officer positioning

[Jsbl]

Hello!

I was wondering is it necessary to keep Weapons Officer or Navigation Officer stationed during patrolling?

I usually station my WO while engaging ships and reloading torpedos.

Second question:

Is an officer with flak/gunner qualification worth anytning? You cannot man flak or deck gun with an officer.

[Umfuld]

I was wondering is it necessary to keep Weapons Officer or Navigation Officer stationed during patrolling?

No

Is an officer with flak/gunner qualification worth anytning?

Oh my yes.

[DeepSix]

I try to have Weapons and Nav both manned when the officers don't need a rest (if for no other reason than that this ain't a cruise ship! ) Eventually, if they get decorated with the German Cross in Gold, you can leave them at their posts 24-7.

IIRC, having an officer qualified on gunnery and flak will significantly improve your efficiency (the green bar above each compartment) in those areas. My watch officer is always qualified as a watchman, a gunnery officer, and a flak gunner, in that order (although the order does not matter). By the same token, having an officer qualified as a torpedoman greatly improves the efficiency in torpedo compartments when reloading.

[Umfuld]

if they get decorated with the German Cross in Gold, you can leave them at their posts 24-7

Am I the only one who thinks this is too much of a 'bonus'?

Don't get me wrong, I <3 getting the gold cross. But since I first realized this was the case, all of my dealings with my crew has this fact in mind.
Who I give medals to and whatnot is all done looking ahead to getting gold crosses.

Again, I do like it overall. Just wish it weren't so much an all or nothing thing.

[DeepSix]

Originally Posted by Umfuld

Am I the only one who thinks this is too much of a 'bonus'?

Not at all. It's pretty ridiculous once you get all the officers decorated with it, and enough petty officers - you end up with a handful of crew that can run the whole boat without a break - and as you say it does tend to put your crew on a "track" towards becoming uber men.

On the other hand, I stick to awarding the GCG because it's better than the alternative - having to micromanage each compartment. My rule of thumb is to try to decorate based on experience points for all medals, starting with officers.

But there are quite a few around here who refuse to give the gold cross award.

[andy_311]

The only officer I move is my Watch officer when he's not on the watch tower the only other place I put him is the forward Torpedo bay. but thats just me.