For the love of..... LEAVE ME ALONE!

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by Falkirion

I can relate. My first real patrol in SH3 I attacked a convoy that had the HMS Nelson in the middle. Crippled the Nelson with 3 eels, got a freighter with the 4th. Had an A&B class on me like flies on feces with only 100m of water to work with.

I learnt my lessons of evasion after that. I never attack convoys in shallow water now. I want 300m+ under my keel when I attack so I have higher evasion chances.

When doing shallow water combat/evasion it changes all the rules. Its easier to get rid of a DD with only 30 m of water than it 100m. Inexperienced or cleverly manipulated ships in water < 20m can be frequently made to blow themselves up from their own dc's. They will fail to accelerate after dropping their charges or if you maneuverd them right will be boxed in/hit another ship making them unable to accelarate after dropping.

Once they finally become available I love the homing torpedoes. Sure the fox tails were the perfect detterent irl; ingame even the first ones you get can be almost 100% lethal. Wait for the moment the DD hits the 300m mark and fire away. It'll try to maneuver out of the way but being so close it's never enough to shake of a homing torpedo once it locks onto the DD's tail.