Aircraft kill in TMO!

TorpX · 02-02-11, 12:26 AM

I play RFB/RSRDC and experience the same problems. The Jap planes seem to be crewed by expert pilots with X-ray vision. I've come to accept the reality that I'm not safe at periscope depth. On another forum I read they can see you at PS depth from 2000yds! I consider this extremely questionable.

I had a good career in S-boats, terminated by bomb attack. After dodging several attacks, they got me. I was at the end of a lousy 2 month patrol, having seen only 1 ship, but at least 50 airplanes. You have no radar and no AA. They wear you down. I made the mistake of diving to PS depth instead of 200'. By the time I realized he was coming straight at us, it was too late. Went straight to the bottom.

More recently, I was at PS depth when the crew spotted aircraft. I took a very brief look, and saw he was going to be approaching close and ordered crash dive. As we were leveling off at 150', there was an explosion that was close enough to shake the boat. As I play DiD, I don't want to take any unneccessary chances, but this seems absurd. Really now, how can an airplane spot you at PS depth, when your crew can barely see them?

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02-02-11, 12:26 AM	#9
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I play RFB/RSRDC and experience the same problems. The Jap planes seem to be crewed by expert pilots with X-ray vision. I've come to accept the reality that I'm not safe at periscope depth. On another forum I read they can see you at PS depth from 2000yds! I consider this extremely questionable. I had a good career in S-boats, terminated by bomb attack. After dodging several attacks, they got me. I was at the end of a lousy 2 month patrol, having seen only 1 ship, but at least 50 airplanes. You have no radar and no AA. They wear you down. I made the mistake of diving to PS depth instead of 200'. By the time I realized he was coming straight at us, it was too late. Went straight to the bottom. More recently, I was at PS depth when the crew spotted aircraft. I took a very brief look, and saw he was going to be approaching close and ordered crash dive. As we were leveling off at 150', there was an explosion that was close enough to shake the boat. As I play DiD, I don't want to take any unneccessary chances, but this seems absurd. Really now, how can an airplane spot you at PS depth, when your crew can barely see them?