The horde thing can be good and bad. I speak only for myself here. I could care less if some pile-its want to go off in some corner of the map and take bases. One thing I find bemusing is that some hordes will vanish if they meet significant resistance and then pop up in another part of the map. That always makes me scratch my head. A base taken that is done so in a hard fought, pitched battle would be a sweeter fruit plucked than one taken in an NOE in BFE... IMHO.
To me the horde is just a bunch of opportunities in one place. There is some strange behavior in the horde sometimes though. When I approach a horde who is capping a base, I always wonder what the two or three guys up at 15 to 20k are doing. I'll cruise on in at 6 or 8 k and get some kills, then leave when I run out of ammo. Lots of times those high guys don't even seem to be aware of me. Maybe they fall asleep while in orbit.
If I were leading the horde, I'd tell the guys to leave the base intact. It would be more usable that way and heck, a few guys just might roll to offer a good, fun fight. Why do the hordes, mindlessly flatten everything??
I will admit the one thing that makes me nuts is when some lone bomber stick ups a formation and takes down the hangars of the guys who are just having fun furballing. You know the guy, he has no intention of taking the base.. he somehow thinks he is grand because he griefs 30 or so people. I'll admit this chaps my hide. I'm weak that way.