Not all flash traffic will be in your area but sometimes you get on that is very close...Hot Damn! Full bore flank, the chase is on! One member said there is no traffic in RSRD. Lurker who created RSRD posted up a picture of the traffic he implemented. There were ships everywhere. You just have to think logically as to what the shipping lanes would be for that particular time of the war. Patrol and they will come
Currently I'm playing cold stone stock. My first patrol point presented three convoys on the way. Needless to say I was out of torps before I hit the first patrol area. I returned to port for reload. I bit unrealistic but some like to play this way so with RSRD we can get the best of both worlds.