RUb1.43 to RUb1.44: map contacts

[Scared Bunny]

I first played RUb 1.43 + Commander on 100%, and I now play RUb1.44 + Commander on 100%. Interception of convoys, and especially shadowing a convoy and determining its exact heading was quite a challenge, but with 1.44 it seems that single ship contacts are back and individual ships are now displayed on the map. The reason for this ofcourse that the automatic map updat is on, as suggested in the RUb readme.

This has made the game rediculously easy. I have a interception succes rate of about 75% on single ship contacts, and they always sink once intercepted. Convoys are tougher, but once inside the destroyer screen it is rediculously easy to determine heading, because all you need to do is mark each ship that is sailing in a row, connect the markers with a line and presto there is you heading.

Using the stadimeter is no longer neccesary, and it was the stadimeter that created the measurement error to create the occasional miss. It also made rough weather attacks almost impossible from ranges longer then 800 meters.

So why the change?

What would I lose if I turned automatic map update off? The sonar bearing markers, right? That would be annoying since they are very handy in convoy attacks.