Aggressiveness & Effectiveness of DDs?

MarkShot · 05-03-07, 02:15 AM

Okay, I took some time to read the GWX AI thread which explained quite a bit of what I seen in my practice runs so far.

It turns out that I was following appropriate tactics and they appear to be more effective early war than they are in AOD. Basically, I was running silent at 1kts below 200M. Effectively, making me invisible.

From AOD experience going deep accomplishes two things:

(1) Less likely to be detected.
(2) More time to maneuver when DC are dropped directly on you as they need time to sink to your depth.

Real world: I believe the blast radius of DCs was diminished with increase depth.

I ran some tests running silent at 50M and I was found by ASDIC and happily sunk.

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Of course, does this mean that early war patrols are simply a turkey shoot, since unless you are foolishly aggressive, then you should always be able to disengage?

At what month and year should I begin my campaign to make it interesting such that disengaging from the escorts is not a sure thing?

Thanks.

05-03-07, 02:15 AM	#5
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Okay, I took some time to read the GWX AI thread which explained quite a bit of what I seen in my practice runs so far. It turns out that I was following appropriate tactics and they appear to be more effective early war than they are in AOD. Basically, I was running silent at 1kts below 200M. Effectively, making me invisible. From AOD experience going deep accomplishes two things: (1) Less likely to be detected. (2) More time to maneuver when DC are dropped directly on you as they need time to sink to your depth. Real world: I believe the blast radius of DCs was diminished with increase depth. I ran some tests running silent at 50M and I was found by ASDIC and happily sunk. --- Of course, does this mean that early war patrols are simply a turkey shoot, since unless you are foolishly aggressive, then you should always be able to disengage? At what month and year should I begin my campaign to make it interesting such that disengaging from the escorts is not a sure thing? Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!