So alpha is awesome. And it turns out that the commander is awesome. Some bug gave me an error so that I got the message "Waiting for other players to land" instead of giving me building options. Instead of quitting, I just decided to use my commander to attack. Apparently it caught everyone off guard, as I blew up their base along with their commander. (massive explosion in the center of the base) Not sure if that's how you are supposed to be able to do it, but I thoroughly enjoyed that 5 minutes of gameplay.
The Commander's weapon is pretty devasting atm. Btw, see this thread for a workaround for not being able to build: viewtopic.php?f=71&t=47557
And.. ComBombing is a time honored tactic. Mind you, you'll really irritate your foes, but it CAN be fun on occasion.
It's awesome fun . However is also fun to counter this, making a few fodder units to block the commanders rush, walks in blows himself up, go other way around planet and destroy his undefended base ! Fun times.