Tank Crew Skills in War Thunder EXPLAINED | War Thunder Crew Skills Guide REMASTERED

Crew skills are a crucial aspect in Ground battles. Although often overlooked, these skills can increase your tank's performance by a significant amount. Today, I explain every single tank crew skill with visual guides. This is a remake of one of my first videos, and I've corrected several mistakes, given it a fresh new voiceover and visuals and made it much more accurate.
Apologies for the big gap between this upload and the last one.
──── TIMESTAMPS ────
📘 0:00 Intro
📕 0:26 How Crew Skills Work
── Generic Skills ──
📘 1:44 Generic Skills Intro
📕 2:13 Keen Vision
📕 4:39 Field Repair
📕 5:02 Agility
📕 5:27 Vitality
── Unique Skills ──
📘 5:54 Unique Skills Intro
📕 6:06 Driver - Tank Driving
📕 7:24 Gunner - Targeting
📕 8:30 Gunner - Rangefinding
📕 9:12 Commander - Leadership
📕 8:30 Gunner - Rangefinding
📕 9:12 Commander - Leadership
📕 9:40 Loader - Weapon Reloading
📕 10:19 Radio Operator Gunner - Artillery Targeting Accuracy
📕 10:50 Radio Operator Gunner - Artillery Strike Calling Time
📕 11:15 Radio Operator Gunner - Radio Communication
📕 11:39 Mechanic - Repair Speed
📘 12:30 Conclusion
Legend:
📘 Introduction and Conclusion
📕 Crew Skills
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[@w0lf667]

I thought targeting quality had to do with how well diagonally the gunner can traverse the turret. Upgrading a crew skill just to determine how accurate your shell is outrages

[@aenaros6845]

8:06 it does tho, thats why is the first thing i max on my tanks, saved me so many times

[@IonPerseus]

You're right, this doesn't affects on precision, this is skdogger fuckup

[@Biznatski]

Yeah afaik it doesn't, the only things that affect accuracy are vertical drive and adjustment modifications... Once you get them from that point on its RNG and the % of deviation Devs decided to give ur tank cannon that decides how accurate your shots will be..

[@tux8000]

Afaik It does dictate how "well" your gunner has aimed - meaning how much the shot actually aligns with your reticle, and the gunner adjusts it after each shot.

[@volteer1332]

@@Biznatski that feel when you find a tank that shoots like it's a smooth bore shooting a rifled round Don't matter if the pen indicator is green, you're at the mercy of rng

[@duclong95]

Somehow, the commander's generic skills are 1.5x more powerful than other crew members' counterparts. So when you are looking for upgrading the generic skills, prioritize the commander first before other crew members.

[@bertiesaurus]

The commanders costs are much higher to compensate this

[@jordanleonard8198]

@@bertiesaurusyep

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

anyone here remember when they had the "Commander MG" Skill? I remember that there was a glitch which applied this skill to the Ostwind's main gun which in turn turned the thing into a laser pointer of death. I got SOOO many air kills because of it.

[@lalad0]

What was that?

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

@@lalad0 it was a skill that "improved the accuracy of the commanders AA machinegun"

[@thefelon8027]

@@4T3hM4kr0n Is there any footage of that?

[@xapocotacox]

😂😂😂

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

Important! You get 15 crew skills for every 1000 RP gained with that vehicle in RB, in SB it’s 9 and in AB it’s 30. If you want to grind crew points, play arcade.

[@alexchuprin8786]

I have no idea why they made it like that, so you going to play the hardest mode for the least reward? I noticed AB gave me wayyy more skill level than RB. And RB takes wayyyy more skill to play than AB and also takes twice as long to finish. I know because I suck at it.

[@thesparpanzer4151]

Another tip for people who have a premium helicopter play arcade heli pve and put your helicopter on the crew you want to level play a few matches Heli PvE and you will get like 1000 crew points per match you can then spend these points on your tank or ship crew aswell your points will carry over

[@DShazin]

@@thesparpanzer4151 would you find running ordinary heli efficient as well?

[@thesparpanzer4151]

@@DShazin I would say yes depending on which helicopter, premium helicopter have the higher efficiency and the max crew cost of only 10k sl so you would be able to place it on every of your crew slots but if you only want to grond one slot normal helicopters should work aswell.

