Can we finally mass manage crew? - Improved in 3.0

[Accuracy]

I have not played this game for over a year and I remember back in the day that this was one of the biggest complaints and most obvious UI imperfections.
Was this feature FINALLY added, or do you still have to manage the crew one by one?

[j.harshaw]

Not yet, but this is on track for 3.0.

[Johnson98]

Not yet, but this is on track for 3.0.

Wait, but you can move crewmen en masse via auxiliary ships.
Sure it´s not optimal and requires you to actually have one but it´s still better than micro managing every single individual.

[grapedog]

Not yet, but this is on track for 3.0.

Wait, but you can move crewmen en masse via auxiliary ships.
Sure it´s not optimal and requires you to actually have one but it´s still better than micro managing every single individual.

I think when he says mass manage crew, he's talking about getting marines back on board the ships they launched from. Right now you send 40 marines on a boarding op, you have to Comm each one individually and tell them to return. It's incredibly difficult to actually build up trained marines.

also, it would be lovely to be able to move around workers from one factory to another. I doubt that will ever be possible, but it would be awesome!

[Johnson98]

I think when he says mass manage crew, he's talking about getting marines back on board the ships they launched from. Right now you send 40 marines on a boarding op, you have to Comm each one individually and tell them to return. It's incredibly difficult to actually build up trained marines.

Thing is you don´t have to comm every single marine individually if you have an auxiliary ship.
You can go board a ship, let it repair itself, send it to an auxiliary ship in your possesion and command it to repair/resupply.
There you set your marines / crewman to 0 and click on the bin next to it ("dismiss unassigned crewman" or something like that) and hit confirm.
Your marines should then be transferred to the auxiliary ship.

Then you can order your boarding ships to repair/resupply at the auxiliary ship and simply assign back their marines.
It´s still slightly exhausting and forces you to use one auxiliary ship for exactly this purpose, but it´s still way better than managing them individually.
I´m doing it myself (40-60 Marines) and I´ve yet to see any problems / bugs with this procedure.

[grapedog]

I think when he says mass manage crew, he's talking about getting marines back on board the ships they launched from. Right now you send 40 marines on a boarding op, you have to Comm each one individually and tell them to return. It's incredibly difficult to actually build up trained marines.

Thing is you don´t have to comm every single marine individually if you have an auxiliary ship.
You can go board a ship, let it repair itself, send it to an auxiliary ship in your possesion and command it to repair/resupply.
There you set your marines / crewman to 0 and click on the bin next to it ("dismiss unassigned crewman" or something like that) and hit confirm.
Your marines should then be transferred to the auxiliary ship.

Then you can order your boarding ships to repair/resupply at the auxiliary ship and simply assign back their marines.
It´s still slightly exhausting and forces you to use one auxiliary ship for exactly this purpose, but it´s still way better than managing them individually.
I´m doing it myself (40-60 Marines) and I´ve yet to see any problems / bugs with this procedure.

Can aux ships repair cap ships like carriers and destroyers? say I pirate a behemoth vanguard, i can send it to an aux ship for repairs and marine xfer?

[Buzz2005]

yes you can repair everything

[grapedog]

I have a behemoth and a couple Minotaur raiders that I use for boarding ops, all in the a little fleet. I'll have to add an aux ship to try this out.

[Johnson98]

Can aux ships repair cap ships like carriers and destroyers? say I pirate a behemoth vanguard, i can send it to an aux ship for repairs and marine xfer?

Like buzz said, yes they can.
Just yesterday I boarded a Helios (PAR L freighter) and a teladi L miner and transferred the crew back on my M freighters via a Nomad.
I didn´t try it with Carriers, but it should play out the same, since L and XL ships use the same docking behavior.