I'm hoping people will read this
and will stop posting the same questions over and over again. So here's
a short list of things you should know that will help you out when you
play.
Gameplay Tips (all taken from this this article http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/756/756600p1.html with a few add-ons)
You can control the armament on each of your aircraft so if you see
a sub, go ahead and launch some dive bombers equipped with depth
charges. (You can also send out fighter planes with 200lbs bombs, that
way you can drop a few bombs on a boat and then dogfight till they
drop.)
When you are in the middle of a heated ship battle, click the left
bumper to repair your weapons, engines, the hull and to put out fires.
Addressing important and immediate issues is the key keeping your fleet
afloat. (A.I will not take care of repairs, you have to do this on your
own.)
Underwater, submarines. To fire torpedoes, make sure you are at
periscope depth -- change your depth by clicking up or down on the
D-pad. Take aim at a battleship and then fire torps to sink her. (you
don't need the periscope to shoot (Y button), but you do need to be at
the right depth)
Battlestations Midway is one big vehicular
chess match. In chess, you are not going to send two pawns to take on a
queen. So don't send a bunch of puny little destroyers to take on
cruisers or Battleships. Destroyers are good submarine hunters but
stand no chance against bigger ships.
On the Islands of Solomon map, send out battleships and submarines
-- avoid destroyers and cruisers. If an enemy sub is threatening,
launch a few dive bombers with depth charges to take it out.
You need to go on the offensive and cut the enemy off at the head in
order to achieve victory in Battlestations Midway. Instead of focusing
on destroying every ship that leaves a shipyard, take out the shipyard.
Instead of dogfighting for ten minutes to take out a few fighter
planes, take out the enemy carrier or airfield.
Send out aerial squadrons in groups with a fighter escort. Use your
fighter planes to engage enemy fighters, leaving bombers alone to
engage targets. Moving in groups will spread out enemy AA fire, giving
you more of a chance to fill enemy ships with torpedoes.
Use the battle map to send your units after enemy targets. When all
of your planes and ships have been assigned targets, switch to the unit
that is going to reach its target the soonest and take manual control.
The computer AI does a decent job of hitting targets with bombs and
torps, but no one does it better than you.
After you've dropped your load on an enemy ship yard, try assigning
your bombers to strafe AA guns. On the battle map, zoom in with the
right trigger and you'll see enemy guns scattered around the
island. For torpedo bombers, use them to dogfight with enemy fighter
planes.
(And the last bit of information from the article is) Work together. Planning an attack with your teammates is much more effective than everyone going at it alone.
Other Important Tips (please post more if you know any)
To give a unit to another player go to map, select unit and click on
the left joystick, a menu will pop up with the players name. Select
player and continue (thank King JJ for that bit of info). Voila, you've
just given the host a ship, so now he won't quit on you and abort the
game!
To invert the airplane controls (up is down, down is up or vice versa), go to options>settings in the main menu.
Hope this helps!
