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Originally Posted by gap
Agreed 
Now we need to:
- assign each rank a number of points comparable to tonnage sunk
- ask our volunteers if they think it practical to calculate the partial sum of tonnage sunk by any commander until the current patrol (otherwise, only total tonnages at the end of their respective careers will be taken into account)
- determine tonnage sunk + commander rank ranges corresponding to each veterancy level.
Can you please take care of the above tasks?  |
Sure thing.
Even though it would only require very simple arithmetic, I am hesitant to ask people to recalculate tonnage sunk before each patrol, since it would add another barrier that might drive away volunteers.
But what do you guys—Targor, Sartoris, Dogfish, Volodya, and anybody else interested in helping—think about this? Is it too demanding to calculate add up tonnage before each patrol? How about only using the commander's career tonnage?
Also, does anyone know how the veterancy levels affect AI ability? For example, if the AI becomes basically worthless at novice level, then it might be better to exclude the novice setting. Similarly, if the veteran level turns AI u-boats into the equivalent of Virginia-class attack subs, then we would make it very rare.