Officers, their purpose?

[AngryPanCake]

I was wondering what the purpose was of hiring an officer?

Do you need one at the beginning, in your cutter?

Thanks.

[Corona Lisa]

You can level them (max level is 10). For each level they get a point. And with those points you can choose perks, which give you some bonuses in battles and for crafting.

 

You should buy one asap, because its not expensive (1k gold) and it takes some time to level him up.

Edited February 22, 2017 by JonSnowLetsGo

[van der Clam]

Sadly, tho, devs intend to remove officers instead of rework them. The perks will instead apply to your character. I had hoped they would make multiple officers for us to hire maybe 2 or 3 with only 3 or 4 allowed perks and have to rank them up.

[Bubba Smith]

The simple answer is to Try them out for future considerations the long answer is too long.......