Very few enemy ships spotted.

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Originally Posted by Armistead

you leave base and rush to your patrol star and the timer goes gray, so you leave.

Well of course that is down to the player isn't it? I could complete my objective, then go sit outside Truk for the rest of the patrol. But I don't. It's all a matter of choice in my opinion. There is no reason a player could not remain on station, or request a new objective and get shunted around at the whim of SH4ComSubPac. It is down to mindset of the player and what he is looking to do, or how he chooses to play.