I have a general question too.

Ive been playing NF off and on for some time now. so I miss a lot of up to date info.
so my question is.

is it a game error that allows musashi to equip mikawa guns? 
(thus making it illegal)

There are players who believe equiping mikawa guns on musashi is illegal. yet you stil need really high level gunners to equip. in fact if you equip mikawa guns on musashi you lose DP, shell space, and support slot. so is really more of a handycap and I dont believe it to be wrong.
(unless ur playing bb4/bb5 specific room)

I will check regularly for I look forward to a responce. 
I would hate to get in trouble for something that is not common knowledge. 
                                                                

well, yes, NF has previously stated equipping those guns on lower tier IJN ships is illegal(hmmm, i thought it was the Shinano, oh well) and violators will be dealt with if caught...guess that means a warning and more if ya persist.

i did not know the ship(s) received penalties if those guns were equipped.

regarding low level commanders and low credits...how do you sell your ships for credits to buy the next one?  i have found that dismantling/stripping the ship before sale generates more creds.  i also do this before a remodel.

1) sell back all armor, bulge,  and anything else you have on that page-down to 0.  this is the single most expensive credit expense on almost any ship, especially the deck armor.

2)sell ALL munitions-shells,torpedoes, bombs, aircraft weapons, HH, PHH(once used or left aboard, they are gone-better to save them) mines, depth charges, etc.
 
3)reduce aircraft on board count, all types, to 0.

4)sell rangefinder/fire system and ALL gun turrets,both main and T slots.  NOTE, SD ships and subs have fixed turrets/tubes that cannot be removed for sale.

5) reduce ship engine to smallest SS engine , with the resulting tradeout netting ALOT of creds, especially at lvl 40 or so and up.  i have never found a way to sell the engines completely...if there is one, please advise.  meanwhile, trade for SS1 smallest engine.

6)Lastly sell the hull of the ship, reduced down/stripped as far as possible.

now, some will say that selling a ship intact alows compensation for what is still aboard.
i TOTALLY disagree unless SDE has changed this.  i tested all this years ago, like a decade+, because i was running out of credits, thankfully at  DD level, and i tested it multiple times.  ship sale value never changed whether equipped or not, whereas, each component sold added credits, including the engine trade out.

BY DOING THIS, TO MY RECOLLECTION, I NEVER FAILED TO GET MY NEXT SHIP, EVEN THOUGH I DID HAVE TO DELAY ON A COUPLE OF SHIP ADVANCES A FEW GAMES WORTH OF CREDS.  I DON'T BELIEVE I EVER BORROWED CREDS AR LOWER LEVELS EITHER, BUT AT HIGHER LEVELS SELLING/TRADING SAILORS(HINT HINT SDE) certainly assisted in more than a few situations, especially as i added nations.

also note that sometimes selling, say for example, one gun turret and shells or trading out an engine, on an EXTRA ship(not in use at that moment) will net enough for a new purchase/at level guns/etc.  just rep[lace it later when you have creds.

hope this helps out you PT boat captains! 

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well, yes, NF has previously stated equipping those guns on lower tier IJN ships is illegal(hmmm, i thought it was the Shinano, oh well) and violators will be dealt with if caught...guess that means a warning and more if ya persist.

i did not know the ship(s) received penalties if those guns were equipped.

regarding low level commanders and low credits...how do you sell your ships for credits to buy the next one?  i have found that dismantling/stripping the ship before sale generates more creds.  i also do this before a remodel.

1) sell back all armor, bulge,  and anything else you have on that page-down to 0.  this is the single most expensive credit expense on almost any ship, especially the deck armor.

2)sell ALL munitions-shells,torpedoes, bombs, aircraft weapons, HH, PHH(once used or left aboard, they are gone-better to save them) mines, depth charges, etc.
 
3)reduce aircraft on board count, all types, to 0.

4)sell rangefinder/fire system and ALL gun turrets,both main and T slots.  NOTE, SD ships and subs have fixed turrets/tubes that cannot be removed for sale.

5) reduce ship engine to smallest SS engine , with the resulting tradeout netting ALOT of creds, especially at lvl 40 or so and up.  i have never found a way to sell the engines completely...if there is one, please advise.  meanwhile, trade for SS1 smallest engine.

6)Lastly sell the hull of the ship, reduced down/stripped as far as possible.

now, some will say that selling a ship intact alows compensation for what is still aboard.
i TOTALLY disagree unless SDE has changed this.  i tested all this years ago, like a decade+, because i was running out of credits, thankfully at  DD level, and i tested it multiple times.  ship sale value never changed whether equipped or not, whereas, each component sold added credits, including the engine trade out.

BY DOING THIS, TO MY RECOLLECTION, I NEVER FAILED TO GET MY NEXT SHIP, EVEN THOUGH I DID HAVE TO DELAY ON A COUPLE OF SHIP ADVANCES A FEW GAMES WORTH OF CREDS.  I DON'T BELIEVE I EVER BORROWED CREDS AR LOWER LEVELS EITHER, BUT AT HIGHER LEVELS SELLING/TRADING SAILORS(HINT HINT SDE) certainly assisted in more than a few situations, especially as i added nations.

also note that sometimes selling, say for example, one gun turret and shells or trading out an engine, on an EXTRA ship(not in use at that moment) will net enough for a new purchase/at level guns/etc.  just rep[lace it later when you have creds.

hope this helps out you PT boat captains! 

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Ok while this may be true... When you tested this 10+ years ago were you lvling up every battle? Were you only in the same ship for a day or two as you are now?
It's very simple. EXP boost is now rediculous. You aren't in one ship long  enough to earn more creds and points never mind even learn how to play the ship properly.
This reason alone should be enough to bring back trade.
But go ahead with the rental system.... See how that goes. Not well I can tell you.

Do it old school....build a cv for your credit needs.  Can make 100k easy at cv5 per win back when i needed to. Today its probably more with events etc. Never can own enough different class ships. Good verity that way and versatile for your fleet. 

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Ok while this may be true... When you tested this 10+ years ago were you lvling up every battle? Were you only in the same ship for a day or two as you are now?
It's very simple. EXP boost is now rediculous. You aren't in one ship long  enough to earn more creds and points never mind even learn how to play the ship properly.
This reason alone should be enough to bring back trade.
But go ahead with the rental system.... See how that goes. Not well I can tell you.

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+1 
I agree 100%

XP is fine. Get a BB6 in an outdated game in 2 months is not that bad. It took way to long in the past anyway. The problem is lack of rooms and games take 8 minutes to start 8 minutes to play so you might get 3 to 4 full xp games an hour. At 50% win rate. Your XP is not that great even with events unless you can get High XP specialty battle rooms up like they used to. I see new people with around 900 to 1000 battles and they have a BB6. Thats 15 battles a day over 2 months.

Current GM's need to buff the BB and other ship type Credit and point gain. They dont want to because they want you to struggle and play more and pay $$$ to get things. You cant blame them for wanting to make money.
 
What other games do is they BUFF the premium ship/tank/plane credit and point gain. Then you gotta play more in a differenst ship to get more Credits and points. That would bring in more $$$ for the GM's expecially if they did this right.