Ace Rimmer wrote:BB's are just as effective at this as carriers in my opinion and have a couple of added bonuses. First, by 'just as effective' I mean that most people will put things close enough to the border to find with the bb's smaller radar.
The bonuses: If the other player is not done placing, he might put subs around the single bb giving you there location and reducing the effectiveness of his long term sub strategy/prolonging the time he needs to get them in place. The odds he'll place subs around a carrier are pretty slim. You don't lose two bombers, extra nukes, and waste fighters right at defcon 3. BB's are disposable, carriers aren't, so much.
Couldn't agree more however i do think the exception to be when Africa v EU, much easier to use 2 subs to scout all the UK and all of Iceland.