What Shall I Focus On Worker Levels

[NoOneCares]

during this lock down i have got right into euro truck simulator 2 i have done over 20k miles so far. My question is ive now got a 5 truck garage with 4 workers on the road plus me. They are earning Between €1000 - €4000. What shall i focus on with the workers level or shall i keep it on balanced?

Thanks

[maxcry]

It's up to you. At the end it does not make a huge difference.

If you want to micromanage them, focus on things that give them new job opportunities first.
That means, a level for each at least (so balanced in the beginning) and 2 for JIT.
Than you can focus on long distance and ADR.
But it doesn't hurt to give them points on the others as well in between as they increase the profit for these kind of jobs.
But still you can have drivers with the exact same skills in the same garage that have a huge difference in the weekly profit they made.

[Zwergscheiße]

distance

[BCS]

I normal go for "Long distance" up to 4 levels then i give them one in "each other once". Then i go up and fill up in "ADR". After that i fill up in the one there "Save fuel" (I can't remember the english name for this one) but it's the one in the bottom pf the list. When that is filled up i fill up in "Long distance" and last i fill the all the others up one by one.

That have worked perfect for me, but thats my way to do it. There is a lots of way to do it. And i don't say my way is the best, so others are free to do it other ways.

[SecretOne]

1 do...
3 pips in long distance.
3 pips in ADR
1 or 2 each in the others, except ECO.
I now fill ADR then long distance.
Then keep putting 1 pip in each until each is filled. Except ECO
Finally you can just leave it on balanced.

From what I remember, please correct me if I am wrong. When on balanced it never put any pips in ADR, which is why I managed the drivers myself.
I basically do the same for myself on new profiles,

[The Pitts]

You are wrong, balanced fills out all skills including ADR.

I maintain that putting points into long distance before putting at least one point into each skill is counter-productive, but there seem to be an awful lot of people suggesting otherwise so if you prefer to go down that route, then knock yourself out

[hackintoshchap]

I have always found that ADR pays poorly in the game compared to giving your drivers 3-4 spots on Long Distance, Fragile and High Value before then setting to update all the other options one at a time. AVOID 'ECO DRIVING' until last, as the jobs pay real money - the fuel saving are actually minimal.

If you have drivers in a garage with a good chance of driving HDR and dangerous loads from that city, then by all means give that a try and keep an eye on the success that you have.

[Briannospam]

Originally posted by The Pitts:

You are wrong, balanced fills out all skills including ADR.

Correct

But at balanced, ADR is always the last to get level up before it all starts to the next level where again it is ADR that is the last to get level up.

[The Pitts]

Well something has to be last, and it gives us a good excuse to do a bit of micro-managing :)

[SecretOne]

Originally posted by Briannospam:

Originally posted by The Pitts:

You are wrong, balanced fills out all skills including ADR.

Correct

But at balanced, ADR is always the last to get level up before it all starts to the next level where again it is ADR that is the last to get level up.

Ahh, that explains why it seemed that ADR was not getting updated on balanced, I should have waited for it to go around again.

[Briannospam]

Originally posted by SecretOne:

Originally posted by Briannospam:

Correct

But at balanced, ADR is always the last to get level up before it all starts to the next level where again it is ADR that is the last to get level up.

Ahh, that explains why it seemed that ADR was not getting updated on balanced, I should have waited for it to go around again.

Yep :)

[AWAYUK1]

if you want them get profit fast, short distance with high urgent level is perfect combination for dauily profit. Drivers always choose the job with highest income per km

[The Pitts]

Originally posted by Awayuki:

Drivers always choose the job with highest income per km

Do you have any evidence for that statement (anecdotal or otherwise)? If it were true why would two of my three longest standing drivers, both well beyond level 67, be hauling wooden beams and empty barrels across the length of Europe?

The jobs your hired hands pick up are random within their skill set. Simple as.

[Corax]

I generally go for one point in every category except ADR, Eco and Urgent Deliveries. I go for two points in Urgent Deliveries. Then I max Long Distance. Once Long Distance it maxed I switch to Balanced.

Although in my larger companies I just leave new drivers at Balanced.