RFB Questions

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by Hinrich Schwab

Historically, the challenge in the Pacific was neither the hunt nor the fight, the challenge was proving to the Bureau of Ordinance that the Mark 14 torpedo was a poorly designed, under-tested piece of garbage and was the reason why so many early skippers failed miserably in the sub war. Paralleling this was the forced usage of obsolete and nonsensical doctrine, such as the acoustic-only engagement, that had no practical basis in wartime tactics.

Hinrich, what you say is certainly true. The OP, however, was looking for someone to help him by making distinctions between TMO and RFB. I offered the conventional wisdom about those differences, i.e, hunt versus fight. Bilge Rat says that those differences are a thing of the past: "In actual gameplay, I can't say I have noticed a substantial difference in how the two play out." If this is true, what then do you see as the principal differences remaining between the two? Can anything be said beyond "Try them both?"