Originally Posted by Faust

I'm a bit disappointed by what I've read in this thread, and find myself agreeing more with our new member Bloedig than others here.

Sheesh. I thought the TG way would be more like "either you are attacking\defending a point, or supporting others attacking\defending a point, otherwise you are camping which is NOT the way the game should be played."

This pattern has become more difficult for me to overlook as I've become more aware of this.

1) As it was mentioned before, tying up enemy resources at a capturable flag is supporting the team. Every person who spawns in there and dies is a person that could have been spawning in elsewhere and helping remove the threat from a different angle, or defending a different flag. That is not the APC or tank user's tactical decision to make.

2) If your orders are to defend that flag despite the heavy fire, that's between your squad leader and the commander at that point to be made aware of the situation and make a tactical decision to either route in support or change the objective. That is not the APC or tank user's issue. If those orders remain, that is a poor tactical decision made by the enemy team.

3) It is not the APC or tank player's responsibility to remind the enemy players to spawn elsewhere if they are under heavy fire, just like the enemy players would if that flag is being shelled by artillery. Again, a poor tactical decision by the enemy.

4) If that is the only capturable flag left to spawn at, then the enemy has the tactical decision to either spawn at the UCB or on a squad leader and make a move on the APC/tank firing into the capturable flag, or to spawn into heavy fire and risk dying.

5) If that is the only remaining flag for the enemy to spawn in at, then the enemy should have done a better job of capturing and maintaining flags earlier in the game. In this situation, you could make the point that your team should move in and capture the flag to end the game so as to not risk an enemy escaping the incoming heavy fire and re-capping a different flag.

It is all about the enemy weighing the risk against the reward. The enemy measures the risk of getting waxed by incoming heavy fire against the reward of possibly being able to do something to take out that APC or tank. You all make the same risk/reward measurement when you know a flag is under attack and you spawn in there before the flag turns neutral, or when you choose to spawn in at a flag that is being shelled by artillery. This is no different. This server is about making the appropriate tactical decisions and working as a team. Letting the enemy get into a superior firing position and tie up your resources is a tactical failure on your team's part... please place the blame on whatever team did not prioritize that flag with the central overwatch position, not the person taking advantage of your team's inability to prioritize objectives.