how i train my BO for IJN SS line ...
my IJN SS starts with a kita ... and i tend to skip the SS-1's ..
first you need to have your ss crew rolled ... you will need : - TORPEDOMEN (pair) - SONARMAN - PLANESMAN - SAILOR (ss-BO-to-be) - ENGINEER - REPAIRMAN - SEAMAN (or RESTORER)
i'll start with a note on the SAILOR (ss-BO-to-be) this is a nationalized but unclassed high potential sailor .. make him IJN but do not class as BO or anything else (YET) leave him as a simple ijn sailor .. install him on the kita bow to run the guns
level the SONARMAN and PLANESMAN together as a pair ... do not seperate them
the ENGINEER - REPAIRMAN - RESTORER - SEAMAN can all be rotated while leveling
kita setup: (of course you will need to have an IJN BB BO leveled and classed for the KITA)
as mentioned .. i put the unclassed SAILOR(BO-2-B) on the bow of my kita i tend to mount a pair of single 6" guns on my kita bow .. the sailor can run them
the torpedomen go in the torp slots and run the torps on the kita while in blitz (note: for SS use the SS BO and TORPMEN must be at or above SS hip level to work)
the SONAR and PLANES go in the support slots for leveling (toss them BOTH off when they get to fat to fit anymore .. see below ENGR notes)
the ENGR, REP, RES, SEAMAN also go in the support slots for leveling these can all be rotated on or off the ship as they fatten up and no longer fit you may even already have the necessary supports already leveled for BB/CV use
i tend to start with the 3 support slots filled with the SONAR, PLANES, and ENGR then juggle as needed to level the REP and SEAMAN .. if needed - may already have
generally .. by the time my kita is blitzed out at level 61 .. my TORPEDOMEN and bow SAILOR(BO-2-B) are all close to somewhere around near level 60-ish .. the IJN SS-2 is lvl 49 and the SS-3 is lvl 62 .. so you can go ahead and class the bow SAILOR(BO- 2-B) as an SS-2 BO .. or play a few more games on the kita in GB and get them to lvl 62 before classing to SS-3 if you prefer ..
this lets me play the kita in blitz .. while leveling up my SS crew on the kita .. and once i'm blitzed out on the kita .. then the SS crew is ready to go into GB ..
be warned tho .. this method shortchanges your actual ijn GUNNERS pair .. since the IJN BB BO is the KITA driver .. and no formal gunners are used on the kita .. you will need to use the ijn cv bo (mogami) to help level up the ijn gunners for BB use
side note on the mogami .. i use a pair of to-be-late-classed ARMAMENT sailors in my mogami T slots to run torps or aa ... these are being spd-lvl'd to become my IJN DP GUNNERS around lvl 70 so the mogami is my primary ginner leveling ship .. used under a CV BO (ijn has 2) in order to catch my gunners up with my BB BO after the kita crew becomes SS crew
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