About Slots: More Noob Questions.

[Wuewue Gumi]

So some of you may know, Im a former World of Tanks player. in WoT, the garage was simple. collect as many tanks as you want so long as you have the slots for it. But in Warthunder I am majorly confused and also a bit concerned as tank collecting is something else that adds to the fun of games like this.

1. How do slots work/how many are in total?
When I reached the T-50, it ended up swapping with my Zis 30. currently it appears as if I only have 5 slots with reserve slots (which also confuse me, but more on that later.) I got my Zis 30 back, trading it for my Su-5-1 (which, ngl, I dislike the Su) but for a cost of crew 're-training'. which brings me to my next concern.

2. Do you have to spend silver on crew re-training every single time you wanna swap tanks or is this just a one time thing?
I like playing with variety. which means I like switching between tanks, but that's gonna be a real damper on my day and my in-game wallet if these dunce hats forget how to drive a tank after they've learned.

3. About Reserve Slots/Sending on Holiday...
Im gonna be honest. I REALLY dont use planes whatsoever. I understand that sending on holiday basically frees up the slot, but can say, send the planes I dont use on holiday and start sticking tanks I want in there?

4. About crews...
Currently it says if I wanna train a new crew it's 200 Gold Eagles. I am super lost on this. I was using silver to train crews before. are my slots up? am I gonna be forced to use gold eagles? am I gonna be stuck with crew hopping and losing silver each time? Help me, lol

In conclusion: I like playing different tanks with different styles, to me thats part of the charm of games like these. and I'm gonna be real bummed if I can't make a soviet collection

[BEEP!]

for a new player dont bother having more than 3 slots per nation itl help you later on so you have 3 well trainer crews you only have to buy the tank and choose what crew to trian it for once it is trainer for the said crew you will aways have that crew trainer for that said tank and you will aways have that tank cant sell them once you got them you have them forever and there is no limit on how many tanks you can have and if I was you I would work on plains a little there the main and best way to make silver I yousaly take 2 tanks out then a bomber

[Psycho]

I'm gonna get straight to the point here:

1. You don't have a slot limit like in WoT and you can own all the vehicles simultaneously.

The 5 slots you see are your current 'loadout' which will be taken into battle.

2. Crew training is a one-time payment, you can switch back and forth from any vehicle once you've paid for the training. If you want to put the vehicle in a different slot (different crew) you will have to pay for their training as well - again, only once.

3. Sending a vehicle on holiday just puts it in the hangar (AKA not in your current 'loadout', you can do it to any vehicle.

4. See above for the 'loadout' bit - basically you can only have so many crews that you take into battle.

Let me know if anything else is unclear, would be glad to try to explain.

[ZastavaArms_Tavish]

1. You get 3 slots for free, and can buy 2 extra ones for Silver Lions but they're cheap and worth it. You can buy more for golden eagles but if you're playing Tanks you really dont need more than 5 different options.

2. No, a crew that has been trained for the tank will keep the training forever. You selected the wrong crew when you put your Zis back in the lineup and so you now have two crews trained for the ZiS.

3. You can swap planes and tanks however you wish, you dont even need to send them on holiday, just swap for a different vehicle.

4. You really don't need more slots than 5. It's not worth spending golden eagles on

[Mechanical_Lamb23]

1. You can think of a slot as an entire crews. When you train a crew for a tank, they can ALWAYS operate that tank even if you train them on another. But as each crew is individual, if 1 crew is trained to operate an M10, you still have to train other crews as well to operate it too. You simply trained 1 crew to operate the M10 but still must do so for others if you want the M10 in a different tank slot. As stated, you only have to train for a tank once and they can operate it forever without retraining.

2. No, you can swap a tank in and out for free as much as you want, as long as that specific crew is trained for it. Otherwise, you have to pay the one-time training cost for the untrained crew. I recommend you look into preset lineups (you make them youself and just swap the presets) once youre more comfortable with how crewing works.

3. Sending on holiday removes the vehicle from the lineup and you can swap something else in. A RESERVE vehicle is just a starting vehicle that everyone gets when they start. A crew is not trained for a vehicle TYPE, they are trained for the vehicle. I have tons of crews capable of operating both planes and tanks, it only requires the one-time training cost.

4. Only so many crews are available F2P without spending GE. If you get a new crew for 200GE, you can get another crew for 500GE. Dont worry, you dont actually need taht many crews. I have all my nations where the next available crew slot is the 500GE. I have never felt any need to purchase the 500GE and really you probably dont need the 200GE crew either, i have spent money on the game and come out with extra GE, so i spent it on crews. The crews purchases with silver lions are enough.

