Do I Need To Follow Missions?

Originally Posted by flyer102

Ok, I will follow orders when needed.

However, if i'm just circling around the patrol area for a couple of weeks with out contacts...

your answer is here

Originally Posted by aanker

Complete your Objective(s) .... then you are free to sink shipping up the Niger river to Timbuktu, or anywhere else if you wish.

Happy Hunting!

the objectives cannot be ignored, but the orders can be ignored, so complete the objectives or you cannot progress in your campaign and will have to repeat the missions again and again.

keep an eye on completing the objectives, then go where you want after that