need advise, attack or not?

deckard · 10-07-05, 09:16 PM

hi all, i could need a little bit of advise for my current campaign,

im in may 1941 right outside of Gibraltar and have spotted a revenge battleship whit 8 (yes 8!!) destroyer escorts, (tribals, hunters and flowers i belive)

im in perfect position for a classic T-bone attack, the front escorts have passed me and the revenge battleship will pass me at about 1,300m
normaly i would go for it, but this time im unsure,

just 1 day earlier i had a battle against a small destroyer taskforce (wich i won,) but my hull structure is around 25% after that confrontation.
i doubt i would survive much more wasserbombs.

sneaking away after that attackwill also be very hard since i cant go very deep becasue of my low hull structure.

on the other hand if i survie an attack i think i will get some very nice medals, maybe even doenitz invites me over for dinner (or if i die maybe he comes to my funeral)

what do you think? should i go for it and possible die as a hero or should i think about the safety of my crew and return home? :hmm:

im playing RUB 1,4 whit some of my own modifications on 80% realism

jjmikkel · 10-07-05, 09:34 PM

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Fire away mr. Deckard. Its a shame they wont live. But the again, who does.

Kalach · 10-07-05, 09:45 PM

I found a Carrier in '43 with 6 escorts. I attacked and sank the carrier with my last 2 torps and managed to evade for quite a while before my first ever encounter with hedgehogs

It was worth it though, I'm sure my funeral was attended by many important people

andy_311 · 10-07-05, 10:04 PM

shoot and run,Gibraltar a very unhealthy place to be.

OKH · 10-08-05, 12:20 AM

Attack! Do ya wanna live forever?!

FAdmiral · 10-08-05, 12:52 AM

25% hull vs. 8 escorts. Thats a tough one but not for the escorts.
I'd say your survival rate is about 10%. Now if the attack is in
dark of night, it could be higher. DD's tend to use searchlights
more than sonar in darkness. They think you are on the surface,
not submerged....

JIM

Ula Jolly · 10-08-05, 06:34 AM

I agree.

What's the fun in everyone surviving that encounter?

U-104 · 10-08-05, 10:31 AM

attack! attack! attack!.

HKreutzkopf · 10-08-05, 01:06 PM

Attack anyway!
Afterwards follows a cat-mouse game which I like more than other features of SH3!

Zev92 · 10-08-05, 02:55 PM

Attack

pugwash59 · 10-08-05, 03:11 PM

don't forget to write 50 letters to the familys of yer crew an put em inside a watertight bag just in case they find them afterwards

there again with that lot pounding yer i doubt if they'll be enuf bit's left to fill a matchbox

Heffalump · 10-08-05, 04:13 PM

run away! run away!

nah just kidding.

I think a real-life captain would feel obligated to risk boat and crew for a target like that.

asurmen · 10-08-05, 04:28 PM

Sink em captain, or else your u-boat will be comendered by monkeys next patrol

Kaleun · 10-08-05, 04:39 PM

... BDU is assuming that a lack of response from the U-boat that this message eminated from, that indeed an attack was inniated and the boat has subsequently been lost!......

Any news??

Kaleun

Seeteufel · 10-08-05, 04:44 PM

10-07-05, 09:16 PM	#1
deckard Sailor man Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 47 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	need advise, attack or not? hi all, i could need a little bit of advise for my current campaign, im in may 1941 right outside of Gibraltar and have spotted a revenge battleship whit 8 (yes 8!!) destroyer escorts, (tribals, hunters and flowers i belive) im in perfect position for a classic T-bone attack, the front escorts have passed me and the revenge battleship will pass me at about 1,300m normaly i would go for it, but this time im unsure, just 1 day earlier i had a battle against a small destroyer taskforce (wich i won,) but my hull structure is around 25% after that confrontation. i doubt i would survive much more wasserbombs. sneaking away after that attackwill also be very hard since i cant go very deep becasue of my low hull structure. on the other hand if i survie an attack i think i will get some very nice medals, maybe even doenitz invites me over for dinner (or if i die maybe he comes to my funeral) what do you think? should i go for it and possible die as a hero or should i think about the safety of my crew and return home? :hmm: im playing RUB 1,4 whit some of my own modifications on 80% realism

10-08-05, 12:52 AM	#6
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	25% hull vs. 8 escorts. Thats a tough one but not for the escorts. I'd say your survival rate is about 10%. Now if the attack is in dark of night, it could be higher. DD's tend to use searchlights more than sonar in darkness. They think you are on the surface, not submerged.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

10-08-05, 06:34 AM	#7
Ula Jolly Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 567 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I agree. What's the fun in everyone surviving that encounter? __________________ I shall punish yee, landlubber! C'mere for spankings and popsicles!

10-08-05, 10:31 AM	#8
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	attack! attack! attack!. __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

10-08-05, 01:06 PM	#9
HKreutzkopf Watch Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paide, Estonia Posts: 24 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Attack anyway! Afterwards follows a cat-mouse game which I like more than other features of SH3! __________________ Heil Lothar-Günther Buchheim! Heil Otto Dix! Heil Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner! Heil Karl Schmidt-Rotluff! Heil Oskar Kokoschka! Heil Käthe Kollwitz! Heil Max Beckmann! Heil Emil Nolde! Heil Walter Gropius! Heil Ernst Barlach! Last but not least...salute all german expressionists!

10-07-05, 09:34 PM	#2
jjmikkel Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 25 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Fire away mr. Deckard. Its a shame they wont live. But the again, who does.

10-07-05, 09:45 PM	#3
Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I found a Carrier in '43 with 6 escorts. I attacked and sank the carrier with my last 2 torps and managed to evade for quite a while before my first ever encounter with hedgehogs It was worth it though, I'm sure my funeral was attended by many important people

10-07-05, 10:04 PM	#4
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	shoot and run,Gibraltar a very unhealthy place to be.

10-08-05, 12:20 AM	#5
OKH Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Attack! Do ya wanna live forever?!

10-08-05, 02:55 PM	#10
Zev92 Nub Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Attack

10-08-05, 03:11 PM	#11
pugwash59 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	don't forget to write 50 letters to the familys of yer crew an put em inside a watertight bag just in case they find them afterwards there again with that lot pounding yer i doubt if they'll be enuf bit's left to fill a matchbox

10-08-05, 04:13 PM	#12
Heffalump A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	run away! run away! nah just kidding. I think a real-life captain would feel obligated to risk boat and crew for a target like that.

10-08-05, 04:28 PM	#13
asurmen Watch Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sneaking next to your convoy, que the jaws theme Posts: 21 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sink em captain, or else your u-boat will be comendered by monkeys next patrol __________________ LOS!!!!!

10-08-05, 04:39 PM	#14
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 Uploads: 0	... BDU is assuming that a lack of response from the U-boat that this message eminated from, that indeed an attack was inniated and the boat has subsequently been lost!...... Any news?? Kaleun

10-08-05, 04:44 PM	#15
Seeteufel Mate Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 53 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________