First convoy SH3/GWX attack - report from AOD player

Pablo · 06-01-07, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimguy

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Originally Posted by MarkShot

Well, I have been discussing SH3/GWX versus AOD with someone.

Bottomline: SH3/GWX does a better job of making an attack from inside the convoy very hard. AOD does a much better job of hunting your sub once forced down and scaring the living daylights out of you. To quote part of my discussion:

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The bad is that they just don't pose that much of a threat once they have detected me. The first few times, you here "wasserbomben", you think "oh, ****!". But then you realize, they are just large firecrackers

Can't say I disagree with you. The only times I've died are when I've been caught in shallow water, or I did something very stupid. But I've never played past 42. Maybe they get better for the rest of the war, and not merely more numerous?

Hi!

Starting in 1943 the escorts get hedgehog ahead-throwing weapons, and advanced sonars that track you right up through the time they shoot the hedgehogs at you. Very nasty, especially if you encounter a hunter-killer group (escort carrier with several destroyers) that has nothing better to do but stick around above you until you run out of battery power and/or oxygen.

Using early-war tactics against these new capabilities is tantamount to suicide.

Pablo