Do you dismiss your sailors?

CybrSlydr · 05-23-06, 12:55 PM

Was looking around after my patrol and noticed I no longer have any Petty Officers to give quals to - they all got 'em! I'm also quickly running out of Officers to hand them to as well.

Ducimus · 05-23-06, 12:56 PM

Nope, i hand pick my crew, and keep them :P No rotations on my boat!

05-23-06, 01:00 PM

I let SHIII Commander dismiss them for me. If SHIV doesn't get rid of them 20-30 at a time (as the U.S. Navy historically did) then I might do it myself.

VipertheSniper · 05-23-06, 01:08 PM

Only when I take a VIIC and choose the conning tower with the three flak mounts, and I have petty officers I qualified for the deckgun. Otherwise there's no crew rotation going on.

Coort · 05-23-06, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CybrSlydr

Was looking around after my patrol and noticed I no longer have any Petty Officers to give quals to - they all got 'em! I'm also quickly running out of Officers to hand them to as well.

About 3-4 patrols ago i was thinking the same...
The next patrol achieved 14 dead man (1 officer fully qualified/promoted/decorated with over 30 patrol on his shoulders, 3 pettyofficer, 10 sailors) and 32% of HI...for 40k of tonnage, damn too bad!

spork542 · 05-23-06, 04:11 PM

I don't dismiss my sailors. Well, yet. But if sailors prove themselves to be incompetent...

05-23-06, 04:16 PM

I roll d6 for every member of the crew other than the watch officers. On a roll of 1, they go. That usually nets me three to five guys on each patrol who leave. I make sure I do this before I give qualifications out. No reason to make this system harsher by giving a qualification to someone then having him leave.

I transfer out IWOs after maybe three or four patrols. Usually bump the IIWO up to IWO and bring in a new IWO.

The only problem is while this might have been done during the war, in real life replacements might come on board who did 6 patrols on another boat, went off to special school, and got promoted. So the "new guy" might be the most experienced in any given area, but with my system I get only raw recruits. I wish there was another way to try and keep historical results in the game.

Perhaps I'll start using SH3 Commander to rename some of the ones who roll a 1 instead of dumping them entirely. Shame I can't promote them in SH3 Commander without having the prerequisite experience built up.

STEED · 05-23-06, 04:17 PM

Dismiss my sailors

NEVER.

bookworm_020 · 05-23-06, 05:21 PM

I booted Bernard off my boat, but have kept the rest and I'll not handing them back to Bdu, even with threats of a transfer to the Russian Front.

Scorpius · 05-23-06, 08:35 PM

Personally i beleive the transfer feature of sh3 commander is utterly pointless and stupid.

It may be good for sailor steve and the other military fanatics here but for the average player its down right annoying.

robj250 · 05-23-06, 11:38 PM

Dismiss some of my crew? NEVER! I know them just like I know my own children

and I'll not let Commander dismiss ANY of them.

JScones · 05-24-06, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Scorpius

Personally i beleive the transfer feature of sh3 commander is utterly pointless and stupid.

It may be good for sailor steve and the other military fanatics here but for the average player its down right annoying.

I'm curious, how can a feature which by *default* is switched OFF - and notwithstanding this can easily be switched off - be "down right annoying"? If you never turn it on, it doesn't interfere and hence you never notice it? :hmm:

I'm just keen for you to qualify this emotive piece of non constructive feedback...

Phylacista · 05-24-06, 02:59 AM

I let SH3 Commander dismiss my sailors - sometimes I do it myself if it suits me: e.g. my seasoned Oberleutnant should get his own command and at the same time my FÃ¤hrnirch gets his promotion.

Now I wonder where all those experienced men are dismissed to - other boats, sure, but why do I NEVER receive experienced men from other boats?

So sometimes I`m using SH3 Commander to get my new man some qualification - sometimes not.

Hmm now its the first time IÂ´m thinking that a random replacement feature in SH3 Cmdr would be handy...that suggestion post for 2.6 still open?

JScones · 05-24-06, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Phylacista

Hmm now its the first time IÂ´m thinking that a random replacement feature in SH3 Cmdr would be handy...that suggestion post for 2.6 still open?

