How dangerous is to use active sonar?

tomoose · 01-27-12, 11:56 AM

IIRC there are previous posts asking this question. I don't think the En AI "hear" the ping but I've had a couple of incidents (in my early days) where I pinged and the escorts came a-charging. That could have been a coincidence however. If the En warship AI can't "hear" an active ping then technically it would be "cheating" if you took advantage of a game "deficiency" if you get my meaning. It's a personal choice in how you play the game.

Having said that, realism-wise, I doubt a sub skipper would actively ping if there were enemy warships anywhere around. Someone may correct me but the ONLY time I have used an active-ping is vs a solitary merchant and nothing else. Even then I rarely do it.

01-27-12, 11:56 AM	#1
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Pinging IIRC there are previous posts asking this question. I don't think the En AI "hear" the ping but I've had a couple of incidents (in my early days) where I pinged and the escorts came a-charging. That could have been a coincidence however. If the En warship AI can't "hear" an active ping then technically it would be "cheating" if you took advantage of a game "deficiency" if you get my meaning. It's a personal choice in how you play the game. Having said that, realism-wise, I doubt a sub skipper would actively ping if there were enemy warships anywhere around. Someone may correct me but the ONLY time I have used an active-ping is vs a solitary merchant and nothing else. Even then I rarely do it.