Submarine

Submarine
The Submarine (Sub) is unlocked at level 21 alongside the Destroyer. It plays very differently then other ships with terrible speed and very low HP (Lower then PTs in some cases). However it can submerge, and is invulnerable to any form of cannon while submerged. It also gets a very high stealth bonus for being submerged, and can be increased with jammers up to the point where the sub needs to be extremely close for it to be spotted, well within its torpedo range. It uses torpedoes and missiles to attack targets. Because of the poor weapon selection, with the primary weapons limited to torpedoes, the Submarine must be extremely close to its target to fire. It also suffers from very poor ROF, but compensates with very high alpha damage, and never missing with torpedoes. It is however vulnerable to Depth Charges, which require a player to be directly above the target to use, a position a sub never wants to be in. It is also vulnerable to torpedoes, and anti sub drones (These need CIWS of any type of AA to deal with, or killing the ship in control of said drones). Subs are also very vulnerable to hitting the sea floor, as they can only dive at one level. Because of this to pass some areas of the map, a sub must surface untill it passes the shallows. During this time the sub is extremely vulnerable, as it cant dive and is a sitting target. Subs can also be vulnerable to missiles underwater. Due to a glitch, if a ship fires a missile at a sub while it is surfaced, the missile will hit the sub even if it is underwater. Subs can also be equipped with missiles (Or in the case of the I-400, drones) which require it to surface, even breifly. It is not uncommon to see a sub appear, and disappear off your radar, as it is surfacing and diving while firing missiles. Also subs need to be surfaced to repair, making them vulnerable. A sub can become pinned by drones which will kill it. If a Carrier/drone carrier sends anti sub drones as well as standard drones, it will keep a sub pinned underwater while the anti sub drones attack it, and the regular drones will prevent it from surfacing and dealing with the anti sub drones.

PRO:

 * Excellent stealth rating.
 * Cannot be fired on while submerged.
 * Superb alpha damage.
 * Torpedoes cannot miss or be blocked.
 * Excellent counter to PTs and Frigates, provided they dont have anti-sub weapons on-board.

CON:

 * Terrible speed.
 * Poor HP.
 * Very slow ROF.
 * Cannot travel in shallows (Must surface).
 * Vulnerable while surfaced.
 * Vulnerable to anti sub drones.
 * Limited Firing arch(usually can shoot only at the front), this is especially a liability on subs with poor turn speeds.