Is this water around my feet?

[Wreford-Brown]

Bow and stern quarters will not repair even if you have crewmen in them - the crewmen seem happy to lie in their bunks while the quarters fill up with water.

The only way to fix either bow or stern quarters is to assign crewmen to damage control and click on the relevant quarters to repair it.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

Bow and stern quarters will not repair even if you have crewmen in them - the crewmen seem happy to lie in their bunks while the quarters fill up with water.

The only way to fix either bow or stern quarters is to assign crewmen to damage control and click on the relevant quarters to repair it.

Aye that.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Aye that.

That makes sense, any crewmen "assigned" there are supposed to be off-duty and those compartments aren't work stations. The game probably doesn't consider them available to perform any necessary tasks because they are in a "rest only" location. So you would need to assign a damage control team to do the dirty work.

Just move them all to the DC team and make them help, I guess.

[maillemaker]

One of the first things I do when training up officers is get officers trained in repair.

When you are damaged at depth, getting those leaked stopped fast is the top priority. You should be able to "green out" your repair team easily.

Ultimately, I carry 4 repair petty officers and a repair-rated officer. They alone can green out the DC bar.

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

One of the first things I do when training up officers is get officers trained in repair.

When you are damaged at depth, getting those leaked stopped fast is the top priority. You should be able to "green out" your repair team easily.

Ultimately, I carry 4 repair petty officers and a repair-rated officer. They alone can green out the DC bar.

The 2nd or 3rd qual for officers on my boat is always Repair. And 3-4 POs get it.

When you get jammed up, what good are those flak gunners? Not much.

[frau kaleun]

Yep, when I start handing out qualifications anybody who isn't going to be needed constantly for other duties gets the Repair qual. It pays to have some crew who are dedicated just to that function if possible. And they're always assigned to that "station" any time we're about to see action.

That way if they're needed, it's just a matter of clicking to get them started on something, and not trying to transfer dudes in there in the middle of whatever else is going on.

The one thing that always used to get me was the silent running thing, I'd forget about it and wonder why nobody was working on plugging all those darn holes in the boat.

"But you told us to be quiet, Herr Kaleun!"

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Yep, when I start handing out qualifications anybody who isn't going to be needed constantly for other duties gets the Repair qual. It pays to have some crew who are dedicated just to that function if possible. And they're always assigned to that "station" any time we're about to see action.

That way if they're needed, it's just a matter of clicking to get them started on something, and not trying to transfer dudes in there in the middle of whatever else is going on.

Once you have a greened-out repair team, you can "salt" your operations compartments with other repair qualified POs/officers. For example, if your LI is repair-qualified, he will start repairing damaged engines even if your repair team is assigned to, say, the torpedo room. He won't be as fast, but it's a start.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

Bow and stern quarters will not repair even if you have crewmen in them - the crewmen seem happy to lie in their bunks while the quarters fill up with water.

Don't worry, be happy...

What's the worst that could happen? End up with a water bed?