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Lite_ly Salted · 11-03-20, 03:06 PM

Thanks Von Due!

I get your confusion. I had the same. Here's what I THINK is happening: the 2 personnel for the engines are actually only working them if your engineer is on task with his helpers. So let's set those two aside.

I constantly get a "no one at helm" alert whenever I dive or surface, so I don't THINK the game cares whether or not I have any dedicated crew for it, so let's that one aside.

The lookouts: they don't seem to actually matter. If you program no one to be on lookout at all ever, you still get a "sight bubble" around your boat.

SO

Seems to me like most of the taskings are just for show. I think the game only actually cares about having someone in the galley, and someone pushing the mop.

Again, just my experience, YMMV. But I can tell you for sure, that shifts of 4 personnel work for me just fine. I think the number are more like...um...there are X amount of people on shift and AVAILABLE to do whatever task, not so much that they are in fact doing it.

11-03-20, 03:06 PM	#6
Lite_ly Salted A-ganger Join Date: May 2020 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks Von Due! I get your confusion. I had the same. Here's what I THINK is happening: the 2 personnel for the engines are actually only working them if your engineer is on task with his helpers. So let's set those two aside. I constantly get a "no one at helm" alert whenever I dive or surface, so I don't THINK the game cares whether or not I have any dedicated crew for it, so let's that one aside. The lookouts: they don't seem to actually matter. If you program no one to be on lookout at all ever, you still get a "sight bubble" around your boat. SO Seems to me like most of the taskings are just for show. I think the game only actually cares about having someone in the galley, and someone pushing the mop. Again, just my experience, YMMV. But I can tell you for sure, that shifts of 4 personnel work for me just fine. I think the number are more like...um...there are X amount of people on shift and AVAILABLE to do whatever task, not so much that they are in fact doing it.