Assigning crewmen, help wanted.

[GSpector]

Hello ALL,

I was noticing on the Crew screen that there are 5 Stations (6 if you count 2nd Torpedeo area) and 5 skills. I also noticed that the skills don't seem to match up with the Stations.

What I was wondering is Which skills work best in which Station?

[SteamWake]

I think it should follow pretty logically.

Eg; Machinest belong in the engine room, Watchmen belong... on watch, torpedo trained in the torpedo rooms.

I havent really noticed any poorly assigned officers, Hrm maybe I need to look closer. :hmm:

[GSpector]

Thanks SteamWake,

But as you can see by the lists below, it's not really that simple for some positions.

Skills:
Electrical
Guns
Leadership
Mechanical
Watchman

Specializations:
Command
Engines
Guns
Sensors
Torpedoes
Watch

Stations:
After Torpedo Room
Engine Room
Control Room
Conning Tower
Forward Torpedo Room
Deck Watch
Aft Deck Gun
AA Gun
Damage Control


Now for the obvious,
------------------------------Specialization Skill
After/Forward Torpedo Room -- Torpedoes ___ ???
Engine Room ----------------- Engines _____ Mechanical
Control Room ----------------- Command ___ Leadership
Conning Tower ---------------- ??? ________ ???
Deck Watch ------------------ Watch ______ Watchman
Aft Deck/AA Gun ------------- Guns ________ Guns
Damage Control --------------

So to be more specific with my question, which skill would be best for Conning Tower and for Damage Control?

And I guess I'll also ask:
Which Specification would be best for Conning Tower, Torpedo Rooms and for Damage Control?

[Strikor]

I'm not sure how accurate it is, but according to Kolmar over at the UBI forum the following is how the compartments are set up skill wise:

Forward/Stern torpedo room:
50% Mechanical and 50% Gun

Engine room:
60% Mechanical and 40% Electrical

Control room:
40% Mechanical, 20% Electrical and 40% Watch

Conning tower:
50% Electrical and 50% watch

Guns:
50% Mechanical, 50% Electrical, 20% Guns(ohh surprise) and 50% watch

Repair compartment:
40% Mechanical, 40% Electrical and 20% Gun

[nfitzsimmons]

Originally Posted by Strikor

I'm not sure how accurate it is, but according to Kolmar over at the UBI forum the following is how the compartments are set up skill wise:

Thanks. This gives me useful information I didn't have. Now off to apply it...

[GSpector]

Originally Posted by Strikor

I'm not sure how accurate it is, but according to Kolmar over at the UBI forum the following is how the compartments are set up skill wise:

Ok, so were does these Specializations go:

Torpedoes ___After/Forward Torpedo Room (I'm guessing )

Command & Leadership___In the Control Room & Conning Tower ? :hmm:

Watch & Watchman___Deck Watch ? :hmm:

Guns have 3 crewmen yet you show 170% with 4 skills

[Strikor]

Torpedo rooms = torpedoes, engine room = engines, command room = command, watch = watch, guns = guns, and conning tower = sensors. I don't think gun specialization helps out any extra in the torpedo rooms but I have no quick way of finding out. I also have no idea what specialization the damage control section would be, if any.

The guns thing does seem a little odd, especially the part about electrical, but I haven't had the attention span to sit down and actively test it.

[Snowman999]

I havent really noticed any poorly assigned officers, Hrm maybe I need to look closer.

I have. In at least one, and sometimes two, sections the game makes a petty officer the OOD and sticks the O-ganger in the conning tower. This is a violation of Navy Regs. A commissioned line officer, if one is alive, will be at the conn. If there are none alive the senior petty officer in one of the "deck" ratings (QM, Gunner's Mate, Boatswain, etc.) will take the conn. If a staff officer (Supply, Medical Corps, Nurse, etc.) who outranks that CPO is present, the petty officer will still take the conn.

[GSpector]

Thanks Strikor,

That helps with assigning stations based on Specializations.

But, I'm still wondering about how the Skills plays a part in assigning to stations. Do the Crewmen Skills mean anything?

[Strikor]

I don't know if skill: watch helps any more than a guy with the same watch level with another skill assignment. It could simply mean they start higher in that area.

[SteamWake]

The most curious one is "electrical"... Im assuming he belongs on the radar ?

[Strikor]

It depends on his other skills. High mechanical would be best suited for the engine room or damage control, while a high watch skill would make him better suited for the conning tower which controls the sensors.

[macky]

I would imagine that electrical is useful all accross the boat, especially in damage control, water and electric=bad

[GnarPow]

Personally i've actually noticed crewmen with high Watch (100+) get a bigger green bar when I put them in the AA gun than crewmen with a high gun

[GSpector]

Originally Posted by GnarPow

Personally i've actually noticed crewmen with high Watch (100+) get a bigger green bar when I put them in the AA gun than crewmen with a high gun

This very problem is why I asked the question in the 1st place. Specializations made sense, Skills did not.