How do you find your prey?

[Gorkian]

So, since I have just bought this game I have looked around this excellent forum for my answers.

Im just curious, how do you usually find your targets? As it is now, I usually travel to my destination at 512time compression and try to intercept any ships that gets reported to me on the map.

I have never spotted a target myself. That is by sight or sonar or hydrophone.

Do yu guys stay put around busy streaks listening and waiting for ships? Or do you as me go for the reports?

Maybe Im not good enough to detect ships myself yet. But its a big ocean out there.

Any tips? As of now I usually patrol the eastern side of england looking for prey.

[Morts]

try to go to this site http://www.communitymanuals.com/shii...itle=Main_Page it contains lots of information

here for the hunting grounds info http://www.communitymanuals.com/shii...unting_Grounds (same site just a direct link to the hunting grounds page) hope this helps

now go sink some ships

[kiwi_2005]

When in time compression say 512 or 1024 and you get that tell tale sign of something close meaning SH3 will stall for a second. Cut time compression down to 1x then dive the boat to 30 feet and have sonar to search or do it your self for 15min approx. 9 out of 10 times your get a contact.

[fredbass]

I tend to keep my tc to a max of 256 most of the time. I believe you'll tend to find targets more frequently that way. Every so often, I'll dive and listen at all stop, especially when nearing a spot where I suspect to find something. If I remember correctly, your best depth for listening is between 12-20m or something like that. You should always be able to pick up something on the hydrophone yourself better than AI can.

Another thing is if you stay at periscope depth, not only can you pick up targets with sonar and hydrophone but your periscope AI can pick up visual contacts. Of course the enemy can detect Periscope as well, at least in GWX.

[AVGWarhawk]

Make sure you have an officer rated as a watchmen on the conning tower. Have a rated petty officer up there as well. They will spot the ships. Have a crewmen on the sonar with experience.

I go to the grid BDU sends me for 24 hours. I also hunt were the traffic will be and that is on the approachs north and south of England. Stay to the west coast of England. I usually lay out a course and cruise at 10 kts at 256 TC. Seems to work OK for me.

[Corsair]

I estimate I find 75% of targets with my personal mark 1 ears with headphones listening on the hydrophone. Amazing by calm weather how far you spot them...
PS : of course with all engines stopped...