Was this just bad luck ?

KL-alfman · 04-18-10, 05:55 AM

yep, the destroyer must have just run into your boat.
pls, bear in mind to stay away from them at least 1,000-1,500m. even early-war ASDIC might detect you at a lesser range.

tomfon · 04-18-10, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KL-alfman

yep, the destroyer must have just run into your boat.
pls, bear in mind to stay away from them at least 1,000-1,500m. even early-war ASDIC might detect you at a lesser range.

+1

Falkirion · 04-18-10, 11:24 PM

Dont get too close to your intended targets, especially if its in the center column of the convoy. There's plenty of time to get into firing position once the lead escort has slipped past you. Bit of patience and observations should get you into perfect position in future.

krashkart · 04-19-10, 12:07 AM

I tend to keep my TC no higher than 8x when approaching or waiting for a convoy. A good thing I learned is to scout the convoy and see how many escorts they have riding shotgun. Once I have that figured out I engage the escorts first. Keep in mind that from time to time an escort will perform a sweep away from the convoy, usually the escorts on flank and rear guard. I have seen lead escorts perform sweeps. From your description it sounds like your V&W was doing just that -- unless you had already fired into the convoy and hit paydirt; which would put the whole formation into a zigzag.

Slow and steady wins the race.

EDIT:

As an example of unwanted things happening in high time compression; I had left my deck gun manned while patrolling near a radar contact. Dissatisfied with the speed of our progress toward the target I upped the TC to 128. When the contact turned green I immediately double-tapped the Backspace key, but it was too late. We had already sunk a neutral ship.

This PSA paid in full with negative renown.

04-18-10, 05:55 AM	#1
KL-alfman Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Weimar Posts: 930 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	yep, the destroyer must have just run into your boat. pls, bear in mind to stay away from them at least 1,000-1,500m. even early-war ASDIC might detect you at a lesser range. __________________ Life, Liberty and Property!

04-19-10, 12:07 AM	#4
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I tend to keep my TC no higher than 8x when approaching or waiting for a convoy. A good thing I learned is to scout the convoy and see how many escorts they have riding shotgun. Once I have that figured out I engage the escorts first. Keep in mind that from time to time an escort will perform a sweep away from the convoy, usually the escorts on flank and rear guard. I have seen lead escorts perform sweeps. From your description it sounds like your V&W was doing just that -- unless you had already fired into the convoy and hit paydirt; which would put the whole formation into a zigzag. Slow and steady wins the race. EDIT: As an example of unwanted things happening in high time compression; I had left my deck gun manned while patrolling near a radar contact. Dissatisfied with the speed of our progress toward the target I upped the TC to 128. When the contact turned green I immediately double-tapped the Backspace key, but it was too late. We had already sunk a neutral ship. This PSA paid in full with negative renown. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard Last edited by krashkart; 04-19-10 at 12:18 AM.

04-18-10, 11:24 PM	#3
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Dont get too close to your intended targets, especially if its in the center column of the convoy. There's plenty of time to get into firing position once the lead escort has slipped past you. Bit of patience and observations should get you into perfect position in future.