Tactics: sinking a destroyer

GoDeep · 08-23-11, 06:41 PM

Everyone is of course free to enjoy the game as they please, so I am not judging that.

Personally though, I feel the game is a simulation of the reality of war. Under such circumstances, recklessness will soon get you killed. And part of a commander's duty is to keep his ship and crew safe from harm so that ideally, they all live to fight again tomorrow. So I don't like messing with escorts, especially when early in the war, I don't even have to. I can evade them with relative ease, even do night time surface attacks, all without being found if I am am careful enough.

I've done the lucky "rear tube kill" on a lone destroyer coming at me but in general for me, it is dive deep and stay silent. The u-boat's biggest advantage is it's ability to remain undetected. I find that when I exploit that, I fare a lot better.

But again, to each his/her own and anyone should play as they like.

08-23-11, 06:41 PM	#9
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Everyone is of course free to enjoy the game as they please, so I am not judging that. Personally though, I feel the game is a simulation of the reality of war. Under such circumstances, recklessness will soon get you killed. And part of a commander's duty is to keep his ship and crew safe from harm so that ideally, they all live to fight again tomorrow. So I don't like messing with escorts, especially when early in the war, I don't even have to. I can evade them with relative ease, even do night time surface attacks, all without being found if I am am careful enough. I've done the lucky "rear tube kill" on a lone destroyer coming at me but in general for me, it is dive deep and stay silent. The u-boat's biggest advantage is it's ability to remain undetected. I find that when I exploit that, I fare a lot better. But again, to each his/her own and anyone should play as they like. __________________ On sailor's grave there are no roses, On a seaman's grave there blooms no Edelweiss. The only ornaments are the white gulls And the many tears a girl is weeping. -- German folk song, sung by German seamen during the war.