I'll give it some thought over the weekend. It's not as simple as just "picking a name" - all crew variables need to be created/randomised to ensure that sometimes you get experienced crewmen and sometimes you get noobs. It's a bit of work, which if I think about it, I'm sure I've looked at it before and ended up putting it in the "too much of a hassle" basket...

Maybe I'll let Scorpius test whatever I come up with. :rotfl:

Umfuld · 05-24-06, 07:01 AM

I don't. I <3 my crew. And on those long patrols, we grow very 'close'.

05-23-06, 12:55 PM	#1
CybrSlydr Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Beverly, OH Posts: 263 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Do you dismiss your sailors? Was looking around after my patrol and noticed I no longer have any Petty Officers to give quals to - they all got 'em! I'm also quickly running out of Officers to hand them to as well.

05-23-06, 04:11 PM	#6
spork542 Chief Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 328 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I don't dismiss my sailors. Well, yet. But if sailors prove themselves to be incompetent... __________________

05-23-06, 04:17 PM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Dismiss my sailors NEVER. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-23-06, 05:21 PM	#9
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I booted Bernard off my boat, but have kept the rest and I'll not handing them back to Bdu, even with threats of a transfer to the Russian Front. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

05-23-06, 08:35 PM	#10
Scorpius Sparky Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 152 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Personally i beleive the transfer feature of sh3 commander is utterly pointless and stupid. It may be good for sailor steve and the other military fanatics here but for the average player its down right annoying. __________________ Sig removed by request. -.. -- -.- .-.-.- / .--- --. -. .-- --- / --. .-. -- ...- .-. / --. -.-- -..- --.- .-.. / .-- .... -- .--- --.. / .- - .-.. .--- - / - -.- --.- . .-.. / .-- -.- .--. .-. -- / .--- ..- --.. - --.- / .--. -. --- --- ... / .--. .--- .--- .--. -.-. / ... . -... .--- --.- / -. -.- --.. -.. .-. .-.-.- -.. -- -.-

05-23-06, 12:56 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Nope, i hand pick my crew, and keep them :P No rotations on my boat!

05-23-06, 01:00 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I let SHIII Commander dismiss them for me. If SHIV doesn't get rid of them 20-30 at a time (as the U.S. Navy historically did) then I might do it myself.

05-23-06, 01:08 PM	#4
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,070 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Only when I take a VIIC and choose the conning tower with the three flak mounts, and I have petty officers I qualified for the deckgun. Otherwise there's no crew rotation going on.

05-23-06, 04:16 PM	#7
Fab Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I roll d6 for every member of the crew other than the watch officers. On a roll of 1, they go. That usually nets me three to five guys on each patrol who leave. I make sure I do this before I give qualifications out. No reason to make this system harsher by giving a qualification to someone then having him leave. I transfer out IWOs after maybe three or four patrols. Usually bump the IIWO up to IWO and bring in a new IWO. The only problem is while this might have been done during the war, in real life replacements might come on board who did 6 patrols on another boat, went off to special school, and got promoted. So the "new guy" might be the most experienced in any given area, but with my system I get only raw recruits. I wish there was another way to try and keep historical results in the game. Perhaps I'll start using SH3 Commander to rename some of the ones who roll a 1 instead of dumping them entirely. Shame I can't promote them in SH3 Commander without having the prerequisite experience built up.

05-23-06, 11:38 PM	#11
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Dismiss some of my crew? NEVER! I know them just like I know my own children and I'll not let Commander dismiss ANY of them.

05-24-06, 02:59 AM	#13
Phylacista Electrician's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Aachen, Germany Posts: 133 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I let SH3 Commander dismiss my sailors - sometimes I do it myself if it suits me: e.g. my seasoned Oberleutnant should get his own command and at the same time my FÃ¤hrnirch gets his promotion. Now I wonder where all those experienced men are dismissed to - other boats, sure, but why do I NEVER receive experienced men from other boats? So sometimes I`m using SH3 Commander to get my new man some qualification - sometimes not. Hmm now its the first time IÂ´m thinking that a random replacement feature in SH3 Cmdr would be handy...that suggestion post for 2.6 still open? __________________ commissioned 01APR1941 - 1.Flotilla Brest - 110,000 GRT total - 84 days at sea click pic to see how the real U-556 fared

05-24-06, 07:01 AM	#15
Umfuld Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 503 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I don't. I <3 my crew. And on those long patrols, we grow very 'close'. __________________ Type VIIB = The Truth