying massacre, a DD appeared astern. We were at only 26 meters deep when this fiend kaboomboomed us with a shower of wasserbomben. It caused light damage and we were able to sneak away. The surprise was a nasty, unfair ambush to a sumbie going about its business. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

10-24-10, 04:11 PM	#4
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10-24-10, 10:02 PM	#5
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Yeah, 3.5 hours of real time evasion. Tried scooting away after he made a run at me.... but with only 40 m of water.... it's easy to catch up.... Tried playing dead, laying on the bottom. Yeah, that just made it easier to DC me. Eventually, a few hours later, I finally got upset. Eventually got him with a close range torp, but not before he blew off my observation scope (targeting scope was stuck from DC'ing). Ingame, it went from dusk till dawn before I could limp away..... __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

10-25-10, 02:27 AM	#6
CherryHarbey Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 200 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I can certainly relate to your opening post. Last time I spent that long (in real time) trying to evade escorts, by the time I dropped of the continental shelf NW of Ireland into deeper waters and away, I was completely exhausted. Hate to think what it would have been like for real.

01-10-11, 07:30 AM	#9
stokeyblokey Sailor man Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stoke - of course! Posts: 48 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Rudder controls Damn, I did wonder why I was having so much trouble with some destroyers - thanks everyone I am a long-time SH2 player and moving up to SH3 was a bit of an eye opener anyway with the changed commands system - I really missed the old [=5 degrees port rudder, ]=5 degrees starboard rudder way of steering the boat...guess now I have a reason to start using the alternative view of the rudder controls rather than the compass PS: Can you tell I prefer keyboard commands over using the mouse?