Is "target lock" based on range or visibility?

Sailor Steve · 10-26-08, 06:44 PM

I follow this general rule: If it unsticks, then he couldn't identify the target. Can I? If not, then neither should he. I don't consider it fair to hammer the target key myself, preferring to wait until the average spotter (myself included) could do the work. I don't use manual targetting, but I try to act as if I do.

Does any of that make sense?

meduza · 10-26-08, 07:32 PM

It makes perfect sense.

I use WE to identify the target, but I wait untill the ships comes close enough that even I can recognize it. It seems very unrealistical to ask WE to identify that small speck on the horizont.

I do use manual targeting, and only ask WE to identify because I'm to lazy to browse the Recognition manual myself.

Regarding the question about the periscope lock, I hardly ever use it, but I guess it is affected by the distance and sea state.

10-26-08, 06:44 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I follow this general rule: If it unsticks, then he couldn't identify the target. Can I? If not, then neither should he. I don't consider it fair to hammer the target key myself, preferring to wait until the average spotter (myself included) could do the work. I don't use manual targetting, but I try to act as if I do. Does any of that make sense? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-26-08, 07:32 PM	#2
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	It makes perfect sense. I use WE to identify the target, but I wait untill the ships comes close enough that even I can recognize it. It seems very unrealistical to ask WE to identify that small speck on the horizont. I do use manual targeting, and only ask WE to identify because I'm to lazy to browse the Recognition manual myself. Regarding the question about the periscope lock, I hardly ever use it, but I guess it is affected by the distance and sea state. __________________