Questions about patrol

[Highbury]

Originally Posted by FlyingTiger

Thank you for your advices, kaleun. I usually play from the beginning of the war. Porpoise class. She's not a bad boat but lack of modern equipments. I moved forward to Japan at flank speed and then proceed to patrol area. There, I dived in the morning and surface at night. This is what I learned from a memoir of a sub skipper. but the thing is when submerge, it's hard to chase the target, even at flank speed so I must surface and the consequence is being bombed.

Just two more things based on this. First, Flank speed is not the best way to get to your patrol area. It makes for very short patrols. Read this thread for some good info on how the boats in SH use fuel:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=151682

As for it being hard to chase the target, even at flank speed.. basically, unless it is a lone merchant going slow, if it is past you let it go. You will just burn fuel and probably never catch it let alone get a good firing angle. You will see a few people saying the same in posts above, never chase. We are stealthy hunters that lie in wait, chasing down enemies is not what we do. It is painful sometimes.. I had a TF pass me by last night just north of Batavia. 2 Kongo class BBs, perfectly flat seas and not a hope in hell of getting in range of a Mk.10... it sucks, but such is the life of a Sub Skipper. You need to have patience for this genre game/sim.