[@DShazin]

@@thesparpanzer4151 Thanks! I will surely check your tips ! May RNGesus bless you.

[@spencer4685]

Personally I think the logistical tab is very important for late game players, the cost is so high to repair things and most of the time I end every day with all of my vehicles trashed (I turned off auto repair) and then wake up the next day with all of them repaired (maybe two days but still the cost is halfed) it is the most economical tab to complete especially for airplanes due to their cost and other skills not being terribly important aside from the pilot

[@MrAaDdRr]

What if I choose to leave my vehicles trashed overnight and it has more than a 24hr cooldown and I choose to play after say 16hrs will the total repair cost be decreased to whatever the equivalent of 16hrs is? Or should I still pay the whole cost for it to be instantly repaired?

[@spaceyamcha8590]

@@MrAaDdRr the cost will be decreased in that case

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

@@MrAaDdRr nah, the cost decreases in real time, if u set auto repair off, and trash ur vehicle, and wait 3 or 4s, ull see ur repair lower 1 sl

[@michaelkendall2911]

And furthermore for particularly new players turning off the auto repair and and leaving trashed vehicles of one nation then changing to another nation and trash those ones, repair is still free (or discounted) and you haven't stopped playing plus it starts to brin other nations up. Be careful however if you trash American tanks and switch to say American aircraft the repair will be on the selected tab.

[@karimsonsafehold9233]

​@@michaelkendall2911 Using that tip, which I also do, keep in mind that each nation has their own crew slots, which means if you switch from all damaged tanks to playing navy, your crews are no longer repairing your tanks. This can be seen when you take a damaged vehicle off your crew/preset, and then go into research and it says it takes half a month to repair tier 1 vehicles. So don't forget to put the damaged vehicles back on the crew roster before logging off. This starts getting more important after tier 3 or so. Low to mid tier and beyond. Switching nations won't affect which vehicles are in the crew slots. But the bottom preset will.

[@jadeezomg]

Doesn't the rangefinding help with the normal Rangefinder? Only laser is unaffected afaik. Because when I use low crews with normal Rangefinder it often can't go beyond like low 1.xk but with good crews 2k+. Or does it vary by vehicle?

[@skDoger]

You are absolutely right, I didn't mention that. My bad 😅

[@theteadrinkingowl.2295]

@@skDoger Also, The higher the range finding skill, the faster you rangefind. This effects tanks with rangerfinder mods too. (I may be wrong, but that is my experience).

[@SgtMjRomero]

I thought that the rangefinder was only available to tanks that researched the mod itself like the Panther F... I'm about to abuse the shit out of her on Mozdok and Sinai

[@theteadrinkingowl.2295]

@@SgtMjRomero You can "Rangefind" in any tank. It is just the gunner guessing. The crew skill increase the guess accuracy and speed. The mods also add that.

[@MikeBrown-go1pc]

Another thing is that range finding helps with how far your men can rangefind. For example, if you have 0 skill in range finding he won't be able to tell you past like 840m. It will just say 840< meaning the target is greater than 840m. As you add crew skill, he'll be able to tell you longer and longer distances 888

[@FMHikari]

Radio comms also affect Sim Battles! Gaijin added a neat little feature that you can request allied positions in your FOV when using the rangefinder.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

U need to be in a certain range to be able to do Dat right?

[@Jeff--vq4zb]

What about in ground realistic?

[@cericat]

@@Jeff--vq4zb that's part of what the red marker on the screen edge is from not just Keen Vision, allied tanks handing off data over radio.

[@Jeff--vq4zb]

Cool. I always upgrade the radio stat when possible.

[@Mr.MaChInIsTdUdE]

i love these vids i just wish they could have been around when i started playing the game. even now though it is still very interesting to see the break down and get a complete explanation of how the skills work versus what you can actually get out of them. thanks again for this continued level of absolutely great content. it will definitely change how i distribute my points and be a great resource for new players.

[@bro3217]

Helicopter users don't deserve their own guide

[@Mr.MaChInIsTdUdE]

@@bro3217 i wasnt even talking about helicopters what the heck you smokin

[@TheKayack1]

you should make a helicopter crew skills video, it's one of those skills effects that are never really explained in the game, i know "keen vision" gives a better warning when you're being targeted by a missile but that's it. i don't really know which skills have a use beyond keen vision and the usual reload/repair/vitality skills since the G-overload skill is useless.

