noob here.

I think this is unlikely.

Well, it might be possible for Sup2... ACURUSHRUSHRUSHRUSH.

What is weird is that tactic never occurred to me before I came to this forum.

Well...

All the points made, the arguments about shields and experimentals and commander upgrades...

They've been argued already. Extensively. I think the experimental unit debate was hundreds of posts long, plus dozens of offshoot threads putting out opinions. The shield decision was made early on (one of the Uber devs, who worked on SupCom, didn't want to put in bubble shields as a conscious design decision). Commander upgrades were also a conscious decision: while there will be customization in the commander's super-weapon (cannon, laser, or missiles I think) the commander is intended to not be a front line unit.

All these things make it different from Supreme Commander. Keep in mind that this isn't a sequel to Supcom in any way. It's inspired by Supcom and Total Annihilation, and borrows concepts from both, as well as adding in additional ideas. Those who expect Supreme Commander 3 with Planetary Annihilation will be dissapointed. Well, at least until modders made a SupCom mod for PA.

I just know that a mod that adds SC-like shields to the game will be extremely popular, if not the most popular of all mods.

Why do so many people say that this game sucks/is going to suck? IT'S NOT FINISHED! Why do you think there aren't any reviews for it? Or any unfinished games for that matter?

Personally I'm optimistic that this will be an incredibly awesome and fun game.
It's fun even now with very few unbalanced units and lots of missing features. That has to be a good sign.

Why does every body talk about SupCom??? FA and SupCom2 were terrible.
Total Annihalation is the pinnacle which PA should be measured against.

Whow i really dont now what to say about this!

Wont talk what i showld about FA because the obvius reasons ,but i can say to you that Sup2 now its a playble with the new mods and nice to play.

Just a note, dont talk about games that you dont play just because you want cause bad reputation.

Iff im rong tell us wy you think FA was terrible.
Tell us wy you think Sup2 was terrible.

Im sure you got very good arguments that wont make us think that you just another guy that talk without think!

FA added nothing.
Supcom2 was a console port and dumbed down to accomodate.

Weird poll why was i able to vote multiple options? ..
nevermind this game has things from TA and SupCom
already in it which is ta eco and productionsystem added with supcom strategic zoom which in the way pa is played and planets work is mandatory to help get an overview of the battlefields otherwise you would have an even harder time figguring out what the hell is goin on
so yes this game has similarities primarily with ta partly with supcom but also has its own spin with multiple planetoids and orbital gameplay

SC2 was a console port really. That is not any worse of a thing there than it was to Red Alert 3 and C&C 3. All still fun, just limited by their generic-ness.

FA was arguably balanced to be the best it could using the game it had. Just like C&C Renegade being highly crafted for precision balance and player enjoyment, it can only do so much without aging. It is like skylanders being pretty generic, while spyro 1-2-3 being amazing but not aging well.

Overall, people's opinions are always going to be different.