Who said escorts were easy?

hmatthias · 03-29-07, 07:44 AM

Last night I came across a liner escorted by 4 destroyers (odd task force makeup, but that is for another day), Lined up a perfect shot, and sunk the liner with 3 torps. Now the fun begins. I dove deep (below the thrermal layer, around 200 feet), and went to silent running. However, I keep getting detected and blown out of the water. I usually play "dead is dead", but am using this first patrol as a learning patrol, so I have reloaded a few times (saved after the liner sinking), with the same result. A few questions:

1) Is the thermal layer effective? If so, should I go to all stop until the destroyer goes over me?

2) Should I try to use a decoy, or is it too late now (already dove, moved away a bit). Will this give my position away too much?

Don't get me wrong, I am really pleased the escorts are tough, and I am using no mods, so it is the "stock toughness". I played the campaign on "very hard" difficulty, but turned on the external camera, because I wanted to see stuff blow up

Any help would be appreciated!

03-29-07, 07:44 AM	#1
hmatthias Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United States Posts: 82 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Who said escorts were easy? Last night I came across a liner escorted by 4 destroyers (odd task force makeup, but that is for another day), Lined up a perfect shot, and sunk the liner with 3 torps. Now the fun begins. I dove deep (below the thrermal layer, around 200 feet), and went to silent running. However, I keep getting detected and blown out of the water. I usually play "dead is dead", but am using this first patrol as a learning patrol, so I have reloaded a few times (saved after the liner sinking), with the same result. A few questions: 1) Is the thermal layer effective? If so, should I go to all stop until the destroyer goes over me? 2) Should I try to use a decoy, or is it too late now (already dove, moved away a bit). Will this give my position away too much? Don't get me wrong, I am really pleased the escorts are tough, and I am using no mods, so it is the "stock toughness". I played the campaign on "very hard" difficulty, but turned on the external camera, because I wanted to see stuff blow up Any help would be appreciated!