[Wulfmann]

I see your point J and actually usually do. I just prefer to look past it for my own personal fun. I like SH3. I run at least one patrol every single day sometimes 2 or 3.

There is no black and white to me only variations of Grey. The mod community stealing X-1s mods and saying it was OK because the left their private site unprotected said all I needed to know about shades of grey on no one being the good guy.
You will never make me believe the mod community acted reasonably or honorably. They got right down and did the very same stuff, in principle they accused X-1 of doing.
War crimes are only war crimes when the other guy does it!

That said, I advise X-1. I suggest ships to model and run patrols and tell them my opinion and I am as frank as I am here.
They are not making this for me. They do not care what purist think. This will be for increased game play with history as a starting point and game play more important.
What is kind of odd is while I complain about the RND.mis file and think it will be a traffic jam it does not play like that at all.
I will get 3 or 4 task force reports and 2 small convoys but never run into any of them because they change directions more often. With all the task forces reported in about 40 missions I have attacked about 6 or 7. I see them passing out of range almost once a patrol on average. You are right, that is too much. But it is much more fun and I almost hate to admit that. Reality in a U-Boat is extreme boredom with brief periods of terror. This simple condenses the action. Patrols are shorter and with more variation in the action, much more Luftwaffe involvement and having to ID for fear of hitting friendlies. This is a whole new way of SH3. Not so much better but so different it is worthwhile if for only a change of pace for us that actually play this on a regular basis.
The people that buy this will mostly be very happy they did.
Wulfmann