Task Force Teleported

Thrair · 10-24-10, 06:05 PM

I was shadowing a task force off the west coast of Luzon, fresh career with map contacts on. I was keeping my distance and waiting for better conditions to attack them in or to find a way to get a good angle.

Then they turned into the Lingayen Gulf and I saw my chance to set up ahead of them, and at it'd be at night to boot. While I was moving into position (surfaced), the contacts disappeared from where they were (about 10km to my east) and reappeared to the northwest of me, about 7000 yards off.

Add to that, one of the escorts was only 5000 yards off and noticed me before I could scramble and dive. Especially bad because the water I was in at the time was fairly shallow (I had not arrived at my destination, which would have deeper water).

To make a long story a little shorter, I was sunk. Quite frustrating, as I had sunk a merchant already (which oddly enough was steaming into Manila on December 8th) and spent about 2 hours tracking this task force under light to nil time compression.

Anyone have any idea what the heck happened? Was it a bug, a flaw in the campaign? What? Because this has happened to me on occasion before. Although it's never completely screwed me over as heavily as it just did.

10-24-10, 06:05 PM	#1
Thrair Helmsman Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 102 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Task Force Teleported I was shadowing a task force off the west coast of Luzon, fresh career with map contacts on. I was keeping my distance and waiting for better conditions to attack them in or to find a way to get a good angle. Then they turned into the Lingayen Gulf and I saw my chance to set up ahead of them, and at it'd be at night to boot. While I was moving into position (surfaced), the contacts disappeared from where they were (about 10km to my east) and reappeared to the northwest of me, about 7000 yards off. Add to that, one of the escorts was only 5000 yards off and noticed me before I could scramble and dive. Especially bad because the water I was in at the time was fairly shallow (I had not arrived at my destination, which would have deeper water). To make a long story a little shorter, I was sunk. Quite frustrating, as I had sunk a merchant already (which oddly enough was steaming into Manila on December 8th) and spent about 2 hours tracking this task force under light to nil time compression. Anyone have any idea what the heck happened? Was it a bug, a flaw in the campaign? What? Because this has happened to me on occasion before. Although it's never completely screwed me over as heavily as it just did.