What destroyer makes you think well I am screwed?

Admiral8Q · 04-17-14, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TorpX

[INDENT] He he, sounds like fun.

Everyone hated him, but as a Destroyer, he never sunk me.

Rammstein0991 · 04-22-14, 04:28 AM

Not that hard to take out Destroyers for me, especially ones doing harbor patrol. I simply get slooooooooooooowly into position, and when he comes plodding slowly by I put a torpedo under his "stack" and down he goes...

Admiral8Q · 04-23-14, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rammstein0991

Not that hard to take out Destroyers for me, especially ones doing harbor patrol. I simply get slooooooooooooowly into position, and when he comes plodding slowly by I put a torpedo under his "stack" and down he goes...

As a Destroyer I would "right full rudder" "Port engine full" (Starboard stop.)
Or visaversa.

Warren Peace · 04-23-14, 10:26 PM

Having just picked up SH4 about a week ago, I haven't encountered too many DD's yet, so I don't have one that scares me.

What does scare me, however, are H6Ks, flying boats have become the bane of my existence. I've only died to two of them, second one caught me completely off-guard in a storm and wasn't spotted until he was about 2nm's away (I was in an S-boat, so there was no avoiding that beating).

First one is the most ridiculous death I have ever experienced playing any SH title. My first career, first patrol, heading out of Manila in command of the S-38. I was maybe 10nm out of the harbor when my watch crew calls out that they've spotted an aircraft. I'm in friendly waters, so I assumed it was friendly (I did not know at this time that the game only does the popup for hostile contacts) and went on my merry way. I was terribly surprised when a few hundred kilos worth of explosives smashed my little boat to pieces. I guess that's what I get for clicking the 'Campaign' button before reading..well, anything actually.

jokker · 05-14-14, 11:31 AM

I found a juicy convoy in a mission yesterday that as it unfolded, shook my confidence. I'm on my 11th patrol and to date the escorts have been easy to defeat. Get in a good position, stay deep and quiet until convey in close, go for a pop up and shoot, and get the hell outa dodge after I let the fish go on there way. I'm up to a baleo boat and its very good at going deep.

All has been good until yesterday. Most DC are not very close and I just wait out the escorts.

So yesterday, I was directly in front of the convey and was underwater a good 10 miles from the convoy (love that radar!). My guestimate of the convoy course was spot on, So I was deep (+/- 300 ft) at battle stations, in silent running mode, with the engines off as they approached my position. I was about to order "come to periscope depth" and I heard a ping???

Next thing I knew was getting hammered by 3 DE's. It was unmerciless. Lots of damage and had to go very deep (400+) to evade.

Is there a switch in capability after a certain date. I'm in mid war era now?

How the hell did they find me in the first place???

bob

THEBERBSTER · 05-14-14, 06:34 PM

The one that makes you say, where the f---k did that come from.

fireftr18 · 05-14-14, 08:17 PM

jokker, you didn't say if you're running any mods or not. RSRDC copies the AI crew skill to be as historically accurate as possible. As the war progressed, Japanese anti-sub skill and equipment improved. The stock game randomly assigned AI skill level. If you're running stock, then you may have randomly gotten all DE's with the top level AI.

ming · 06-02-14, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

The one that makes you say, where the f---k did that come from.

Thats just the one I was thinking about!

04-23-14, 10:26 PM	#4
Warren Peace Loader Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 89 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Having just picked up SH4 about a week ago, I haven't encountered too many DD's yet, so I don't have one that scares me. What does scare me, however, are H6Ks, flying boats have become the bane of my existence. I've only died to two of them, second one caught me completely off-guard in a storm and wasn't spotted until he was about 2nm's away (I was in an S-boat, so there was no avoiding that beating). First one is the most ridiculous death I have ever experienced playing any SH title. My first career, first patrol, heading out of Manila in command of the S-38. I was maybe 10nm out of the harbor when my watch crew calls out that they've spotted an aircraft. I'm in friendly waters, so I assumed it was friendly (I did not know at this time that the game only does the popup for hostile contacts) and went on my merry way. I was terribly surprised when a few hundred kilos worth of explosives smashed my little boat to pieces. I guess that's what I get for clicking the 'Campaign' button before reading..well, anything actually. __________________ The only sound that still scares me to this day... The silence when the pinging stops.

05-14-14, 11:31 AM	#5
jokker Watch Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: North Texas Posts: 28 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Destroyer with superhuman abilities I found a juicy convoy in a mission yesterday that as it unfolded, shook my confidence. I'm on my 11th patrol and to date the escorts have been easy to defeat. Get in a good position, stay deep and quiet until convey in close, go for a pop up and shoot, and get the hell outa dodge after I let the fish go on there way. I'm up to a baleo boat and its very good at going deep. All has been good until yesterday. Most DC are not very close and I just wait out the escorts. So yesterday, I was directly in front of the convey and was underwater a good 10 miles from the convoy (love that radar!). My guestimate of the convoy course was spot on, So I was deep (+/- 300 ft) at battle stations, in silent running mode, with the engines off as they approached my position. I was about to order "come to periscope depth" and I heard a ping??? Next thing I knew was getting hammered by 3 DE's. It was unmerciless. Lots of damage and had to go very deep (400+) to evade. Is there a switch in capability after a certain date. I'm in mid war era now? How the hell did they find me in the first place??? bob

05-14-14, 06:34 PM	#6
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05-14-14, 08:17 PM	#7
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	jokker, you didn't say if you're running any mods or not. RSRDC copies the AI crew skill to be as historically accurate as possible. As the war progressed, Japanese anti-sub skill and equipment improved. The stock game randomly assigned AI skill level. If you're running stock, then you may have randomly gotten all DE's with the top level AI. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

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04-22-14, 04:28 AM	#2
Rammstein0991 Engineer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: NC USA Posts: 219 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	Not that hard to take out Destroyers for me, especially ones doing harbor patrol. I simply get slooooooooooooowly into position, and when he comes plodding slowly by I put a torpedo under his "stack" and down he goes...