Noob Sighted! Quick Question

[Flaxpants]

Yes, fire a big juicy salvo and then get the heck outta dodge asap.

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by Flaxpants

Yes, fire a big juicy salvo and then get the heck outta dodge asap.

Or don't fire a salvo. Because you probably won't hit a thing by doing so.

Instead, take your time to get inside the screen (difficult in the best of times) then pick two easy-ish ships to go after (don't be tempted into going after the "biggest," pick two that your skills can handle). Carefully shoot at the first one (1 torpedo) and, if time allows, the second. Just as if they were loners.

Then dive, as quietly as possible, and take the regular evasive actions (there's tons of threads on here about how to do that, so just search and you will find answers to all of your questions).

But spraying a salvo at a convoy and hoping is about as effective (and a whole lot riskier) as spraying a salvo into the open ocean.

[Weiss Pinguin]

If you aim your salvo, you have a better chance. And if your detected and can't close the range enough for aimed torpedoes, then I'd personally go for a full salvo and hope for the best while I snuck away.

[K-61]

I would never fire a salvo in hopes of a hit. If the convoy knows you are there it will zigzag and make a hit even less likely. Why waste four torpedoes on a desperate shot when you can evade and later re-establish contact with the same convoy and set up again for a deliberate attack. I've had perfect setups spoiled at the last second, broke off attack, evaded and then attacked again later. Only I had four more torpedoes available to me since I didn't waste them on a desperate gamble.

Occasionally I will fire a single "Hail Mary" shot on a distant valuable target. I bagged my first Bogue carrier that way. I was too far away for a deliberate attack, so I fired one G7A. My reasoning was that it was early morning and they might not see it in the predawn darkness. Meanwhile, I dove deep and moved away. Several minutes later it hit and the carrier came to a stop, with a list to port. After several hours of evasion and stealthy maneuvering I was able to approach closer and finish her off. Had I fired a salvo of four, which is all I had left and only one hit, I would not have had any left for the kill shot.

[JokerOfFate]

Use the "ongoing" tactic

Basicly you sit inside the convoy picking one ship off at a time, the DD's move in you dive they lose you, and then you do the same thing over and over again.

I tend not to use salvos but they're pretty good with convoys but its still better to use singles, better safe than sorry

[Gerald]

I agree, I only use single shot when its predictive value in my view is better than several at a time, which also "save some eels if some are lost

[Draka]

Salvo doesn't necessarily mean a full set of all tubes available. Salvoes were the practice early war and the way they were taught.I tend to use a 2 eel salvo a lot - minimum spread and running fast. That way any small errors in my calculations and one or the other will hit. YMMV