The way I see it, Renown should be called "Favor" realy. It is a measure of "hey! he did a lot of cool things so lets give him more". When you serve you certainly get the "typical" kit and any grunt can sign for a gun, but to get the top of the line, fresh out of R&D materials, only the best commanders recieved those merrits. Tonnage is fine but if you get one commander who sank 50,000 tons in 5 patrols
or another who sank 50,000 in 1, chances are the veteran who weathered 5 war cruises would be picked for not only a good score, but his RENOWN of combat experience.:hmm:
Personaly, I like to set renown back up for ranks and rewards alone, the "shopping" is just fun hell I even give G7e's a cost.
