USN Convoy Attacks

[Reinhard Dietz]

Originally Posted by KlassenT

That, sir, has always confounded me a bit. Is it historically accurate to have an independent per-tube depth control dial and a universal spread control dial? Always seemed to me that standardization would call for the same behavior on both dials, either both independent or both universal.

I'll readily confess that I'm used to the tube-by-tube setting ability in SHIII. I'm also not particularly pleased with the auto-TDC setting depth for me every time I select a target since I know a little something about USN torpedo depth patterns and am adjusting for it. If I didn't have to flip out of the target data page and reset the depth (if not the speed and pistol settings) constantly, I'd probably do a little better. For whatever reason, a torpedo attack in SHIV seems a lot more like spinning a bunch of plates on sticks all at once instead of the leisurely sniping on careful settings that I get away with in SHIII.

Originally Posted by NorthBeach

I'll assume you have speed and course plotted. (...) External booms and internal whoops should follow.

NorthBeach, I have enough trouble with a completely assisted attack; doing this with my aiming skills would be a larger disaster than it already is. Between the most excellent performance of Japanese naval propulsion and their remarkable maneuverability, about the only way I'll probably get a hit on this convoy is using a nuclear-tipped SS-N-19.

I'm currently very tempted to get a ship physics mod, either of the JREX or Webster variant. Anyone got opinions on either of those?