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thanks for all the responses. your comments are all spot on. getting swarmed early has generally been the problem. even with good kill ratios, two AIs can just wear you down. plus, once they breach a choke point, i find myself chasing them around my interior vainly attempting an engagement!

anyway, thanks for all the advice!! hopefully once i get the pipes fixed in my house, i can come up with the $60 for domIII. winter is really a *****!!