Sub classes?

[Soviet Creeper]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Except that four Mk 10's have a much better chance of exploding when they should than the early Mk 14's

While the Torpex used in the Mk 14 is better suited for sinking ships than the TNT used in the Mk 10's, that Torpex won't be of much good if it is not exploded next to the ship.

I would rather hit with four Mk 10's than not hit with three out of four Mk 14's

very, very true, but I was talking about their effectiveness against Battleships and large carriers. Ive been unable to sink one, even when all 4 hit and explode. Perhaps bad luck. I do overall perfer the Mark 10, and am even willing to spend the renown to get them once I "upgrade" to a larger sub. 6 Mark 10s however, will more often than not put down whatever Im trying to sink. I only wish they had a tad longer range. I hate fireing at a distance convoy, only to have them run out of fuel 20 yards from the large modern tanker I was aiming at

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Soviet Creeper

very, very true, but I was talking about their effectiveness against Battleships and large carriers. Ive been unable to sink one, even when all 4 hit and explode. Perhaps bad luck. I do overall perfer the Mark 10, and am even willing to spend the renown to get them once I "upgrade" to a larger sub. 6 Mark 10s however, will more often than not put down whatever Im trying to sink. I only wish they had a tad longer range. I hate fireing at a distance convoy, only to have them run out of fuel 20 yards from the large modern tanker I was aiming at

Attacking a large warship can be fun but you do so much more harm to the Japanese war effort by killing her supply lines of course in theory you should try to destroy any warship you find.If you follow a few simple rules when using Mk.14s you will not have near as much trouble with them though one could argue the accuracy of doing this because we know what to do from the start in the game to avoid the duds in real life they did not know until later in the war.I think the odds of sinking a BB with mk.10s is pretty low they can take alot of hits even from much more powerful mk.14s and not go down.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Soviet Creeper

hate fireing at a distance convoy, only to have them run out of fuel 20 yards from the large modern tanker I was aiming at

How far away are you shootin?

[Stealhead]

20 yards beyond the maximum range of Mk10(though I bet they are cutting out a bit farther away than 20 yards) I am guessing my guess is that he is firing at them while in range but not realizing that the target is slowly sailing out of range.I used to have this problem way back when.If that is the case then his success rate could go up a bit if he gets new sub and starts using
Mk14s set to slow speed he is already accustomed to getting in to S-boat attack range with all that extra range of mk14s he should be good if the only error is firing from too far for MK10s to make it.