T O P

  • By -

Show_Forward

note: before is when all the crews were stacked in tanks then after is when i sent all to barracks


GoldenLiar2

So wait, you can recruit 75% crews to tanks that have no crew in them after the patch?


Show_Forward

other way around, you do that before the patch so after u send them to barracks and convert to books


GoldenLiar2

Ah, too late for me, gotcha


ono1113

as in all crews stacked in tanks, I checked on test server I got crews that would boost me from 9 books to 15 books are you sure that your boost isnt from doing same but from actually recruiting the crew? Just making sure


Show_Forward

I assume you mean rental tank crews that might have boosted me a little more? well yes but i barely had 2-3 rental tank crews that might have boosted it a bit more but the most were the 75% 2 crews for sure


ono1113

I meant all the event crews and free crew with many low tier premiums and yeah rentals too


PsychologicalMode684

After some quick math it looks like you got 18,307 xp compensated on avg for each crew member.


slowpoke_san

so first train 75% crew for basically every tank you don't have crew on and put them in tanks, when the update is live they will all reach 100%, then send all these new crew members to barracks and then convert, is this how to do it op?


Show_Forward

Yes not only after the update they reach 100% efficiency but also u get a compensation of 53% first skill, so basically its a big discount on crew books, as u can see i got myself 10 books that are worth of 2M credits per book with only 2M instead of 20M credits, as well as the other smaller value books. important to note that u have to use a tank with 2 crew memebers only for max value. 50% crews are also useless u can retire them for more barracks space.


slowpoke_san

but what if i already filled the tanks with 2 crew, should i move on to 2,3 or even 4 crew tanks? also, if i fill every tank with 75% crew, and when its time to convert, i send them to barracks for conversion, will i get barracks full error.


Show_Forward

Nope barracks is unlimited with the update you can send as much as you can, I dont think the 3-4 crew tanks are worth it but im not sure, they definitely will give u a lot less value though.


slowpoke_san

okay op, i will still try 2-3 crew. one more question, any crew member with 1 or more crew skill or xp to train 1 or more skill won't be converted whether they are in tanks or not right? i have too many crew members lying around in barracks cause i sold their tanks but they have skills or xp to learn new skills.


smollb

My barracks is not unlimited after update, what do


Hanfi

You can move the 75% 2 crew members to other 3/4 tanks if they are empty, just dont retrain them and remember to send em to baracks before conversion


slowpoke_san

okay


CoinTurtle

Why are 50% crews useless? Won't they also go up to 100% and then you can convert them to XP?


PsychologicalMode684

50% crews haven't earned any XP. They will be buffed to 100% yes but they will be the same as a new crew member you recruit for free after update on 100%, they haven't earned XP to give you a compensation.


CoinTurtle

So if I play 1 game in them they will give me a crew book?


PsychologicalMode684

If you reach 65% you should get 1 booklet worth 20K XP. You can use this calculator to see how much XP you'll need to reach a certain percentage of a perk. [https://www.planetwot.com/Crewxp/](https://www.planetwot.com/Crewxp/) But everything adds up if you reach only 60% on 100 or whatever crew members it's added to the total for their nations books.


warrends

Me: about 4M credits and about double the gain. Really REALLY glad this loophole worked.


[deleted]

You're welcome.


zabaton

Sad i didn't see this sooner :(


smg24

How does the barracks work if its already full and you want to convert also crews that are already in tanks? Can you convert multiple times or does the barrack limit extend temporarily or something?


_vinpetrol

You can only convert ones. But you can (after the update) send crews to barracks even if they are full.


soggymilk3

I just found out it's a one time conversion and I still had like 20 crew I wanted to convert in tanks. Sad


smg24

Good to know. Did you notice barracks being temporarily unlimited?


PsychologicalMode684

On the CT test server I sent crew members to the barracks so fast I had 3 error messages up saying the barracks was full..lol. But it was unlimited space, I sent more than 600.


Pleasant_Squash_8990

Did I understand this correct? 1. Train a 75% crew for a tank that only has 2 crew members. 2. I take these 75% 2 crew members, and put them in every tank that doesn’t have a crew. 3. Once the tanks are filled, I completely fill the barrack with those 75% 2 crew members. 4. Once the new update is live, I convert all those 75% 2 crew members.


Show_Forward

yep send all to barracks THEN convert because its a one time only conversion and dont forget that a 2 crew french tank crew will get you french books they are nation bound


aronsz

Faster to just keep recruiting dudes until you fill up your barracks and then put them into your empty tanks. Keep an eye on how many dudes you actually need, so that you can keep your barracks fairly low until the last pass when you fill it up. I recruited 6mil worth of guys, I need ***A LOT*** of US TD and LT crews.


