Not Invincible - The Silent Hand #2 - Sea Power

[@ChaosphereIX]

Great vid Stealth, nice shooting and I appreciate the talking out of the strategy used.

[@huskergator9479]

These boats are some of the best looking ever made. The titanium embodiment of a Mako or Great White. Lethally beautiful.

[@carpemkarzi]

Excellently played. Got a shot of ‘oh crap’ when that stingray appeared above the sub.

[@ElGordodeAlemana]

In case of emergency you should go to 105% on the reactor. Though 105% is possible, it's not recommended. 😉

[@advorak8529]

I recommend 125%. Boom or Bust!

[@ussintrepid8727]

just ping vasilie and please just one ping

[@taiko1237]

@@advorak8529 Or both at the same time.

[@Badmavs]

Thanks, awesome gameplay. Glad I joined

[@theaxgame]

21:30 This is the game of wake homing, is that they can chase down ships autonomously. The Soviets did use active homing torpedoes like the Mk-48 but more against submarines, as they felt that it would be better to shoot and scoot against the NATO air power. This is also why they had such long range, so that they could keep going if they needed to turn around a couple of times. I would guess (not from real knowledge) that Soviet submarine gunners were trained not to shoot them at their maximum travel distance, as they would have no course correction ability.

[@morrit33]

Its 5am. I can't sleep. I decided I have sponged long enough from you, so i joined. 🎉

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Thank you! Hope you got some sleep

[@MrEhole]

Very nice strategic thinking. Well done. Praise to the algorithm.

[@shawnp6653]

Nice shooting Stealth!

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Thanks!

[@ChaosphereIX]

Stealth, would be good to read up on the weapons - wake homers sniff out the wake of the enemy ship, then ping pong along the wake until impact - when they detect they are no longer under the wake, they turn back, so they zig zag behind the ship, getting ever closer. And yes, as far as the game is concerned, you can fire them bow on.

[@greggiroux9432]

Love this game so far. The only issue I have so far is the ai. They could have all the air power in the game and will not make good use of it. Also side note. Try using moss in one direction while you turn away and go the opposite direction. That should draw the attention of the helicopters.

[@taiko1237]

I see the Invincible has followed her forebears in demonstrating the incorrectness of her name

[@KnightShadowsong]

from my understanding of submarine tactics, the Alpha was very fast, and the Soviets claimed that it was very quiet even at low speeds, but the fact of it was that the Reactor plant was very VERY noisy. that being said, those merchant ships are probably your best bet, if you get inside their noise profile, you should be able to make noise as long as your buried in that noise profile. from my understanding, a common submarine tactic is to go UNDER a merchant hull and match their speed, in that you become 'lost' or at least hidden in the noise from the surface ships engine, given that US sensors are generally considered vastly superior to anything the USSR had, that might not work if this game is remotely realistic, but still.

[@Pokestar21]

The nice thing about russian wakehomers is they ignore and dont get confused by noise makers at all 😊

[@daviniusb6798]

Well done Sir!

[@daviniusb6798]

No MAD detection on your Alfa xD In my experience the AI puts some ASW units in the area and just "knows" where you're at. Hope they improve on that fast.

[@daviniusb6798]

6:00 going deep will help your charlie not being picked up on MAD as easy as near the surface. The deeper your sub is, the closer the helo has to come for a MAD detection. As for the nuclear propulsion, the Typhoon had the ability to turn off all cooling pumps at 5kts, I don't know if it's public whether other soviet subs had that capability or not

[@slarratt]

Just the typhoon is public knowledge at the moment as you say 😊 ​@@daviniusb6798

[@Fatallydisorganized]

If you want to see how noisy both your sub and the current surrounding water is go to the sonar tab in f10

[@Fatallydisorganized]

It will show enemies that you previously detected or that could potentially be detected, but if you already have a general idea of where they are it isn’t very helpful.

[@Zirlikus]

What are the little propellers on the stern planes on the K493?

[@Zirlikus]

Ok, they are 100kw thrusters for creeping.

[@xxxm981]

@@Zirlikus Whacky. WOnder how that is supposed to be more quiet than the main prop on low speed

[@daviniusb6798]

@@xxxm981 They are not directly for making the sub go forward, but to keep in on course while drifting in the ocean currents.

[@Fatallydisorganized]

@@xxxm981they are really only used while in port.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Like a Boss.

[@TheFreaker86]

4:50 actually not at all times. I am not an expert but from what I have read it says at low speeds (I guess at least at some reactor types) you can switch off the pumps and let the thermal convection do the work for you.

[@Stealth17Gaming]

In reality yes. I'm not sure if that's modeled in game

[@RayHardman7567]

Why not just push one sub in a wide arc to get behind the formation and launch wake homers, and the other to either launch missiles while sailing next to a neutral, or go in an arc the other way and launch missiles from that side. Kinda like a pincer.

[@sternthomas4218]

How nice of you to leave a ship to pick up survivors.

[@morrit33]

Can choppers now perform ASW?? Havent played for a few days. Be amazing if they do now?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

They drop sonobuoys, yes. The P-3 does too. Very dangerous combo

[@daviniusb6798]

@@Stealth17Gaming The AI can drop buoys now?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

@@daviniusb6798 Yes I've seen them do it

[@daviniusb6798]

@@Stealth17Gaming Awsome! It worked pretty well in cold waters (with epic mod), I hope they can follow up on that.

[@huskergator9479]

Who remembers the ‘touchable’ scene from the movie The Untouchables?

[@TormodSteinsholt]

Is hiding in the shadow of civilian a thing in this game or is this generous immersion roleplay? And, if so, wouldn't it make sense to be at shallow depth so that the sound from the sub is not hitting the sonars unobstructed, but rather is mixed with shipping noise and the sea surface noise itself?

[@Stealth17Gaming]

Yes that works

[@slarratt]

Hi stealth, the alpha wasn't the quickest sub

[@Stealth17Gaming]

No?