Gamey?

[McIvan]

I agree, nothing wrong with unleashing one's artillery on enemy's known or suspected set up areas.
The Russians did the exact same thing at Kursk, if I'm not mistaken, etc..
I'm also sure that wasn't the first and last time that either they or any other army had done it, for that matter..

Yeah, but in real life they bombarded suspected setup positions which may or may not have had anything in them. But in the game, people know in a quick battle exactly where your setup zones are and how far they extend, and they know you'll have troops in them. In a scenario it's even worse, with often very compressed setup zones that may be locked completely.

I'm not averse to plotting artillery along likely lines of advance, but I draw the line at bombarding setup zones for that reason.