slimeball Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 I would also love one, but I expect the cost would be too much now lol. Had my first game with my PLC, very fragile fleet, could not stand up to much, however, holding back a gunship squadron and jumping on an enemy cruiser squadron and hitting 14ad on three different ships was fantastic. Ripped the heart out of a large cruiser squadron. I fielded Dazbog Triglev Triglev 3x marowit 3x marowit 4x bagniekk 3x banniekk I took 2 spotters 10 fighters 10 bombers Was a really fun game Positives -sustained fire 3 on the carrier bombards was brilliant -firepower from gunships was scary, even when damaged Negatives -stuginium boost is rubbish, managed to get it off once, on an engine damaged battleship -admiral had nowhere tough to hide, all massive ships are extremely fragile I love the fleet though, am looking forward to getting my aerial box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimeball Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 We didn't finish, but I think he had the victory conditions next turn (kill the admiral one) we both had the same condition, but his admiral was in a barely scratched majesty and mine was in a slowly quickly to bits dazbog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Apologies if the question has been answered before, but I was wondering about the contents of the naval battle group. Are there enough turret and eagle drop one to build five cruisers or five gunships, or is it more limited? If more limited does anyone know where to get hold of the eagle drop one, as the parts store doesn't seem to sell them. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconer Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 AFAIK, it contains turrets to make 3 cruisers and 2 gunships. (ie. 3 eagles and 8 turrets for mediums overall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 9 minutes ago, Falconer said: AFAIK, it contains turrets to make 3 cruisers and 2 gunships. (ie. 3 eagles and 8 turrets for mediums overall). Hmm, that's a little bit of a pain: may need to start investigating my bits box to see if there's anything else that I could use :/ Thanks for the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimeball Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 ZExpect you could press mould the turrets with modelling putty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 3 hours ago, slimeball said: ZExpect you could press mould the turrets with modelling putty? Hopefully won't be necessary: quick email to Spartan and they've suggested a solution. Excellent customer service again, so big thanks to Spartan Lizzie for all her help! The next stage is now to order the fleet and work out how to paint them, and see if I can avoid using red... Edit: I've just started looking into polish coats of arms. Down the rabbit hole I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fracas Posted July 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I had enuf for 5 cruisers or 5 heavy cruisers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 1 hour ago, fracas said: I had enuf for 5 cruisers or 5 heavy cruisers Hmm, maybe the box is more generous than it first appears. Ah well, will try and order some extra eagles and turrets as a just in case: I'd rather have more flexibility than less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhaggis Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Yes, you should have five for each. I magnetized the options so that my five hulls can be either a cruiser or a gunship. While pricey, two squadrons of gunships is likely hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimeball Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 The gunships are crazy, if they get into RB1 unscathed they will kill most opposing squadrons. Your enemy will learn to shoot them fast. I have 6 gunships and 4 regular cruisers (the regulars are really handy in assault) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I'm looking forward to giving them a go. Havent actually played DW yet although have had a few games of Firestorm Armada. I get the impression that the Poles will be a bit different to play to my Terrans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimeball Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 They are a really fun fleet, you suffer from lack of a big meaty ship to stick your admiral on, but a hiding carrier using it sustained fire 3 bombard from behind an island works for me. Then if it gets flanked it can power across the island and escape. I would recommend the aerial fortress as well, it's a beast and such a gorgeous model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I will probably get hold of the aerial box at some point, if only for the quality of the models! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I'm planning to probably do a project log with this fleet soon, but I just wanted to share my test models here, as there appears to be a criminal lack of Painted PLC ships floating around on the internet! Really enjoyable ships to paint: nice detail but also nice open areas of hull. Would also be great to see anyone else's schemes if people want to share. BuckDharma, darkjedi203, Farcages and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varnos Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 error with the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyarecarrots Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 How strange, that worked when I posted it this morning... I'll have another go. Edit: Success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farcages Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I love the color scheme and attention to detail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhaggis Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Does anyone have advice on how to use the frigates effectively? They seem way too fragile and weak for the 30 points cost, especially when comparing them to similar classes from other nationalities. For a 'heavy frigate,' they're not all that heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimeball Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 I might have a chance to buy a large amount of Polish land stuff fairly cheap. how do they perform on land, I know we are fairly fragile but punch on the sea and pretty good in the air. it's also quite cool that all of our Naval stuff can skim and come on land if required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyde1352 Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 The heavy frigates are easily killed in my games, but I've put them as advanced or flanking and though they've died, they either wiped or disabled at least two small squads. Against Prussians that's a must. On land, they're Russian light units. Flames for boarding, bombard for suppression, but I haven't found them as destructive as Russians, but I was playing against EotBS. Flame retard and shields really helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhaggis Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 2.5 Orbat as gone up. At first glance, not many changes, but the gunships and most of the air cadre now cost more to field, with no discernable differences in terms of stats. The changes to flamethrowers in 2.5 do look like they might be crippling, though; the stats still mention Heavy Flamethrowers, which have been removed. As the regular flamers don't do any damage, and the potential number of raging fire markers look to average about the same, if not slightly lower than before, it's difficult to see how this is a good change for the PLC at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawprint Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 I played as the PLC today, and found that the biggest change outside of the costs was the rule that Flamethrower weapons can only target things at the Surface height level (p134, v2.5 rule book). This leaves the Gryf with AA as it's sole anti-Aerial model weapon system until it gets to boarding range...which is only 4" closer. It also means our tanks can't burn flyers out of the sky, which is sensible but not very cinematic. BTW flamers still do damage and even Critical hits now, but it's always a Raging Fire result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
