Well if the "boring" factor is the unrealistic pseudo-realism of a game then cows must fly without wings in real world.
For God's sake this is just one of many unrealistic games... realism is in real life and that cannot be found or reproduced on games.
Just don't mix up these two because they are complettly different ... one is real... a game is not.
From what I perceived... the "boring" factor has to do with the possibility of a "BANG-BANG ship" almost unsinkable or other way of thinking... "is not a sub so I am not interested".
But fortunatly SH is a good platform to create a better game and expanding its potential to not only support playable subs but surface ships as well.
Who knows if in a year time we see SH4 with players playing against eachother with subs and ships ...
Bring back the DC to SH this is the bit that has been missing for many years.
I'm sure that game builders would soon come out with a new version where users can play both on same game... like other good naval game which allows more than just subs or ships.
But until then I look forward to that YBB