Ns_origin, Usual Marines Strat

2_of_Eight

I've noticed that the Marines take Biodome all the time, and it's [almost] never the Aliens' starting hive. (hmm?)
Why or why not would you take Biodome? And do you? Do your defenses work there? How often does it go down?
PS: Which RT do you take first, Laser Drilling or Computer Lab, or Cargo Bay?

TOOL

I usually send two squads each way and them let them converge on double node...just me tho

TOOL

also IMO I think biodome is one of the least important hives to control as long as u control double you might as well be controlling biodome or its easy to control it from there

Norml_E_High

Well, IMO, not from a commander POV but as a marine, biodome is easier left alone, its very easy to siege from EITHER elevator. I think its best to cap biodome and electrify it, and if need be siege the hive when the time comes. Most commanders send people to laser and computer lab in my experience.

DrunkenSailor

Bio is an onos <i>deathtrap</i>, making it highly endgame friendly if nothing else.

ZERG

Because it's a marine favorable position. Requires the use of lifts to get in or out. The marines just use a PG to get around. It also has 2 nodes around it (xeno and comp lab) which can easily be walked to from marine start or biodome.

Don't listen to those other people above me. In all games you need to make sure you lock down at least 1 hive and bio is the best.

Niteowl

careful of superlatives like 'all' and 'must'. i rarely lock down hives and prefer elect RTs, a nice a pg network, ups for rines and shottie spam.

i like ending the game early to mid, with constant rine pressure. the few times i have locked down a hive early (i'll lock down a hive if it's end game, i and i just wanna hurry up the cleanup) i've lost due to early onos.

so it depends,like all things in strat. but i prefer a faster game.

Stoneburg

Never seen Marines get obsessed with Bio. Usually they just riun around the whole map killing RT's until they have enough for a HA train.

Cxwf

I have two things to say about taking Biodome.

--Building there is a pain, because the roof texture gets in the way of most of what you try to drop. It can be done eventually, but its a lot more work than it should be.

--If you do build there, it becomes much easier to take Ventilation hive, because of that nice marine-friendly ground level vent between the two. I spend a lot of time crawling through that vent and sniping OCs around the hive, and usually eventually clearing out an area to make a TF right next to the hive.