rebamarvin wrote:
I feel like I need to go help out winning the objective area or I'll lose if my base gets taken over.
Hmm I wonder what's going on here, I very seldom feel this way myself. I'm usually playing campaign these days though, so my current impression with quick match flow might not be the most accurate out there.
Most of the time I can leave our base closest to enemy just fine for the others to handle, as long as I don't take all the defenders with me in my squad (use squad size keys for that) and see that it's well occupied. It's possible they lose the base, but similarly it's possible they take it back soon after that.
Anyhow, the safest point to leave the main base would be when you only have one (the enemy only defends) or when you have about the same amount of bases the enemies have. I never personally keep track of that, I just go stealth when I feel like it or are given an obvious opportunity (isolated corner enemy base where the main attack is not targeting), but technically some times are safer than others.
Succeeding in a backdoor base capture by stealth can lead to THAT base getting overrun by the enemy quickly unless you can set up strong enough defense quickly, e.g. like calling in some reinforcements with calls. This is what happens to me most of the time if I pick a base that is too close to another enemy base.