Disclaimer: I’m probably preaching to the choir on the forums, but it might help a few.
While you can’t generally predict the end of a round, 99% of the time there is no need for these pathetic failures, such as a team never repairing the EV the first time, or not even escorting it half way.
There have been numerous times where just for fun, and experimentation, I have suicide rep’ed an EV, over and over, with a non-augmented merc, and actually gotten it done, even after being killed within 2-3 seconds each time.
If one person can do it, with no augment, then the whole team rushing in ought to be able to work magic. IOW, there is no excuse for colossal failures, with the exception of a well stacked team.
So, that leads to my alternate thread title: Tired of repairing and escorting EV with my medic
So many rounds lost early on because no one repairs, and even worse, once it’s repaired it just sits there…unless I rush in with my medic and do it.
{edit: I should add that I do not generally set out to repair with my Medic, I usually only do this after doctoring up my team for awhile only to watch them all ignore the objective. At that point, I take a whack at the obj myself}
This also leads to some suggestions that I will make in another thread, regarding that lack of objective status communication in the game. The fact is, some players, including me, have failed to escort because in the heat of the battle, we don’t know it has been repaired, or have forgotten. The single voice announcement is not enough, imo.
