Originally Posted by Hamma
This has bothered me since late beta and is becoming more and more of an issue (imo) as of late. I don't have solution for it because there really isn't one but I want to see what peoples thoughts are.
My outfit is smaller in size compared to most. We typically run about a half a platoon or so. We are finding it difficult to find a solid role for us in the game that isn't boring and doesn't involve getting steamrolled. This is becoming more and more difficult as time goes on. Huge outfits are able to put 100 or more people or more on an objective and essentially win with numbers in almost all fights. We are able to hold off, but it's simply a matter of time until we are struck down due to sheer numbers.
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I know you said you didn't want to hear that you were doing it wrong, but...
If you are only running 2 or 3 squads at a time, you can be effective, it just might not be the type of game play you want to excel in. My own outfit often sends lone squads into bases to prep them for the advance. This happens before we have adjancency on the base. This means that when we move onto the base, the enemy discovers most of their turrets and secondary terminals are hacked, generators destroyed, and the vehicle bay has been mined.
That's a task suited to a small outfit, but it lacks the combat aspect you are hoping for. Unfortunately, any combat role you chose can also be accomplished (and probably better/faster) by a large outfit.
Still, without much thought I've come up with small outfit tactics that do involve combat. Its up to you to provide the organization though:
Liberator bombing: 2 squads is 8 libs, or less + fighter escorts. Go smash an armor zerg.
Air Raid: Enemy libs keeping you suppressed? 12-24 mossies will handle that.
Max Crash: Can't break that bio lab? Try running squads of 8 max, 2 medic, 2 engineer.
Sundy Hunt: Break off from your attack/defense and dedicate a squad to finding and destroying the enemy sundy.
Along the lines of the prep above:
Prep the defense: Getting steam rolled? Fall back to the nearest large facility and make sure you are ready. Repair the turrets, rehack the terminals, mine the entrances.
Originally Posted by Hamma
Smaller outfits are finding that they have to disband and join larger outfits if they want to even have fun, causing them to lose their own identity and be absorbed into massive teams because there are no recruits left to take. For me community is more important to a game than the game itself, hence why I've been doing this all these years.
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As others have pointed out, you could ally yourself with other outfits rather than disbanding. There are plenty of examples of that already.