not really a bug but i wanted to mention it anyway: subs are a real pain. I tried to stop German subs with DD-ASW as Uk but just couldn't. Most of the time my DD groups (3-6 ships) didn't find them and if the did find a pack (1 - 3 subs) the battle outcome was pretty random. Sometimes los a DD sometimes sink a sub. Tech was up to date... so i got really frustrated when my screen just filled with those "convoy sunk" messages
I was more successfull on ASW duty with a 25 ship CTF. Considering that DD-ASW should be THE subkiller I am not sure it's good the way it's now. maybe I just do it wrong, how many DDs should be on ASw duty between atlantic and north sea to make a difference?
I will play a Germany game and try to exploit this the other way round mauling UK convoys with subs and report again. Would like to hear an opinion on this issue though.
not really a bug but i wanted to mention it anyway: subs are a real pain.
Considering that DD-ASW should be THE subkiller I am not sure it's good the way it's now.
There's a complexity here that's difficult to fully mirror in game. While DD-ASW were indeed THE subkillers from the start of the war through to 1941-2, but as occurs in the game the 'THE' was very much lower case. After that THE real subkiller, and the ultimate counter to the U-Boat threat, was the Hunter-Killer Group. DD-ASWs accounted for most of the 'killer' element in these groups, but the hunting was done primarily by aircraft flown off CVEs or operating long-range patrol runs from distant land bases. Given that, I'm happy enough for DDs operating alone to miss opportunities from time to time.
WAD, conversion rate from oil to rubber was quite high.I just have a question about synthetic materials plants. The conversion rate for synthetic oil has been radically lowered, but the oil-to-rares ratio remains quite high. Is this WAD?
The only real problem is that in the game engine sea units can not engage enemy ships that are spotted and engaged by air units. They need to detect them themselves. So you can have a NAV bombing subs and in the same area a DD fleet that sits doing nothing.
From my experience i think there is a connection between your planes detecting an enemy fleet and subsequently your fleet detecting the enemy fleet, both engaging at the same time. But maybe its just a feeling.
From my experience i think there is a connection between your planes detecting an enemy fleet and subsequently your fleet detecting the enemy fleet, both engaging at the same time. But maybe its just a feeling.
It's important to remember as well that until the idea of hunter/killer groups was invented, the UK only really worked against U-Boats passively, i.e. by defending convoys and attempting to sink submarines that attacked them.
Just out of curiosity, by 'after' do you mean from 1943 onwards? I remember reading somewhere that the Hunter-Killer Group tactic was a failure, but if I remember correctly, that book only covered 1939-1942.After that THE real subkiller, and the ultimate counter to the U-Boat threat, was the Hunter-Killer Group.