Squadmates

[Romanov77]

Yesterday I was replaying first part of the Jump pack level.

I decided to get rid of the pesky tankbusters on the top first. I spent a lot of time doing that, toying with them, executing and reloading my shield.

After the last one was finished, I was about to drop in the carnage below, where my mates were busy with slugga swarms.
To my surprise, they stood alone in a pile of green corpses. And that was not fun.

So, the question is...how does the game handle the 2 dudes accompanying you? I fear they might finish the whole game for you while you stand back watching...

[Imperial Honour]

Well personally I would find it weird for them not to help deal with the Orks on the low ground while I deal with those on the high ground. It would kind of make what they do and say a bit pointless if they tell me something and then fail to follow it up. In the Inquisitor level you have to do a lot of waiting and kiting for them to deal with all the Orks though in my experiences, bearing in mind I play on Hard too so the Orks are also naturally a bit tougher (if I recall correctly).

Some of the Dolts, like Sword_Monkey, who were lucky enough to play the full game at the recent Community Events should have a better answer having played through more of the singleplayer campaign then anyone with the demo.

[Obtuse]

I didn't play a tremendous amount of the single-player at the event, but your squad-mates aren't with you the entire game and the enemies seemed to tend to focus you as well as a priority.

It only would tend to be an issue in the particular situation you describe where you've split off from them and are taking a long time to kill off your separate targets.

[Vardeus]

In this mission they are supposed to deal with the orks on the ground, sometimes they do it very efficiently and sometimes they don't.