A bit frustrated.

Obersteuermann · 08-01-10, 11:55 AM

After my first career was ended by a destroyer task force that caught me snooping around Dunkirk harbour, I stuck to DiD and started a fresh one in May 1940 with 7/13th flotilla.

Since then I've had FIVE one-patrol careers, starting with the same parameters as above. Every single time I've left port, I've been sunk. Every time, this has been because of a single destroyer that sees me from 12-15km and has infallible sonar. It happens all over the place: sometimes near Scotland, sometimes off the coast of Northern France, sometimes in the Irish Sea.

I've tried everything I've read about on here - changes of depth, changes of course, even grounding the boat. I even set the default action on spotting a warship as "periscope depth" and hit silent running the moment my bows were under water. All that happens is this magical destroyer singles me out and depth charges me to pieces.

I know I'm ranting, but it's really annoying to be sunk five consecutive times so early on in the war...

08-01-10, 11:55 AM	#1
Obersteuermann Shore leave Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	A bit frustrated. After my first career was ended by a destroyer task force that caught me snooping around Dunkirk harbour, I stuck to DiD and started a fresh one in May 1940 with 7/13th flotilla. Since then I've had FIVE one-patrol careers, starting with the same parameters as above. Every single time I've left port, I've been sunk. Every time, this has been because of a single destroyer that sees me from 12-15km and has infallible sonar. It happens all over the place: sometimes near Scotland, sometimes off the coast of Northern France, sometimes in the Irish Sea. I've tried everything I've read about on here - changes of depth, changes of course, even grounding the boat. I even set the default action on spotting a warship as "periscope depth" and hit silent running the moment my bows were under water. All that happens is this magical destroyer singles me out and depth charges me to pieces. I know I'm ranting, but it's really annoying to be sunk five consecutive times so early on in the war...