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bigboywooly · 02-02-07, 05:46 PM

1. Helm: From what I have read it does absolutly NOTHING so it is a waste of a qual to use.

Yep seems a waste to me also

2. Funk (S): Does this really improve the chances of your sonorman detecting sounds? I don't think it does anything for the radio (can still transmit and recieve messages) until maybe there is a radar? It does help with both sonar and radar detection - a qualified operator is likely to hear\spot something quicker and further away

3. Medical: This will heal a wounded man if in same compartment but does it also spped up fatigue recovery or is that just rumor?

Yes it does speed up fatigue recovery in my experiance

4. Torpedo: I assume it speeds up reload time? Yep - also needs less men to fill the green bar

5. Machine: Now this one bothers me a little. We all know that if you dont have enough "green bar" in the engine rooms you will lose power. But that is no problem just put normal sailors in there and use your alloted qualifications for better things. Why give a guy a machine rating? Does it make the sub run faster? Is this for real or no?:hmm: Doesnt make the sub run faster but as with the torp qual above - less men will fill the green bar so you can have both compartments filled if you want and if you lose any crew it doesnt affect the subs running

6. Repair. I assume that this speeds up repair of the boat which makes it very important? Please comment. Aye it does - as with all compartments the fuller the green bar the quicker things happen

7. Gunner: Improves chance of hit with deck gun?

Yep

8. Flak Gunner: Improves chance of hit with flak?

And yep again

9. Watch: Does this REALLY improve your chances of the watch spotting inbound ships and aircraft? I thought I read in NYGM somewhere that spotting wasnt related to this. Also, in real life the watch crew was 1 officer and 4 sailors. I tried this for awhile to try to be realistic but because the way that sailors recover from fatigue (efficiency) slower then the warrents I have switched to 2 warrents (watch quals) and two sailors per watch. What do you guys do? I usually have a watch qualified Officer and a couple of crew later on when can
IMHO it does help with spotting targets

02-02-07, 05:46 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	1. Helm: From what I have read it does absolutly NOTHING so it is a waste of a qual to use. Yep seems a waste to me also 2. Funk (S): Does this really improve the chances of your sonorman detecting sounds? I don't think it does anything for the radio (can still transmit and recieve messages) until maybe there is a radar? It does help with both sonar and radar detection - a qualified operator is likely to hear\spot something quicker and further away 3. Medical: This will heal a wounded man if in same compartment but does it also spped up fatigue recovery or is that just rumor? Yes it does speed up fatigue recovery in my experiance 4. Torpedo: I assume it speeds up reload time? Yep - also needs less men to fill the green bar 5. Machine: Now this one bothers me a little. We all know that if you dont have enough "green bar" in the engine rooms you will lose power. But that is no problem just put normal sailors in there and use your alloted qualifications for better things. Why give a guy a machine rating? Does it make the sub run faster? Is this for real or no?:hmm: Doesnt make the sub run faster but as with the torp qual above - less men will fill the green bar so you can have both compartments filled if you want and if you lose any crew it doesnt affect the subs running 6. Repair. I assume that this speeds up repair of the boat which makes it very important? Please comment. Aye it does - as with all compartments the fuller the green bar the quicker things happen 7. Gunner: Improves chance of hit with deck gun? Yep 8. Flak Gunner: Improves chance of hit with flak? And yep again 9. Watch: Does this REALLY improve your chances of the watch spotting inbound ships and aircraft? I thought I read in NYGM somewhere that spotting wasnt related to this. Also, in real life the watch crew was 1 officer and 4 sailors. I tried this for awhile to try to be realistic but because the way that sailors recover from fatigue (efficiency) slower then the warrents I have switched to 2 warrents (watch quals) and two sailors per watch. What do you guys do? I usually have a watch qualified Officer and a couple of crew later on when can IMHO it does help with spotting targets __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41 Last edited by bigboywooly; 02-02-07 at 06:53 PM.