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Schiffmorder · 12-20-21, 01:43 PM

I know zip all about how AI programming is done in SH.
However I have read widely on sub operations in the Pac, Atlantic and Med and one thing that has come through in all those books is that counterattacks varied from sometimes nil, as if the guy on the surface shrugged his shoulders and muttered "c'est la guerre" and motored on to sometimes rabidly aggressive pursuit lasting 12 hours or more like the mans life depended on his nailing the offending sub.
In short, not only does equipment and training matter, the level of motivation to prosecute an counter-attack also mattered, in real life anyway. Crew morale, rest level, ammunition level, whether the convoy was over/under escorted, convoy speed, the weather; all these factors would play a role in how determined a counter attack would be or if one even took place. In terms of the real thing at the time, your experience is not out of bounds or unrealistic.

12-20-21, 01:43 PM	#14
Schiffmorder Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 45 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I know zip all about how AI programming is done in SH. However I have read widely on sub operations in the Pac, Atlantic and Med and one thing that has come through in all those books is that counterattacks varied from sometimes nil, as if the guy on the surface shrugged his shoulders and muttered "c'est la guerre" and motored on to sometimes rabidly aggressive pursuit lasting 12 hours or more like the mans life depended on his nailing the offending sub. In short, not only does equipment and training matter, the level of motivation to prosecute an counter-attack also mattered, in real life anyway. Crew morale, rest level, ammunition level, whether the convoy was over/under escorted, convoy speed, the weather; all these factors would play a role in how determined a counter attack would be or if one even took place. In terms of the real thing at the time, your experience is not out of bounds or unrealistic.