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Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/17/2011 10:52:00 PM

pacificbetta

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IIRC, ranks are of no relevance to all leaders except for those assisgned to captain ships. Does anyone has a complete list of what ranks goes to what ships?

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/18/2011 12:06:40 AM

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I always thought ranks didn't mean squat.

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/18/2011 5:13:10 AM

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I always thought ranks didn't mean squat.

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/18/2011 7:21:36 AM

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The ranks don't count for anything, that is what the various stats are for, but do correspond to the size of the ship.� For example Battleships and Carriers will have Captains or Admirals available to command the ship, while smaller vessels like a PT Boat, Landing Craft or Barge will have a junior officer, such as Lieutenant JG or the Japanese equivalent, in command.� It seems by far the majority of ships will have a Captain and it is only the very small vessels, that will have a junior officer in command.

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/18/2011 5:17:12 PM

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Destroyers and Submarines and such: Commander's & Lt. Commanders

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/18/2011 5:25:35 PM

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It's not done on rank, it's an editor setting. Each leader is assigned to a single group which then defines which ships and/or TFs he can command.

The same applies to LCU and air leaders too.

Look in the Leaders tab of the editor to see what I mean.

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/18/2011 10:09:13 PM

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I have never been convinced of this but have never had it confirmed. My gut experience is that a large TF commanded by an average admiral is better than one commanded by a good captain.

Nor do I leave lieutenants in command of squadrons. Majors or better for me.

But this is my gut, feeling and I don't any dev has confirmed it one way or the other. Now is a great opportunity for somebody to step forward...

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/19/2011 12:33:45 AM

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Captain Cruft:
I do not see the segregation that you mentioned in the editor. The only difference I see is TF commander and ship commander which is what that tracker can differentiate.

Everyone:
What I do see is that different ships can only be commandered by certain ranks. What I got was, on Japanese side,:

CM, xAP, AK (some), AKL, TK, capital ships CL & above =========> CPT only
SS, SS, most of the auxilliary ships like AS/AD etc ============> CDR/LCDR
AO, APD, LSD, AK ==================================> CDR/LT
PC, PB, DMS, AG ===================================> LT/LCDR/LTJG
CMc, E, SC, MTB, SSX, ACM, AMc ========================> LT/LTJG

It is by no means a comprehensive list, and I was looking for someone who has that, ty

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RE: Ship leaders and their ranks - 3/19/2011 7:43:35 PM

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pacificbetta is correct. There is a correlation bewteen ship class and rank when selecting a skipper, but I have seen no evidence that rank matters at all in actual job performance.

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