I haven't been able to tell if it's merely great defense from the opposing TG'ers, or just everyone getting used to the game and how it works, but I've noticed on the assault maps the defense is winning FAR more than the offense. There are a few maps where the game can end in a stalemate, but most are the assault style where one team owns most or all of the points at the start, and will win if they hold just one of these at the end of the round.

In general, these maps have initial objectives that can be taken, with other objectives open to capture after the initial ones are captured. Usually after 2 locations are taken, one or both can no longer be retaken by the enemy, and the action moves on to the remaining points. There are several variations here, but this is the general concept.

One key thing is to get your initial objectives as quickly as possible. This would be the Warehouse AND either the Assembly Hall or North Railyard on Stalingrad, the Apartments and first Square on Odessa, the Petrol Yard and Courtyard on Red October, etc Get these before the midway point in the round, and it's tough for the defense to hold the remaining objectives for 8-10 minutes. Fail to get these quickly and it's a real uphill climb to get all the objectives in a short time - most often, you never get past the first few if the defense can get well entrenched. If you've played Stalingrad as the Russians, I'm sure you've seen this as the Warehouse flip-flops back and forth the entire round.

It's important not to rush in and die repeatedly, but the game isn't setup to allow too much creeping around trying to avoid getting shot if you're on offense. You've got to hit hard and efficiently right from the get-go.

I've seen quite a few times some pretty sizable firefights in areas that aren't capturable, with seeming disregard for the objectives at hand. Now, it can be effective to be in control of the Assembly Hall if you think you're going to get the warehouses soon, but being in a big fight there when the Warehouses are getting recaptured repeatedly isn't really doing any good if you're Russian. Same thing on defense - it does the Germans no good to keep rushing the Warehouse if they can't recapture it, yet I've seen this a number of times.

Oh, and from the BF2 days I'm sure we've all heard this - "Bodies on flag!" The same applies for RO - make sure that when you're trying to gain or hold an objective, that you're in the capture zone. There are times that being in overwatch near the zone is helpful, but often times it's one body that makes the difference in making a key capture or hold. This is especially true when it's the last objective. Nothing is more frustrating than not getting the win because half the team was out in the weeds trying to pick off enemies rather than being in the final objective cap zone when the team was this close to the win, except maybe when you're on defense at that last objective and it seems no one is reacting to it going down. Double time, mister!