These are all great.

Sema

8 Pilots 1 Seaman on Support Slot

1 Engine as BO, 1 Repair, 1 Restore, in T Slots.

Very interesting. I thought Engine Only worked in a Support Slot.

..6fps+2dbs+seamen, engy as a BO, and restorer+rep/sea (on deck)
thats as usually i go. Ship is balanced,strong and fast.
Also "heavy fighter" with 8fps with same setup.
engy speed up OH to 42 knots when needed with ss pursuit, rest really gives u sd
and make ship more durable, same rep ... +repair ability. Seamen helps slightly with
ur pilots.
As a launch pattern i use: first 3,3,3 fps second 4,4,3, fps third 6,5 dbs or fps
I wouldnt care about medic cos since patch i didnt lost any vet,
which is good for ur wallet:P
regards
sema4

5 fighter pilots. 3 DB pilots.

I carry 30 bombers on that ship and that's it. The rest is all fighters. Somewhere around
70~80. I don't know the exact number.

I run 5 FP (6th still has to reach T3 level -_-), 1 DB, 2 Engies, 1 Seaman and 2 Gunners
on my R-Slots. Good against humping ships, also helps to keep my gunners ahead of my BB Bo.

Supportslots:

6 FP, 2 DB, 1 Engineer or 8 FP, 1 Engineer

R-Slots:

2 Seaman

The Engineer helps a lot, in various situations.

You can run 8 Pilots in the Support Slots (only 8 will launch planes)
Leaving 1 Support Slot. Used to be KM Medic but now no longer needed.

So 12Restore/12 Engine or 11Repair/12Restore in the last spot?

As for the two T-Slots 2 Gunners or 2 Seaman with High Fight/Bomber Stats?

Anyone else have a comment on this or what you use?

Thanks

seaman idk if IJN has one or get a engy. medics seems kinda useless now.

AAW doesn't work...

Most practical would be a KM Medic in position 9, though at this point, the decrease in
vet death means you don't even need one of those.

For Most People it'd be a 6/2 Set-Up Fighter/DB or TB
The other Half like to do 7-8 Fighters and 1 Medic from km. In the Support slot mostly
Either AAW or Main Gunners or Restores added for SD.
For the Launch Pattern it's always gonna be 4/4/3 or 5/6.