I have the same problem, rly sucks cause I can't take on 4 enemy commanders without help... But most of all I use a slot for him and it just gives me 0 advantage. Help please!
Are you playing on the PTE or stable build? @sorian there have been some reports of this... I've never had it happen to me in stable though.
I got the game a couple of days ago, I assume I'm in the stable build since I just installed and started playing without adjusting anything ( if you talk about servers then I'm on EU West and Local= Auto). If there's anything I can adjust or do let me know. Had a game earlier where at 15 minutes the commander built one metal extractor and then died when enemy troops closed in. Not exactly a great tech to have
Ok, so I just had my first game where the sub commander was actually building something and helping out. Only difference now was that I had the advanced aircraft tech in my deck. So I think that enabled the commander to start building the aircraft plant and move on from there. Still it's pretty shitty cause if you have like full bot and vehicle tech, the sub commander might still not do anything since it's relying on aircraft tech to start. Edit: Oh wait, 2nd mission in same circumstances, commander isn't building anymore... GG!