Last night I fought with an SL who would let us know WHEN to spawn, not just where. Its a brilliant tactic. (sorry. .forgot your name. . . on Zatar @8pm MST. . .Chinese side. .. DIRT was in our squad)

There is very little use in spawning on an SL who is between objectives in a jeep. It just makes a juicier target. Instead, we waited until he would arrive at our objective. He would jump out and hide. Then all five of us would appear at once and storm the flag.

It occurred to me that the use of this tactic has several benefits:

1) Saves tickets until "needed"
2) Provides for a more cohesive fighting force - squad is able to stay together more easily. Instead of three guys taking off in a jeep, just the SL takes off and the others wait to spawn at arrival.
3) If SL is killed en route, only one ticket is lost instead of more.
4) Efficiency - fighters appear where needed when needed. Also, SL can call for specific kit mix after observing the flag. If there's armor on the flag, SL calls for AT, etc.
5) Upward feedback - dead SMs can inform SL of what is going on around the map as he travels to objective.

This tactic is esp. useful when attacking an enemy flag from a nearby friendly flag. Instead of everyone spawning back at firendly flag and trying to hitch a ride back to the objective, just wait for SL to arrive at the objective and then spawn. (it helps for the SL to not die in the first place, but no one is perfect)

This is a great tactic that I think most TGers have though of, but I haven't seen it in a thread. By waiting until just the right moment to spawn, a squad can effect maximum damage on the enemy while avoiding wasted tickets. This is esp. useful on air maps with long distances between objectives.

In Practice: An SL can call out "Spawn Delay" when this tactic would be useful. All SMs would then know to wait until commanded to spawn. Since this tactic isn't always useful (i.e. when defending a flag, spawn delay would be contraindicated), a command should be required. A skilled SL could then "deliver" his entire squad with great effect to any location.

I hope this thread is useful. I apologize if it is redundant. . .