A little initiative is what I expect; a lot of it and you'll see me yelling at you.

As for kit-wise, I like to have the same five kits in my lineup because those five kits are able to take on anything. The sixth person I give some leeway on what they can choose as a kit. I tell them they can choose anything but a sniper, but, if they like Support, I'll take one. Only person I let be a sniper for a short while is Arf (mainly because he is a great player and I trust him to know when to switch back when need be and he is still aggressive as a sniper). If I get people running off switching kits back and forth from my original plan w/o my knowledge of it, I get gripey ESPECIALLY when we needed that kit. I'm hardcore micromanager when it comes to kits. =P

Attacking is still slightly micromanaged. I like to be very aggressive, so I tell my squads to attack and follow me. Although you may think multiple angles of attack is better, I see it as weakening your force. Usually you'll only have, at most, three people guarding one side. A good flank procedure by me with half the sqaud taking the initative, or just natural reaction, and engaging them can easily overwhelm them. When we get closer to the flag, I usually let them play the game. Sweep around and hop on the flag is usually what most people do. I might tell them to hop on the flag faster, but I won't be yelling at them the same way if they switched their kits if they don't.

Defensive is all micromanaged. I have a certain tactic and position and if you don't follow it, the tactic won't work. I have people in certain areas for a reason. I just don't place people there so it looks cool. Stay in your spot and you won't hear me raising my tone. I am sometimes general in my placing and, in that case, it usually means you can move out far, but not too far, to attack the SL or incoming troops. I'll usually state who I want to bring with me if we're attacking someone staying back though if someone hasn't already taken the initiative when I generalized where they were set up.

As for continually getting stomped on attacks, I don't change my set-up unless people took the initiative with their kits. I'll just change how I attack and I'll start yelling a lot more and going a lot more crazy. Yes, I am insane. Since I'm yelling, I'm micromanaging a lot more too. If they can't do it themselves, I'm going to show them how to do it. I guess that's my arrogant self talking..oh well.

All and all, I think initiative is only good for certain situations. If it's a well-oiled group playing together that know eachother flawless, then yes..initative is good, but that's only because of training. I take each night as a little training session for everyone in my group. I don't expect them to know how I play, so I'll tell them.