[@skDoger]

That's an interesting idea, I'll definitely make it someday, thanks

[@bro3217]

Helicopter users don't deserve their own video

[@TheKayack1]

@@bro3217 i've grinded the MI-4AV ATGM grind, so i'd say we do.

[@MausOfTheHouse]

This is what I subbed for

[@Rivarya]

Thorough and concise. This was super helpful, much appreciated homie.

[@SynapticTransmission]

That was hands down the best explanation for Crew Skills I've ever seen in the 3 years I've been playing WT. THANK YOU!

[@Tichondrius-]

Personally, I leveling targeting of the gunner first, since often my fate is decided by fractions of seconds of the first shot, and not by the number of shots per minute, then leadership/reloading, and then field repair.

[@jeffreylebowski2440]

After years of playing WOT and Warthunder from my experience I can only 100% agree with you. Accuracy is the most important factor reload time comes right after that then it's armor and mobility I would go for leadsrship after that. Fieldrepair and vitality are both obviously useful but most of the times once you're hit survival chance in warthunder is low and at best you're soon to be dead because you're heavily damaged/wounded anyway. Just try not to get hit.

[@soto1649]

Mine just go to reload>rangefinder>leadership

[@jazzingpanda3190]

This is hands down the best video addressing this. Instant sub.

[@Veggum]

Very good timing, such an underrated channel!

[@duclong95]

Gear Shifting Time (GST) is not really useful on flat terrain but it is more powerful when you start moving your tank from stationary on a slope. Because high GST level driver can shift to the next gear fast before the slope slows down the engine RPM. Therefore, the tank is likely to move at a higher gear on slope compared to low GST level driver. That's just my theory. You should test it out.

[@DocHoliday1612]

Very useful summary, thanks a lot.

[@FoxtrotGolfLima]

i think Radio Operator Gunner skill affects whether or not hit enemy ground vehicles will appear on your map. If you are too far from friendlies, hit enemy vehicles will appear as a ! and you don’t get any information about their vehicle type

[@propanux]

That's... When you use the map to ping a position... Or when an alie uses his guns to hit an enemy... Artilery always indicates you if it's a light, medium, heavy, AA or tank destroyer... If it doesn't show what category of vehicle it is, it's because it wasn't artilery who hit it...

[@FoxtrotGolfLima]

@@propanux negative, comrade. while artillery may always show you an enemy's vehicle type, friendlies nearby that directly attack enemies will always you give you that information, even when firing with their machine guns! but if they're too far, you only get a red ! mark. Blue ! marks are manual map pings and will always appear regardless of how far friendlies are from you

[@eridanampora3811]

The red mark is just the spot where artillery was called. It shows up immediately after artillery is called, not after shells land.@@FoxtrotGolfLima

[@TheKing-fo4xo]

Your videos are really helpful. Thank you very much.

[@hardscript1786]

Thanks for the guide! As a new player (a little over 70 hours) this was extremely helpful, in-detail skill explanation + tips on what to level and how was what i was looking for.

[@pokeydude]

Keen Vision also affects the maximum range finder range of the Gunner, so it wont be capped at like 800 and can be upped to above 1000

[@zefyr101]

This explained everything perfectly the only thing it was missing that I found out on my own (or perhaps i missed it in the video) was that qualifications were exclusive to the tank you're using and the levels are for any tank in the slot.

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

I think he said it buthe worded it weird

[@nikoly5357]

Dude this helped alot, thank you.

[@MoisesMartinez381]

This really helped me out thank you

[@tobiaslund4964]

thanks for the nice info could talk a little slower but not that big of a deal

[@thomasw2387]

Really helpful thanks !

[@Shoobe]

This video is excellent man, well done

[@skDoger]

Thank you :)

[@jerrynorse5276]

Your video helped me out so many countless times because I keep forgetting what

[@AustriaIsHungry]

I recommend Arcade if you want to get skill points faster.

[@propanux]

And I recommend taking your own sandwiches when you go to disneyland. The food there is expensive af.

[@TheManOfMyriad]

Had to slow the video down to 0.75x so i could understand what was being said, but thi is a brilliant guide! Thanks!

[@bigbadlara5304]

this helped me a lot. the crew system was hard to understand for me.

