Whats the best setting for subs (under AI control) to have them primarily convoy raid and last as long as possible and yet be somewhat useful. Offensive they tend to get whacked.
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If you are one of the 90% of people on this forum with sub experience, then set it to passive to ensure maximum safety for your subs.
I'm more aggressive with my subs, so I set mine to defensive to give them more time on station. I am willing to accept somewhat greater losses in exchange for faster convoy attrition, but most players are more conservative than I am.
I'm more aggressive with my subs, so I set mine to defensive to give them more time on station. I am willing to accept somewhat greater losses in exchange for faster convoy attrition, but most players are more conservative than I am.
Who is Manuel? Anyway i put it on defensive and they did very well. By the end of 1939 i lost 2 subs and sank a bazillion convoys...
I am playing Japan and am trying to fight USA subs with patrols of light cruiser but subs wont fight me, how do I beat them? I have resorted to attacking them with carrier aircraft when subs are in port.
Submarines will not willingly get engaged in combat when set to convoy raid. This means you need to be able to detect them and force them into combat with your ships.
Make sure you have the best ASW tech for your year, and make sure you have enough ships in the fleet hunting submarines. If the submarines are high tech (a possibility with the USN), you must give your own ships time to hunt them down.
Of course, sinking them in port is perfectly fine. It is historically appropriate, too. If the enemy won't cover their naval bases with aircraft, that's not your problem.
Make sure you have the best ASW tech for your year, and make sure you have enough ships in the fleet hunting submarines. If the submarines are high tech (a possibility with the USN), you must give your own ships time to hunt them down.
Of course, sinking them in port is perfectly fine. It is historically appropriate, too. If the enemy won't cover their naval bases with aircraft, that's not your problem.
The best ships for hunting subs are destroyers and carriers, either light or fleet. Light cruisers are not bad, but not particularly good, either. Nothing else is really worth a flip at ASW work.
How do I use CAG to search for subs from carriers? Do I set them to intercept on the carrier or to a sea area to intercept or CAG duty?
I believe using the "naval strike" mission on sea provinces will work.
As would parking a carrier fleet in the sea province with them set the "SAG duty".
Surface combatants automatically engage in ASW when on patrol missions, so just leave the CAGs on CAG duty and order the CTF to patrol the troubled region where your convoys are taking losses.
Is the spotter special ability for a leader good for finding subs or is that just for spotting surface ships?