Your worst Depth Charging

nikimcbee · 06-02-13, 05:05 PM

What's the worst depth charging you've ever endured and lived to tell the tale.

How much damage did you sustain?

How many depth charges were dropped?

What kind of escort(s) did you tangle with.

desertstriker · 06-03-13, 01:25 AM

3 hours of 4 destroyers they where 2 tribals and a hunt 1 and 2 circling as i attempted to get away depth charges droped well i have no idea.
damage well see this
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ostcount=11032

half the crew either dead or injured.

jimmyjam25 · 06-03-13, 04:23 AM

Chased by 3 destroyers till they ran out of depth charges. It was hours of out-manoevering them. Then I had to sink all 3 of them with torpedoes which took a very long time! So hard to gain enough distance to even take a shot. Was intense! Long live SH3GWX!

06-03-13, 04:52 AM

I think my worst DC attack was the very first back in 2006, perhaps even on my first, out of many, patrols. The feeling was terrible, as I'm capable to remember. Sonar sound alone made my hands shiver and in some point I really had no clue what should I do because the panic was so intensive. With cold sweated palms I used to pause the game often just to take some time to thing about actions I should take as captain to escape those evil destroyers.

I still remember my first death in SH3. I was starring at the monitor, watching at death screen silently for about 3 minutes. I couldn't believe my boat was destroyed.

u crank · 06-03-13, 05:03 PM

I don't like getting depth charged. It scratches the paint on my U-boat.

vanjast · 06-05-13, 10:50 AM

Also a long time ago...

I was bounced around '43 by a single escort (or destroyer) near the convoy.
Very soon I had definitely 3 of them (maybe 4) above playing 'tag' with me.
No idea what they were as I play at 100%

One would sit there pinging me and the others would attack. They'd take turns. It lasted for around 8 hours Real Time - I got to bed very late

DC count.. no idea, I stopped counting, but they were salvos of around 4 - 8 each time... I don't think they ran out of DCs.

I spent the whole time at the sonar station, tracking each ship and avoiding each attack. I suffered un-repairable scope (both) damage, so after creeping away deep and slow.. I managed to escape after around 12 hours under, to return to base.

The best experience I've had in the game.

Luno · 06-09-13, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyjam25

Chased by 3 destroyers till they ran out of depth charges. It was hours of out-manoevering them. Then I had to sink all 3 of them with torpedoes which took a very long time! So hard to gain enough distance to even take a shot. Was intense! Long live SH3GWX!

Emphasis added. Is that even possible?

BulSoldier · 06-09-13, 08:46 AM

yes they can run out of ammo. Usually that is the way i get out most of the time.

06-02-13, 05:05 PM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Your worst Depth Charging What's the worst depth charging you've ever endured and lived to tell the tale. How much damage did you sustain? How many depth charges were dropped? What kind of escort(s) did you tangle with. __________________

06-03-13, 05:03 PM	#5
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	I don't like getting depth charged. It scratches the paint on my U-boat. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

06-09-13, 08:46 AM	#8
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	yes they can run out of ammo. Usually that is the way i get out most of the time. __________________ By the hour !

06-03-13, 01:25 AM	#2
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	3 hours of 4 destroyers they where 2 tribals and a hunt 1 and 2 circling as i attempted to get away depth charges droped well i have no idea. damage well see this http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ostcount=11032 half the crew either dead or injured.

06-03-13, 04:23 AM	#3
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Chased by 3 destroyers till they ran out of depth charges. It was hours of out-manoevering them. Then I had to sink all 3 of them with torpedoes which took a very long time! So hard to gain enough distance to even take a shot. Was intense! Long live SH3GWX!

06-03-13, 04:52 AM	#4
Montekidlo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I think my worst DC attack was the very first back in 2006, perhaps even on my first, out of many, patrols. The feeling was terrible, as I'm capable to remember. Sonar sound alone made my hands shiver and in some point I really had no clue what should I do because the panic was so intensive. With cold sweated palms I used to pause the game often just to take some time to thing about actions I should take as captain to escape those evil destroyers. I still remember my first death in SH3. I was starring at the monitor, watching at death screen silently for about 3 minutes. I couldn't believe my boat was destroyed.

06-05-13, 10:50 AM	#6
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,739 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Also a long time ago... I was bounced around '43 by a single escort (or destroyer) near the convoy. Very soon I had definitely 3 of them (maybe 4) above playing 'tag' with me. No idea what they were as I play at 100% One would sit there pinging me and the others would attack. They'd take turns. It lasted for around 8 hours Real Time - I got to bed very late DC count.. no idea, I stopped counting, but they were salvos of around 4 - 8 each time... I don't think they ran out of DCs. I spent the whole time at the sonar station, tracking each ship and avoiding each attack. I suffered un-repairable scope (both) damage, so after creeping away deep and slow.. I managed to escape after around 12 hours under, to return to base. The best experience I've had in the game.