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Anybody ever seen a wolfpack slay the UK merchant ships like this

How many subs?

3

I think I just had a lot of luck. Most turns the losses seem normal. But this was some outlier

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It was just an anecdote. Three German Sub groups sank 11 merchant ships. Don't think I ever saw that before. Very lucky I suppose.

yes that can happen especially if the UK ignores the convoy lane.

It happens from time to time.

Sweet

Ouch, that's painful!

While it's ridiculously easy to slay the AI in the sub wars, I've found multiplayer much more challenging. In fact, in my short experience with MP games I've yet to kill a single sub. I'm wondering if people find it worthwhile to invest in anti-sub aircraft or if this is not worth the cost/benefit and it's simply easier to build more merchant marine factors?

Allies should dump as much as possible in convoy escort.
They should have some sub-anti-air.

Germans should dump into submarines

The A.I. builds historical escorts and tries to cover MMs as needed. I might need to adjust more if they are getting slaughtered.

Well, I always build german subs to reach 6 groups as soon as possible. And I invest in advancement for them. Having 6 groups active is enough in my experience to reduce the UK merchant fleet to 0 in about 2 years. I also prioritize the subs for repair/reinforcement.

Just a question : does the level of research in Convoy escorts affect (increase) the level of the escorts built in the support panel production ?

Convoy escorts increase the effectiveness of convoy escorts to kill subs. It doesn't impact the maximum or production if I understood your question correctly.

> Convoy escorts increase the effectiveness of convoy escorts to kill subs.

That's what I wanted to know.

> It doesn't impact the maximum or production if I understood your question correctly.

Ok, the limit for a single convoy trade route is still 10 escorts.

Thanks.