[@deilusi]

7:20 driving helps to "dance" a hit away, if you have it high you can make small precise movements, so in something that have tiny weak point, right next to strong plate, it can turn you into that squirming dude that just refuses to die. that break time is counted for EACH turn, so if you make a lot of tiny movements, or you need to squeeze a shot in between buildings, it can be a savior. if you ever had issues with precision and going just a touch to far, showing your weak point, this is the culprit. 12:20 also free repair is nice feature if you are not premium, you can save ~5000 silver lions by leaving broken tanks overnight on their repair cost. if you run 20 games in a row in same preset of tanks, it's not that useful, but if you play for lions to afford new tank, getting 10 presets on different tiers and different nations, leaving it broken overnight can save you ~5k per preset. It also means you play low tiers 3-4 times as often as tops.

[@Nicitel94]

I don't think this was mentioned in the video, nor see it in the comment section: After upgrading your crew to Skilled using Silver Lions, to upgrade the crew to Ace you can either spend your Golden Eagles or keep using the vehicle to reach the Ace rank by simply gaining Research Points. But, of course, the higher the vehicle BR, the more RP you need. For example 80 000 RP for a reserve Tetrarch I and 1 140 000 RP for an 11.0 Chally (2F). There is a progress bar in the Qualification window in the Crew skill menu, if the crew is Experted. The vehicle does NOT need to be Spaded (all modifications researched) to progress through that bar. The RP doesn't either seem to be distributed like 50:50 in research and the Ace, or anything. You progress in both at the same time. You gain 3000 RP in modifications, you gain 3000 RP toward the Ace too (just done a research on this). So if you like to play the vehicle and want it to be a bit better thanks to the skills, but don't wanna spend your GE to Ace the crew and have plenty of SL, Expert the crew ASAP ... and grind.

[@LM-nb6eh]

I have a question i just wasted some points in logistics tab and i wondered if i upgrade my crew to expert trough qualification will those crew skills be set back to 0 and all my points will be returned?

[@Nicitel94]

No refund's happening.

[@LM-nb6eh]

@@Nicitel94 so my point will stay still in logistics tab and i cant ever use it?

[@Nicitel94]

Yep. Once spent, not getting them back again. As Far As I Know, at least. But I think I've heard them considering ability to respec the points. I'm not aware if it's in yet.

[@LM-nb6eh]

@@Nicitel94 will changing crew reset it mabye? Thx for help

[@MrBaboulinet22]

Thank god there are subtitles !

[@gbro8822]

Outstanding video, thank you.

[@greywolf5590]

So if you want to act as a spotter have a light tank with good driver and radio operator. If you want to hold points go heavy or SPG with good gunner and loader.

[@fuel147]

Very nice

[@kareemmohamed2327]

Bro thank you soooooo much!

[@noahsawesomevids422]

awsome thx for this

[@mokongthe3856]

This is helpful since i'm kinda new to this, welp time to go back to pain and suffering match.

[@justasteamplayer7542]

I like how he shows the Tut- the T95 for a heavy tank

[@vilter1431]

Damn i Fooled myself with the Hangar Repair

[@macahdahma7382]

Awesome!

[@clovdz6073]

Underrated video

[@ianslaby5703]

great video, one necessary comment: your analysis of the logistics skills is absolutely wrong. It is an essential skill that significantly lessens one of the biggest annoyances of war thunder, namely: silver lion hemorrhaging. Granted it doesn't really help you if you're only interested in playing one nation or even specific vehicles, but you can be clever about it. If you destroy all the vehicles you want to play in a particular line up, move onto a different nation and let that first line up repair in the background or come back to play the next day. You can eliminate or at least significantly reduce some of the most absurd repair costs that have been implemented. i imagine that this is a requirement for the French tech tree.

[@Dragaia]

For GRB new crews, on example if using GE, i first boost driving, reloading and targeting. Then commander, then rest of skills shared by all equally then rest.

[@daskollektiv4593]

Thats a very backwards order lmao

[@kurtshaw229]

I’ve been playing this game for like a year and have only been leveling up driver skill cause i didnt see the other tabs.

[@skDoger]

Bruh 🤣

[@tonk8070]

Upgrading driver drive skill on a light tank makes it amazingly easy to drive.

