My first encounter with mines?

Kalach · 09-16-05, 07:37 PM

I was off the eastern coast of England in my good ol' IID, a coastal merchant was running directly into my ambush. "Just a little further and I will have a good shot at it", I thought. "open tube 1!, prepare to fire" when suddenly it exploded and sank.
"That's odd" I though, i've never seen a coastie sink in 10m/s winds and I didn't expect the weather to sink it so violently. Disappointed, I continued NW up the coast. A few minutes later I get "We're taking damage! We have flooding! We're out of diesel fuel!", followed shortly after by hitting the bottom and complete flooding

So am I right to assume that I found some mines, or did I just hit a dolphin

or something?

AlanSmithee · 09-16-05, 08:32 PM

Sounds like you hit a mine, though I wouldn't put this past the Royal Navy's elite Exploding Dolphin Squadron.

Pretty weird that the merchant exploded, though. You'd think the AI would know how to avoid its own mines. :hmm:

iambecomelife · 09-16-05, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AlanSmithee

Sounds like you hit a mine, though I wouldn't put this past the Royal Navy's elite Exploding Dolphin Squadron.

Pretty weird that the merchant exploded, though. You'd think the AI would know how to avoid its own mines. :hmm:

From what I've read on the forums, ships completely ignore both friendly and enemy minefields.

FAdmiral · 09-16-05, 08:52 PM

I tested this once by creating a mission where I went into a
minefield and had 12 escorts against me. One by one they
came in after me and all got blown up......GO FIGURE !!

JIM

TreverSlyFox · 09-17-05, 05:42 AM

I pulled a patrol in the channel and was warned about the possibility of mines. I watched closely and sure enough there were mines. I layed submerged at parascope depth at the edge of the mine field and tracked lone merchants into the field, most didn't make it. Then watched a convoy come down through the channel and watched 1/3 to 1/2 hit mines and sink.

The convoy actually cleared a path through the mine field and I finally proceeded North up the channel. Submerged at 20m with the scope up just out of the tube to see forward and jocky through the field. Was real glad I didn't have to go out the way I came in.

09-16-05, 07:37 PM	#1
Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	My first encounter with mines? I was off the eastern coast of England in my good ol' IID, a coastal merchant was running directly into my ambush. "Just a little further and I will have a good shot at it", I thought. "open tube 1!, prepare to fire" when suddenly it exploded and sank. "That's odd" I though, i've never seen a coastie sink in 10m/s winds and I didn't expect the weather to sink it so violently. Disappointed, I continued NW up the coast. A few minutes later I get "We're taking damage! We have flooding! We're out of diesel fuel!", followed shortly after by hitting the bottom and complete flooding So am I right to assume that I found some mines, or did I just hit a dolphin or something? __________________

09-16-05, 08:52 PM	#4
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I tested this once by creating a mission where I went into a minefield and had 12 escorts against me. One by one they came in after me and all got blown up......GO FIGURE !! JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-17-05, 05:42 AM	#5
TreverSlyFox Bosun Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 65 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I pulled a patrol in the channel and was warned about the possibility of mines. I watched closely and sure enough there were mines. I layed submerged at parascope depth at the edge of the mine field and tracked lone merchants into the field, most didn't make it. Then watched a convoy come down through the channel and watched 1/3 to 1/2 hit mines and sink. The convoy actually cleared a path through the mine field and I finally proceeded North up the channel. Submerged at 20m with the scope up just out of the tube to see forward and jocky through the field. Was real glad I didn't have to go out the way I came in. __________________ Be polite, be courtious, be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

09-16-05, 08:32 PM	#2
AlanSmithee Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Expatriate Posts: 116 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Sounds like you hit a mine, though I wouldn't put this past the Royal Navy's elite Exploding Dolphin Squadron. Pretty weird that the merchant exploded, though. You'd think the AI would know how to avoid its own mines. :hmm: