Ubisoft have let the Silent Hunter series down once again, plain and simple.
It is not good enough to say "it's a genre with a small fanbase so we should be happy they even make the game."
No, we pay good money to beta test. Everyone complaining has every reason to do so. This is not immature, it is people getting frustrated and feeling dudded.
Microprose made Silent Service, which is the grand father of Silent Hunter. If UBISOFT were to not make another, someone else would. It might not be as good but it might be better. Ubisoft didn't make the genre, they didn't make the style. It is the same gameplay I had playing Silent Service, just with the technology of graphics and game engines available today.
I believe SH3 took ideas form Enigma Rising tide with being able to be inside the sub. Previous titles simply had nav maps, stations like periscope and deck.
Ubisoft owe US not the other way around.
-End of Rant. (For today)