4-shot salvo or 4 separate shots?

01-26-11, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I never use the Salvo Switch simply because it fires all the selected torpedoes at once. In real life the Salvo Switch fired them a minimum of eight seconds apart, to avoid interference between the torpedoes.

couldnt there be a way to change this in a mod? Or is it hard coded?

01-26-11, 03:03 PM

I fire my shots one at a time. If I'm shooting multiples I usually give between a 5 and 10 count. I too like the click of the fire button!!

danexpat · 01-26-11, 03:09 PM

This is where I get off the verisimilitude train. I just play these things through my initial addiction until I'm ready to move on to my next --

Hey, look! Something shiny!

Gargamel · 01-26-11, 06:46 PM

If I'm trying to pick off a high speed / maneuverability target, Then I will use the salvo switch to crank off a 3 shot spread. 1 for where it's supposed to be, and 1 ahead and behind.

But If I'm trying to put multiple eels into a target, I go for single shots, as I want to pick my spots and incur the most damage.

krashkart · 01-26-11, 08:49 PM

For the most part I fire singles in a sequence.

The problem I run into with salvos is that I keep forgetting to set the spread angle to 0 and having most or all of those torps miss the mark.

frau kaleun · 01-26-11, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

The problem I run into with salvos is that I keep forgetting to set the spread angle to 0 and having most or all of those torps miss the mark.

I can't remember how many times I've had a salvo set up and just as the target comes into the desired position, I remember I didn't check the spread angle and have to bounce back into the TDC screen to check it. Or even worse I don't remember to remember until just after I fire and then I go back and look and OH CRAP.

VONHARRIS · 01-27-11, 12:30 AM

I rarely fire salvos. When I do , I fire a 3 spread torpedo against a high value target (BB or CV) and keep 1 more fish just in case.

Sailor Steve · 01-28-11, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by danexpat

This is where I get off the verisimilitude train. I just play these things through my initial addiction until I'm ready to move on to my next --

Hey, look! Something shiny!

We all have our little vices. I've listed mine far too many times to repeat them here.

Herr-Berbunch · 01-28-11, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

We all have our little vices. I've listed mine far too many times to repeat them here.

But isn't that one of your little vices?

Jimbuna · 01-28-11, 11:28 AM

Never resort to salvos personally....nver enough eels to play with as it is.

Obersteuermann · 01-29-11, 06:02 PM

As a rule I only use salvoes against battleships and carriers. I find that a 2-torpedo spread against battleships, with the spread angle set to pop the eels into the fore and aft magazines, gives the best results.

Against carriers ... well, my evasion tactics aren't the best and generally I want to shoot as many torpedoes as needed in as little time as possible so I can get away quick. I've only fired a 3-shot salvo once, and that was when I found a Bogue class escorted by half a dozen Clemsons ... on 4th July.

01-26-11, 03:09 PM	#3
danexpat Mate Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wherever you hear the grinding of a DD hull on a U-boat Posts: 60 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Realism This is where I get off the verisimilitude train. I just play these things through my initial addiction until I'm ready to move on to my next -- Hey, look! Something shiny!

01-26-11, 06:46 PM	#4
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	If I'm trying to pick off a high speed / maneuverability target, Then I will use the salvo switch to crank off a 3 shot spread. 1 for where it's supposed to be, and 1 ahead and behind. But If I'm trying to put multiple eels into a target, I go for single shots, as I want to pick my spots and incur the most damage. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-26-11, 08:49 PM	#5
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	For the most part I fire singles in a sequence. The problem I run into with salvos is that I keep forgetting to set the spread angle to 0 and having most or all of those torps miss the mark. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

01-28-11, 11:28 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,590 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Never resort to salvos personally....nver enough eels to play with as it is. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-26-11, 03:03 PM	#2
NoGoodLandLubber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I fire my shots one at a time. If I'm shooting multiples I usually give between a 5 and 10 count. I too like the click of the fire button!!

01-27-11, 12:30 AM	#7
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I rarely fire salvos. When I do , I fire a 3 spread torpedo against a high value target (BB or CV) and keep 1 more fish just in case.

01-29-11, 06:02 PM	#11
Obersteuermann Shore leave Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	As a rule I only use salvoes against battleships and carriers. I find that a 2-torpedo spread against battleships, with the spread angle set to pop the eels into the fore and aft magazines, gives the best results. Against carriers ... well, my evasion tactics aren't the best and generally I want to shoot as many torpedoes as needed in as little time as possible so I can get away quick. I've only fired a 3-shot salvo once, and that was when I found a Bogue class escorted by half a dozen Clemsons ... on 4th July.