Torpedoes not shallow enough

IYIENACE · 05-12-07, 10:52 AM

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t0maz · 05-12-07, 11:21 AM

Try switch to impact pistol - maybe they are reversed?

joea · 05-12-07, 02:09 PM

You shouldn't waste torps on gunboats...they are too shallow for one thing.

akdavis · 05-12-07, 11:29 PM

These gunboats should not be in the ocean whatsoever. Oversight by the devs. I would simply remove them from the game.

perisher · 05-13-07, 07:50 AM

Torpedoes have a minimum depth, above which they become unstable and, at the very least, start to porpoise. They will also, usually, lose direction, in which case you may get your torpedo back. To all intents the gunboat is torpedo proof.

tycho102 · 05-13-07, 01:01 PM

Yup. Sub-chasers and gunboats are nearly immune.

In no-wind conditions, you might get a mag hit on a sub-chaser -- absolutely no go with the gun boats. And in extremely strong winds, the boat might dip enough for the torpedo to nail the bridge.

FAdmiral · 05-13-07, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by akdavis

These gunboats should not be in the ocean whatsoever. Oversight by the devs. I would simply remove them from the game.

Yes, gunboats don't really belong in this game, especially when all the Japanese DEs, Corvettes and Frigates and been left out....

JIM

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akdavis Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 597 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	These gunboats should not be in the ocean whatsoever. Oversight by the devs. I would simply remove them from the game. __________________ -AKD

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perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Torpedoes have a minimum depth, above which they become unstable and, at the very least, start to porpoise. They will also, usually, lose direction, in which case you may get your torpedo back. To all intents the gunboat is torpedo proof. __________________ "Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)

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t0maz Ensign Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 231 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Try switch to impact pistol - maybe they are reversed?

05-12-07, 02:09 PM	#3
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	You shouldn't waste torps on gunboats...they are too shallow for one thing.

05-13-07, 01:01 PM	#6
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yup. Sub-chasers and gunboats are nearly immune. In no-wind conditions, you might get a mag hit on a sub-chaser -- absolutely no go with the gun boats. And in extremely strong winds, the boat might dip enough for the torpedo to nail the bridge.