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Nikademus -> (6/26/2003 9:45:12 PM)
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There is also a "wolfpack" rule in the game that lowers the effectiveness of subs the more you stack them in one hex. There are two reasons for this, one historical, one game related
the historical stems mainly from the lack of implementation used by both sides during this period and when it was, (by the US) it was not very successful
The game reason is the more pertient one.....pre 2.30, a common player tactic was to stack mass subs in a base hex which usually caused a great deal of carnage way out of preportion to the abilities of the sub arm in question....particularily against the IJN player whose ASW ability is 1/2 that of the Allied player. Having been victim of this tactic (and using S-boats no less) i can attest to it's unbelievable effectiveness in game terms, it was the leader in tonnage damaged and sunk by a wide margin over all other forms of combat damage.
The loss of fuel rule when subs are attacked by air/sea is to represent the fuel that would be burned evading an attack (on the surface) before diving, and/or to represent the fuel burned once the sub comes back up for air and has to reposition itself and/or charge batteries.
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