I was playing War Thunder earlier today and experienced an age old problem. I loaded into a GRB match on Normandy and pushed to one of my favorite positions between C and B. My team seemed to be doing well, spread out across most of the map and covering tons of sightlines to combat the enemy. I reached my location and picked up 2 frags, side shotting the enemies without them even seeing me. After getting these 2 frags, I looked at the minimap and realized that the majority of my team had died in the span of about 45 seconds, the enemy team than proceeded to take advantage of this, and wash across the map like a tidal wave, sweeping up any surviving members of my team with them, including me. I was charged by 3 enemy mbts on my position alone. For the rest of the battle, my team foundered in and around spawn like a sinking ship, and never captured any of the points (Once again, including me).
My question is, How do I deal with a team like this at the start of a battle? Is there any way to make a guess as to whether or not the team will be like this/ early warning signs? How should I position in preparation for an event like this and what do I do when it happens? I’m not looking for a strategy to win in a situation like this, I just want to know how I can get some kills and not end up just as useless as the rest of my team. This issue happens a lot so I thought it would be a good question to get some pro advice on.
PS. I posted this on Reddit and some other platforms as well, just trying to find solutions to my problem.