10 Non standard opening Allied Moves:
1. Send the Boise to between Truk and HI. Leave her patrolling there till she is detected, savages a convoy, or runs low on fuel.
2. Send single ship xak with supply to Luzon, Mindanao and Wenchow.
3. Use British bombers to fly supply into China
4. Fighters, Seaplanes, and Flotaplanes on naval attack in the PI and DEI.
5. Hide destroyer flotillas in dot bases in the DEI to strike from ambush later.
6. Create hidden search bases in the DEI with AV ship and floatplanes/patrol
7. Don't build forts in China, except Kunming to Paoshan. Plan to defend off base and get divisions digging in there now.
8. Find your five Chinese divisions that can be bought out and get them headed to Burma/India now.
9. Use your Singers troop reinforcements somewhere unexpected.
10. Use your American subs in Manila to run supply. Use your British and Dutch to attack and lay mines. Miri/Saigon/Sumatra triangle can be a great place for them.
And a bonus: Get those Singers torpedo planes somewhere unexpected with torpedoes.
OK, this was posted in a 'beginning AAR' recently and I have a question. I think most of it is great and these are things I would most likely apply when I play.
My question lies with tactics 5 & 6. Are there 'special' advantages to 'hiding' in dot bases. IOW when I run naval searches that will fly over enemy bases I'll normally get some icons pop up at said bases. For instance I'll get some/all of the normal base icons if something is present. You know an airbase icon when planes are located there, or the naval icon if ships are present. They don't normally give particulars on what's there, just indicate that something is in fact present. If I wanted to know more I send a recon in to find out. So would not the same occur at dot bases? Or are they some sort of 'secret lair' with untold advantages?
So, to simplify things, what I'm asking is... Is there any special advantage to using dot bases over any 'regular' base when it comes to naval search and recon detecting what's located at said dot base?