Originally Posted by
sg2002
I believe that offense is the best defense, so recently as a Bravo SL I've been trying to build the basic FOB quickly and then move onto cading the area that's a responsibilty of some other squad, since xenos generally won't bother attacking the FOB if it has the basic defenses set. SL, three engineers and a couple of mini-engies can build a massive amount of defenses really quickly. So here's a few Bravo SL and SO tips:
1. Ask your engineers to vend you a tools pouch. Otherwise you can vend one from req and fill with tools in the autolathe south of medbay on Almayer.
2. Put people on sentry duty. Bravo has really compliant privates, you just have to order one in person, then maybe come by later and thank him for his service. As SO try getting a medal to some PVT who spent the whole game guarding some flank.
3. Put a private on sandbag duty.
4. Build defenses in sections and announce to everyone on which section the squad is currently working. Try to keep your engineers with you and working on that section.
5. Calculate the required supplies and be proactive in ordering them. Basically engineers should only use their personal stash as a backup and all supplies should be provided to them in advance.
6. Keep your mats in one crate that you drag around the territory you're working on. I recently started experimenting with this and it worked great. Ideally you'd put a private in charge of dragging it and refilling it with supplies from drops \ sandbags from the sandbagging team. Also you can have someone premake the barbed wire.
As for the cading itself here's one thing that I rarely do, but it works well, and was not really discussed in other guides, that is creating firing nests. Here's an example:
MCX
MCX
OCC
OPNC
Hopefully this notation is understandable. Marine in the N position is able to shoot the entire xeno line attacking the cades. Plasteel barricade behind the N marine is there for when xenos focus the position with gas. It's also important to find such positions where they naturally exist on the map.