Economy handicap is no joke! I'm always scared that KingLunchBox is going to beat me on handicap matchmaker cause he has 15%.
If you want a simulation of what you need to do as a boss, just go vs brutal AI. 2x handicap (not even extra coms) gives you the epic power fantasy if you're able to keep your tendrils on multiple groups of expanding cons, managing factory expantion, energy and (maybe) overdrive grid, as well as giving general purpous attackmove/move orders to your army.
B2485390 1 on Flats and Forests v2.2When you're fighting the boss player, you need to use very metal efficient tactics that drain APM, such as raiders in the backline killing cons or lone mexes, spamming the appropriate unit counter to their mass (If they have 30 raider, 5 riots should prevent them from being able to just fightmove your army. When the skirmishers come out, a player needs to use a phoenix to make them have to manage AA in their skirm ball. When the skirm ball is split up nibble it up with glaives.) and tactically boosting some players so they can field an army that can cover 1/3 or more of the front. I think it would be OP to plop cloak factory, build 2 cons and then infinate sythe, donate commander to an ally so you have no storage, and just micro 8 sythes and some naked expand while your allys fight the brunt of the frontline army with your forgon eco.