some other players get elite repair and delay the classing as BO for very late level

and then make that sailor a BO with out making him a ghost cos that will give them good repair

Actually a BO doesn't lose any support stats so an elite repair classed as BO right away is actually better because classing increases crew growth.

you are 100% correct BO don't lose any stat only gain 2 POT

my mistake i didn't clarfiy what i mean

*by delaying  you can put that sailor on support slot of any ship

and level him faster than classing him as SS BO since SS exp sucks

thanks for your concern i made alot of mistakes while grinding my KMSS5

and always had to start over gain to fix these mistakes

so this is what every one should do

PS: KM SS4 gunners are useless in my opinion

why ? cos

1. no good sub driver is willing to surface and pom pom a ship

while he can put a torpedo in it ,

2. using these pom pom means revealing your postion

and alerting every enemy ship

3.your sight /gun range is limited so when you think that there is nothing guarding

a cv and try to surface to kill it you will probably open the hell doors on your self

4.- KM SS 4 have 8 slots

1-BO

2- tropers

1- sonar

1-planes

1-repair(on gun slot)

2-enginers(one on gun slot)

as you can see no place for gunners

of course you will say why would i put enginer on gun slot which means it won't help in OH

well becuase in SS5 if you don't have 2 enginers you will be food

that BEAST is somehow slow and need 2 enginers

1 question for you Mythic23 what would you do in SS VS SS without repair man ??
and do you have SS5 yet ??
hopeully this is enough for you

What you want during progression is prettty straightforward until SS4.

BO, Sonar, Planesman, Engr, Torpedomen.


But you definitely want to use the U-Flak guns.  They are totally awesome.  You'll need a pair of L77 gunners when you get to that stage.  Those who disparage those guns have absolutely no experience with them.  I've ripped many a squadron of T4s and Bombers out of the sky, keep pesky ASW at length, and polish off that smoking CV without wasting another torp. 

As for SS5,  you have 5 support + 1 gunner (that is essentially a useless spot everyone puts a support person on).  I run my Sonar and Planesman + 3 Chief Engineers + a Seaman on the gunner slot.  I pull 900 SD without a repairman and I know my Seaman is helping my other crewmembers in their special services that a repairman can't and my existing repairman is too low a level, lousy and ineffective.

So you can put any number of support + Sonar and Planesmen in those slots.  I prefer 3 Engineers + 1 Seaman. 

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