You guys know i havent played much recently, except for that empire ladder week thing.
As far as my opinion goes all the recent patching/fixing in the last year, kinda shifted the game towards t3 stage.
T1 spam isnt worth it anymore, as T2 rush is so much more efficient. T2 spam isnt worth it anymore, as super fast loays now dominate.
Overall while before we had intese T1 fights with upgraded acus on most 5x5 maps, now everyone goes crazy fast t2 rushes, hardly ever see anyone going t1 spam anymore.
So the problem is the timing. Before you had a map like twin river, or theta, and spammed t1 than you got a ACU upgrade, and tryed to grab some map/reclaim. Than there was you choice to go t2 or not. and for that you had a very small window. to late or to early, and t1 spam would crush you. Now its like you build 10-15t1 tanks. throw them around for rading, and rush t2. its like the t1 stage got totaly removed, and the t2 stage is just a small transition phase to t3.