Do empty destroyers ever give up?

jonny_bass26 · 09-12-22, 10:00 AM

To set the scene: it's October 1944. Sank a few ships about 150 miles SW of Land's End, and then a roving destroyer showed up. Despite his best efforts, he didn't get me (although he did cause considerable damage) and now he's out of depth charges. He ran out about 6 in-game hours ago, and now he's just constantly doing "dry runs" over my head, circling around, rinse and repeat.

I've got enough battery left to keep going for ages yet...frankly, my problem right now is that I'm bored! ha. Don't trust my hull integrity to go much deeper than the 100m I'm currently at, and besides, the Channel where I am is pretty shallow anyway. So - will he *ever* get bored? If he was protecting a convoy he'd have f**ked off ages ago, but he isn't. If he called in his mates to finish me off, fair play. As it is, I'm crawling along at 2kts, waiting - hoping? Praying? - that he decides he's missing his wife, or mistress, or whatever. Oh, and I'm out of torpedoes so can't force the issue that way. Will he ever *ever* get bored? Somebody please say yes. Right now it feels like I'll eventually have to surface and "surrender", and historically accurate as that may be, it's something I was hoping to avoid. It had been quite a good patrol till now 🤣

09-12-22, 10:00 AM	#1
jonny_bass26 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 48 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Do empty destroyers ever give up? To set the scene: it's October 1944. Sank a few ships about 150 miles SW of Land's End, and then a roving destroyer showed up. Despite his best efforts, he didn't get me (although he did cause considerable damage) and now he's out of depth charges. He ran out about 6 in-game hours ago, and now he's just constantly doing "dry runs" over my head, circling around, rinse and repeat. I've got enough battery left to keep going for ages yet...frankly, my problem right now is that I'm bored! ha. Don't trust my hull integrity to go much deeper than the 100m I'm currently at, and besides, the Channel where I am is pretty shallow anyway. So - will he ever get bored? If he was protecting a convoy he'd have f*ked off ages ago, but he isn't. If he called in his mates to finish me off, fair play. As it is, I'm crawling along at 2kts, waiting - hoping? Praying? - that he decides he's missing his wife, or mistress, or whatever. Oh, and I'm out of torpedoes so can't force the issue that way. Will he ever ever* get bored? Somebody please say yes. Right now it feels like I'll eventually have to surface and "surrender", and historically accurate as that may be, it's something I was hoping to avoid. It had been quite a good patrol till now 🤣