Alternately, look at some of HuntingX's early game stuff for TEC. You should be able to out LRM rush him before he even gets going with a larger Illuminator spam. And micro micro micro
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What size maps are you playing 2v2s on HuntingX? I guess my thought is, after reading your strats and watching a couple 1v1 videos that you've posted, that you've shoe horned the classic small map rts setup/game style onto this game. Not that there is anything wrong with that, as it is obviously a potential play style, but 1 of many that are available. I'm assuming that some of the poor responses are due to not fully understanding the pre-determined limits you are placing on your games
Depending on the map, you can score alot of extra resources early with the Vasari scout capture ability. I always temporarily stop my scouts in those systems with no planet to colonize but extractors in orbit. Capture extractor, carry on exploring. Sell extra resources on the black market. Can be a nice early boost to the economy for virtually no cost.