well, for one thing we have a maximum of 25 ships (which includes fighters and noncombat)...not to mention i like to keep my fleet light and fast at the moment.
here's my situation in a nutshell:
i have 4 steady officers, 4 cautious, 1 aggressive and 1 timid. That means i have 1 hammer, 1 off the field carrier, 4 high tech frigates i need to be cautious with, and then i like to have other officers in the default 'steady' setting just for bonuses on the cruisers+
That means i have no real ability to rotate in inexperienced officers without dismissing someone. It's fine the way it is, i'd just really like to have a roster of officers i can tailor to a mission instead of my current skeleton 'officer' crew.
Anyways, thanks, Alex! i'll add an extra 10 due to my player skill and see how that feels. BTW, i'm going to set the max level to 24...be cool if you had that set even lower (like 14) and have it set to player skill for more. oh, and max ships in fleet gonna set to 36 (say start with max 6 and go up by 3 per level of skill?)
uhm...what's officermaxhireable?