I've always noticed a problem with "end-game" tactics when people play maps like camp or cerebere or even Fall of Berlin. In maps like these....it's sometimes very hard to gauge if a squad's actions are helping the team or actually hurting the ticket deficit when ticket bleed is off and it's just a matter of fighting.

First, let me define "end-game" This is the moment in the game when an additional flag capture becomes impossible and neither team is able to capture such a flag without an enormous inter-squad assault. In Camp, it's usually when the EU retreats into Ruins and holds out. In Cerebere, it's when the EU retreats into Command Center. In Fall of Berlin, it becomes Outpost.

What happens is that a team (either one) throws itself unnecessarily into the fray only to lose lives trying to capture their respective flags. HOWEVER, I have also seen this win games as well!

Just today (I had 6 squad members [PAC] in Cerebere assaulting Command Center), I would think that some of the squads would have hated my squad since I threw my squad continuously into Command Center hoping to serve as a distraction while trying to capture the flag. If I were the commander of the PAC team and somebody else was SLing, I would have thrown a fit and told everyone to fall back and set up safe defensive positions. I would not have tolerated the ridiculous efforts of a single squad throwing themselves behind enemy lines. Oh btw: we did win by a margin of 2-0. <--that kinda of a score says that I got lucky and we could have lost due to my recklessness.

The problem in the end is that every battle is different and there is no way of telling how to proceed since every team has its own strengths and weaknesses. From game to game, these strengths and weaknesses change dramatically and adaptation can be tough.

Here are a few guidelines that work almost always....
1. If there are two remaining enemy flags left, try to take the one further away.
Tactically speaking, 50%-85% of the enemy is still concentrated on the flag closest to you. By successfully taking the one further away from you, you will have a tactically better flanking maneuver from two sides squeezing the enemy into a dead end.
2. If your team is winning by a significant amount 20-30 tickets and only one enemy flag remains keep putting pressure on the flag and do not relent. A single flag makes a great comeback and that ability to completely cap the enemy diminishes once a squad slips through your offensive line.
3. If your team is within 10 points or less (especially negative) hold back and start spawning assault kits.

In the end, I know why some squads push themselves into impossible situations. Heck it's only a game, and winning is not always the most important objective at times. Sometimes you just want to run behind enemy lines and feel the adrenaline pumping through your veins.

Let's be honest everyone, would you rather safely lob grenades over a hill/wall reviving teammates left and right or would you rather cloak behind enemy lines and cause all sorts of mayhem with the entire enemy team yelling "Hey! Somebody got through!".