I usually chalk it up to those that have "what if" or "can I" syndromes. No harm in it I guess. There are some cheats out there not to mention tools that make things way too easy to the point that realism is out the door. I re-skin all of my boats myself for each and different boats I use on particular careers and each one is unique to that boat. I did in fact make one skin that was bright pink with white polka-dots...just to see what it looked like in game. It was funny. It was one of my goofy "what if" moments.
I am with you on one aspect and that is I like realism as much as possible. In the real life U-Boat world, it was tough. But they did their job as best as they could with what they had to use. SHIII is one of the best Subsims out there that enables us to use whatever level of play we wish. Granted, there are those that don't like the "complications" of realism and then there are those that are completely opposite. I use GWX and Magui mods not to mention several minor mods as well to enhance the realism. I even have edited *.dat and *.cfg files to further the realism to my liking.
I begrudged no one if they want to make changes out of the oridinary. If they're having fun...so be it.
