Renown vs. Reality

[the.terrabyte.pirate]

See, I always liked the fact that you earned renown for not only sinking ships, but also for reaching and patrolling your assigned grid.

I figured that although sinking ships was the primary objective, and a good tonnage patrol would forgive almost any sin, a captain that constantly disobeyed orders and went waltzing through the atlantic at a whim looking for ships to sink would not be rewarded in the long term.

From what I understand, the German armed forces tended to be... disciplined.

I'd like to have the patrol grid renown returned. It's a simulator after all, and that includes simulating following orders from your commanders. The way I figure is that even if you're sailing at 100% realism, manual targetting and all, unless you're travelling to, reaching, and patrolling your assigned grid for 24 hours, then you're not truly simulating a uboat patrol. You can always go tonnage hunting afterwards with BDU's blessing.

Feel free to disagree, but you know I'm right.

[edit] Oh, and before anyone gets haughty, I know why the renown for reaching the patrol grid was removed. But I still think that it was a reasonable feature to keep, or at least leave as optional. It saves having to edit the config files.

btw, does anyone remember how much renown was given in stock shiii for reaching and patrolling your assigned grid? I've forgotten.