Ok, as I see it, Cortex Command as it's intended to be has two problems right now. First off, it's kinda starved from a resource point of view... if you just blitz straight for the enemy base straight off, there isn't remotely enough time for either player to start digging up gold. And even if there was something stopping this (say, defence turrets starting in bases), you run out of gold to mine pretty quick, and can't really have resource driven battles.

In my opinion, to make this aspect of the game viable there needs to be a way of producing resources... say, somehow the terrain can regenerate, or gold "wells" like in C&C. Some kind of terrain regen would also help with the gigantic holes that tend to be created.

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Second, while bases look cool and are fun to attack, there's no reason at all to have one. Making a brain enclosed underground or immediately sealing off a preexisting base with concrete is better than any convoluted maze you can make.

The only way to fix this is to have a reason for things to move in and out of the base. For instance, telepods, a safe and quick alternitive to strategically useful but risky dropships; also, maybe you have to bring back mined gold to some sort of repository. One or both of those things would give people a reason to make and defend bases.

Other base-goodies that would add to the game- defence turrets, healing pods, ways to repair/replace base modules, doors, turrets, ect, and add on to them after the game starts. It's pretty easy to rip through bases even with vinilla equipment, and after the enemy does your base is pretty useless.