ok, remove on the following:


Torpedoman and Bo as it its. Super vett them, then remove rookies and experts. Leave your Bo with 135 vets and some experts and o rookies. That will help.

I have 3 engineers, 1 sonarman, 1 planesman, 1 repairman, 1 torpedoman and bo at 120 and they work fine with me.

So, I overvet my torper/BO, and remove all experts.
Just let sonar/planes as they are, and what about engies?


Ty

Dont ouch engies, engies are fine as they are. Dont touch them, leaving your engies like that, will give you
speed and overheat time longer.

Sonar, even if people says so, dont touch them. You want to keep sonarman full for better sonar range.

Rick, I think you are still doing it. - not asking questions and just accepting what you want to believe.
You're not asking why.
Engies should be kept at near or close to full crew.
Humberto says Sonar as well but do you know how sonar works? It doesn't increase incrementally like most
sailors. It improves in tiers so it might not actually be benefitial to vet it or increase crew. It's almost like armor:
All or none. I believe the numbers can be found on trainworld.

Why would you want 100+ vets on your BO? So you can have a tiny bit more spotting distance on
torps? - when compared to having so much more repair/restore/engine ability from other sailors?

I can see Lone Ranger's frustrations. My sympathies.

LOL I am sorry Rick if I seemed harsh before.
Yes, sometimes you want to remove experts and they all become vets. On sailors which you want vets, they
never convert. It has happened to me many times.
The BO situation is unfortunate. The lesson is to plan very far ahead I think. I have done BO sailors over to
fix such matters.

I am going ramble a bit. I know you know most of this but maybe it will make it a point of discussion.

It is true that the range of torpedo sighting can increase with BO ability. You will have that advantage but I
have found the increase to be somewhat small. It does help so it's not a bad thing.
The best way to compare might be the torpedo wall sighting of a BB vs DD on the front lines of GB. While
the BB does see sooner, it's not a huge huge difference is it?

If I have the choice, I would prefer vets or crew on sonar more than the BO because of the repair restore
capacity of that sailor. But even then, Sonar ability is not gradual so having one immediately increases your
range and you need to hit certain ability levels to increase your range.

Torpedomen are one of the fastest to reach cap. Because of this, it is possible to take away crew without loss
in performance. There are caluclators that will allow you to know when they have. A very hands on and
experimental way to do this would be to put 2 torpedomen on a ship or sub and remove recruits on one
until that sailor reloads slower.

Also needing to remove crew on ships happens in many situations. At some point you will have to choose
to from other sailors as well. Eventually you may need to take some off of engineers as well or even remove
a sailor. You might just have to decide where to sacrifice from. In my case, I redid a BO to have 0 crew. This
game can be about trial and error at times.

I will sympathize with you in these matters because different people have different opinions. Some are fact and
others are fiction. It's hard to know who is right and who is wrong. But we must be careful not to choose who
we want to believe because it suits us.
Even experienced players have wrong information I have seen. I think we have to decide by reputation
on forum and who gives calculated answers, test results, and presents more than their feelings.