I only took my squadrons out a couple times personally and wouldnt trust them to boil water and not get hit by it

make sure your gear is repaired, that will make a huge difference if its broken. make sure it is up to date

are squadrons handy if you dont like people? sure... but they also fail to anticipate

coincounter used to be worse before they put in the telegraph areas instead of just the boss windup and you hoping you can get out of the way. I would say unless your party is a bit on the dim side, should be little reason to wipe after the changes. so I am leaning towards gear and, well, your party of AI's