Crew Look Alive Part 4

CREW MANAGEMENT


Crew Member And Personal Files

Players can look at the Personal File for each of their crew member by right clicking on the crew member's icon in either the Barracks or the Garage.

On the left side of the window is a list of the crew member's basic information, including:

• Full name, rank, and vehicle
• Competence, or primary specialization
• Modifiers
• Secondary skills, either completed or in-progress.

In addition, there are buttons in the bottom-left corner to send the crew member from his vehicle to the barracks, and to dismiss the crew member from service. Dismissing a crew member from service cannot be undone.

On the right side of the menu are four tabs:

Service Record

This tab includes various battle statistics, such as the number of battles fought and enemies destroyed, and awards given to the crew member over the course of his career. Battle awards given to a crew member will stay with him, even if the crew member is retrained and placed in another vehicle.

Training

See also: Increasing Competence:Currency

This tab is where players can raise their crew member's competence or retrain them so that the crew member can operate a different vehicle.

Skills

See also: Secondary Specializations

This tab is where players can view all the secondary specializations that are currently available for the crew member to learn. When a crewman is ready to start his training on a secondary specialization, a button will appear which will allow the player to commence the crew member's training.

Personal Data

Players can change the name and avatar of their crew member, where they can select from a list of pre-defined names, and a selection of face icons. Changing a crew member's personal details costs 50 gold.

Moving Crew Member

Barracks

Here is where players can find all their crew members, whether they are in a tank or in the barracks itself. Players start with sixteen bunks in their barracks, and can increase the number of bunks for 300 gold by scrolling down and selecting the Enlarge Barracks button. Only crew members who are not in a tank use a bunk in the barracks. Those who are in tanks are listed in the Barracks window, but they don't take up a bunk. By using the toggles and drop-down menu on the left side, a player can sort his crew members by their nationality, vehicle training, primary specialization, and location (whether assigned to a tank or not). Crewmen that are not currently in a tank can be dismissed from service to free up a bunk in the barracks. Dismissing a crew member is permanent, meaning the crewman is lost forever with any awards and skills he may have acquired.

Garage

In the Garage, players will see icons on the left side that represent the crewmen who are operating the currently active vehicle, with the rank, last name, skills and their levels. Hovering over a crew member will provide additional information, revealing the crew member's full name, total primary skills, bonuses, and vehicle training. Players can left-click on a crew member to bring up a small pop-up menu, which will allow players to view the selected crew member's personal file, recruit a crew member who can fill the selected slot, select a crew member from the barracks who is capable of filling that slot, or send the selected crew member to the barracks. If there is no crew member in a crew slot, then clicking on the crew slot will bring up the crew recruitment menu, with the proper fields filled in for that vehicle.

Tanker Recruitment

You can recruit additional crew members by pulling up the "Recruit Crew" menu through one of two ways:

Through the Barracks Menu

Players can recruit a new crew member from the barracks by selecting the Recruit a Tanker button. A menu will appear, where players can specify via drop-down menus the desired Nationality, Qualification, Vehicle Class, and Vehicle that the new crew member will have.

Through the Garage Menu

Players can recruit a new crew member to fill a specific role by selecting a crew member's icon in the garage and then selecting the option to recruit a crew member or by selecting an empty crew slot. A menu will appear, with the Nationality, Qualification, Vehicle Class, and Vehicle drop-down menus already set for the specified role.