[@BassHeadNoob]

Really good info..... butt less "speed" og "energy" drinks would be really nice. Just dont have too "hurry" through the reading.

[@elnewbie2611]

I can't imagine nobody has mentioned the fastest way to grind crew xp points here 😳

[@Wraith_Of_The_Shadows]

meanwhile my chod loader who can load kv 2 in 25 s

[@jonnyboi841]

Thanks man

[@skDoger]

Any time

[@Tichondrius-]

All I want is a crew saying "that bush looking kinda sus" at upgraded keen vision and there is a tank full of golden eagles bushes on it in RB...

[@jonaslingenberg7775]

iam a little late to the party but i still wanted to ask if targeting is still buffed when the gunner dies?

[@Zandonus]

It kinda feels like driver vitality can get you out of some sticky situations. If the loader dies, it kinda sucks, if the commander dies it's whatever, if the radio operator dies it's even more whatever. The gunner dies a lot, and it sucks, but if the driver miraculously survives, you might avoid getting bonked into the menu.

[@skDoger]

True

[@mailstorminurbox]

In the end we all know theres gonna be that one friend who is maxed out in everything

[@elitejay5597]

I thought Keen vision increased the possible identification range used for manual range-finding? I have noticed that increasing it allowed me to find distances that were further than if I did't have the upgrade

[@skDoger]

I don't think it does, at least not in my tests. If you could find a video/evidence for that, I'll definitely correct it

[@Crembaw]

Nothing anyone has said on Keen Vision has actually explained what it does, on KZbin or the Wiki/forums. The wiki seems to suggest it affects render distance (it doesn’t) and this video suggests it has no effect in RB (it does, your crew will drop spotting arrows on your screen that don’t correspond to any minimap ping or radio call).

[@kingderpington6082]

@@Crembaw Zenturion7 did a video on this within the past few months, but it seems to have been removed, however in that video it showed a clear difference in keen vision third person render distance, atleast in a test drive, not sure if it applied to actual games. But in crew without keen vision it showed tanks only rendered to 500m in 3rd person, but with max level it rendered tanks up to 1.3km I think it was. in all the tests there were tanks ranging from 500m to 1.3km, and the only thing that changed was the crew keen vision level.

[@geennaam2712]

You should make one of these for aircraft crew!

[@skDoger]

The plane crew skills guide is relatively new, but I will definitely do a remake of it once it's a bit older

[@jeremielarin1979]

@@skDoger and naval?

[@skDoger]

@@jeremielarin1979 That video is planned but not any time soon

[@absolutelynobody8858]

Mmmm interesting... time to forget this and rewatch it tomorrow

[@manuelmartins1967]

I disagree with what you say that Repair Speed is the most useless skill. In War Thunder you often get less SL than the repair cost of your lineup, right? So first you have to uncheck the automatic repair after battle box. Then, when you are done playing for the day you put a Lineup with all the vehicles that were destroyed in battle and log off. It works even better with multiple nations. I imagine using this with 3+ nations and maximum upgrades on every crew can save you 100.000 SL per day

[@MrAaDdRr]

Does this mean only those you leave on your lineup for the day will get repaired? Not including other vehicles in your garage but not currently set in your lineup?

[@manuelmartins1967]

@@MrAaDdRr Sorry for not replying sooner, I didn't get the notification of your comment, yes, only the vehicles set in the lineup get repaired. This as I said works best with max repair speed and multiple nations so you play one match per day with each nation and then leave the vehicles to be repaired overnight

[@HeliBoyVR]

You missed the use of keen vision in RB scouting... Vitality is NOT an average crew skill. Repair is less important if you play in a regular squad... your team mates are WAY faster than repairing alone.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

I still don't know a thing, if I want one of the generic skills to me more efficient, is it more efficient to upgrade one of the crew to lvl 5 and others do nothing or to upgrade each crew with some lvls, like lvl 2 or 3 in all? Edit: should have waited to the end lol

[@theodorusmatheussen1143]

Im not able to watch your videos without subtitles becaus ure pretty hard to understand just letting you know good contend anyways!

[@konradcurze1278]

If you dont understand him, just play it in 0.75 speed. He sounds drunk but the speed is good.

[@pavelslama5543]

How to sealclub in 1 easy step: boost targeting, those low level tin cans are inherently inaccurate.

