a few days ago i had the unfortunate experience of map loading in RA. since i had not played GW on that computer before, it must download every single map that i go into. anyways, i go into RA, and clicked on the start mission button. by the time the map loaded, my team had all quit on me, and i had three warriors and an ele charging into my starting area.
so my suggestion is: make the game download all the maps needed as soon as you go into a PvP outpost. should pretty much eliminate this problem.
CA and map loading
moriz