Should I be keel-hauled?

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UKönig said:

What if your boat was damaged and leaking oil?

I'm referring to one of the quirks of SH3, and there are of course, many. I find this one amusing - in fact it makes it easier to survive an attack. It's obvious the AI knows the exact spot (to the metre) your boat was last seen, and attacking aircraft use that, with a little random inaccuracy thrown in, of course.

You're reading more into what I said than what I intended. On one patrol, I was in the process of attacking a Coastal Merchant with the deck gun, when a half-dozen Hurri-bombers appeared and bombed the sea about 3-400 metres behind my boat - presumably that was my last reported position. It takes a while to submerge from stationary (ahead flank, dive), but it was obvious they were "on orders" to bomb that precise position, and ignored a large, stationary enemy target, so we were saved by the AI.

Incidentally, SH3 always delivers surprises - on my last patrol, I was submerged, stalking a C3, ready to surface parallel and attack by gun (don't alert the quarry too early when there are lots of aircraft around), when it was bombed by a FW Condor, which was in turn attacked by three Hurricanes, one of which was hit by return fire, trailing smoke and flames. All 4 disappeared from sight (the observation 'scope gives a wide field of view - don't ignore it, use it), so I surfaced and attacked the C3. As we left the scene, we were almost immediately attacked by presumably, the damaged Hurricane, which was shot down on its second pass.