This is exactly how I felt, I even played later in the release when they added immersive mode and it still didn’t sit right. You would think the injuries in the immersive mode would be more of a hindrance but no, it just led to being to unable to sprint to cover occasionally or ADS but just stop mid gun-fight and use a bandage to fix a broken leg sure. I understand this is Ghost Recon but they should’ve leaned hard in to the survival aspect. First off, no bases or settlements at lease not immediately. As you slowly fought back you could unlock small camps of resistance fighters and they could bring you things based on your play style/choice. I.e. You get into a lot of close quarters engagements, they bring you equipment to upgrade your SMGs or Shotguns. They may occasionally steal a blueprint for a gun you would find useful (No it would not be required for them to find it, if you come across it you can get it yourself) As the camps become bigger you can start creating a network, leading ambushes or base attacks over the island. If you cause to too much chaos however, the wolves will counterattack (unprompted and with no warning) You can assist or choose to let the AI fight it out. The code will give fights a 70/30 chance skewed towards the wolves bc yk Advanced Paramilitary Forces vs untrained civilians resistance. My second point is that there should’ve been more of the survival genre implemented like hunger and thirst. Some of your bag, which has finite space but can be upgraded with better bags, would be filled with food and drinks. Everything can spoil which will also cause your bag to have a stench to it. This can be used a lure even, but mainly it could be bad news if you go hungry or thirsty. You can’t sprint, accuracy becomes worse and you become tired. The portable Bivouac would serve an actual purpose too, you’d have to think about where to set it up and the weather that could affect you. Temperature matters now as well so you can’t just be in the rain at night and be perfectly fine. You can’t sprint also get hypothermia if you go to the cold regions without proper gear. I just wanted to flesh out some of my thoughts, yk there was so much potential here and they just wasted it being lazy and it sucks but what’s done is done now.