Balance Question

DanDaMan

Hey, I was just tossing around the idea of having a fun map type sorta like dm for rts where both teams start with tons of res spots in their base. For the first 1 or 2 minutes the teams would be confined to their spawn with timelocked doors, then they get unleashed on eachother in a not too complex middle area. Anyways, the question I was wondering is where roughly are the marines and aliens balanced if the marines have tons of resources. would it be at 2 hives or 3 hives? Cause you could have the aliens start with 2 hives accessable, and the third is also timelocked, or doesn't exist at all.

DanDaMan

lol someone just pointed out to me that there is already almost exactly this map already made. Anyways, how's the balance on that map?