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Originally Posted by ijnfleetadmiral
First off, I absolutely LOVE this game! 
Anyone know why you can't promote Seamen to Warrant Officers and Warrant Officers to Officers? My sonar operator is the highest-ranking enlisted person on my boat (he was promoted Chief Sr. Warrant Officer before any other Warrant Officer), and I've wanted to make him an officer for quite awhile now. I've awarded him nearly every medal (the only ones he doesn't have are the Wound Badge and the Knight's Cross; I just awarded him the German Cross in Gold after our last patrol), and I think he's quite deserving of officer rank.
What's the highest officer rank in the game? Wikipedia says 'Lieutenant Sr.', but I'm curious if anyone else has managed to reach higher.
TIA for any info!
-Matt |
So far I've made it to Kapitänleutnant, I don't know how much higher up it's possible to go.
I think with SH3 Commander it's possible to promote an enlisted man into the officers' ranks - at least I'm assuming that the game recognizes it, the option appears to be there IIRC.
Within the game itself I don't think it's possible to promote any enlisted man into a commisioned officer's rank, and I assume this reflects real life more accurately since being a commissioned officer usually requires one to have been accepted and specially trained for that level of rank/responsibility from the get-go.
I know there are "in the field" commissions in the US (and probably most?) armed forces, don't know about the Kriegsmarine though. They seem to have been pretty picky about who was accepted for officer training, at least pre-war. I would assume any enlisted man would be able to advance to an NCO rank with the appropriate training if he proved worthy of that opportunity so I don't know why that's not possible in the game.
Interesting subject all around, so I'm curious to hear from those who have the scoop on Real Life vs The Game in this regard.
Usual advice hereabouts is to get and use SH3 Commander, it will give you more and better options for crew and career management.
Oh and welcome aboard!
