Torpedo Tips...

[maillemaker]

I've found that many ships hit with one torpedo will sink - eventually. The problem is, especially with convoy attacks, that you really can't wait around and see if it did the job. Too often it takes 30 minutes or more for a ship to sink, and by then you should be at depth leaving the area. The ship might sink, but then again it might just sail off with the convoy.

A sunk ship is better than a damaged ship. Two hits will put down just about any ship. I pick the high-value assets and give each one 2 eels.

Steve

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

Too often it takes 30 minutes or more for a ship to sink, and by then you should be at depth leaving the area. The ship might sink, but then again it might just sail off with the convoy.

Do you still get the credit if you scarper and it sinks two hours later, or do you need to be reasonably close?

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Do you still get the credit if you scarper and it sinks two hours later, or do you need to be reasonably close?

You need to be close enough to get the "She's going down" message - in other words, within visual or hydrophone range of the ship when the game records her as sinking, otherwise the officer who conveys this information would have no way of confirming the kill.

If you have left the scene and therefore cannot confirm the kill, you won't get credit even if you've done so much damage to the ship that she would sink eventually without you there to witness it in some fashion.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

You need to be close enough to get the "She's going down" message - in other words, within visual or hydrophone range of the ship when the game records her as sinking, otherwise the officer who conveys this information would have no way of confirming the kill.

If you have left the scene and therefore cannot confirm the kill, you won't get credit even if you've done so much damage to the ship that she would sink eventually without you there to witness it in some fashion.

Thanks Frau, I feared as much...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Thanks Frau, I feared as much...

Yep. When it happens to me I chalk it up to over-eagerness. "Captain, you know that one freighter you swore you watched sink? She sailed into Plymouth last night."

Hey, it happened in real life, so why not to me?

[ralphnader23]

Maybe I'm just not pro enough yet, but unless I'm targeting a lone ship, I'm usually diving deep, or lining up a different target when the torpedo hits, so I don't have much of a clue exactly where it impacts, unless I glance at the event camera. I'm just happy to hear the "torpedo impact!" announcement, no matter where the thing hits.

I usually do the following:

Ships less than 3000 tons - If I do decide to shoot at them, 1 torpedo set on magnetic or impact, depending on how I'm feeling.

Ships from 3000 tons to 10,000 tons - 2 torpedoes, one set to impact, one set to magnetic (unless I am not totally certain that my ship type id is correct, in which case i will fire both of them on impact at 3m depth)

Ships greater than 10,000 tons - what a prize! I'll use 3 to 4 torpedoes on these guys, on the rare occasion I run across one.