Finally I Got One

Falkirion · 08-30-08, 07:33 PM

Yeah I have the same creed as you. Focus on shipping and leave the task forces be. And like you I said the hell with it a few nights ago. The result? One Matsuki destroyer now lying in two pieces on the ocean floor.

The split is hard to see but it outlined it in black. Possibly not the best choice but it gets the point across.

Seminole · 08-30-08, 08:11 PM

I never have tried for a Destroyer. It is on my "to do" list though.

Seminole · 08-31-08, 06:45 PM

I maybe should have never posted this thread.

I went out on my next patrol today and got 2 -back to back missions to do photo recons of carriers in port...

Well...does that file under: " no good deed shall ever go unpunished"
or "speak of the devil and he shall appear?"

I spent most of the day creeping ,dodging, laying low and bellysliding in real time....

JHuschke · 08-31-08, 11:40 PM

Good job! Sink em all!

Seminole · 09-01-08, 08:57 AM

I don't shoot at ships in harbor. I try to play along with the sim and just get the recon photos like the big man ordered...but it does require an awsome investment in time because you are very limited in using TC to get these jobs done.

It was just that it had been so long since I had received a photo recon mission order I had almost forgotten about them. Then I sunk a carrier at sea, mentioned it... and wham-O..two recons in a row show up in the in-basket....

Brenjen · 09-05-08, 09:38 AM

Sweet. I don't shoot at the ships in the harbor if I'm there for a photo recon but I hunt for my tonnage in harbors. I try to slip past the destroyer (if there is one) & get nice fat modern tankers sitting still. I was playing yesterday & went into a harbor, the DD was sure I was there but not sure where so he pulled up in front of me about 800 yards out & shut off his engine with me looking right up his 6 o'clock. I pumped a single MK-10 into him & then followed him around while he slowly went under. I got tired of waiting & surfaced to finish him with the deck gun & AA guns.

Then I went in & used my remaining MK-14's on the stationary large modern tankers. I got two since only about half of my torps were duds & with my last one I took a chance & set the magnetic exploder & got my second tanker with one torp. I thought that was great, I went back to Midway & refit & headed to the Gilberts to patrol & after a long time of seeing nothing, I decided to try to slip back into Truk. I got pounced by a patrol boat of some sort, took some damage but I shook 'em off & low & behold what do I see sitting there in front of me @ just about 500 yards? A Yamato. Took about 5 or 6 good torpedos to sink it spread across her from bow to stern with most concentrated in the middle third of the ship. Somehow I managed to get home too.

With me still learning the intricacies of sub tactics & manual torpedo targeting I was pretty pleased with myself after that seeing as how it was accomplished at 100% realism (& I suck at it).

08-30-08, 08:11 PM	#2
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I never have tried for a Destroyer. It is on my "to do" list though. __________________

08-31-08, 06:45 PM	#3
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I maybe should have never posted this thread. I went out on my next patrol today and got 2 -back to back missions to do photo recons of carriers in port... Well...does that file under: " no good deed shall ever go unpunished" or "speak of the devil and he shall appear?" I spent most of the day creeping ,dodging, laying low and bellysliding in real time.... __________________

09-01-08, 08:57 AM	#5
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I don't shoot at ships in harbor. I try to play along with the sim and just get the recon photos like the big man ordered...but it does require an awsome investment in time because you are very limited in using TC to get these jobs done. It was just that it had been so long since I had received a photo recon mission order I had almost forgotten about them. Then I sunk a carrier at sea, mentioned it... and wham-O..two recons in a row show up in the in-basket.... __________________

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08-30-08, 07:33 PM	#1
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Yeah I have the same creed as you. Focus on shipping and leave the task forces be. And like you I said the hell with it a few nights ago. The result? One Matsuki destroyer now lying in two pieces on the ocean floor. The split is hard to see but it outlined it in black. Possibly not the best choice but it gets the point across.

08-31-08, 11:40 PM	#4
JHuschke XO Join Date: May 2008 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 432 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Good job! Sink em all!

09-05-08, 09:38 AM	#6
Brenjen Machinist's Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: I live in The U.S. South Posts: 127 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Sweet. I don't shoot at the ships in the harbor if I'm there for a photo recon but I hunt for my tonnage in harbors. I try to slip past the destroyer (if there is one) & get nice fat modern tankers sitting still. I was playing yesterday & went into a harbor, the DD was sure I was there but not sure where so he pulled up in front of me about 800 yards out & shut off his engine with me looking right up his 6 o'clock. I pumped a single MK-10 into him & then followed him around while he slowly went under. I got tired of waiting & surfaced to finish him with the deck gun & AA guns. Then I went in & used my remaining MK-14's on the stationary large modern tankers. I got two since only about half of my torps were duds & with my last one I took a chance & set the magnetic exploder & got my second tanker with one torp. I thought that was great, I went back to Midway & refit & headed to the Gilberts to patrol & after a long time of seeing nothing, I decided to try to slip back into Truk. I got pounced by a patrol boat of some sort, took some damage but I shook 'em off & low & behold what do I see sitting there in front of me @ just about 500 yards? A Yamato. Took about 5 or 6 good torpedos to sink it spread across her from bow to stern with most concentrated in the middle third of the ship. Somehow I managed to get home too. With me still learning the intricacies of sub tactics & manual torpedo targeting I was pretty pleased with myself after that seeing as how it was accomplished at 100% realism (& I suck at it).