
A single captain should not have to have eyes in the back of his head.īut what they need to do for balance, is to allow post 1942 subs to use snorkels, like they did in real life. A real ship has a crew, with people trained on the hydrophones and sonar, and lookouts who can see a periscope or a torpedo trail, 5 miles away. They still need some kind of indicator that a sub has been detected because the voice announces it, but there is no sign of the sub, unless you are on top of it.

So the ASW abilities of the ships and planes have been improved, and that is good. But playing WOWS with a sub is no longer any fun.

Of course this fits more with reality - 94% of the ships sunk by subs in WWII were merchant ships, because attacking a warship was suicide for the sub. Now I often don't even get a torpedo off before being depth charged. I would have sold a kidney to buy a tier X sub before, but now I have several days left of free play on subs and am not even using them.īefore, it was like a shooting gallery, fun for the subs, and not so much for the ships.
