Dont pay much attention to the orders. I consider them a formality.
When i do a patrol, the first thing i do is plot my course to the grid assigment (assuming i do it, and 90% of the time i do). While im sitting there for the alloted 24 hours, im planning out where im REALLY going to go.
But to rewind a bit, certain mods help the game alot. one of those is harbor traffic. Raiding harbors is one of my favorite pastimes, albiet a dangerous one.
One thing i like about IX boats is im not limited by range or short torpedo stores. If i want to go chase a convoy, i can do that, just like a VII boat. If i go raiding a harbor, well, some of the far off ones are a bit lucrative. Early war, ill raid casablanca. Once drumbeat starts rolling, ill go shoot fish in a barrel in caracco.
Another lovely thing about IX boats is you can get heavy flak a bit earlier then an VII. One highly unrealistic pastime i have is quite frankly, not diving when a plane attacks and watch my flak gunners shred him to bits, or man the guns and do it myself.
Deck gun action is another past time. Ill occasinally dabble in "running gun battles" with armed merchantman. THeir aim sucks so the odds are usually in my favor. To be honest thoguh, im too chicken to attempet this with any escort, to include an armed trawler. So i have my limits as to how much risk ill take.
Running gun battles and shooting down aircraft are on the gamey side of things, but its things like that, that keep my intrest. Modding the game is a big perk. You can do it for realism or for fun. If you get bored, you can do wierd stuff. Like... making a IID boat have a 35 kt surface speed and try running the gibralter singleplayer mission on the surface.
Just ideas, sometimes taking a break helps alot and you can come back with a fresh perspective.
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