Air recon and carpet bombing question

[Volcano Man]

Hmm...I realize now that I must be doing something gamey and will have to stop.

We too play with limited air recon, and no bombing of hexes, however, we do play with counterbattery fire. I got into the habit of always shooting at those '?' but was somewhat frustrated in not knowing if I was doing any harm. Sooooo....I flew a recon air to the hex, and voila! The units in the hex became spotted. Now, when the artillery piece pops on, I can see the damage I am doing. Trouble is, it considers the hex spotted to all units. And probably, my firepower is increased.

At first it was only an artillery piece, and I would blast it with units I would have used anyways and not think I was doing anything wrong, but then one recon, I got units that were in travel mode. And I blasted them. Hence what I now realize is the gamey part....

So I didnt set out to find a way to be gamey, I kind of evolved into it.

I don't see that as gamey. As James said, this is a reason why you should not stack units with artillery. I make sure to keep artillery away from roads that I am using to moving stuff to and from the front line. Even if you don't use the recon aircraft on the "?" marker, if you bombard the hex with artillery and you opponents has T mode units there, then I think every unit in the hex takes damage.