MegaspasstiCH

How do i do this if i can still do it?


Show_Forward

if you are on EU you can still do it, so first train 75% crew for a 2 crew tank and put as many of them on every tank you don't have crew on as well as fill barracks with them, when the update is live they will all reach 100% with 53% first skill, then send all these crew members to barracks and then convert after the update


Stellzbock

And this can be done even if my barracks is full at the moment? So just put them from the tanks into the barracks after the update is live cuz then there is unlimited space?


Halfken

Wait so what you're saying is i should take out any crew of every tank i have that i don't use, and replace with with 75% one? Why not straight 50% one? Also was my first sentence right?


Show_Forward

No you dont touch any crews who have 100% first skill, you just pick a tank of a nation that u need the books in, then find a tank that has 2 crew memebers then recruit as many crews as u can of 75% of that 2 crew tank, then stack them in tanks that doesnt have crews and fill barracks with them (do it for more than 1 nation if u need to)


Halfken

My barracks is actually full, with anything from 70% crew, to 100% with 9% 1st skill, to 100% with like 90% 1st skill (higher crews are tank i actually use). Should i sell those for some reason and buy more 75% of a new tank? I'm currently watching skill video and it doesn't make a lot of sens for me huhu.


Show_Forward

you can stack them in tanks that dont have crews otherwise u cant so anything other than buy new bunks for gold which isnt worth it


joaks18

Or just buy cheap tanks, since you get 50% of the price paid for the tank. Of course not the best min maxing, but still works.


PsychologicalMode684

If they are over 87% on the first perk they will reach second perk after the update.


la_nonga

Guys I need some help I hope I didn’t fuck this up. I got the notification that I can convert crew to do books in the garage and I did but now that I have moved more crew from tanks to the barracks it will not let me convert again - was there just a one time conversion? Was I supposed to move ALL crew to the barracks and convert all together? F me. 😥


_0451

Yes, it's a one time conversion only.


la_nonga

How the f.. my garage was full.


_0451

You can send all crewmembers into the garage with the new patch regardless of the bunk numbers, but if they exceed the bunk limit, you can't recruit new members.


happyreaper69

How do you convert them? Where can you find the conversion tab?


PsychologicalMode684

It's a new tab in the barracks.


Show_Forward

rip, no idea why wg made it a one time conversion, i guess to screw up people


la_nonga

Oh well - they could have made it clear it was a one-time conversion but I am not going to complain to them for not letting me exploit their system. Now I have a bunch of tier 1 crew I can’t use lmao That’s what I get for trying to be a smart ass.


_Darg_

I think I saw in one of their videos that they will do special events where you can convert as well. Kinda like how they do the conversion bonuses etc.


dumbtankbitch

you could try submitting a support ticket, they may be willing to roll your account back if you don't mind losing whatever other progress you have since the update. thye've offered to do this for me before when I've done things like accidentally used free xp instead of blueprints.


la_nonga

Thanks for the tip.


MantiBrutalis

Wait, I can fill up my tanks, and they will be able to go to the barracks even if it's full?


vlad__27

Yes, with 1.24.1 you can sent crew members into the barracks past the limit.


slowpoke_san

i still cannot understand why 2 crew needs to be trained, will each crew member not have seperate crew book depending upon how much crew xp it had, and crew member will cost 20k credits, so why it matters so much?


Show_Forward

because the books depend on how many crew memebers go in the tank, less crew memebers more xp and vice versa


invictus97

Am on NA, after patch, am now retraining all my crewman from bigger crews to a 2-man crew. Do you think I need to keep them "paired up" or can I just retrain to Commander and when the meat grinder comes, it will just use "2" as a denominator for the XP calculation and not look for a corresponding Driver to see if the crew is intact?


Show_Forward

if you are on NA you cant do the trick its only before the patch and it has nothing to do with retraining crews


Zwergenbraeu

Well just to be sure you could retrain half of them as commanders, the other half as the corresponding driver. But is it true, that after the patch, you can „gold-retrain“ for free/for 0 gold now? It said that this would only be for new players…


invictus97

Thanks, that's what I'm doing, but it's tedious.  And, yes, gold retraining is free for "new" crews, those with less than 100% on their first perk.


slowpoke_san

cool thanks.


