Escaping the coast guards

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When attacking a port, i do my best to hide the uboat. I disable all unneceassary devices and keep the uboat submerged. I slow down the uboat and maybe even shut down the engines. I just raise the periscope to attack. Yet I can not escape coast guards. Please help.

[Wyzard]

speed boat's or DDs - Destroyers ?

[Ξ Fr. Ted]

Sounds like you're experiencing the consequences of not coordinating the attack so that you kill all the docked warships at the same time. B128 patch brought in a new dynamic that some docked warships in port were ready to sail at a moment's notice, so could potentially react immediately and steam out to attack you before you even get turned around.

An idea would be to turn around and be already facing in the direction you want to leave the port before you launch any torpedoes. Then, the moment you launch your torpedoes, you can put the hammer down and be well on your way out, even before the first fish hits home.

That tactic has saved my butt on more than 1 occasion! ;)

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I mean the speed boats. They don’t let me get closer to the port.

Originally posted by Wyzard:

speed boat's or DDs - Destroyers ?

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The coast guards don’t let me get close to the port. I do not get a chance to attack. It might be hard to run since the coast guards are faster and it is not possible to dive more than 10 m.

Originally posted by Wangnuts:

Sounds like you're experiencing the consequences of not coordinating the attack so that you kill all the docked warships at the same time. B128 patch brought in a new dynamic that some docked warships in port were ready to sail at a moment's notice, so could potentially react immediately and steam out to attack you before you even get turned around.

An idea would be to turn around and be already facing in the direction you want to leave the port before you launch any torpedoes. Then, the moment you launch your torpedoes, you can put the hammer down and be well on your way out, even before the first fish hits home.

That tactic has saved my butt on more than 1 occasion! ;)

[Ξ Fr. Ted]

Then you need to get stealthy and pick your moment to sneak in when submerged. You can get in, but it won't work absolutely any time. You have to pick the right moment. Let the MTBs pass by before making your move. Maybe let them do it more than once. Once your attack is made, don't worry too much about them. They're not that strong. Surface, and shoot them out! Just keep an eye out for them firing torpedoes at you, and dodge accordingly.

[Wyzard]

Originally posted by zuko:

I mean the speed boats. They don’t let me get closer to the port.

Originally posted by Wyzard:

speed boat's or DDs - Destroyers ?

Speed boats are ez to deal with in close prox with the deck gun , but from afar they will hurl torps at you you can also use the AA gun if you want - you will take minor damage - have a crew member with a helmet on

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Thank you.

Originally posted by Wangnuts:

Then you need to get stealthy and pick your moment to sneak in when submerged. You can get in, but it won't work absolutely any time. You have to pick the right moment. Let the MTBs pass by before making your move. Maybe let them do it more than once. Once your attack is made, don't worry too much about them. They're not that strong. Surface, and shoot them out! Just keep an eye out for them firing torpedoes at you, and dodge accordingly.

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Thank you.

Originally posted by Wyzard:

Originally posted by zuko:

I mean the speed boats. They don’t let me get closer to the port.

Speed boats are ez to deal with in close prox with the deck gun , but from afar they will hurl torps at you you can also use the AA gun if you want - you will take minor damage - have a crew member with a helmet on

[MJ]

Sneaking into ports in this game is all about being quiet.
Switch to electric engines and stay at low speeds. switch to blue lights. turn off the gyro compass and switch to manual depth steering. stay at the seabed to avoid being detected by sonar.

and remember to lower your snorkel and periscope. even if you're fully submerged the enemy can see you if you have the periscope raised.

If you're running out of air then stop your engine and raise the snorkel, get some air then go back down to the seabed.

you can also do blind attacks from the depth of 15 meters with out needing the periscope by only using the hydrophone.


And of course doing all of this at night really helps.

[MJ]

Also don't forget to take some decoys with you. at least 10. those will be very helpful when it's time to make your escape. and attack more than one target at once. Don't fire at your first target after you get a good hit percentage. Choose a second target, and after you fire at it then quickly switch back to your first target and fire. then GTFO!

[Ξ Fr. Ted]

Originally posted by MJ:

Don't fire at your first target after you get a good hit percentage.

Getting a solution on a stationary target is easy. Select/lock-on the target and enter 0 for the speed. Then, enter whatever you like in the heading and distance boxes (because it doesn't matter when the target isn't moving) and fire your torpedo. You'll get a hit 100% of the time.

[MJ]

Originally posted by Wangnuts:

Originally posted by MJ:

Don't fire at your first target after you get a good hit percentage.

Getting a solution on a stationary target is easy. Select/lock-on the target and enter 0 for the speed. Then, enter whatever you like in the heading and distance boxes (because it doesn't matter when the target isn't moving) and fire your torpedo. You'll get a hit 100% of the time.

True.