Some good ideas guys, some new stuff for me to try anyway. Thanks for taking the time to respond
I know what you mean about the planes, they come straight for you every time. Maybe I will lower the probability of air strikes a bit like you suggested.... I like a good challenge, I dont even mind if the game is really hard. But taking port photos deep in enemy territory in this barge of a submarine is suicide. I was hoping the missions for the Gato class would be more of the convoy attack kind and less of the sneaking around (since it its so damn big and slow). From what I can tell the missions are randomly generated and it doesnt take into account what sub you have.....
I may end up ignoring orders and just going after the convoys when playing the Gato. So long as you rack up enough renown in kills is there any downside to not completing the mission objectives?