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One thing about COMBAT strategies (ie, just straight up fighting) is that they really EVOLVE as people learn tricks and then counter them.
The power pistol (the green thing you can charge up) became very popular about 3 weeks ago and everyone uses it. It wips out the other guys shield if you have it charged up. So people would dual wield one with an SMG for a pretty quick kill.
But then people found out that the Battle Rifle (short bursts, 1 level of zoom) doesn't actually suck after all. Since the power pistol will send its shot pretty far, people started doing a swap (you can't dual a BRifle). They hit you with the pistol from far away then quickly swap to the BR. A couple of shots to the head with the BR and you go down.
And a BR is good if you can focus it on the other player's head period as this weapon has a shot at getting an instant head shot kill (same with the covenent rifle which behaves basically the same). The last few weeks have seen a big increase in BR experts dominating games from a distance.
Also lately I've noticed that the sword seems weaker. They might have toned it down. Power pistol/SMG or a Shotgun should always go after the sword guy specifically.
Sticky bombs are your friend. The more I have improved with these the better my games have gone. Even if you get killed at least the other guy goes with you.
Most of the time if you can get a shotgun and/or the sword, you high tail it back to the base and keep them on defense. It's a big risk to go on offense with either as they can turn the tide.
In fact many objective games are won by teams that first CONTROL THE KEY WEAPONS, and then try to meet the objective. You can't plant a bomb or steal a flag if your dead, and the other team can't stop you if they are dead.
This means that rushes to the rocket launcher, as well as strong support with a sniper often lead to victory. Also if you can take the other team's key weapons (like the sniper on coagulation, ie the big field) you can really supress their ability to fight back.
On assualt games the key is just to get the bomb in the circle, then just keep picking it up. If you constantly keep someone getting back to it, even for just a split second, you will eventually arm it. It's almost unstoppable on a medium map like Ivory Tower.
The counter to this then is to rush more on defense and keep the bomb from even getting to the base rather than sitting back and waiting.
Also, some people might not realize but on turn-based games (ie, not assualt with only one ball on the map that both teams share) you only need to keep someone near the scoring device (flag or bomb) to maintain a final 5 seconds.
When you see time hanging at 5 it means you have someone hiding nearby and you must clean them out to end the defensive stand.
On offense the best thing to do as time winds down is get someone hidden as close as possible and have them just sit still rather than "keep touching it" that you will hear some guys say.
Better to sit and keep time frozen while your teammates respawn and can make a group rush of it. Don't give up that holding position unless you are found out or if everyone on both sides gets killed giving you a chance to score and end it. Don't give into the temptation to jump into a firefight to help your teammate.
Lately the idea of going in pairs has been popping up and its a strategy I have long thought was a pretty good one. The reason for his is that your shields regenerate, so combat isn't a real danger unless you totally lose. Two guys hitting one at a time can keep getting kills and then getting their shields back to 100 before the dead guy can respawn and get anywhere near the situation.
1 on 1 you might lose a fight, but there is no reason why 2 guys with regular shields should lose to one guy.
There are tons of map specific strategies that I could share, but most of them are easier to show than explain. If we want to just go into a map and look around/discuss, I'd be happy to do that and I'm always interested in hearing other suggestions or tips.
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