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[tater]

Why would you travel submerged at night, BTW?

[Armistead]

Actaully the largest convoys are early war in RSRD, such as the Java invasion force. In fact in Feb and Mar of 42 you'll find many invasion forces and a couple of TF for the invasion of Java..nothing better than attacking a 50 plus ship convoy..after you attack that one, you can find another large invasion force in the harbor right of Merak.

There are dozens of large invasion forces scripted, usually it's a matter of where you want to go. They fade out in 43, but then you can find huge convoys and all the battles you want.

All the Solomons battles are well done, from the Shoho invasion force, Coral Sea, Battle of Savo, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, Vella Gulf, ect..are done. You can watch the surface fleets duke it out in several.

Course beginning of war the large ones are around the philippines, several of them. I'll attack those then dock at Surabaya and take on the Java forces, after that it's time for all the battles around the Solomons, not to mention the invasion forces.

The way I play RSRD now...knowing it, I can almost always find huge convoys throughout the war.

[Steiger]

Originally Posted by tater

Why would you travel submerged at night, BTW?

Because at night, and when visibility is poor, your passive sonar can pick up contacts farther than you can see. If you're in an area where you know there is no Japanese air cover, traveling on the surface during the day, and submerged at night will give you the best combination of detection possibilities.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by tater

Why would you travel submerged at night, BTW?

Yea i thought the same, if you want to avoid aircraft/escorts submerge during the day but SH4 is a game where you dont even have to do all that just stay on the surface till you spot a convoy - mind you ive never gotten pass 1944 so it might be hell on the surface.