How realistic do you play SH3

Hi lads,

after my thread about aircraft madness in 1943 I realized that we have 2 camps here. Realism freaks and arcade players. Somehow I never imagined playing this sim like an arcade and was crawling slowly to a point in which I'm now. I wonder how many of you treat it very serious and play the impossible like me. It's not a thread about % because for me you can play realistic with external view on, simply not using it to cheat. I play as realistic as possible, try to get more and more info how it was done and try to overcome engine bugs while not exploiting it's weaknesses. Maybe even we can gather ourselves, share some ideas to make our experience even batter?

Overkill
My choice: 100% realism + longer repair times mod (you should try it) + real navigation from time to time + did + many immersive things that happen only in my head (not using externals, not doing port raids, not trying to shoot Mosquitos etc, attack DD only if no other option).

Hard
If you're doing hard or realistic settings with stock options and accept everything what and how the game gives to you - as is. No matter if with GWX as most of us have it.

Arcade
Shoot everything with a deckgun, you could play Doom3 as well without seeing a difference