[@MoonMan1267]

You should try to slow down an enunciate when you're speaking I could barely understand this video

[@theogmonk4299]

That’s a u issue lol

[@martinvomsozialamt334]

okay so, very nice guide but damn you skilled 500% agility into speech speed..really hard to keep up sometimes and i have to rewing every few secs as a non native :/

[@maverickjhett]

question. where does the Machine Gunner crew get his skills from, does he share with the gunner or is he assigned the radio operator skill points?

[@skDoger]

I'm pretty sure it's the radio operator gunner

[@maverickjhett]

@@skDoger awesome, thank you!

[@skDoger]

@@maverickjhett No probs :D

[@systemhalodark]

If you make a crew that is specialized in light tanks, Keen vision is important in RB, as it affects how far they can scout targets (check in LoS detection). With improved optics, you get +9m per point imstead of 7, and can scout up to something like 1630+metres maximum with ace. 4/10 per member + expert makes it comfortable enough to use on large maps, especially once you hit 7.0+ games with APDS and HEAT-FS flying around.

[@blecao]

Ok that explain why i couldnt scout tanks on the other side of the map i literally have blind crewmen

[@ghostlyinstincts]

Will you do a remastered video for plane crew skills as well?

[@skDoger]

Probably not, that video was uploaded pretty recently, maybe in the future though

[@tgc_-369_]

Nice medal

[@jannuyens6781]

tnx for the vid, had to play it at 75% speed though xD

[@amrsaleh9954]

u can get Ace qualification if u play too much with a tank, or u can get it discounted too

[@amrsaleh9954]

Does keen vision affect how far ur commander speaks out the details of a tank when using the range finder button? closer tanks under 1000m the commander says the tank type and the range, while longer ranges the commander says nothing. It sucks for tanks that dont speak it in english thou XD

[@daveshilling6610]

You missed something that I wish I knew years ago. Aceing a tank can be fore free. Costing no golden eagles. If you buy expert for a crew you can ace it for free or cheaper by gaining additional xp for the crew

[@skDoger]

Very true, forgot to mention that

[@daveshilling6610]

@@skDoger honesty I only found out the other day and I'm gutted lol.

[@ashegaming3530]

I love the difference between two of my low tier Russian tanks. One takes shells and reloads fairly quickly, the other takes mags with SMALLER caliber rounds and takes absolutely forever to reload. This is with base skill levels..

[@wobblyrick6255]

Cool

[@solreaver83]

I've always wondered in the capture point you get a repair buff, does the logistics skill effect that? The wording has always felt a little open for interpretation iirc.

[@skDoger]

I'm pretty sure it does, since it's a percentage buff and not a flat buff it'll still affect it

[@solreaver83]

@@skDoger I guessed as much. If nothing else just to make it not such a pointless skill

[@LM-nb6eh]

Hi sorry for interupting i accidentally putted point in repair speed and i want to remove it does qualifing crew skills to expert se crew skills back to 0 or will that 1 point stay there

[@skDoger]

It will stay

[@AsthmaQueen]

How does Commander/radio operator role stats work when tank is only 3 crew members or 4 crew members and one of those roles are missing? Do they still apply?

[@skDoger]

Yes

[@Hunk1676]

10:03 what about tanks that has multiple loaders like the fv4005 or the tortoise ? if 1 of the loader dies and the other survives does the boost still apply ?

[@skDoger]

The boost will stay but I think the speed will still get reduced if one of them dies, not 100% sure though

[@Fiasco3]

Crew skills the unspoken pay-to-win element of WarThunder..

[@SomeOneOneOne]

5sec reload instead of 15s in my ki43.. not p2w tho... because you can unlock it just by playing.

[@Fiasco3]

Ya you can unlock it instantly by buying it too.. and a firing 3 times faster than your opposition isn't OP ?@@SomeOneOneOne

[@jedenasty2226]

Driving speed highly affects turn speed, when changing gear during turn

[@MikeBrown-go1pc]

You have to talk slower or get a way better mic. Words were running together and I couldn't make them all out because you talk pretty fast. If it was IRL and I was looking at you I'd probably be able to make out very word, but on here I can't. Try to slow it down a notch or two.

[@Hawokki]

Very important thing! Invest in 2 extra crew slots for RB battles. It's pretty cheap. Use first 3-4 for tanks. And the other free slots for planes. DO NOT SPEND POINTS OF A CREW INTO PLANES + TANKS and/or SHIPS too!

