Oh even if you don't like the accelerated start or totally OP soldiers, I recommend you try the base locations I used. It's kind of uncanny how it works out so well. If someone was playing for the first time they might be clueless about where to build base(s). Try these easy to find and easy to remember spots. Base1- Azore Islands. Base2-St Lawrence Island. Base3-Easter Island. Base4-Solomon Island. The last 2 go in the indian ocean and the south atlantic. If you look at Antarctica, the overlapping sonar forms a neat little flower pattern with Antarctica in the void right in the middle. hehe. Base-1 (Azores) allows your sonar to cover all of the Med while conveniently missing the Gulf of Mexico (theres never any action there until the end, hehe)