I play DiD and have been able to get to around 10-15 patrols without dying. I use SH3Commander with realistic career length on and by that stage you are getting retired by SH3C.
You have to be much more aware of the risks and make sure that Bernard isn't around to screw things up as well. It means that you tend to not go after some things that you might have before and when you get damaged you sometimes turn around without reaching your patrol grid. This happens a lot to me in post 1942 careers when the air cover is getting heavy and viable targets are harder to acquire.
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