DD running out of DC's?

Tessa · 05-04-08, 11:54 PM

After several hours of evading a pair of DD's in Gibraltor I noticed one finally went away and parked itself against the shoreline. Noticed the DC racks were gone:

Do DD's actually run out of charges like they're supposed to, or did this one set the charge to shallow and blow up his stern?

05-05-08, 12:00 AM

I'm pretty sure they do run out.
I got caught on the surface north of Scotland one day, a DD came right at me out of the fog.

So I ordered crash dive and tried to evade.
It took a while but, after ca. 80 DC's he stopped dropping them on me.
He continued the search for several hours but around midnight lost contact (or gave up).

I think a better question would be: "does anybody know how many DC's are carried by the respective DD's and other escorts?"

bookworm_020 · 05-05-08, 12:11 AM

This has been gone over in other threads. Early war escorts had fewer depth charges compared to later ships, one late war destroyer had storage for 200 depth charges!

There are limits on how many each ship can drop before they run out, but when you have 3 or 4 ships after you it does pay to stick around and count.

BTW the picture that has been posted looks like the ship has blown off it's dethcharge racks. I wouldn't complain, just get the heck out of there!

05-05-08, 03:25 AM

Yes they do run out of DC´s. But the DC Racks are gone because they were destroyed. If they are out of ammo, the Racks will stay and you can still see DCs on it.

filefool · 05-05-08, 03:40 AM

Hmm, i don't think that the rack was destroyed i think it's a bug.

Back in GWX 1.03 i had a Black Swan chasing me in really shallow water. At it's first run it even scratched my turret while i was drawing a line into the sea floor.

But it didn't drop a single can, so i went to external view and saw that it had no DC rack. The weird thing is, after running over me again and again for about 4-5 hours (game time), it suddenly got it's rack back and blowed my nice little VIIB to pieces.

bigboywooly · 05-05-08, 05:07 AM

Had one run out of DC last night
I was in shallow water so lucky most of his missed

They still make attack runs as if they have them though

05-04-08, 11:54 PM	#1
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	DD running out of DC's? After several hours of evading a pair of DD's in Gibraltor I noticed one finally went away and parked itself against the shoreline. Noticed the DC racks were gone: Do DD's actually run out of charges like they're supposed to, or did this one set the charge to shallow and blow up his stern?

05-05-08, 12:11 AM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This has been gone over in other threads. Early war escorts had fewer depth charges compared to later ships, one late war destroyer had storage for 200 depth charges! There are limits on how many each ship can drop before they run out, but when you have 3 or 4 ships after you it does pay to stick around and count. BTW the picture that has been posted looks like the ship has blown off it's dethcharge racks. I wouldn't complain, just get the heck out of there! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

05-05-08, 03:40 AM	#5
filefool Loader Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Austria. Far away from any port or shore. Posts: 87 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm, i don't think that the rack was destroyed i think it's a bug. Back in GWX 1.03 i had a Black Swan chasing me in really shallow water. At it's first run it even scratched my turret while i was drawing a line into the sea floor. But it didn't drop a single can, so i went to external view and saw that it had no DC rack. The weird thing is, after running over me again and again for about 4-5 hours (game time), it suddenly got it's rack back and blowed my nice little VIIB to pieces. __________________

05-05-08, 05:07 AM	#6
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Had one run out of DC last night I was in shallow water so lucky most of his missed They still make attack runs as if they have them though __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

05-05-08, 12:00 AM	#2
Bulleye Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm pretty sure they do run out. I got caught on the surface north of Scotland one day, a DD came right at me out of the fog. So I ordered crash dive and tried to evade. It took a while but, after ca. 80 DC's he stopped dropping them on me. He continued the search for several hours but around midnight lost contact (or gave up). I think a better question would be: "does anybody know how many DC's are carried by the respective DD's and other escorts?"

05-05-08, 03:25 AM	#4
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Yes they do run out of DC´s. But the DC Racks are gone because they were destroyed. If they are out of ammo, the Racks will stay and you can still see DCs on it.