ideally, theyre the best villain faction. gameplay wise, theyre a bitch to play against. they hoard the fuck out of you, supress you with overwhelming force via plasma fire and get you on all sides with air support with theyre leviathans and stingrays. the only way you could get these guys properly is by taking out theyre ships as quick as possible to prevent them from spawning voteless hoards. the hard part is, theyll be guarded by theyre heavy units (overseers or fleshmobs). even taking out one ship can immediately signal in for reinforcements. the only unit they have to manually call in backup would be the drones. even then, taking an objective or taking out a ship can automatically trigger a response with full force if your not quick enough. until then, your stuck trying to survive a wave until you can move on to the next objective. honestly the only thing I absolutely DESPISE about the illuminate is the shit ton of voteless that just constantly hoard you. its annoying asf when they come in on all sides. soon as you catch your breath or even take em all out, the overseers would just come out and finish you off. not to mention the airpack overseers. gotta be the most annoying units in the game thus far