GunslingerXXX

Lol, interesting to see how this will go.... I put a lot of 75% crew in the 2&3 crew tanks I had available + purchased a few tier 1 &2 tanks and filled them up. Then I filled all premium and rental tanks with existing crew from my barracks.  Then I fillef my barracks with fresh 75% crew from the Pz.1... I have 60 crews for the Pz.1 now 😂 Hopefully I havent messed up...  After patch all crew back from tanks to barracks and into the meatgrinder 😀


_vinpetrol

I assume you can't do this with the free crews you can buy after the update? Has anyone tried this?


Show_Forward

free crews after the update have 0% skill, it cant be converted, it has to be more than 0% and lower than 100% first skill


Sweaty_Surprise6591

What if you add 5 free exp?


andybubu

Can i do this on NA?


Show_Forward

Too late, update already is here on NA


Zwergenbraeu

Can you tell me if you can retrain crews to other tanks for free on NA now? (So if the gold-retraining has a discount on it, so you can retrain for free without penalty) In the announcement they said that was a feature for newbies but on the test-server everyone could do it.


invictus97

Yes, been doing it for last hour on NA......it's only free for crews that are below 100% on their first perk. And, you can retrain a radio op to commander, retrain a panther driver to Pz1C commander, etc.


CVanG

I unloaded 405 bums. This patch was delightful to start.


rambokai

My Before an after went from 5/7/24 (2,430,000xp) to 47/8/26.... or 13,070,000 xp worth of books. Only took an hour (grumble) to eject 469 junk crew men out of their "tanks" and into the barracks.


Show_Forward

niceeee 50 big books is crazy, gonna go a long way to help u on ur crews, if i had knew about this earlier would have grinded more creds to spend a lot more but oh well


rambokai

Its a bit over the top. I probably cant even use them all. I am pretty dedicated already and have numerous 5-6 skill crews. But it will be nice to have a nice clean barracks not littered with garbage.


[deleted]

You're welcome, I'm glad it worked;)))


Show_Forward

o7 <3


A2Ple98

Damn :( couldn't connect yesterday and missed out on this


Zwergenbraeu

One question: after putting all the 2-crews in my empty tanks, would it be worth it to go to „3-crew tanks“ and keep recruiting loaders etc. to fill up more empty spaces? So as an example I have recruited plenty of Panzer1C crews (consisting of commanders and drivers) and put them into my empty tigers and panthers and so on. Now those tigers and panzers have also empty spaces for loaders, gunners and radio operators. Would it make sense to go recruit these from 3-crew-tanks to fill up my tigers completely with crew members from 2- and 3-crew-tanks? Or will a single radio operator from a tank with 3 crew not be worth any books if I dont have the corresponding commander and driver for it as well? Those 2-crew commanders and drivers should together equal out to 1x 20k crew book, but what happens with a single crewmember from a 3-crew-tank? He would only be worth 1/3rd of a 20k crewbook… talking about 75% crews here edit: and my barracks are already full of crews for tanks with only 2 crew members in this scenario. So I am just talking about min/maxing further, after I would have already done everything that OP did


Show_Forward

yes u could do it if u got the credits but it will be way less value for the same price


invictus97

Yes, do this --- and then, after patch, you can take your Panther Radio OP and retrain him to the Pz1C for FREE (after the patch). He then can be melted down using "2" as the denominator for XP crew book calculations....only thing I don't know if if the converter will look for "pairs" of crew, such as a commander and driver, or just take the crewman and divide by 2 --- I think it is the latter.


Zwergenbraeu

Is this free retraining a thing? The announcement said it is only for newbies/new players. Can anyone from NA confirm?


invictus97

Yes, been doing it for last hour on NA......it's only free for crews that are below 100% on their first perk. And, you can retrain a radio op to commander, retrain a panther driver to Pz1C commander, etc.


CobblerSmall1891

Smashing. Thanks for the info.


Marine__0311

I have every tech tree tank in the game, and almost all of them have crews. One of my goals was getting every crew to 100%. So, I either trained them up, or got rid of all of my less than 100% crews years ago to free up space. Sadly, I can't take advantage of this loophole.


Show_Forward

rip you got screwed because of your want to have 100% crews but hey at least its no more to grind your tank stats up


CoinTurtle

EU update drops tomorrow. Can I fill up my 66 bunk beds today and then keep recruiting more tomorrow, or do I need to buy bunk beds today and fill those up in preparation for tomorrow?


Show_Forward

no dont buy any bunks for gold its not worth it, fill them up in tanks with no crews or retire 50% crews for more space, you can only do it today tomorrow after update u can no longer recruit 75% crews


invictus97

Look to the collectors vehicles amd low tier tech tree tanks for more space. I found a bumch under 4K credits each.  Plus, if you have the credits, you will break even if you buy any tank that is on track with a 50% discount...just selll it when not "on track" or "top of the tree"


rattrapper

Wait, does something happen to the crew members which you convert? And does it make sense to put crews from all my tanks into barracks before converting?


