Necro, locked.

When you look for a BO you should look for POT, REP, and RES. Maybe AAW if you think they
might add it any time soon. ENG is useless on everything but engineers

^LK?Isnt that LordKelvin?What relevance does that have to do with this thread?

Meh as its been said reed LKs guide
Also as its been said nerf LK.... damn you man

On a quick note
Gunners go Elite ACC and class as RLD gunner and youll have the best of both worlds
Dont get an Elite Bo as your gunlines will become to long even with recruits shaved off
Reps and Engies... look for 12/11s but elites will do the job nicely
then BVE and laugh.

160 vets on a BVE Elite engie is always fun :D

"I love having a repair capped QV/L2 with 8 engies and 2 reps :D"

Nerf Lj!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im going 7/3, cuz i only have BVEd ones.Im not burning alot of experts to reach 150 vets.

I think elite anything except FGT and perhaps Eng or Rep is a waste myself...you are
better off rolling and getting +12's and either +11 or +10 with a comparable stat (such as
Rep, Rest, or Engy) than getting a +13 with only a +9.

I would say save money early on...it will come in handier later.

1xBO
2xGunners
2xAA Gunners (if you want).
1xScout
4xEng
4xRep

If you do not do AA Gunners, then substitute another Eng and/or Rep for each.

I love having a repair capped QV/L2 with 8 engies and 2 reps :D

Short answer: read Ljsevern's crew guide sticky.

Long answer:
Roll a bunch of sailors then only buy elites if you no longer want/can roll others,
rolled are often better. It's better to waste cash on boosts, experts and vets, than
on elites
BO: roll 2 BO, stats: 13+ pot, 10+ restore, 10+ repair, elite is a waste and very
suboptimal.
Gunners: roll 4x 12-10+ or 11-11 gunners, make them all reload gunners, elite
accuracy gunners are ok.
Engineer: 6 x 12 eng with ideally 10+ in rest and rep, elites are a waste imo.
Repairer: 4x 12 repair with 10+ restore, elite repairers are ok.
Scout: if you plan on leaving it stripped, any stat will do, if you leave it fully crewed
and bve'd : get 10+ bomber and 10+ rep/rest.

If this is your first nation definately get 2 BO and level them up simultaniously along
the 2 different lines.
A full crew has so many sailors to level, the support sailors ( who already receive
less xp per game than the others) will fall far behind your BO and gunners, limiting
the abilities of your ships. Also at BB level you will want your main gunners ahead of
you BO as much as you can, the right guns for a ship are always higher lvl than the
ship itself.
With 2 BO your support will eventually be at the level of or even higher level than
your BO's, Gunner level will be well above BO level giving you a much better spread.

Stickied in this forum is Ljsevern's thread on UK crew. Definitely read through it. It
will answer all your UK crew set up questions. As for skill, you'll just have to learn
that from playing the game.

is all about the skills, i mean i run 4 eng and 2 rep and 2 res ( yes they dont do
anything ) and i do just fine >_>