anyone?

Unless you plan to run them with a very low number of vets even at L120 (something like vets < 100) then Ace pilots have less true ability than regular pilots. Squadron leaders are always worse.

Crew growth starts at five, and goes down to four if you class to ace.
It goes down from four to three if you class to squadron leader.

The corresponding stat growth is too small to make up for the loss.


So unless you plan to run with low numbers of vets (at which point, you don't care about true ability anyways), don't class your pilots higher than they need to be to use their planes.

This holds for all nations, since crew growth per class tier is the same internationally.



If you do intend to run with low numbers of vets, you can test the math yourself to find the sweet spot where true ability is higher if you do class them. Regular pilots vs. aces aren't that far apart in TA, but Sqn Ldrs are much worse off. If you don't want to do it by hand, there's a table on SK_Bismark's "NFbuilder - ship/crew/sailors calculator" spreadsheet (it's in a sticky in the tips and tactics forum).

True ability calculation formula can be found by "view(ing) old data" by searching "true"

Given you have a full crew goes something like;

Shown ability * (4[ #vet] + [#exp]) = true ability



You'll need to do some more maths to figure out how big your total pilot crew numbers will be if you class them as Invinci mentioned, crew growth changes with classing - to figure out how many experts your pilot can hold.

Try searching "fp" or "classing" on old forum data. Some people did some real good work on it and gives you a guidanace on where you should class depending on your final vet number. (It is assumed exp will be maxed)

Ugh im confused O.O

I just want to have a good crew, and i do NOT overvet em, just 100 vets.

Whats best to do, class or not class to sq ldr.

You can answer that question for yourself with all the info you've got in this thread, or by using the spreadsheet, or by checking out one of the other threads on this same topic.

At the end of the day it's a game with RPG elements. Being able to figure out the stats for sailors is an important skill if you're concerned with making your sailors the best they can be.