So lately I have run into a few epic turtles as commander on the Alien side. I know the basics of trying to break the Turtle, coordinated attacks, gorge and lerks to support higher life forms, and just generally not getting into that situation by finishing them before they have a chance to turtle.
As an example last night we were able to rapidly take most of the map from the marines on mineshaft when they all went back to their base to grab Exos. We then had a Marine team with about 5 Exos hanging out in Operations and not moving out. Along with the Marines intentionally turtling with structures and added IPs, it made for a very long war of attrition, taking down Exos as we best we could, draining them of their res slowly but surely. Once they were down to about 2 we were able to Rush and take the power and the game.
I did forward healing stations, Gave them all kinds of eggs not just Onos, and at one point was even echoing mature whips into Operations. Shortly after we took the map I had our 4th hive up and was researching the last BioMass upgrades. Sometimes it is like herding cats, but last night the entire team seemed as responsive as you can expect on a Pub game, none of our coordinated attacks could break them until we wore them down over time.
My question is, what are some more things I can do as the Alien Comm to support the team/ Does anyone see any fatal flaws in what I have been doing?
As an example last night we were able to rapidly take most of the map from the marines on mineshaft when they all went back to their base to grab Exos. We then had a Marine team with about 5 Exos hanging out in Operations and not moving out. Along with the Marines intentionally turtling with structures and added IPs, it made for a very long war of attrition, taking down Exos as we best we could, draining them of their res slowly but surely. Once they were down to about 2 we were able to Rush and take the power and the game.
I did forward healing stations, Gave them all kinds of eggs not just Onos, and at one point was even echoing mature whips into Operations. Shortly after we took the map I had our 4th hive up and was researching the last BioMass upgrades. Sometimes it is like herding cats, but last night the entire team seemed as responsive as you can expect on a Pub game, none of our coordinated attacks could break them until we wore them down over time.
My question is, what are some more things I can do as the Alien Comm to support the team/ Does anyone see any fatal flaws in what I have been doing?