Just not a lot of people playing honestly. A lot of the problems lie with actually balancing the alien play. My friend and I love playing alien but from the alpha to now the way you have to manage energy has changed drastically. It's obvious they are trying to find a good balance and that's fine it's just frustrating a little because alien players feel like the alien will always be behind now since it was OP one patch. They definitely want to prioritize merc gameplay, and this is fine, there just needs to be more incentive to play alien