Oh yeah, I couldn't pull half the shit-disturbing I did if I was against a competent commander. Luckily most commanders, even competent ones, focused on only two of the four fields (usually but not always center and their own, and even if it changed, it was usually still just two, and usually then it was losing their own), so I could just poke and prod until I found the best spot to be.

Making emote-based alliances with the third faction roamers was also a fun trick. The unbreakable code of /wave /point.