Luck - good and bad

blazer05 · 04-27-10, 09:32 AM

OK just trying out RFB 2.0 - just after war start and I am sent to Indochina - on a really dark stormy night - I literally stumbled into a Jap TF - with a Kongo BB just in range - dive and shoot all 4 forward tubes at her - go deep and hear 3 hits. Manage to sneak away with only one depth charge attack even getting close. Kongo sunk - 30,000 tons cause I got lucky.

5 days later near Saigon - a small coastal freighter - calm day no wind smooth - set him up for an attack from the stern tubes. Finally after 10 torp shots and about 30 deck gun shots I manage to sink him - only 1,800 tons - what happened to my good luck. I am guessing he saw the first torps because he was changing speed and direction like he was drunk. Only thing to do was surface and put a few shells into him. Finally slowed him down to about 4 knots - caught up to him and put two torps into him as he had made me just a little mad. I would say my luck went bad but I think it was more like poor shooting.

Oh well still have 10 torps on board and about 50% of my fuel. Time to go find someone else I can shoot at.

Bothersome · 04-27-10, 10:13 AM

Yeah, those things happen. That is why you need a few electric torpedoes. You send an electric in for the first shot. Then they don't always know which way it came from and which way to evade to. You then can sometimes get in another shot because they might remain going across your bow. They are especially useful if you miss on the first shot or two. They are none the wiser if you miss. So you get a second chance at them running straight.

A bubble maker, alerts them they are under attack even if it misses. Then they dog down the hatches and it makes damages less when you do hit.

I usually don't waste any more fish on weaving ships unless I can get a close to 90 degree AoB shot. Which is usually very rare. But sometimes it can happen if they don't know where you are shooting from.

Admiral8Q · 04-27-10, 11:56 AM

You see, calm weather is bad for a sub.

04-27-10, 09:32 AM	#1
blazer05 Watch Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 23 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Luck - good and bad OK just trying out RFB 2.0 - just after war start and I am sent to Indochina - on a really dark stormy night - I literally stumbled into a Jap TF - with a Kongo BB just in range - dive and shoot all 4 forward tubes at her - go deep and hear 3 hits. Manage to sneak away with only one depth charge attack even getting close. Kongo sunk - 30,000 tons cause I got lucky. 5 days later near Saigon - a small coastal freighter - calm day no wind smooth - set him up for an attack from the stern tubes. Finally after 10 torp shots and about 30 deck gun shots I manage to sink him - only 1,800 tons - what happened to my good luck. I am guessing he saw the first torps because he was changing speed and direction like he was drunk. Only thing to do was surface and put a few shells into him. Finally slowed him down to about 4 knots - caught up to him and put two torps into him as he had made me just a little mad. I would say my luck went bad but I think it was more like poor shooting. Oh well still have 10 torps on board and about 50% of my fuel. Time to go find someone else I can shoot at.

04-27-10, 11:56 AM	#3
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	You see, calm weather is bad for a sub. __________________

04-27-10, 10:13 AM	#2
Bothersome Planesman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 194 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Yeah, those things happen. That is why you need a few electric torpedoes. You send an electric in for the first shot. Then they don't always know which way it came from and which way to evade to. You then can sometimes get in another shot because they might remain going across your bow. They are especially useful if you miss on the first shot or two. They are none the wiser if you miss. So you get a second chance at them running straight. A bubble maker, alerts them they are under attack even if it misses. Then they dog down the hatches and it makes damages less when you do hit. I usually don't waste any more fish on weaving ships unless I can get a close to 90 degree AoB shot. Which is usually very rare. But sometimes it can happen if they don't know where you are shooting from.