Convoy attacks at night

[zzsteven]

Originally Posted by supposedtobeworking

I am in the middle of a night convoy attack now and yes it is tricky--I guess you just have to use the weapons officer to get range and plot the targets right?--, but how do you all keep an accurate idea of the line-up of the convoy (i.e. how many rows and what ships are where?)? At night since you cannot verify this by eye, I am having trouble getting a good "picture" of the convoys ship positions because I cannot plot fast enough.

But you know what would make this buttloads easier??? and I want to kick the developers for not including such a simple thing---MAP NOTES!!!! I mean they were in SH2; wtf? anyway no one seems to be willing to mod this and maybe it can't be, but man that would make it much easier to keep track of marks on your map...esp at night.!

I use a sheet of scratch paper and layout the ships and their positions, escorts too if I can spot them.

Map notes would be great; a simple thing the devs overlooked.

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[P_Funk]

I'm kinda flustered when I think about it. I am competent at taking down the data and getting all the numbers right but I use my eye for it alot. Now if I can't see the convoy at night how are you supposed to be able to penetrate the screen? I mean I'm assuming the captains in the early years would simply notice where the escorts were and would zip past them. But if I can't see anything how do I keep from running straight into one? I doubt it's total pitcxh black at night. Maybe I just need a netter monitor and to play in the dark.

[HunterICX]

I mostly shadow them till dawn....if I do not have enough visibility at night (like in summer times when I have an good sight for nightime) I shaddow them till dawn before I move in. I love the smell of burning ships in the morning