Do you folks hand assign staff officers? or let the game do it for you?
I originally handled staff officer assignments manually, but recently I've been using (too) many Task Forces and it got tedious so I let the game handle staff officer assignments once I put the commander in place.... (it WILL auto-assign staff officers at that point, right? if not I am without a lot of potential bonuses
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On that vein, do you guys handle ship assignments manually? or use the auto-assign?
I have auto-assign turned on with a 2 year rotation, but I manually assign officers to my 'ships of the line'.
And lastly, do you folks use automatic promotions? or do you manually do them?
I have only ever had promotions turned on so I don't even know how to promote.
I am just trying to get an idea of any pros/cons of manual vs auto in those cases.
I think with my next big game -I'll probably do an AAR or community-involvement game with it- I'll try more manual control over things to add roleplaying/community flare.