Targets on the map.

[Mad Mardigan]

Originally Posted by Col7777

I was in a conflict where both side were in a battle, after the battle I stayed with my side and sailed along with it just out of curiosity to see where we were going.
Then after a while the ships vanished and I was left alone on the sea, then this made me think of when you see a convoy popup miles away and you try to make for it, by the time you get there it has gone even if you make a guess where it might be and go that area.
So I'm thinking when you see a target popup on the map and after a while it fades away has it vanished like the convoy I was sailing with, so are the best targets the ones that are close by and reachable in time and not the ones far off?

Col.

Know that with SH3 for Me, modded with LSH3-2015, I've gone for convoys that popped up on the Nav map, that were a bit of time travel & they were there when I got there, as well as had some drop off the map, too.

As for if this is the case yet or NOT with SH4.. am NOT entirely sure yet, most I've seen show up on the mapping, often times, have NOT been in a position to investigate, as just when I go to do so invariably just as I start to do so have had other convoys or even in some cases, had single solo ships crop up... short circuiting My investigating if it were possible for them to be there or NOT, just like with SH3.

From what I do recall, with some time of plying SH4 in its 'nilla stage state, this was the case, just as with SH3... so... it just may be possible that the mega makers, didn't do much to upset the convoy apple cart, as it were... other than adding in or tweaking the campaign files that were in stock SH4.

So, in conclusion.. I'd say the odds of a successful convoy intercept for 1's some ways off on the mapping & still being there or being seen after getting to them.. would rank in a 40-50 percentile range of a successful intercept/engagement... for convoys that require little to NO travel time to engage or intercept, I'd say would probably range in the 85-95 percentile range, with a +/- percentage of 5-15 percentage of missing them due to unknown factors & would be your better bet for targets to go for.

This is of course, just speculation on My part & may... or may not be entirely without merit.

Mad Mardigan