Originally Posted by
Anderut22
I did not play nor observe that round. Maybe the FOB was poorly constructed or the marines forgot some barricades open; still, Mega-FOB's are way more reliable than Metarushes, especially if the FOB is of good-quality, and if you've enough marines to hold it. 3 squads can hold a decent Mega-FOB; you can even let Delta perish in their metarush. No tactic can ever ensure a 100% success rate, though. No, not even your rushes; a decent xeno force with decent defenses will kill you quickly.
So far, every time I attempted to implement Mega-FOB tactics or simply turtling-tactics as CO, the round ended in a Marine Victory. This proves that defensive tactics are very reliable.