Regarding tonnage issues, there were many talks with Trevally about this but he is very consistent that tonnage goals are just pure cosmetics and not something to be 100% followed .
However, this can be very distracting for most players, forcing them to do unrealistic harbor raids in order to fulfill tonnage requests.
You can edit your tonnage goals even while you're in the middle of campaign...
Go to my
documents/SH/data/cfg/SaveGames/00000005(or similarly called last save)/Campaign-2014-04-11_1547/Campaign.cfg
Open the file with notepad and colored values will alowe you to edit your tonnage requests while in the mission...
Code:
[Campaign.CampObj.MacroObj 5.PersObj 1]
PersObjType=0
Name=Hunt_around_the_British_Eastern_Coast
Description=Campaign.CampObj.MacroObj 5.PersObj 1.Description
RelatedMapLocations=Line_BCW
IsCompleted=false
[Campaign.CampObj.MacroObj 5.PersObj 1.Amount]
IsTonnage=true
Tonnage=70000
NumOfShips=0