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unmerged(37807)

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Jan 12, 2005
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Hello all, long time since I posted.

My friend and I enjoy playing MP games, him as Germany and me as the UK. He enjoys building his 30 submarine Raeder fleet, and while I usually stall him in France, his submarines manhandle my fleet. This might be because of a poor fleet composition, or because I'm not using my airforce correctly, or because the 30 submarine fleet is just cheap.

Are there any good MP counters to it?

All help is appreciated.

Thanks
 
Although there is controversy surrounding the power of subs there are some ways to deal with it. First off naval bombers are strong against any ship and the subs are no exception. Also there are some naval doctrines that will stregnthen your chances against subs. For the most part dont use your big ships against them, instead retreat. Detroyers should be your choice of ASW.
 
Best anti sub defence fleet is 1 or 2 early type CVs accompanied by 20 or so advanced type destroyers.

The CVs are for the spotting ability and the DDs for the ASW. I have destroyed 20 or more stack sub fleets with this tatic and only lost 1 or 2 DDs. Just remember to retreat when your CVs start taking damage as that means the subs have penertrated the DD screen.
 
What does the carrier do for the anti sub force (destroyers have higher sub detection and much higher sub attack)?
When looking at the stats I can't se how destroyers can take out the same number of subs (level IV with German doctrines like wolfpack and the visibility surprise thing and all). Pleas tell me I'm wrong because it shouldn't be like this should it?
That leaves air but the subs have such a high air defense value.