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Originally Posted by propbeanie
Glad you made it through. We are attempting to go back close to Stock in the next release for the boat upgrades, so hopefully, next time you play all of the way through, you will get all of the conning tower updates. You cannot get the 40mm until you have the cut-down conning tower. Some of the boats require them for their newer radars. Also, be aware that the ST radar, while nice to have to use with the Observation periscope at PD, is a shorter-ranged device than the SJ-I, and in the current state of the mod, should probably be avoided. Mine did work rather well sometimes, but sometimes not. We drew circles on the NavMap now, similar to what Traveller did, only ours are just a reminder for you to take your deck gun crews off the guns and to Save the game before coming into port, so that you have a few options when an "upgrade" goes wrong next time out...   |
Yeah, I learned a while back not to take the ST radar. I stick with the SJ-1 Improved, although like I said, the sonar works as good if not better, surfaced or not. I do turn it on briefly when within range of a group to confirm the course and numbers of ships in the group. But any more than a few rotations is enough to send one or more escorts my way, so one look is all I usually take.
That said, one thing about letting about letting them pick up your radar signal is that if you are far enough away when you can tell they are coming after you, turning off the radar and making a quick dodge in an other direction will cause them to miss you. They tend to hunt around where you were when they started the chase, so it has the effect of drawing off one or more of the escorts leaving you free to drive back to the main group. Makes the game much more interesting!