I see mostly tunnel vision out of base takers. Most only care about the base, not the fight. They do a good job at creating combat for furballers, but I don't think that's their intent.
it's not. quite often, i've joined into a small furball over a base, only to hear the people that're trying to take it, screaming for one of us to get troops, or to come kill that panzer, or to go drop the vh, etc etc etc.
they get really mad when we don;t.