Why No Outposts?

[Sirbomber]

Let's not get started on that issue again.
Besides, that's off-topic.

[Mcshay]

Personally, I don't like the risks defending two bases entails. It can effectively split your forces. Under certain circumstances it can be useful though; for example, if you and your ally build next to each other your ally could take over part of the main base defenses. I also like the idea of remote unit factories on large maps; no defenses needed since it's the source of your offense.

[CK9]

Usually, when people build remote mining bases, they build them in locations that are out of the way and therefore an unsound target for initial attacks.

Personally, I think the remote base is a major strategical advantage, as it allows you to allocate specific tasks to different areas (for example, you can save space in your main base by mining in a remote base and using metal storage in the main).  Also, if you get a foothold outside your opponents bas, but don't quite have the firepower to burst through the defence, a vehicle base at the frontline can boost your army size.

However, the biggest advantage is the ability to hold on past the destruction of your main base.  I had a 1v1 on one of the world maps in which I had a small mining base with a vehicle factory on it.  My opponet decimated my main base, and just couldn't seem to spot the mining base.

[Sirbomber]

Well, these results have been very useful.  I'll keep this in mind when I start balancing MT2 to make second/third/fourth bases a more viable option.

[Highlander]

My reason for rarely building a second or more small bases is as Tellaris pointed out. Unit limit makes it hard to defend both bases at once.

Usually it's quite easy to divide an opponents attention aswell, so that by moving some vehicles a bit back and forth, you manage to hit either the mining outpost or the main base. (Or just mass vehicles to attack 1 of the bases he is less defended)

I haven't played much with the new bigger unit limit, so with that in place my arguments might be mute.


However, the only time I build any bases far away from my main base it's usually a military Outpost, to press an advantage somewhere on the map. And then it's usually better to call it a second mainbase rather than an outpost.