Patrol Strategy

philios · 03-17-08, 08:25 AM

Hi all, I'm new to the game and have a couple of questions. But first I'd like to say thanks to all the guys who've made videos and tutorials to help newer players. Without those resources I'd probably have given up very quickly, especially since the game itself gives almost no information on how to do things. Special mention has to go to WernerSobe for his manual targeting videos, because of them I managed to sink a ship using only sonar yesterday. It turned out to only weigh about 1800 tons and I used six torpedoes, but thats not the point. So thanks everyone for your help.

Now I have some questions. First sonar, the tool tip says that the ping machine you use to find the range of targets can be picked up by warships. Is this true? If for instance I used it to ping a carrier a couple of times would it's escorts come straight after me or do you have to be really close/send lots of pings to get detected?

My other question is more of a discussion point. I'm okay at intercepting targets and sinking them. I have trouble finding targets in the first place. Does anyone have any patrol strategies that they use to maximise encounters?

03-17-08, 08:25 AM	#1
philios Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Patrol Strategy Hi all, I'm new to the game and have a couple of questions. But first I'd like to say thanks to all the guys who've made videos and tutorials to help newer players. Without those resources I'd probably have given up very quickly, especially since the game itself gives almost no information on how to do things. Special mention has to go to WernerSobe for his manual targeting videos, because of them I managed to sink a ship using only sonar yesterday. It turned out to only weigh about 1800 tons and I used six torpedoes, but thats not the point. So thanks everyone for your help. Now I have some questions. First sonar, the tool tip says that the ping machine you use to find the range of targets can be picked up by warships. Is this true? If for instance I used it to ping a carrier a couple of times would it's escorts come straight after me or do you have to be really close/send lots of pings to get detected? My other question is more of a discussion point. I'm okay at intercepting targets and sinking them. I have trouble finding targets in the first place. Does anyone have any patrol strategies that they use to maximise encounters?