Tell me why oh why...

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Falkirion

Because Ubi are stupid and forgot to leave that functionality in there! Shame that task force would have been a good one to get in amongst and let loose with all the tubes then run like stink to get away from the DDs.

Yea... too bad that plane spotted me

Its a sickining feeling when 3 DD's set course straight at you doing some 20 Knots.

[Diopos]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

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Its a sickining feeling when 3 DD's set course straight at you doing some 20 Knots.

Maybe not that bad! At "fast" speeds they're somewhat or toatally deaf sonarwise. You can still go flank and manouver. You can even cosider dashing towards the DDs. "Listen" to their screws or have your sonarman report contact speed. As long as RPMs ar high or the sonarman reports a "fast" contact continue on flank. If the DD hits the breaks wich means he's putting his "stethoscope" on, stop caughing, goto low speed, silent running dive and jive (you know what to do ). There is a possibility they'll "overshoot" your actual position, speeding to the location you were last reported.
This "maneuver" is doable in stock 1.4. More aggressive mods? I don't know. I hear that with certain mods, DDs can "listen" to a squid farting at 100m depth! But can they do it moving at 20+ kts?

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Diopos

Maybe not that bad! At "fast" speeds they're somewhat or toatally deaf sonarwise. You can still go flank and manouver.

Oh trust me we scratched for the bottom in crash dive made a turn all at flank, once the DD's arrived on the scene they went into the tag team mode. One drifts and listens while the other stomps about dropping cans.

By this time we were at 210 feet running silent. I never heard the passing thermal announcement... regardless we got away. Fortunatly we had enough manuver room before they arrived and they never got a fix on us again.

Good thing too.. funny how its re-assuring to hear the distant booms of DC's being dropped on the wrong spot. and drop alot of them they did, sounded like a thunderstorm.