you should have rolled two B.O.s that way you can go down both lines and level your crew past the Operators. i would say the seva with higher gunners has the better spread but a little less range. and if im not mistaken you can fit one more on the PBB. Or you could always power level a US unclassed sailor to somewhere close to that operator and then have ships on both lines

Run the sevas with an engineer as the BO and level everything except your main BO.

Switch back to the colo when the supports all hit 75.

Seems like you have +1 sailors than you need for Nebraska. Not a bad thing especially since he will be worth the cost of the ship when you need the money to buy the BB6.

I personly did 2 lines for US. It has its ups and downs. Doing 2 lines will take longer yet you will have better support crew. this was nice on the second run. (my Main BO)

The extra BO is a + as you can switch from your 2 most liked BB's. So in my case iowa and nebby. Each with guidelines set perfect. (not much need to lvl your 2nd BO higher then iowa from my experince.)


I am not sure how good your "AA" gunners are but at higher lvl's 105+ you can switch them out for your main gunners to help with crew rotation. Just remember that you need 120 with your main gunners for your BB6.

Seva is going to have 1 extra support slot if I remember correctly. I had more fun in my colorado tho... so I guess it comes down to what you like to play.

So from the looks of it I would say 2nd line BO or try what KingCong is saying. (I personly didn't try this but sounds like it would work.)

While the seva is excellent for grinding supports, I suggest not putting a BO on it and as mentioned, use and Engineer on the BO slot (Only Premium ships can do this) Though I suggest going to 80 as this will make the Colorado before at its best. You'd then go back to the Colorado after getting your crew ahead then finish to sodak.

If you want your sodak to be better than most people enter it in, grind your supports straight to level 85-87. As the sodak is support dependent, getting your gunners to level 90 before the sodak will really change your experience with the ship.

The Colorado is an entry level ship to basic line fighting, the sodak however is more of the run and gun method. Taking max advantage of situations in battles to score attack. However the sodak does have a Hugh issue with spread with gunners below lvl 88ish so 90 ideally for best results.

Both the Colorado and sodak play styles combined form the basic strategy for the Iowa, Montana and Nebraska, a mix of Line defense and aggressive run and gun play styles.

Same is true for the Norcal line except backwards where the Penny and Tennessee do the run and gun play style and the NorCal introduces line fighting with "big guns". Getting used to both these is essentially for correctly playing and "abusing" the few pluses USN has that make it the most in general internally balanced nation.

Also remember this: Engineers > Reps when placing sailors on your ships. ALWAYS have ALL your engineers, a key factor for US is speed and OH time. cut reps before engineers, Engineers can provide rep rate, repairers can't provide the increasing of OH speed or time. Another key factors is for US BBs is getting your gunners plenty ahead of your BO, the entire USN line tile the monty is plagued with horrible at level spread that normally improves with gunners 15-20 levels ahead of the ship. Montana's spread is pretty bad before 110, but the firepower makes up for that and later when the spread improves the killer spread and firepower make up for the lake of range and maneuverability.

I would actually suggest a rookie pilot as the potential is not wiped out. Which alows you to still see your shells land some times when using the sevast. or a similar sailor maybe a sonar or planes not sure haven't tried those out.

engies get super long guidelines

Use Sevastopol. If you use Colo your lower level sailors will get less XP, leading to even more difference between you crews' levels.

Always keep your ship level below the level of your sailors if you want to level faster.

sevastopol. last longer, better reach, more sailor spot, this is also the ship that you can do better performance with low lv crews.
colorado on the other hand, with your lv, even with fully BVE or EBVE, you won't do much when you are facing BB5s, since the ship is more soft and shorter reach gun setups, and it is ezer to get hit compare with seva. Seva's hit box is smaller than what is looks like.