So I started playing this game recently and picked my main race to be Marines. I start my games with 2 rax, req with 4 cryo cells while pumping out PFCs and upgrading angled grip at req then a transition to medbay/medics and straight tech to specs (skipping engineers for now). Plan being that I get a bunch PFCs with angled grip upgrade, medics and a spec then metarush the hive and kill the queen before their bullshit lategame comp of ravs/boilers/lurkers/sent spam. But ive been having trouble surviving the early game. Seems like xenos can just spam runners and sents and just steamroll any early game army I have and then I lose map control. Even if i get a spec, one micro mistake and he gets neurodragged across the whole map. I dunno what to do.
I tried going engineers but it seems like they dont gain me anything and xenos can just go crushers and boilers and destroy all my cades. Maybe I should not go requisitions and go Command build and get a CiC and SLs with tac binos upgrade then spam hold orders?
Does anyone have any advice on how to beat runner/sent spam?