Renown - Boat or Crew?

GreyBeard · 12-07-06, 11:17 PM

Which do you spend most of your renown on, the best boat or the best crew? Do you spend any renown on crew members? Has anyone found that using crew members that cost the most renown leads to a better crew, especially in the long run? Do you upgrade your IIA to a IID and then improve that with the latest and greatest or just wait until you've accumulated enough renown to get a VIIC or IX?

Cpt. Stewker · 12-07-06, 11:21 PM

I limit my renown to my boat upgrades personally.
I like to hold on to my starting crew and advance them as far as I can without hiring other hands. I do recruit one other officer before my first patrol but thats it, and he is free (0 renown).

Venatore · 12-07-06, 11:24 PM

I spend mine on the boat. It's my job as captain to ensure that the crew is trained hard and effectively to become a well oiled machine. The experence will come with each patrol......I hope

Tachyon · 12-08-06, 02:25 AM

I've heard that ur crew members can gain Qualifications, I have yet to see this happen, Is this true?

danlisa · 12-08-06, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tachyon

I've heard that ur crew members can gain Qualifications, I have yet to see this happen, Is this true?

They can't earn them automatically, but after every patrol you can give 1 qualification out to any crew member via the awards panel.

Or use SH3Cmdr and dish them all out in one go

_Seth_ · 12-08-06, 04:13 AM

On the boat, definitely!

Tachyon · 12-08-06, 04:17 AM

Yes, I know that they earn them after every patrol, but how do I award them the qualifications? I know how to dish out medals, but qualifications?

_Seth_ · 12-08-06, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tachyon

Yes, I know that they earn them after every patrol, but how do I award them the qualifications? I know how to dish out medals, but qualifications?

I think its just "drag and drop", in SH3commander and also in the game.

Jimbuna · 12-08-06, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tachyon

Yes, I know that they earn them after every patrol, but how do I award them the qualifications? I know how to dish out medals, but qualifications?

The same way as medals...go to the 'qualifications' area then drag and drop

My renown is for boat upgrades only

melnibonian · 12-08-06, 07:37 AM

I handle the crew via SH3Cmd and I spend the renown on the boat. It's much more valuable than the crew

AVGWarhawk · 12-08-06, 08:54 AM

Perhaps he ment how do you handle the qualifications, in what order or importance. If that it the case I do mine in the following order:

Watchmen (if I do not have one)
Repairmen
Gunner
Flak gunner
Radio
torpedomen

peterloo · 12-08-06, 09:08 AM

BOATS, ABSOLUTELY

I never recircuit crews unless

(a) Before 1st patrol and I still have rooms for them

(b) Some of them passed away from attackes

However, I usually purchase important updates, such as radar. However, I never buy engine / battery updates / torpedoes, they don't worth the percious renowns
(I think)

IceGrog · 12-08-06, 09:13 AM

I don’t upgrade or use it. Although I think when you bring in a damage boat back from a mission, you lose, or maybe the phase is, you use the renown to repair.
Upgrading, how was this handled in the real war?
I’ve never paid for any sailors, just took the ones that cost nothing. They do improve with each mission.

Konovalov · 12-08-06, 09:16 AM

I do so to both but with a leaning towards my U-boat.

12-07-06, 11:17 PM	#1
GreyBeard Engineer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LI, NY Posts: 209 Downloads: 257 Uploads: 2	Renown - Boat or Crew? Which do you spend most of your renown on, the best boat or the best crew? Do you spend any renown on crew members? Has anyone found that using crew members that cost the most renown leads to a better crew, especially in the long run? Do you upgrade your IIA to a IID and then improve that with the latest and greatest or just wait until you've accumulated enough renown to get a VIIC or IX?

12-07-06, 11:21 PM	#2
Cpt. Stewker Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bozeman, Montana, USA Posts: 192 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I limit my renown to my boat upgrades personally. I like to hold on to my starting crew and advance them as far as I can without hiring other hands. I do recruit one other officer before my first patrol but thats it, and he is free (0 renown). __________________

12-08-06, 02:25 AM	#4
Tachyon Captain Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: India Posts: 514 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've heard that ur crew members can gain Qualifications, I have yet to see this happen, Is this true? __________________ My propellor is faster than yours!!!

12-08-06, 04:13 AM	#6
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	On the boat, definitely! __________________

12-08-06, 04:17 AM	#7
Tachyon Captain Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: India Posts: 514 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes, I know that they earn them after every patrol, but how do I award them the qualifications? I know how to dish out medals, but qualifications? __________________ My propellor is faster than yours!!!

12-07-06, 11:24 PM	#3
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	I spend mine on the boat. It's my job as captain to ensure that the crew is trained hard and effectively to become a well oiled machine. The experence will come with each patrol......I hope

12-08-06, 07:37 AM	#10
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I handle the crew via SH3Cmd and I spend the renown on the boat. It's much more valuable than the crew __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

12-08-06, 08:54 AM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Perhaps he ment how do you handle the qualifications, in what order or importance. If that it the case I do mine in the following order: Watchmen (if I do not have one) Repairmen Gunner Flak gunner Radio torpedomen __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-08-06, 09:08 AM	#12
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	BOATS, ABSOLUTELY I never recircuit crews unless (a) Before 1st patrol and I still have rooms for them (b) Some of them passed away from attackes However, I usually purchase important updates, such as radar. However, I never buy engine / battery updates / torpedoes, they don't worth the percious renowns (I think) __________________ Romeo is here, but where is Juliet? The 中国水兵 (Chinese Sailor) in subsim

12-08-06, 09:13 AM	#13
IceGrog Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA on the edge of the Pacific Posts: 217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don’t upgrade or use it. Although I think when you bring in a damage boat back from a mission, you lose, or maybe the phase is, you use the renown to repair. Upgrading, how was this handled in the real war? I’ve never paid for any sailors, just took the ones that cost nothing. They do improve with each mission. __________________ U-551 7th Flottille Laid down: 21 Nov, 1939, Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Commissioned: 7 Nov, 1940 Commander: Kptlt. IceGrog von Ritter Sunk: 12/11/1940, 01/01/1941, 10/16/1941, 01/16/1942, 08/04/1943 .................................................. .......... A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory

12-08-06, 09:16 AM	#14
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I do so to both but with a leaning towards my U-boat. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)