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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

As Alfred confirmed above, the ASW TF can indeed get the "React" message and actually move one hex, but it will not then attack in that same turn.

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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This just happened in my PBEM - someone can explain?

My experience has shown that what Alfred (and at least one Dev) has said is true, ASW TF's do not react. Those messages that you get to the effect that an ASW TF is reacting are false. The TF just sits there and does nothing. What has happened here as I've seen in my games is that the sub moved into the ASW TF's hex (or vice-versa) and was picked up and followed from that point. To add to that I only set my ASW TF's to react no more than 3 hexes and I've had them follow for up to six hexes. I've also checked to confirm that the TF's (sub and ASW) trajectories do in fact cross. I've even gone as far as looking at an enemy subs' path and simply put an ASW TF in one of its hexes. Sure as I'm sittin' here the ASW TF will 'react' if it has a good enough DL on the sub. So what I'm saying is that the ASW TF is not reacting to a known enemy position, but to one it picked up as it moved through its own location.

Take it or leave it as you will, but that is my experience to this point in the game.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

As Alfred confirmed above, the ASW TF can indeed get the "React" message and actually move one hex, but it will not then attack in that same turn.

This seems to be the crux of the matter. And he quoted Don Bowen explaining that the combat routines made it impractical (my words) to make the changes needed to allow for ASW TF to attackg after reacting such.