[Armistead]

Agree and disagree. The large invasion forces are merchant groups and you'll get patrol zones to those constantly, problem is they die out around 43 and are limited to campaign areas. In the beginning of RSRD it doe's a good job of placing you in these zones, but around 42 fades out. After the Solomon's the patrol zones are basically a waste of time if you know where to hunt, you'll do better elsewhere.

You have to keep in mind, you've played it long enough that you've become rather a pro. Like anything you do it over and over, it becomes somewhat repetitious and boring and then you start wanting better things, you notice what's missing. Why we both want to add so much to it, probably bored knowing it all. Most that start playing RSRD complain of no traffic, where you or I could stay involved fighting large convoys, TF's and getting involved in the battles almost every day. Now that I'm looking inside the ME, I'm surprised at how well I had RSRD figured out, but that's knowing history. Be nice to loop some of this traffic so it doesn't always take the same path.

I understand why the patrol zones bother some, why I just prefer to go to where the action is, but I'm getting tired of the same old TF, battles, ect..I hope they don't give up on the jap merchant mod, more ships, more traffic, they could really expand on it and be a much needed mod. I think I'll give SH5 a chance or try SH3


I've been playing with the celestial navigator. It's fun not having a sub icon on your map and using the navigating with programs like Stellarium and Celestia.