My recommendation is watching a youtube video about it or literally just to take 20 minutes and play around swapping out crews with tanks at random, crewing and uncrewing and training new crews for new tanks until you get the hang of it (assuming you have the SL sitting around). Then, once you have a grasp, i once again recommend you look into preset lineups so all you have to do is change the lineup, which swaps all your vehicles for you. (took me a very long time to take advantage of this and has made the game much more pleasant)

[Wuewue Gumi]

So lemme get this straight.
1. Crew training only has to be paid for once. this is good, but how do I know which crew was with which tank?
2. sending on holiday doesn't necessarily free up the reserve slot?

3. So you're all saying I dont need a full 8 slots... just curiously asking why? is that because once I have a tank I can always get it back, regardless of whats in my reserve?

[Wuewue Gumi]

Also, thanks much, Mechanical Lamb. I have to say crewing is a tad overwhelming for me atm, since WoT never focused on such.

[Psycho]

1. Yes, you only pay for training once for that vehicle for that crew slot - you can then replace it, and switching back to the one you've paid for will cost nothing on that crew slot.

2. Unsure what you are referring to by reserve slot but sending a crew on holiday will absolutely free that slot for you to equip another vehicle.

3. You don't need 8 slots because you're not likely going to use up 8 vehicles in a single match.

Think of the slots this way:

what you see is what you will bring into the next round, you can spawn any of those and if you die you can take another vehicle out to continue the round

[BEEP!]

to solect another tank to pu te on a slot lets say you want to go back to an old tank you already have just go back to the research menu and dublle click on the said tank then move it to a crew you already had it trained on or another crew to train

[Wuewue Gumi]

Psycho a écrit :

Think of the slots this way:

what you see is what you will bring into the next round, you can spawn any of those and if you die you can take another vehicle out to continue the round

AH! Thanks much. I get that now.

Also, Im a major idiot. I completely forgot that you can level up crew members.

[Psycho]

Don't blame yourself, it's not really pointed out to you in any way.

If you need anything else you can just hit me up btw.

[Wuewue Gumi]

Psycho a écrit :

Don't blame yourself, it's not really pointed out to you in any way.

If you need anything else you can just hit me up btw.

thanks, man. I think since I am a former WoT player, Im not used to it since there was practically no focus on crew outside of repair bonuses

[BEEP!]

Broccoli, nyu a écrit :

Psycho a écrit :

Think of the slots this way:

what you see is what you will bring into the next round, you can spawn any of those and if you die you can take another vehicle out to continue the round

AH! Thanks much. I get that now.

Also, Im a major idiot. I completely forgot that you can level up crew members.

also try to only take out 3 tanks as a limit because these tanks have a repair cost plus if your only playing thoses 3 crews youl be lvling them fairly well itl help you in the long run also dont be afraid to leave a match that you can see thats just not worth the time getting spawn killed like half way threw the game you spawn is being hammered on and surounded your not forced to play if you dont want to at most youl have a 5min wait time for the crew you didnt take out but if you take at lease 1 tanks out then leave its yousaly 1min to 2mins

[torindechoza]

1- I think theres 5 that can be bought with lions only. After that you can buy with golden eagles, it gets more expensive with each.

2-Dont assign a vehicle to multiple slots. You must spend more lions that way.
2b-You can buy expert crew with lions, it can get to elite crew with gameplay. It only adds to the current slot (as to experience towards elite).

3-Whatever you want. Sending on holiday and manually selecting the replacing vehicle from the tech tree is simple. You can also select from the slot itself between vehicles already assigned to that slot before.

4-Yes, from some slot the next ones cost eagles. The maximum slots its 10 i think.
In germany and russia i have 8 each. the 9th costs 1200 eagles. The 8th costed 800 i think.

[ZastavaArms_Tavish]

Broccoli, nyu a écrit :

So lemme get this straight.
1. Crew training only has to be paid for once. this is good, but how do I know which crew was with which tank?

If you select a tank from the research tree that you already have unlocked and already trained a crew for, when the slots at the bottom are highlighted there is a star beside the crew level at the bottom of the slot. If the star is grey your crew isnt trained for the vehicle, if the star is blue on the outside but not filled in the crew is trained for the vehicle, if the star is silver your crew has an "expert" qualification with the vehicle and I think its gold if you have it Aced

[Ponto]

Reaper King a écrit :

Listen as a long time player take my advice, Ditch the game. Go back to Wot and WoW. They are so much better games. This game has an absolutley terrible grind and at high tiers its completley pay to win. Take my advice ditch this game before you've put in so much time you can't feasibly leave.

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