Proper use of homing torpedos

Nangleator · 10-12-08, 04:53 PM

First post here, and fairly new to the game. I'm playing the stock game, since my older graphics card can't handle the more beautiful and interesting Wolves mod.

It took a lot of stupid behavior and three deaths before my current career, which is on patrol #21. I have reached summer of '42, and things seem really to be changing.

My first patrol in 1942 resulted in an aerial ambush in the Bay of Biscay. 7 or 8 pairs of flying boats dove on me. Luckily, they only bomb the point where I go underwater, and not along my last projected course. Dummies.

Still, it keeps me on lower time compression now. Particularly since they started showing up at night, too, and in light fog. Radar or bad luck?

I've got some questions, even though I've been reading the forum for a few months.

What's the best technique for my shiny, new homing torps (for escort reduction)? Just launch in the general direction and dive deep? Launch as carefully as an unguided torp? Let the escorts know where you are and shoot down the throat? From what distance? Do escorts actively dodge them? How dangerous are they to me? Are the historical methods appropriate?

Thanks for any replies, thanks to this community for being cool and well-informed, and thanks to the creators of the game and its mods!

10-12-08, 04:53 PM	#1
Nangleator Mate Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Billerica Posts: 58 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Proper use of homing torpedos First post here, and fairly new to the game. I'm playing the stock game, since my older graphics card can't handle the more beautiful and interesting Wolves mod. It took a lot of stupid behavior and three deaths before my current career, which is on patrol #21. I have reached summer of '42, and things seem really to be changing. My first patrol in 1942 resulted in an aerial ambush in the Bay of Biscay. 7 or 8 pairs of flying boats dove on me. Luckily, they only bomb the point where I go underwater, and not along my last projected course. Dummies. Still, it keeps me on lower time compression now. Particularly since they started showing up at night, too, and in light fog. Radar or bad luck? I've got some questions, even though I've been reading the forum for a few months. What's the best technique for my shiny, new homing torps (for escort reduction)? Just launch in the general direction and dive deep? Launch as carefully as an unguided torp? Let the escorts know where you are and shoot down the throat? From what distance? Do escorts actively dodge them? How dangerous are they to me? Are the historical methods appropriate? Thanks for any replies, thanks to this community for being cool and well-informed, and thanks to the creators of the game and its mods!