it actually shouldve made you happy that they attacked your defenses head-on, instead going wiping out your naval yards, then having your PGens in reach and owning the sea. Sea is the hardest to get back if your locked out IMHO and on this map it means you can expect SCUs or even expierimentals popping up right at your base.
Similary if they hadnt used their T2+T3 Gunships to take down the shields at your cost, and sent them to your ACU instead... very likely your ally wouldve been alone at that point.
This post has been edited by MinimaDeMalis: Jul 16 2007, 19:43 PM
Focus fire arty could have brought the shields down instantly. The key thing here is salvo damage, so that 1 salvo takes out the actual shields and the shield structure in 1 shot per arty.
The problem only arises when there's 10 shields so close to each other that by the time you do enough damage to 5 of them, the other 5 spring back up and you didnt kill any structures.