I had the same question in my mind as well when I first looked at the US gunner. There
wasn't many info about which way to choose so I made a little calculaton to see what "if"
... I believe the data is either 98%~100% correct or 100% wrong(wrong algorithm). I don't
have US crews to prove the data myself so if you find something wrong with the data,
please let me know.



The first(left) number is Accuracy, second(right) number is Reload.

Real stats: your base stat x (30, 40, ...) + the number

Order: Lv22->Lv42->Lv65

Type: ---AAA--- | ---AAR--- | ---ARA--- | ---RAA---

Lv50 : 440:304 | 440:304 | 416:328 | 328:416

Lv60 : 590:384 | 590:384 | 536:438 | 438:536

Lv70 : 750:464 | 740:474 | 666:548 | 558:656

Lv80 : 920:544 | 890:574 | 806:658 | 688:776

Lv90:1090:624 |1040:674 | 946:768 | 818:896

L100:1260:704 |1190:774 |1086:878 | 948:1016


Conclusion:
1. Lv22 promotion affects the most
2. Besides AAA/RRR, the differece between each path is minor, which can be upgrade/balance
by your sailor's base stats
3. By personal experience, Skill > Stats. Having +2000 in accuracy won't help your
performance if you are still using auto .

can u change ur sailors back and forth from acc. to reload?
just wondering, i heard somewhere that you could...

I went accuracy because u can get more credits out of a battle if all ur shells hit at once.

Strangly.. on my brook, when a DD charges me, my front gunner Block shoots 6"
trips.

It's funny becasue he's only level 45, but almost full ability. I guess it's my way of
sticking it to the Z99's.. block shooting trip 6".. hehehe

I'm goin a/a/a also since i think that gunners who can reload fast wont matter if they
miss all the time. And that my gunners may not reload as fast as others but my shot
pattern will be tighter.

"Well,, at least u can do it with 8" .... "

but you don't need a-a-a just to block with 8".

a-a-a puts you with gunners that aren't as accurate as Brit accuracy gunners and reload nearly as slow, but don't have the range or shell damage to make up for it.

R-A-A or R-A-R

Well,, at least u can do it with 8" ....

LOL

"2. Block Shot Guam.
3. Block Shot South Dakota.
4. Block Shot Iowa."

only the US 8 inch trips, RN 8 inch trips, RN quad 14's NOTHING ELSE BLOCKSHOTS

now, you can get a tight spread with those, but you will NEVER blockshot with them

Hmm. I dunno. I am away 2/3 down the path of AAA. As for me. I will probably choose A as well for my next upgrade. I really belive that landing shells accurately on a target at long range is important.

Mainly motivated but the following.
1. Block Shot Baltimore.
2. Block Shot Guam.
3. Block Shot South Dakota.
4. Block Shot Iowa.