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Originally Posted by LoBlo
Q3: What impace does promotions and medals play on crew performance?
Q4: Does the type of enemy, convoys, battlegroups you encounter vary with the flottilla joined? Does joining one flotilla versus another change the gameplay?
Q5: Which area of the atlantic will yield the most traffic for targetting?
Thanks in advance.
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Q3: Different medals have different effects, the EK2 increases the crewman's xp for example; each one does something different, albeit depending on your settings some medals may not make a very noticeable difference (German Cross has the most noticeable effect, reduces the crewman's fatigue to 0 making them immune to it).
Q4: You can always transfer between flotilles, main difference between them is which port they will use as their base(s) and what ships will become available to you at certain times (i.e. if you want a type IX ship some flotilles won't ever have them available to you no matter what the year, look over the manual and the flotille assignments to see which ships get assigned and when).
Q5: Depends on the year, be sure to look at the convoy map but also check the dates, while the map shows them all at once some don't start till after the US enters the war or begins providing neutral assistance in later 1941. Historically the lion's share of the convoy's were all between halifax and liverpool, and some originating from Sydney. At wars start there are a lot of single merchants that travel unescorted, it wasn't until July 1941 that really fast travelling convoys (generally 14+ knots) were established; until then any ship capable of travelling at 16 knots was allowed to go alone w/o need of escort. The SC convoys (SC stands for slow convoy) travelled only at 6 knots and are prime hunting material being able to maneuver around them very well.