I really only do BG's for a while now. but usually i die with the team and try to take out as many as as can if i see it going south. of course if i see the team not dying but getting overwhelmed i try to start the move to better ground. but specifically last night I was on a team with 3 people we were all medium armor so we had no tank or healers and one was under 160 cp so he didnt really know what was going on, he had zero buffs he was activating before the fights and one immediately sprinted to a far corner and went stealth away from the group and the last one i literally thought was afk because every time i died they were sitting not moving at spawn (until i looked at score and they were o kills and 6 deaths)

the other teams i were not premades because i had been playing with them throughout the night but they were decent players and they stayed in a group and had at lead one healer a team and were heavy armor dks and wardens. i tried to stay with the new guy but he would just run into all 8 of them brawling and insta die, i don't think i had ever purposely left someone to die, but there just was ZERO thinking going on in this group and i would watch them go solo into the swarm and I would pick off the stragglers.

It happens sometimes, but I rezz people afterwards so we don't have to waste time running back. I only do this if we are severely outnumbered.

...also, if you abandon a fight and survive, you can insist that your group never wiped!

#prostrats

paulsimonps wrote: »

Front line Tank CCer here, usually the opposite happens to me and all the people i thought i had behind me backing me up are mysteriously gone.

Lol this. You don't even have to be a tank to that to happen.

But bailing out to get a camp up while a couple of people distract the enemy is a fair tactic.

Yes. 10:0 is simply better score than 10:1, and that 10 dead are well aware of the difference.

Though I am usually not grouped with whoever happens to be defending too and bail out of overrun keep when solo defending as well.

Cracklings swarming everywhere looking for small groups to jump on...

In a raid group I fight it out to the end, but if not in a raid group, I frankly bail at the first sign of trouble. I main AD at the moment so I have to play in accordance with the culture of my people.

It is often the best strategy but I cant just do it

If we are going to lose anyway - why give them more AP?

if there is no possible chance of survival, no point in staying until being killed, i usually stay until i'm one of the last ones left, and then i'll run if i see no chance, so i can provide intel to the group, and maybe rez a couple if i can

No, I stand and fight and often hold them until my group can reform and re-engage. I've often been the line which the enemy can't manage to cross in there push. Especially if you give me a choke point to trap them at.

When I see a red or yellow toon, one of us is gonna die.