Guide to Crew Skills

MagnusEffect · Feb 22, 2015

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MagnusEffect · Feb 22, 2015

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MEGABLASTA, on 07 Nov 2014 - 2:56 PM, said:
Vitality and reload are the most important and like 15 or so points in repair on each crew member + Expert Qualification won't hurt.

For example this is what 50 + 30 reload does to a Panther D's cannon: Base reload is 11.2 seconds, with 50 + 30 it's 9.1 seconds, so you shave off a little over two seconds here, 2.1 to be exact.

The longer the base reload time of your chosen tank, the greater the effect.

- - - In a T-34-85 (D-5T) you have a base reload of 10.0 seconds. 50 + 30 will cut that down to 8.2 seconds. You gained less here, a 1.8 second cut.

- - - On a Panzer III J / L / M, the base reload is 4.8 seconds. 50 + 30 cuts it down do 3.9 seconds, so only a 0.9 second cut is gained.

- - - On a King Tiger (P) / (H) or Jagdtiger however you have a base reload time of 13 seconds. 50 + 30 cut it down to 10.6. That's 2.4 seconds saved.

- - - Now compare the KV-2: Base reload of 43.3 seconds, with 50 + 30 it's down to 35.3 seconds. That's a whole EIGHT seconds.

As you see reload can make a huge difference, depending on what tank you're driving.

Vitality matters since on plenty of tanks it can be easier to knock out crew members before actually destroying the tank. For example a direct shot to the commander's cupola will still knock out the commander, but when there's fragments flying around inside of the tank they won't always kill a 100 Vitality crew member, whereas a 0 Vitality one will die from a mosquito's sting.

Targeting has the effect that when you say want to turn your turret and point your gun up, a 0 Targeting gunner will first turn the turret and then point the gun up, but a 30 + 30 one will turn and point at the same time. It doesn't increase turret rotation speed or anything however, but it can help get your gun on target faster.

I have not really noticed any impact from Rangefinding.

Leadership supposedly works but I have no before-after numbers of anything to compare it to, so all I know is hear-say.

Tank Driving can be useful or entirely useless. If you switch your gears manually, then you don't need it. Otherwise just shove 20 points in and get an Expert Qualification for 20 + 30 so your driver switches faster.

Radio Communication appears completely useless and I've not noticed any difference between 0 and 20 + 30.

Repair is useful, but all crew members have this skill so it's a very expensive point investment. The best way to cost-effectively increase repair is to just put like 10 or 15 or so points into each crew member and then get an Expert Qualification for the tank for a +30 bonus to each. You are not likely to notice much of an impact at first though.

The machine-gun related skills are all currently useless for obvious reasons.

EDIT: If you want to make the most cost-effective investment, then just put plenty of cheap points into Vitality and get as much Reload as you can. The points in Vitality are there so you meet the requirements for an Expert Qualification on your chosen tank(s). Expert Qualification only costs SL and gives huge +30 bonuses to all skills except Vitality and Keen Vision.
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