TMO 2.5 manual targeting informal poll

[TorpX]

Manual targeting with RFB. And yes, I get frustrated too.

AFAIK, TMO doesn't make it any easier or harder.



As far as frustration is concerned, manual targeting is supposed to be fairly difficult. We naturally want our torpedoes to hit the target, and with manual targeting, there is a good chance that won't happen.

You can think of the problem this way. There are two basic requirements for manual targeting:

1. Understanding the geometry involved for a 'firing solution'.

2. Obtaining accurate data to allow the first to be made a practical reality.

One needs a reasonable degree of ability in both of these, but even after the first is mastered, the second remains problematic. [I'm assuming here that one is not making use of the familiar game exploits that make things much easier.]

That real-life commanders found it difficult is evident, when one reads the statistics associated with the number of torpedoes fired, versus the number of hits obtained, or ships sunk.