dyth68 i urgently need your analysis on the insignificance of silo in this match

quote: you invested in a fac, which was predicted since he made aa beforehand he invested in a silo instead both players used around same metal but silo is clearly better option on here then switching to gunships if u can claim mid

Why is it impossible to protect 5 spots from this?

You lost when you went full gunships and Dregs had made AA.
Dregs could have ended the game in many ways apart from that silo at that point (the equivalent 3300 metal cost in Hermits would have let his army march right in to your base for instance, no way you could have survived his army+20 hermits).

Though silo IS particularly good on this map, the caretaker cluster and supermexes are juicy targets.

I think if you lose mid, you should build aegis in your base and 2 closest supermex areas. The benefit of that being that they'll weather more than just silo attacks, whilst you get ready to take out the enemy silo. Theoretically.

Has scouting been deleted from this game?