So... I was rather used to just use the auto assignment and be done with it. After all, in a meritocratic nation, what better thing than putting the best people for the job on every ship, right?
Then I actually checked the naval assignment and discovered that it's retarded. The best crew training officers get assigned..... to PDC. Yes it's not a typo, the PDC get the better officers. After that, the assignment follows no sane progression, putting the best officers on old and/or small ships, not on my capital ships.
Could someone enlighten me and explain what criteria is used during the automatic assignment for crew training? survey and staff officers get assigned well, it's just the crew training that's completely out of wack...