what were The Old Men thinking?

[WWII44]

I always go for destroyers, one less bastard to worry about. and when I attack a convoy I try and eliminate the destroyers first so I can attack the relatively defenceless merchants with impunity.

[flag4]

Originally Posted by WWII44

I always go for destroyers, one less bastard to worry about. and when I attack a convoy I try and eliminate the destroyers first so I can attack the relatively defenceless merchants with impunity.

i think this is a waste of resourses. as soon as you start attacking destroyers, surely the convoy breaks up and starts to zig-zag.

go in. find the biggest juicy ones. sink them and leave sharpish...no?

[WWII44]

Originally Posted by flag4

i think this is a waste of resourses. as soon as you start attacking destroyers, surely the convoy breaks up and starts to zig-zag.

go in. find the biggest juicy ones. sink them and leave sharpish...no?

when I attack a convoy at night I use my torps on the merchants, and if my watch officer spots an escort I train my deck gun on them and try to sink them before the get within firing range for their guns(wich I have proven to be quite sucesful at.).

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

PM me, then, cuz I can't remember. And I've read the book.

Done.

Originally Posted by WWII44

when I attack a convoy at night I use my torps on the merchants, and if my watch officer spots an escort I train my deck gun on them and try to sink them before the get within firing range for their guns(wich I have proven to be quite sucesful at.).

Be thankful the game is flawed. If it worked properly you'd be dead every time.

[WWII44]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Done.


Be thankful the game is flawed. If it worked properly you'd be dead every time.

I can take on single destroyers with ease but get several of them together then thats a different story.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by WWII44

I can take on single destroyers with ease but get several of them together then thats a different story.

I used to dogfight destroyers back in the Silent Service days, but in the present the thrill is gone for me. I have to pretend I'm really there, and that involves doing things as historically as I can. Just getting old, I am.

[Luno]

Sorry to put this here, but have you been getting my PM's Steve? My sent box is empty...

[CherryHarbey]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I used to dogfight destroyers back in the Silent Service days, but in the present the thrill is gone for me. I have to pretend I'm really there, and that involves doing things as historically as I can. Just getting old, I am.

Me too! i loved silent service
firing torps down their throats as they came arrow straight towards you and taking advantage of when they circled (in perfect circles) to torp them on manual, wait til they got to 10 o'clock and fire. get rid on the escorts and then take advantage of the unlimited deck gun ammo.
my excuse is that I was only 14......

[flag4]

Originally Posted by WWII44

when I attack a convoy at night I use my torps on the merchants, and if my watch officer spots an escort I train my deck gun on them and try to sink them before the get within firing range for their guns(wich I have proven to be quite sucesful at.).

...in reality the u boats were too slow submerged. in the early days of the war they could basically 'dissapear' underwater - like a mystery. detection was in its infancy but grew up very quickly in a few years. things had changed dramatically from 39-41 in technology.

(the allies learned fast allowing scientists to work directly with the military. where as in germany there was arrogance and mistrust between similar departments, this way of thinking took longer to catch on.)

in reality it would be frowned upon to engage destroyers: the risk of losing your whole boat and crew to one depth charge; madness.

as SS states, be grateful for the game flawes. and to engage with a deck gun - as i have foolishly done on my present patrol and got away with it - again is not good boat safety. as soon as you put the safety of your crew first the dimensions and psychology of the game changes - yes, it may sound heavy

...but this gives the game some of its longevity because it becomes more real and when you start reading the history it becomes allll to clear how awful it must have been, so the idea of challenging a destroyer with superior manouverability just becomes folly - and the tonnage gained minimal.

but this is all because i am immersed................i've finished now!

[U-Falke]

Originally Posted by flag4

...in reality the u boats were too slow submerged. in the early days of the war they could basically 'dissapear' underwater - like a mystery. detection was in its infancy but grew up very quickly in a few years. things had changed dramatically from 39-41 in technology.

(the allies learned fast allowing scientists to work directly with the military. where as in germany there was arrogance and mistrust between similar departments, this way of thinking took longer to catch on.)

in reality it would be frowned upon to engage destroyers: the risk of losing your whole boat and crew to one depth charge; madness.

as SS states, be grateful for the game flawes. and to engage with a deck gun - as i have foolishly done on my present patrol and got away with it - again is not good boat safety. as soon as you put the safety of your crew first the dimensions and psychology of the game changes - yes, it may sound heavy

...but this gives the game some of its longevity because it becomes more real and when you start reading the history it becomes allll to clear how awful it must have been, so the idea of challenging a destroyer with superior manouverability just becomes folly - and the tonnage gained minimal.

but this is all because i am immersed................i've finished now!

NIce topic guys
Its not dificult to sink a destroyer... but...
I am using a mod that makes the u-boat more fragile...
Took a mine hit his week trying to sneak into Dover and got
red damage in all compartments... end of career.
Now (also) with a IXB and a seasoned crew in 1940, I just dive to 240m and
wait until they leave. They are so deaf in this year...

Something I don't understand in Das Boot... didn't the sonarman hear the DD in that scene? I would be hitting the "follow nearest.." like an animal if I were that guy.

[WWII44]

Originally Posted by flag4

...in reality the u boats were too slow submerged. in the early days of the war they could basically 'dissapear' underwater - like a mystery. detection was in its infancy but grew up very quickly in a few years. things had changed dramatically from 39-41 in technology.

(the allies learned fast allowing scientists to work directly with the military. where as in germany there was arrogance and mistrust between similar departments, this way of thinking took longer to catch on.)

in reality it would be frowned upon to engage destroyers: the risk of losing your whole boat and crew to one depth charge; madness.

as SS states, be grateful for the game flawes. and to engage with a deck gun - as i have foolishly done on my present patrol and got away with it - again is not good boat safety. as soon as you put the safety of your crew first the dimensions and psychology of the game changes - yes, it may sound heavy

...but this gives the game some of its longevity because it becomes more real and when you start reading the history it becomes allll to clear how awful it must have been, so the idea of challenging a destroyer with superior manouverability just becomes folly - and the tonnage gained minimal.

but this is all because i am immersed................i've finished now!

well I am not a realism junkie so I have a mod that makes my sub invunerable to damage(though subsystems cand compartments can still be damaged it's relitivly minimal).

[U-Falke]

Originally Posted by WWII44

well I am not a realism junkie so I have a mod that makes my sub invunerable to damage(though subsystems cand compartments can still be damaged it's relitivly minimal).

Nice, I should do like this one day... that's why I never complete a carreer

[WWII44]

Originally Posted by U-Falke

Nice, I should do like this one day... that's why I never complete a carreer

I could post a copy of my "godmode" file here mabey.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by U-Falke

Nice, I should do like this one day... that's why I never complete a carreer

Heh, no more than 2 years for me. it seems once America jumps in they bring heat seeking depth charges with them

I suspect with both of us it is our tactics. We can afford to be sloppier and more daring when the blood shed is pixels and not breathing men with families.

We both try harder