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The reason many players frown upon harbor raiding, is that the SH4 game harbors have weak and puny defenses. Both sides knew that their harbors had many valuable ships and protected them accordingly. It simply isn't realistic, the way the game allows one to waltz into a base and start sinking stuff.
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I've tried to find evidence of what you say on the Net and Wiki but I can't find that much to support your claim. Which ASW defences *would* there have been at harbors like Saipan that would pose a serious threat to raiding subs even at night?
Planes had nothing but visual to go on at the start. I don't know if the Japanese had the resources to allow for continuous multiple DD patrols doing active sonar sweeps that would deter a sneaky sub raiding a port.
Also, even IF there would be well equipped ASW harbors I would assume not be ALL or even a LOT of them -barring perhaps Japanese Mainland ports- especially not at the start of the war (let's say pre '43).
History supports your claim in the sense that it didnt seem all that common. I just do not understand what the actual defences would have consisted of that would be so effective. Again, especially at the start of the war.