Stealth...Have You Heard of It?! (Bot Front)

Sorry, I'm gonna be a grumpy gus and rant a bit.

So I (Level 150) was playing a Level 6 Bot mission with two Level 80s and one slightly lower level (forget exactly, but not less than Level 60). I saw the team and was like "sweet! this will be a cake walk". Yeah, it wasn't.

Team splintered and proceeded to aggro the entire map and we ended up getting hammered by bot drops constantly. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with splintering if each player can hit targets hard and fast so that things don't spin out of control...but that was not what was happening. If I wanted this much headache, I would've just played a Level 8-10 and at least felt like it was worth the work.

So some thoughts on how to be a bit more stealthy and calculated about bot missions - definitely open to feedback:

• When you attack a base or POI, don't just immediately start off by dropping a strat or firing a Commando/EAT/Spear/etc. at the nearest bot fab. Sure, you'll insta-kill the fab, but you'll also alert everything else in the base - so all the emplacements, Devastators, Turrets, and MG bots will also start firing off like crazy, making it harder to approach and finish the base quickly. Also, someone is definitely calling in a bot drop. Instead, approach the base stealthily, identify emplacements and turrets, blow those up first, then rapidly advance on the base, wiping out anything that can call for help or disrupt your advance (e.g. Devastators)...then when they're all dead or nearly all dead, blow the fab. No bot drop. No getting pinned in place by an emplacement, turret, or rapid-firing enemy. One dead base w minimal fuss.
• FFS, do not let the Detector Tower see you on approach. If possible, get close and kill it with a strat before it can really trigger. This should be obvious but...$%$*%(.
• Crouch a lot. Crouch when you're advancing from cover to cover. Crouch when you're firing. Crouch when you're reloading. Crouch when you're stopping to consult the map or to eyeball something. Crouching makes you harder to detect. Crouching increases your accuracy. Crouching makes you harder to hit. This is the way.
• Hit everything else before you finish the mission objective. As soon as you finish the mission objective, spawn rates and aggro will go up...so it'll be much harder to take out anything left on your way to extract. It's usually a good idea to plan your drop accordingly.
• If you see a Gunship Fab in the vicinity, prioritize it. You may even want to ignore any POIs or bases near it because once you attack them, it will likely deploy gunships. If you don't smash a Gunship Fab quickly, you'll be dealing with wave after wave of aerial bombardment. I rank them with Stalker Lairs on the bug front.
• You don't need a Hellbomb for the Bioprocessor side objective. Save yourself time and just hit it with a strong strat, or a couple missiles.

Yeah, again sorry for the rant...but yeah. Hopefully this was helpful to some too.