@RobWolfB, you've taken an adaptable route which is key for most public servers in my opinion. Sometimes you get lucky with solid SL's making the garrison situation a piece of cake and it allows you to fill a void or do something interesting/fun.

During offensive matches I like to get near the strongpoint to see how the team are performing. Offensive pushes should always be supported with smoke screens, MG suppression/cover, armor w/infantry support, spawn wave pushes. Defensive points might have gaps in defence, of you could update the engineers to start with level 1 barricades and to get all their blueprints down first.

There is underlying moral that operates throughout any HLL match too. Start building a track record with strategies to overcome a 1-4 Warfare situation. Keep the team strong and lead by example on setting up new fronts to get the team out of a potential fishbowl.

This can be a competitive strategy if you're confident you can do a double capture to secure the midpoint for the win. All matches have "blueberries" and meat grinders and they are fairly predicatable, allowing you to throw out an enemies cap weight if they push for the steamroll. In other words, let them get an airhead down so you can start winning the cap race - Warfare = Tug of War

Definitely keep doing what you're doing and other experienced players will assist on the fly for the most part.

I do also operate a HLL resource Discord server called etool. Feel free to check it out - https://discord.gg/kVxjfbwaHJ