What destroyer makes you think well I am screwed?

Akotalaya · 04-12-14, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Bungo !$!@$ Pete. I'd rather face an allied destroyer in 1945 while in a Type II then encounter him. I've lost 5 subs to him and i'm not losing the sixth one.

he's easy, just place your sub in the right position, point your bow towards him and wait, but make sure he will pass within 500 yards..and make shure your under the thermal while you wait, as he gets closer, and your boat is rigged for silent running come up to periscope and quickly fire a spread of torps, i have taken him out pretty easily that way...ive never lost a sub to him, but ive killed him dozens of times on full realism..he is a skilled one, but once you know his weaknesses you can sink him every time..

oh and just a little side note, you guys complain too much XD (jk) i took out a heavy cruiser once with an s-boat...and in that same patrol i badly crippled one leaving rabaul

Admiral Halsey · 04-12-14, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Akotalaya

he's easy, just place your sub in the right position, point your bow towards him and wait, but make sure he will pass within 500 yards..and make shure your under the thermal while you wait, as he gets closer, and your boat is rigged for silent running come up to periscope and quickly fire a spread of torps, i have taken him out pretty easily that way...ive never lost a sub to him, but ive killed him dozens of times on full realism..he is a skilled one, but once you know his weaknesses you can sink him every time..

oh and just a little side note, you guys complain too much XD (jk) i took out a heavy cruiser once with an s-boat...and in that same patrol i badly crippled one leaving rabaul

I sank a Kongo in the task force that was heading towards Brunei Bay in an S-Boat once. First time I tried one out to.

Armistead · 04-13-14, 08:58 AM

Two most feared escorts

Type C..with those 6 Y guns and roll offs, things dump about 24 charges per run.

Matsu..Seems it had 3 Y guns, 4 K guns and double roll offs. Throws about as many charges as The Type class but a meaner pattern.

merc4ulfate · 04-13-14, 07:34 PM

Japanese Destroyers are a cake walk. Bungo Pete gets killes every time I see him. Fubuki are harder if you have the Torpedo Lancher mod. I do not really fear any of them however ... it is rare I sink and when I do it is always my fault.

If I had to pick any that are more difficult than others I would say any with Hedgehogs. If the Japanese had them in the game many more would die an early death.

TorpX · 04-13-14, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by merc4ulfate

If I had to pick any that are more difficult than others I would say any with Hedgehogs. If the Japanese had them in the game many more would die an early death.

Who's side are you on?

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For some reason, I remember the DD's of SHCE being more scary. Maybe it's because I usually play early-war in RFB. In SH4, I've been killed by aircraft more times than any other way.

Popeye the Salior · 04-14-14, 08:20 AM

Its true I don't like them but sometimes when they are out of DCs they try to ram.

TorpX · 04-14-14, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Popeye the Salior

Its true I don't like them but sometimes when they are out of DCs they try to ram.

The planes or the destroyers?

Snarf · 04-16-14, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Two most feared escorts

Type C..with those 6 Y guns and roll offs, things dump about 24 charges per run.

Matsu..Seems it had 3 Y guns, 4 K guns and double roll offs. Throws about as many charges as The Type class but a meaner pattern.

Gotta agree with that one, I got a nasty pounding from a type C going through the Tsugaru strait. They seem to not go down with one torpedo either, maybe need to adjust HP on those.

Admiral Halsey · 04-16-14, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Snarf

Gotta agree with that one, I got a nasty pounding from a type C going through the Tsugaru strait. They seem to not go down with one torpedo either, maybe need to adjust HP on those.

You aren't going to sink a destroyer with a single torp every time.

Snarf · 04-16-14, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

You aren't going to sink a destroyer with a single torp every time.

well for me it's every time I am not going to sink a type C with one torpedo, but most others go down in one. It's a decision though, send two, and have one less torp for bigger tonnage, send one, disable the destroyer and don't get credit for kill, send one, disable the destroyer try to surface and finish him with the deck gun... well that last one ends in death

BigWalleye · 04-16-14, 07:38 PM

It's not about the destroyer. As Wayne Hughes wrote: "Men matter most." It was just as true in WW2. Take a bunch of inexperienced sailors led by some ninety-day wonders, put them on the finest escort class in the fleet, and they won't be able to find their own backside in dim light. Take an elite crew led by a mean, clever, sneaky skipper, put them on an out-dated tin can, and you've got headaches, Yankee sailor boy! Don't worry about what, worry about who.

04-13-14, 08:58 AM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Two most feared escorts Type C..with those 6 Y guns and roll offs, things dump about 24 charges per run. Matsu..Seems it had 3 Y guns, 4 K guns and double roll offs. Throws about as many charges as The Type class but a meaner pattern. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it. Last edited by Armistead; 04-13-14 at 09:22 AM.

04-13-14, 07:34 PM	#4
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Japanese Destroyers are a cake walk. Bungo Pete gets killes every time I see him. Fubuki are harder if you have the Torpedo Lancher mod. I do not really fear any of them however ... it is rare I sink and when I do it is always my fault. If I had to pick any that are more difficult than others I would say any with Hedgehogs. If the Japanese had them in the game many more would die an early death. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

04-14-14, 08:20 AM	#6
Popeye the Salior Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Wish I was at sea commanding a sailboat. Posts: 48 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Its true I don't like them but sometimes when they are out of DCs they try to ram. __________________ Always check your 180 and give them hell!!

04-16-14, 07:38 PM	#11
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	It's not about the destroyer. As Wayne Hughes wrote: "Men matter most." It was just as true in WW2. Take a bunch of inexperienced sailors led by some ninety-day wonders, put them on the finest escort class in the fleet, and they won't be able to find their own backside in dim light. Take an elite crew led by a mean, clever, sneaky skipper, put them on an out-dated tin can, and you've got headaches, Yankee sailor boy! Don't worry about what, worry about who.