The Robin Hood shot (easy kills on nearly anything)

NephilimNexus · 04-04-07, 06:49 AM

For those daring, sneaky, or crazy enough to raid enemy ports and hit ships docked at anchor, I found a very good tactic for sinking the big targets with ease. Normally sinking ships in port is actually pretty tricky, because you can't rely on flooding to do the work for you - they'll drop about two meters, hit bottom, and stop sinking. Most of the time in order to get the anchor kill you have to flame the ship into a pyrotechnic display somehow. Luckily, I found a pretty easy way to do it.

Just use the Robin Hood shot. Plant one torpedo into the hull with a straight shot so that it leaves a nice sized hole in the side. Make a mental note of your exact torpedo depth before you fire and use the contact fuse, not magnetic. Be sure not to adjust you aim at all for the next shot! Gauge your next torpedo to the same depth and fire it right into the hole that you just made with your first shot. Believe it or not, the game's damage model is advanced enough to realize what you did and thus all the damage from the second torpedo is applied internally.

The results are quite impressive.

Two shots and heavy cruiser does the Chinese New Year display. Over 15,000 tons right there. Works on BBs, CVs, you name it. Just remember to hit them in port so that they aren't moving - you'd have to be a Jedi to pull this off on anything that isn't sitting perfectly still.

04-04-07, 06:49 AM	#1
NephilimNexus Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 14 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	The Robin Hood shot (easy kills on nearly anything) For those daring, sneaky, or crazy enough to raid enemy ports and hit ships docked at anchor, I found a very good tactic for sinking the big targets with ease. Normally sinking ships in port is actually pretty tricky, because you can't rely on flooding to do the work for you - they'll drop about two meters, hit bottom, and stop sinking. Most of the time in order to get the anchor kill you have to flame the ship into a pyrotechnic display somehow. Luckily, I found a pretty easy way to do it. Just use the Robin Hood shot. Plant one torpedo into the hull with a straight shot so that it leaves a nice sized hole in the side. Make a mental note of your exact torpedo depth before you fire and use the contact fuse, not magnetic. Be sure not to adjust you aim at all for the next shot! Gauge your next torpedo to the same depth and fire it right into the hole that you just made with your first shot. Believe it or not, the game's damage model is advanced enough to realize what you did and thus all the damage from the second torpedo is applied internally. The results are quite impressive. Two shots and heavy cruiser does the Chinese New Year display. Over 15,000 tons right there. Works on BBs, CVs, you name it. Just remember to hit them in port so that they aren't moving - you'd have to be a Jedi to pull this off on anything that isn't sitting perfectly still.