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04-28-24, 03:56 PM | #1 |
Sparky
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Sink 'em all
Onkel Karl would say "be more aggressive". Only in German. Probably.
You have three torpedo tubes, that's one each. They are all pretty helpless against submarines. I think historically Southampton class had a few depth charges for scare effect, and at a pinch could launch its Walrus to depth charge you; so that might be a threat, but I've never seen cruisers attack in game. The liners and auxiliary cruisers more often than not go down with a single hit and heavy cruisers and large light cruisers seem to also sink very readily with a single hit (which is not really historically correct). In any case if you hit amidships you can always reload and finish them off later. Thanks to the dumb AI the liners and auxiliary cruisers are likely to start zigzagging and may slow down slightly after the first torpedo hits, but they will not use their full speed or change base course. Just shoot them one by one as they go past. With the type II boat it's usual that I cripple a ship then have to sit there with no torpedoes left. I've waited DAYS in game for ships to sink and a few times have had to wait for the weather to clear so I could use up the flak ammo (to precious little effect). I understand some people like to ram, but I think that's pushing the game a little too far! No doubt somebody will now chip in with a story about sinking a cruiser or a battleship with the flak gun. |
05-01-24, 08:41 AM | #2 |
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the one with more renown
but I guess that ocean liner / troop transport has higher priority - everything which can move troops to Europe should be eliminated. I would try to get both. When I am not sure, I use magnetic shots to cripple the ship, because immobilised ship is easy prey.
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05-01-24, 12:15 PM | #4 |
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I will attack the escortir first, it so risky when you attack the ocean liner first, the escortir will chase you...but if you rather attack the ocean liner first it will make big renown when RTB😃
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05-04-24, 09:49 AM | #7 |
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Welcome aboard!
Bork124!
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05-14-24, 01:11 PM | #8 |
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I would say that large liners should be a good deal more valuable than big cruisers.
Also, IMHO big cruisers were perhaps the most overrated WWII ships: -almost as crew-intensive as some old battleships, but much less firepower (for example, 1230 crew for USS Portland vs 1450 crew for USS Idaho) -On a related note, expose a large number of crew to danger - see the death toll on "Sydney", "Indianapolis", "Haguro" etc. -Almost no ASW capability -Poor rate of fire for most 8" guns and some 6"guns (until the "Baltimore" class & other late war ships) -Not as expendable as destroyers Pretty telling that destroyers and similar ships have dominated post WWII navies, whereas very few big cruisers have been built.
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