There was a lot of flag hopping going on last night (cap a flag, then abandon it and move to the next).... I have to think that people might not fully understand what ticket-bleed is, how it works, and how to leverage it tactically.


What it is: Simple, if you hold more flags than the enemy, they will begin loosing tickets. The greater the discrepancy, the more tickets per minute the enemy will loose.

Bleed indicator: You don't have to open the map and count flags to know who's bleeding. Just looking at the score in the top right of the screen tells you - the team with the blinking score is bleeding tickets.

How to leverage bleed: DEFEND! It's not a 100%, no other tactic is valid thing - but it's important to understand the huge advantages that defenders hold over attackers, and that putting the other team on bleed lets you play as defenders. You can rack up a ton of kills playing defense. Defenders can stay hunkered-down, firing from cover, while the attackers have to cross open-ground. Defenders have two spawn points (the flag and SL), while attackers only have their SL to spawn on. Defenders get reinforcements and attackers don't (teammates not in your squad can spawn at your flag and help keep you from getting overrun AND you may have armor that respawns at your flag should it get destroyed)


So - next time you see the enemy's score blinking, consider having your squad defend an undefended flag! There ARE downtimes when nobody's attacking, but unless you've got extreme ADD, you should still be able to have fun - use that time to get your junk in order and find some great cover.

oh.. and if your SL sends you on an attack mission while you have the enemy on bleed, make sure you let them know the what's going on with bleed. [Of course, you have to follow orders (even if their 'stupid'), so if they insist on attacking, you're along for the ride.]