Importance of Crew Skills vs Player Skill

Jester...I may be wrong, but I put SS on first followed by either BiA or Repairs 2nd.

I believe while crew skills can definitely heavily influence the way a player can perform, raw skill is still the most important aspect in the matter.

This game for example.




It's not for tooting my own horn, but to point out the fact of at the time, my T-54 didn't have 6th sense and I was halfway training repairs,

TL:DR - Tank had no perks or skills, still performed


In the end, I think raw skill is above everything else, perks and skills go hand-in-hand to give the player a peace of mind though, 6th sense for example can help you become much more aware of the battlefield and when to pull the fuck back, compared to detected, considering 6th works instantaneously and whenever your spotted in general, while detected has a 3 second delay and it's only for when you aim in the area the enemies are that can see you.

Another thing that can change substantially is the stuff you can get away with, while as again I will say raw skill is important, track maintenance and repairs can save your life, and tanks without them feel painful as shit if you try to repair the tracks, you can get your tracks up within 2-3 seconds, compared to what feels like 10 seconds, time is important.

TL;DR - Raw skill is the main card, skills and perks give you peace of mind and survivability for mistakes you can make. 

No problem mate. 

You don't need skills to do well. However, they do help. The Big 3 are 6th Sense, BiA, and Repairs. If you've got those on your crew, you're pretty much set.

Aw gawd... the agony of playing Type 59 with 0 skill crew. Now at 2.5 skills (SS, BiA, training Repair) and already its much more enjoyable.

I'd have to say about 90-95% is the player, though some of the skills can certainly help quite a bit in some tanks (e.g., an E-75 with Repairs and Track Mechanic can fix a track at the speed of LOL).

For me personally, I won't run a tank above tier VI without at least 6th sense (which is why I have two tier VIIIs with no crews right now ).

Sure, I might rely on that one too much, but I'm just too much of a scrub to play higher tiers without it.

crew skills dont really matter asmuch as player skill till you meet a player in the same tank as you who is as skilled/lucky as you then they can tip the game in favour of the player with most skills. deadeye bia and repairs if 1 has and the other dont then its not a fair fight.

i keep some lower tier tanks as trainers to prep crews for when needed. came in handy for the new brit td line and im preping a crew for the jap heavys.