Total Annihilation Strategy Discussion (AOC)

By far, the best way to do these games is with a pre-made team imo. Let's use this thread to discuss strategy. Please consult the other threads in the PVP section if you are looking for general information on the mini-games or strats for Capture the Skull (coming soon!).

So far, I've seen some patterns which I will break down into a few scenarios.

Scenario 1 (One Epic Battle): Both teams run together to different capturable spawn points to the right and left. After capturing, both teams continue to the opposing team's resurrection stone and destroy it, then turn and seek each other out. Both spawn points are down, so one death and you're gone. We'll call this One Epic Battle Scenario.

Scenrio 2: (Scattered,Smothered,Covered) Both teams head for the same capturable spawn point. A mighty battle occurs but both resurrection stones are still up so players do respawn. No matter who wins the initial battle, the deciding factor is which team ends up less split up. Scattered players = an easy win for the other team, so we'll call this scenario Scattered,Smothered,Covered.

Scenario 3: (Divide & Conquer) I've only seen this done once, but how it worked was 4 players on your team go the opposite way of the other team to cap a rez point and destroy their rez point. 2 of your team remains hidden inside your base. Take the weakest or squishiest player on the other team and burn them down with a surprise attack as they are destroying your totem. The hope is that they get killed as their totem goes poof. If so, they are gone. The distraction should cause their team to stop attacking your rez stone momentarily. If they do, even if you die, you will be able to respawn (out in the middle preferably to join your teammates heading back from the opponent's rez totem) If they don't stop banging on your rez totem, just continue punishing them. =) This strat doesn't always work, but on people who haven't seen it before, it will have them very confused. We'll call this one Divide and Conquer. The two classes for the ambush should be the best burst dps possible. An HOX and Barbarian combo for instance.

So lets have some discussion. What strat is the best to follow. Have you encountered some new and different way to go about tackling the other team? Talk it up! =)