Originally Posted by Tarenth

A bit off topic: On a NS map I once sat in place and EMP locked a full Goliath from the top of building. The goliath was fully loaded and had all its repair plates. I ended that round with 120 teamwork points in addition to my kills and other stuff to get the high score.

Does that make me the best SL ever? ^_^

Fully understood. But :

Originally Posted by SharinganTH1422

it's not a big issue/decision, so just let someone else in a slightly better position make it. And no matter what you are doing, healing, resupplying, firing mortars, if you have the highest score in the squad, you probably have sufficient knowledge to judge what to do. Are there too many enemies to overcome or not? It's a simple yes or no question that only needs a fairly basic knowledge of the game to answer. The top scorer may not be the most experienced, but it makes more sense to put the guy that's top in charge of this decision, as opposed to the guy that's second or third if you don't know who to pick.

And again, just re-iterating the fact that if you know the people in the squad and you are not in a pubbie squad, or if a pubbie is showing good initiative and knowledge, then this obviously overrides the score system.

I'm not saying make the person with the highest score the SL for the round. I'm just saying let them make this one decision. They are in the field and can judge better than you as you are dead, and I can't think of anyone else that can make this decision instead. And also, like I said, IF YOU DO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN YOUR SQUAD, then you can make a judgement. E.g. I'm on a server with a couple of TG tagged guys I know as being good soldiers, Damonte, and a pubbie or two. If I went down, but Damonte was not top, one of the pubbies were, then I would ask Damonte, as I know of him as a good SL and more than capable of making this snapshot decision, and if I'm down, I don't know what's going on, I couldn't say what we should do. E.g. we were taken out by a lone engy and a couple of assaults and a support are with the engy, and they alone are defending the flag and are not far away. If I'm down I can not see what is going on, so I ask someone who is better placed to make the decision. I would usually be tempted to do just ask them to retreat to save ticket bleed, but there is a chance here, and I can't see it. So I will ask someone else to decide.

Originally Posted by Rasta-GR

Hello again,

Please read this book: "Software vs Human Perception"
Don't let score and points overtake your judgement...

I never have and never will.

Originally Posted by Rasta-GR

You could give individual orders like "Bob, go there and take the Tank" or "Squad, retreat to this position", or "George, put some mines there, guys please cover him", etc.

But there is no point for the SL to delegate authority to a single SM. You are leading a unit.

Again, you are talking of the basic functions of an SL (I think), I'm talking about asking someone who is better placed in the field to make a basic decision. It's not delegating complete authority, just asking someone to make a judgement call, on something that is impossible for you to judge (unless you want a sitrep, by which time a decision should already have been made, or your squad is dead)

Originally Posted by Rasta-GR

This is a team game. You have a squad. It's one unit.

When I play as a SM or SL, I often hear my squadmates talking on the comm channel about where to move, how to approach a enemy porition or suggesting a tactical movement towards a position.
As an SL, I allways listen to them, and some times I ask for suggestions. It's up to the SL to take the final decision and give orders.

Lol, you are again talking of an SL general. Of course it's a team game, it's why I play it, and it's why I'm proud member of TG. I'm just saying, there's a reason why there is an SL, and why there is not a democratic voting system on every decision made. Sometimes the SL has to take a decisive action, an on-the-spot judgement call, because there isn't any time to ask and find out a general consensus of what to do.

Originally Posted by Lorax74

Simply put: the role of the SL is to think for the SM. The role of the SMs is to do what the SL thinks.

If the SL thinks he can not make a decision, he should give an SM, and the one that he/she thinks is the most capable SM, the responsibility of a small decision.