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AvP2: Corporate Tactics Perhaps the least understood and least appreciated classes in Aliens vs. Predator II is the Corporate Machine. In the movie series the Corporation was always considered to be the enemy. The Corporation didn’t seem to care about its people. Just look at the terraformers from the second movie. The Corporation sent them to investigate the crashed alien ship, resulting in the loss of a whole colony. The Corporation did not take an aggressive role until the third movie. Even then the so-called enemy took a few shots with a pulse rifle and was quickly reprimanded. That is just my take on the Corporation from the movie standpoint. Now let’s look at the Corporation from the Multi-Player view. About 1/2 of the servers I have played on use corporate classes. Which is a fair amount considering the lack of obvious differences between Corporation characters and Marines. Out of those servers only a few actually used the corporation as more than just extra Marines. My point is; the Corporation is perhaps the least played class in the game. Corporation Tactics Advertisement While playing online as the Corporation is fun, it’s also dangerous. More often than not you’ll end up as either the only Corp character, or one of a two or three man team. This situation has both its up sides and downs. If there are few to none Corp players on the server this leads to some very interesting tactics and advantages. Being the only corporate killing machine in a server means everyone is a target. It’s a very easy and effective way to build up the kills. But that also has some disadvantages, as the only corporate player in the server you have absolutely no back up. With a total or two or three corporate players on a server you now have a good foundation for small team tactics. I have experienced this first hand; many people on servers playing corporate characters are extremely open to the idea of playing as a team. With 180° radius only to be totally secure one human player needs to take up the rear and face backwards. This is just one example of small team tactics. Try clearing rooms and corridors with small teams. This isn’t to say that corporate players are the only ones who do this or can do this. But I think that someone who has seriously played a corporate character is more open to the ideas of relying on someone else’s help. Why Not Marines? I played as every Marine character before I even knew whom the corporation was. I also played on several servers where corporate characters where playing while I was a marine. Marines too are capable of performing small team tactics. They are also just as successful when they do choose to use them. But from my limited experience with marine players most don’t bother. I think this is due to the difficulties associated with getting multiple people to work on the same page. It’s much easier to coordinate a group effort when the groups consist of only two or three people. Try getting nine people to all hold to attack, see what kind of response you get on a server. If you can get every marine to cooperate then enjoy the benefits of team tactics. Final Thoughts Even though the corporation has been portrayed as the enemy by both the movies and the game, in the right hands or group of hands the corporation has the potential to be an explosive force. All it takes is people willing to work together for a common goal. I would like to give special thanks to [GE] Jedi 1138, [GE] Predator, and [GE] Xephar. Thank you for the great pictures. You can check them out at http://www.jedi1138.com/ge/. By Lazerus Comments? Flames? Praise? Mail feedback!