AI UNITS MAKE REALISTIC THREAT ASSESSMENT.
In the Silent Hunter series a destroyer will mindlessly fight a battleship to the death.
In SES Jutland, weaker ships like DD's and Light Cruisers, when they see Dreadnoughts, will use their higher top speed to withdraw out of gun range and shadow you. Then they radio for their own big ship fleets to attack you.
Just like the actual sinking of "Bismarck" ... the British cruisers "Norfolk" and "Suffolk" didn't charge in like madmen; they shadowed her on the horizon and called for "Prince of Wales" & "Hood".
Likewise, in convoy battles, no sending the entire group of escorts after the player submarine. In real life several escorts had to be kept to escort the remaining ships after and attack - also, one or two needed to be used to pick up survivors.
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