Patrick Bateman
Member
Get to a good position. Hold good position. Establish control. Fill in base piecemeal on subsequent spawns -- usually with the intent to get a Special for re-entering the battlefield with.
Painting base thoroughly on spawn means no "free ground" to farm up a (possibly a game-shifting) Super when you die. Also, you give up all the good ground when you hang back for so long.
Your base should never be totally blank by the end of the round, but you really do put yourself at a disadvantage by spending time on it at the start.
So you mean the key is to get fast from spawn to said good position?