heres how i like to finish something.
all 4 tier 2 buildings. all units maxed.
the water resource thingy. all units maxed.
1 miscellaneous building. all units maxed.
repeated spammage of the "gottam gear" as i like to call it.
using this tactic i defeated all the turrets and hurt the alien nest badly with mecha spiders and stuff. especially mecha spiders.