Escorts give up too easily - Page 2

Bosje · 05-25-10, 10:46 AM

wait till you get hunted by an experienced escort with hedgehogs, you'll be dreaming about the times when escort evasion only meant an hour being quiet

Dissaray · 05-25-10, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by maillemaker

What is the hook and line method?

Steve

It was how they hunted for subs befor they had ASDIC and hydrophones. They put a grapnleing hook on the end of a long line. The hook is droped into the water and if it snags the sub you will know where it is and then you can drop a depth charg on it. It wasn't a good method beacouse it was nearly imposible to tell what it was you snaged, a sub, a rock, a big fish, it was all fairly simular. This is why they never got decent kill rates against subs. Fortunatly for the guys up top the subs weren't any more advanced then the methods for hunting them at the time.

PappyCain · 05-25-10, 11:36 AM

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maillemaker · 05-25-10, 11:37 AM

Lol they were fishing for submarines!

What would you do if you caught one?

Dissaray · 05-25-10, 11:43 AM

The same thing you do what you catch a shark, shoot it.

Jimbuna · 05-25-10, 01:39 PM

IIRC the Japanese used the hook and line method (anmonst others such as depth charge) right up to the end of the war.

Obltn Strand · 05-25-10, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by h.sie

[AI detection]
Lost contact time=30 ;[min]

This is correct. But if he uses SH3 Commander, this value is overwritten by a random value between 15 and 45 (if I'm informed correctly) each time he launches SH3 via SH3 Commander.

So in his case it would be better to change the values 15 and 45 in the appropriate SH3-Commander config file, I think it is Randomized Events.cfg.

h.sie

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Originally Posted by JScones

Correct.

Just don't set the value too high as the escorts will lose contact with the convoy they are supposed to be guarding! The SH3Cmdr maximum of 45 minutes takes this into account; they'll keep you pinned down, but they won't meander aimlessly after they break off the attack.

So setting a high value may add "OMG immersion!!!" up front, but it'd become a downer pretty quickly once you find yourself continually attacking unprotected convoys.

This explains why a lone destroyer sometimes stays behind.
Thanks JScones and h.sie. Changed it to 40-45 min. Let's see how it works.

05-25-10, 10:46 AM	#16
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	wait till you get hunted by an experienced escort with hedgehogs, you'll be dreaming about the times when escort evasion only meant an hour being quiet __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

05-25-10, 11:36 AM	#18
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Recently declassified: __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html

05-25-10, 01:39 PM	#21
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,142 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	IIRC the Japanese used the hook and line method (anmonst others such as depth charge) right up to the end of the war. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-25-10, 11:37 AM	#19
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Lol they were fishing for submarines! What would you do if you caught one?

05-25-10, 11:43 AM	#20
Dissaray 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 280 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	The same thing you do what you catch a shark, shoot it.