These Cruisers are Smart! -DOH!

[KeptinCranky]

Dido CLs are not worth taking the time to shoot at, only 5600 tons, unless they happen to steam along right behind you at 600m and 90 deg AOB without you having to even maneuver the boat, then it's worth shooting a stern eel at them, because you can't miss, otherwise save it for the merchies or a BIG warship over 10k tons

[UnterseeBoogeyMan]

Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

Dido CLs are not worth taking the time to shoot at, only 5600 tons, unless they happen to steam along right behind you at 600m and 90 deg AOB without you having to even maneuver the boat, then it's worth shooting a stern eel at them, because you can't miss, otherwise save it for the merchies or a BIG warship over 10k tons

I've always figured 5000 tons was the bottom end of what I was willing to burn a torpedo on. I dont even bother with destroyers for that reason. Having said that, I try to nail a cruiser whenever I get the chance. Mainly, because if they're not in convoy those blasted things go at 30 knots! There is no way I am taking him down unless I make a visual or radio contact almost 90 or 270 degrees from his course with time to get to the intercept point. Missing him 2x shook my confidence, so geting him the 3rd time was a moral victory. those 2 torpedoes missing wide could have equalled merchant tonnage but I wanted the challenge.

[U-TigerShark]

how do you select different parts of ships to fire at, like magazine, fuel engines or is it only a GWX thing ??

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by U-TigerShark

how do you select different parts of ships to fire at, like magazine, fuel engines or is it only a GWX thing ??

Its a stock thing. Instead of using the L key to lock onto a target just move the cross hair reticle on the periscope or uzo to the part of the ship you want to target then fire a torpedo. Assuming you have WO assist on that is. If you are using manual targetting then you'll need to get the right data entered into the TDC before firing.

[U-TigerShark]

how do i get the Weapons officer to assist ??

[UnterseeBoogeyMan]

Originally Posted by U-TigerShark

how do i get the Weapons officer to assist ??

It has to be enabled in your settings and he has to be in the control room. otherwise, I dont think it works. this is a GWX thing, but very handy; if you get within 1000 meters and within 15 degrees port or starboard of your target as close to 90 degrees aob as possible, you will see in the ship manual several parts of ship come up. you will see ammo rooms, fuel tanks, engine rooms. if you want to economize your torpedoes, very very usefull.

[Amiral Crapaud]

Smart ships like that can be more easily taken care of if you add manually some lead, knowing from the start they are the "quick" type.

Attacking the Hunt on the convoy qualification training mission is quite handy in this case to "test" the AI. One has to shoot a good torpedo, or more preferably a spread, at the right distance in front of the target, for her to run into the torpedo while she specifically tried to avoid it by speeding up. I find this kind of vicious attacks rather satisfactory