Question: Effects of less crew?

[Emmer]

Hi there... hoping a official someone can answer this;

 

I think a question many people have; does having lets say 85% crew have any downsides or not?

Online I can find a lot of people claiming every percentage takes away some efficiency...

Others say that it only starts counting when you pilot your ship with lower then 80% crew.

 

So If I, as a level 5, sail my Renommee at 82% crew... what are the precise numbers on the negative effects, if any?

 

tia

[OlavDeng2]

i dont know exact numbers, hoewever even 1% less crew starts introducing negative effects(not that it will be noticable when you are at 99% crew)

[Emmer]

kinda double posted this;

http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/558-questions-to-developers/?p=174740

 

[Hexcaliber]

You will certainly feel the effects of trying to sail and fight once you have dropped to 85% crew, however, I assume you want to use a ship you can only supply 85% of the crew for.

 

I really would not bother, any additional losses to your crew in a battle will only hamper you further. With a full crew you can stand 15% losses in a battle fairly well, but not when you are starting out at 85%, thats an altogether different proposition, you can end up suffering really harsh penalties very quickly.

[drogoran]

did the calculations myself its about 4.5% reload penalty per % of missing crew

[Slamz]

did the calculations myself its about 4.5% reload penalty per % of missing crew

 

I wonder if it's on a curve. Does missing 90% of your crew feel like a 405% penalty?

 

That might actually be correct, in which case it's linear. I do recall it taking for-ever to reload one time I got out of a boarding combat with about 10% of my crew left.

[NiMiTz]

It makes you reload slower, haul sails slower, etc. 

 

However AI buff make them seem to reload pretty good. 

 

I was fighting an AI snow the other day and he had 18 crew but he still had like full reload speed while mine was crap. 

[drogoran]

I wonder if it's on a curve. Does missing 90% of your crew feel like a 405% penalty?

 

That might actually be correct, in which case it's linear. I do recall it taking for-ever to reload one time I got out of a boarding combat with about 10% of my crew left.

 

yupp 90% missing is like 405% penalty