SeaKumag, thank you for the tool:
I ran the numbers myself comparing the two. The late classed gunners win out by a little as I thought they would, but the difference isn't huge and isn't worth it unless you are running 2 simultaenous BOs down both battleship lines:
Here are the numbers: using EBVE Accu Heavy classed gunners with 109 vets and topped off experts
UK Heavy Accuracy Gunners hit true Accuracy cap BEFORE 65 with BVE, therefore, the accuracy difference between the 2 classing methods is irrelevant.
A "traditionally" classed Huge Accuracy Gunner classed at level 65 will have at level 100 1,953,920 True Reload.
A "Late Classed" huge Accuracy Gunner classed at level 85 will have at level 100: 2,028,888 true reload despite its smaller crew size (by 20 as classing to Huge gives you +1 recruit over heavy per level) due to better reload growth.
Difference here is about 70k true ability.
If Aldabert's guide is up to date, the reload cap is at 2070k true ability for most guns (Richard, has this been increased? Or did you transpose a zero when you gave me 2700k?).
Crunching some numbers here, this means that a standard classed EBVE accuracy gunner hits the cap at level 104-105 and the late (level 85) classed hits at 102.
If one delays classing till early 90s, reload cap can be hit at 100-101, but this is generally unfeasible unless you run BO lines twice as you NEED to class before you can use Nelly PoW guns.
So...to Reiterate, it gets you to reload cap faster by about 2 levels if you wait 20 levels to class them as Huge. It's a fair enough trade for me. Dunkerque Guns, Revenge Guns, QE Guns/Repulse and Dreadnaught guns all do NOT require you to be classed to Huge Gunner to use, and by running both BO lines, your gunners will easily be 85+ before your BOs hit PoW and Nelly level, at which point they need to class to use the bigger guns.
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