I use the stock award system to build my crew with qualifications and awards. I do not use Commander to do this.
I know it is realistic for all your POs to have qualifications but part of what makes the game interesting for me is the investment you make over a month or more building your crew into an invincible fighting force from green rookies.
It may not be a realistic analog to the way real life was, but it gives you the feeling of an inept crew when you start off in 1939 and you don't have enough skilled men to get maximum efficiency out of any of the compartments. And as the war goes on and you build up your crew you really feel attached to them and are less apt to risk them over nothing when you play "dead is dead" and have to start all over again.
It's a huge deal to me when I finally get the award for a crew member that makes him have no fatigue! My goal is to get all POs and officers so that they do not fatigue. Once I've done that I have an elite crew that operates at its maximum ability.
If you use Commander to dish all that out up front it kind of kills the growing experience of the crew, for me.
Steve
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