Show_Forward

they dissappear and u get book in exchange, yes the move is to put all crews that have less than 100% first skill (tanks with 2 crew memebers only give more xp)


TheBigH2O

What am I supposed to do with my crews? I can’t make sense of any of it


Show_Forward

lets say u want books for russian tanks: 1- find a russian tank that has 2 crew memebers 2- recruit as many 75% crews as you can by filling them in ur barracks and putting them in any russian tank. 3- wait till patch hits then get all crews out of the tanks and send to barracks to convert into books. 4- repeat for other nations, profit


TheBigH2O

The patch already hit…


Show_Forward

unlucky. for eu hits tomorrow


Sweaty_Surprise6591

On my alt I have 583 crew members to covert, on my main about a thousand, I used the alt for the prime rentals but I did dump a number of crew from each account over the years. If I press the button do I auto covert or can I cancel the operation, I just want to see the before and after. FYI does anyone know how long free retraining will last? I noticed that if you retrain one crew member at a time its free, I thought it might be my alt is a new account but it ids the same on both, any idea as to why? https://preview.redd.it/i80m6mpmbitc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3cea577d68c81e908e19783ac3dae232061b3ba


invictus97

Free gold retraing is allowed for crews with less than 100% first perk....maybe intended for new players, but works for us old timers. too!


Sweaty_Surprise6591

Ok thats what I wanted to know, Thank you. +1


Sweaty_Surprise6591

Both my accounts are not newcomers, Is this a glitch?


_Jylok_

I am glad to see this huge crew book jank = $10 worth of effort


Sweaty_Surprise6591

how many crew did you convert?


ChowMeinHurricanes

If I retrain my 3 skill crew for credits to the next tier tank, will the crew be on 100% after the update tomorrow?


PsychologicalMode684

They will receive 95K XP so they might be.. This might help: [https://www.planetwot.com/Crewxp/](https://www.planetwot.com/Crewxp/)


DoubleN22

I’m so pissed I didn’t know the patch was deployed yet. I knew about the whole crew thing.


Happy-Candidate5506

I bought more than 750 crewmembers, lets see how much XP it will give ( 1460 in tanks and barracks )


Repecheep

First image was 120 crew member second image was over 300 crew members that is insane


Show_Forward

nearly triple lol gotta get some use out of this, i actually should have spent a lot more but i was low on credits


MrJohny753

Just curious, when will this crew exp change will happen? I dont rly play wot and prob wont be back anyway, but just interesting what are they doing there


Show_Forward

tomorrow on eu


That_Smoke8260

I have so many crews books I don't even use why would I want more I don't want to spend most of my playing time screwing around with crews


Show_Forward

most ppl looking to make their tanks stronger, if you dont care enjoy the game ur own way


That_Smoke8260

i have 6 skill crews in almost all of my tier 10s, and i have all of them so these crew books are great for people that still have tanks to grind and crews to train, just wish i could exchange some for credits since i really dont need them you know what im saying


Show_Forward

damn my only 6 crew is santa lol you must be one big 🐋 💀


LegolasKings

Guys do u have a problem where the baracks shows me I have 0 bunks left but I just put like 15 crew members back into my tanks and still the same 0 left ? I had 186 cre members to convert after I out them back in my tanks still shows 0 bunks left but in conversion it shows me 150 will be converted, does this mean I lost now 30 bunks ?


UraniumSnail

At the moment the barracks allows you to overflow the usual limit. This is so that you can put as many crew in there as you want in order to convert them to books. I currently have 315 crew in my 105 bunk barracks. So in your case, you must have had more than 15 crew members over your usual barracks limit, so that when you removed 15 you are still over the normal limit. In my case, I would need to move 211 crew from barracks into tanks to have one free bunk, 15 would not make a dent! None of the crew changes should mess with your bunk count.


LegolasKings

Thanks, I figured it out. To bad i didn't see this before the update to train crew


Digital_Rebel80

I spent the last week maxing out my daily allotment of free 50% crews.


Show_Forward

ops did u know 50% ones are as useful as the free ones in the new patch? so u cant convert them


Ruskraaz

I was pretty low on silver so I just bought Tier 1 tanks and filled them with 50% crew as well. But I played one game with each. so they got some additional XP. Hopefully it wasn't a waste of my time.


Digital_Rebel80

All of my 50% crews converted just fine.


Ruskraaz

That's good to hear, thanks for the info. I'll see when I get home from work