Crew Skills and Specialties

Wijbrandus · 06-08-07, 02:47 PM

What combinations do I want in each compartment? Some are intuitive, but some (like damage control) are not.

Also, what do medals do? Do they grant any bonuses to the crewman like in SH3?

Yes, I did a search, but to be honest the threads I found were mostly others asking the same questions and not many answers.

mookiemookie · 06-08-07, 02:50 PM

One of the developers has said that crewmen with the mechanical or electrical skill are the ones you want in your damage control party.

medals will grant bonuses along the lines of faster top speed for your boat, or faster torpedoes. I think. maybe that happens as crewmen gain ranks. it's all about as clear as mud.

popeye · 06-08-07, 06:28 PM

i too, would like more information on this topic.

nomad_delta · 06-08-07, 06:50 PM

Same here. Seems like the devs left us high & dry on this one, or at least Ubi's manual writers did. It could be there's a very elaborate and well thought-out crew management system hidden in there someplace, but without any documentation is sure is hard to tell.

nomad_delta

Wijbrandus · 06-09-07, 12:11 AM

Good to hear I'm not the only one having issues with this then.

The SH3 system made sense after a while, this one I'm still having issues with. I feel like I'm fumbling around in the dark without a clue.

Oh well. I'll keep trying. If I can actually survive more than three patrols in a campaign, I might actually start to see an effect.

MaxT.dk · 06-09-07, 05:24 AM

Here's my setup

(no, I'm not a 100% pure realism freak, sorry

)

06-09-07, 05:51 AM

With that kind of setup. you don't even have to submerge when sinkin' ships.

Mine is very similar...

JALU3 · 06-09-07, 07:07 AM

Wow . . . umm . . . how many state rooms do you have on that boat?

nomad_delta · 06-09-07, 12:45 PM

Curious, though, why don't you have Sensors specialists in your conning tower? Looks like you filled it up with Command and Engines guys?

(not that I guess it matters much when they're all uber-skilled at everything

)

nomad_delta

MaxT.dk · 06-09-07, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomad_delta

Curious, though, why don't you have Sensors specialists in your conning tower? Looks like you filled it up with Command and Engines guys?

(not that I guess it matters much when they're all uber-skilled at everything

)

nomad_delta

Because there are no skippers that have that icon, BUT the guys in my conning tower got the best Electrical skills and it's their 1st and most important skill

Here's a screenshot so you understand better what I mean:

Does it make sense?

06-09-07, 02:33 PM

How in the hell did you made 'em up experience so high>>>!!!!

MaxT.dk · 06-09-07, 02:45 PM

Well, as soon as there were any lvl 12 Lieutentants available, I got my hands on them

And I'm on my 19th patrol right now, so they had plenty of time to be skilled I guess :hmm:

06-09-07, 02:49 PM

19th??
No retirement?
Tell me your secret...

MaxT.dk · 06-09-07, 03:02 PM

"The secret" (if you haven't seen it yet...)

06-09-07, 03:07 PM

Now how I managed to miss that/

06-08-07, 02:47 PM	#1
Wijbrandus Loader Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Littleton, Colorado Posts: 83 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Crew Skills and Specialties What combinations do I want in each compartment? Some are intuitive, but some (like damage control) are not. Also, what do medals do? Do they grant any bonuses to the crewman like in SH3? Yes, I did a search, but to be honest the threads I found were mostly others asking the same questions and not many answers.

06-08-07, 02:50 PM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	One of the developers has said that crewmen with the mechanical or electrical skill are the ones you want in your damage control party. medals will grant bonuses along the lines of faster top speed for your boat, or faster torpedoes. I think. maybe that happens as crewmen gain ranks. it's all about as clear as mud. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

06-09-07, 05:24 AM	#6
MaxT.dk Rough night at Langtrees brothel Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 480 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here's my setup (no, I'm not a 100% pure realism freak, sorry ) __________________ http://maxt.dk/archives/2007/03/22/s...nter-4-cheats/ Get KillerSub MOD and bring the Hell back to Earth! The FUN way to play SH4! Now with Rail Guns!

06-09-07, 07:07 AM	#8
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow . . . umm . . . how many state rooms do you have on that boat? __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

06-09-07, 02:45 PM	#12
MaxT.dk Rough night at Langtrees brothel Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 480 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, as soon as there were any lvl 12 Lieutentants available, I got my hands on them And I'm on my 19th patrol right now, so they had plenty of time to be skilled I guess :hmm: __________________ http://maxt.dk/archives/2007/03/22/s...nter-4-cheats/ Get KillerSub MOD and bring the Hell back to Earth! The FUN way to play SH4! Now with Rail Guns!

06-08-07, 06:28 PM	#3
popeye A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 77 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i too, would like more information on this topic.

06-08-07, 06:50 PM	#4
nomad_delta Planesman Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 185 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Same here. Seems like the devs left us high & dry on this one, or at least Ubi's manual writers did. It could be there's a very elaborate and well thought-out crew management system hidden in there someplace, but without any documentation is sure is hard to tell. nomad_delta

06-09-07, 12:11 AM	#5
Wijbrandus Loader Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Littleton, Colorado Posts: 83 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Good to hear I'm not the only one having issues with this then. The SH3 system made sense after a while, this one I'm still having issues with. I feel like I'm fumbling around in the dark without a clue. Oh well. I'll keep trying. If I can actually survive more than three patrols in a campaign, I might actually start to see an effect.

06-09-07, 05:51 AM	#7
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	With that kind of setup. you don't even have to submerge when sinkin' ships. Mine is very similar...

06-09-07, 12:45 PM	#9
nomad_delta Planesman Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 185 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Curious, though, why don't you have Sensors specialists in your conning tower? Looks like you filled it up with Command and Engines guys? (not that I guess it matters much when they're all uber-skilled at everything ) nomad_delta

06-09-07, 02:33 PM	#11
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	How in the hell did you made 'em up experience so high>>>!!!!

06-09-07, 02:49 PM	#13
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	19th?? No retirement? Tell me your secret...

06-09-07, 03:02 PM	#14
MaxT.dk Rough night at Langtrees brothel Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 480 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"The secret" (if you haven't seen it yet...) __________________ http://maxt.dk/archives/2007/03/22/s...nter-4-cheats/ Get KillerSub MOD and bring the Hell back to Earth! The FUN way to play SH4! Now with Rail Guns!

06-09-07, 03:07 PM	#15
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Now how I managed to miss that/