after 2 patrols I got each time 5 ships in my pocket... one patrol with 9K tons and the other one with 17K tons.
I think it s gonna change everything in the game after a while because you get a lot less renown which is not a big deal but also by doing smaller tonage your crew is not given so many medals and promotion...
Also I understand now why spread shot is more to be sure to get one hit than to score multiple hit with one solution
