Worth it?

[Radtgaeb]

Ok, so many stability and gameplay questions. I've searched all I can on the topic, but nothing really satisfies my questions; so sorry for redundancies:

I got the game, and....
1) My Ubisoft Game Launcher Client *cough*joke*cough* WILL NOT update. I've installed, re-installed, rebooted, cleared registries and it just will not cooperate. What am I doing wrong? It keeps telling me that "The update process has failed." Now, I just installed today so I'm wondering if this has something to do with the fact that I read on the forum that some guys are having issues connecting to the servers. Possibility.

2) What's with the missions? Is the first mission like...training? Is this supposed to be CoD in a sub? I'm not complaining - I think this actually could be really cool if done well; I'm just really thrown off....is this game still dynamic campaign or am I going to have to seek out mods?

3) I CTD'd during the first mission. Could be a client issue. Also, I'm a little thrown off by the "online sync" function.

4) I'd guess I'd just like a list of mods that would put me closest to SHIII. I've spent a lot of time with fleet boats and I'm ready to go back to some U Boat action like I had with GWX.


Wow. Sorry for being such a noob to this game; but this is so unlike SHIII and IV. Thanks in advance!