Right now the battle seems to have turned into king of the hill mode where everyone has only one life.
Most of the time the flags spawn before the spawning time for players (first minute of the round) is over. As a result we get bullshit rushes to the flag. No room for tactics or teamplay as it's all about the speed you can get to the flag. Even worse, the flags won't always work. One team might be winning 1v8, get the flag all the way up when the last enemy alive is afk'ing at the spawn, then have to hunt him down because the flags were broken.
Sure, the flags speed up the rounds and prevent 6min long campfests. But why do they have to spawn so early?