i have tried the article: Tell Me The Best Way To Use Depth Charges. It seems to be hard for me to depth charge them. I played the mission 1 and i keep getting killed by 2 subs. I guess i aint really good at using depth charges, so the help will be appreciated, I will be checking back for answers and more tips and tactics. Thanks.
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What i find works for me is to set my charges to about 175 meters then going head to head with the sub (at flank) start laying them about 100 to 150 meters in front of the bugger.
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In this mission it is the nearer , German sub you have to destroy to win. But watch out for other too.
In the ' Non Faction ' board you will find even pictures about using charges !, and if you read the postings of some time back .
Set them on 200 . At present it will destroy them .
Read the old postings . Use spectator view to see torpedoes , and use voice .
It helps if you doa few training missions to familiarise .
Do a sub mision too , then you have an idea of what's going on down below !
In the ' Non Faction ' board you will find even pictures about using charges !, and if you read the postings of some time back .
Set them on 200 . At present it will destroy them .
Read the old postings . Use spectator view to see torpedoes , and use voice .
It helps if you doa few training missions to familiarise .
Do a sub mision too , then you have an idea of what's going on down below !
So let me get this straight, i have to press the numbers on the firing button? It ranges from 20 - 175 or something, how can i set it to 200? I always set it 175 and it didnt destroy the german sub. I think its gonna be hard to figure out what depth they are on.
thanks its very educational heh and i didnt know they released 2 patches for E:RT, no wonder i got confused with 200m depth. I'll try my very best to elimate those subs on Mission one on Surface campaign. I also tried to umm cut my engines to idle and waiting for the german sub to re-surface but it wont it sits like a duck and dont know what depth they are at. By the way, is it easy to launch a torpedo from a destroyer??
Just say ' Set charges two zero zero ',, you will see the confirmation in the text of crew .
and if you don't have a headset to use for voice , get one !
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Idling , or at one third helps find a sub's location . useful sometimes .
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If you do run out of charges , they both eventually resurface , but stay at a distance , 2 or 3 km even , to finish them off with your 4inch ..You can set the AA on them too - If I am in similar situation , I set some AA on each sub, so I hear a warning as soon as any break surface , by the AA fire .
Being positioned between two , or in a line , provides a good chance one torpedoes the other for you !
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Destroyer torpedoes can be launched from bridge , from spectator view , or from the tactical binoculars .. By the way .. most views ,, ( also from your deck guns ) can be zoomed , by using the right click ,,play around with that . Right-Click on your deck guns.
and if you don't have a headset to use for voice , get one !
.
Idling , or at one third helps find a sub's location . useful sometimes .
.
If you do run out of charges , they both eventually resurface , but stay at a distance , 2 or 3 km even , to finish them off with your 4inch ..You can set the AA on them too - If I am in similar situation , I set some AA on each sub, so I hear a warning as soon as any break surface , by the AA fire .
Being positioned between two , or in a line , provides a good chance one torpedoes the other for you !
.
Destroyer torpedoes can be launched from bridge , from spectator view , or from the tactical binoculars .. By the way .. most views ,, ( also from your deck guns ) can be zoomed , by using the right click ,,play around with that . Right-Click on your deck guns.
Aight thanks Baron :-) and even when i notice that Submarines are slower without the patches, i havent tried the submarine while its patched.