[@notsocoolguy38]

Are you working on a guide aim gunners on bombers and such

[@skDoger]

It's on my to-do list, but not any time soon

[@kryp7777]

i thought keen vision worked in RB as well? yes, there are no red markers like in AB, but when u spot an enemy in RB and it is close enough to "trigger" keen vision, your team mates will have the target on the map. or did i get that wrong?

[@skDoger]

That might be the case, I'm not too sure

[@chris_hisss]

Suggestion; you contradicted your point; you can't say prioritize loading etc, and then say level so you get higher levels. The crew skills are specifically set up for you to waste tons of crew xp points if you are to focus those, and neglecting the others can be detrimental, especially given if you unlock tank after tank, you will be in 5.0 battles with maybe 3 reloading and nothing else. All guns use range, so neglecting this is going to matter more than if you can reload faster, because you miss more. Given they give us new trees a lot we get to rediscover this fact. You need higher crew levels more than anything, like you said, and that takes purchasing the cheapest skills first or you will be in over your head racing up a tree. Unless you spend gold which you maybe should have mentioned but still even if you do that, buying the cheapest will get you farther quicker, though I am sure we have all dumped a bunch into the loading first at times too. lol Good guide though you seemingly wrote a script and was reading it really fast maybe? Also a lot of your content was reading the tooltips, but what you sprinkled in was helpful, so thanks.

[@Player8duS709-zu3st]

Make a crew upgrade tier list

[@codww2clips678]

With upgrading to expert say for example I make my tiger E crew expert then when I unlock the tiger 2 I put the new tiger 2 on to the crew with the expert qualification will my tiger 2 crew be an expert crew or will it only apply to the tiger E tank ?

[@skDoger]

It'll only apply to the Tiger E

[@aidancantwell1666]

Please do this for planes and ships

[@m0vingt4rg3t5]

If your tank only has let's say Driver, Gunner, Commander, doesn other crew's skills have any effect? For example you have upgraded your radio operator gunner, does it's artillery calling time have any effect?

[@skDoger]

1:03

[@lunlas76]

@@skDoger I know I'm pretty late to this video ( a very good and explanatory one btw! ) but is the generic crew skills also distrubuted for all crew slots even if you only have a 3-man crew, like typically Soviet and Chinese tanks does. I mean, is it a total waste to put field repair on the Radio operator and loader slot in a 3-man tank ( Driver, commander and gunner only)? Or its the total of all 5 slots that decide the crew average? If that was clear at all lol!

[@skDoger]

@@lunlas76 Very good question, and yes, I'm pretty sure it still affects it. It takes the average of all the skills, even if the tank only has 3 crew members.

[@RoterAdmiral]

5:43 One question: Do you know the difference between the flag of the red cross and the flag of switzerland? ;-)

[@Abdullah-mn6sw]

So crew skills are fixed to the crew slot instead of the vehicle? Like if I upgrade my tank crew and reassign the tank to a different crew, the skill won't get transferred?

[@skDoger]

Nope, the skills are for the slot, not the tank. Think of each slot as a group of crew members, if you move a tank to a different slot, a different group will be the crew

[@urip_zukoharjo]

I still don't understand how agility works. Is it affecting the crew who would replace other members (which would mean gunner and driver's are completely pointless as they would never replace anyone ever) or is it affecting how fast a position could be replaced (which would mean commander's and radio operator's are pointless as their position would never be replaced by other crews)

[@skDoger]

It affects everyone in the tank. If you upgrade, say, the gunner's agility, the entire crew gets the bonus.

[@urip_zukoharjo]

@@skDoger okay, would it also be effective to upgrade radio operator's even if he doesn't exist in say a 4 crew tank?

[@skDoger]

@@urip_zukoharjo Yep

[@Jeff--vq4zb]

​@@skDogergood advice thanks for clarifying

[@skDoger]

@@Jeff--vq4zb Glad I could help

[@canadalol3464]

2:57 why is niels in a tank?

[@edgychico9311]

What about aircraft and warship crew skills then?

[@kiri101]

Wow I could have had much higher level crews if I'd spread the points more

[@MrBonzi-ez6ho]

*No crew skills?* 🥺

[@benrar1441]

les go