Don't mind Landlubber; he's just been on the receiving end of my Tesla weapons one too many times
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First of all, that is quite a fleet you have there! It is rare to come across a single-faction DW collection that large. The second thing I notice is that most of your collection is from the first and second waves of stuff to come out; that's not terrible, but there have been some rather nifty things that have come out since then. However, I'm proceeding from the assumption that you are not looking to further expand your fleet (just based on the size of what you have!). Here are some initial thoughts:
-You air fleet is obviously a bit under-sized in comparison to your naval units, but what you have is definitely useful. Only having two Speerwulfs and two Pflicts hurts a bit; having larger squadrons there would enhance their effectiveness. Oh, and your math is a bit off; I count about 600 points worth there.
-It is probably good that you have 5 BBs. You will probably want to take 2 at 800 points, as it is not unheard of to see a dreadnought in games that size and from what I've seen two BBs will be needed to take one on.
-23 is a lot of Rievers! Perhaps too many; in the past, they have always under-performed for me. However, they have gotten a lot better under the new edition. These will now be very useful as frigate-killers, since they do not have Capital status.
-Even with the slight nerfing under the new edition, the Arminus is still a nasty customer, so the 35 you have will definitely be useful. Maximizing the number of these you can bring in a list is never a bad idea.
- The Stolz has never been a great unit, but it is better than it was. Biggest problem is that its armament is a fixed channel primary weapon, which makes it challenging to use and less effective in RB1. Taking a squadron of these in a list is fun for variety, but they are not an optimal choice.
-Cant really speak to the Metzgers; I've never really used them in a naval game.
I'd be happy to mess around with some lists for you, but what point levels were you looking at? You are looking at +3000 points worth of models here, which is a far bigger game than I've ever seen models before!
