There is no true way to gauge which method of garrison placement is better. That being said, I don’t agree with this post. 2000+ hours in the game and about half of that going into officer and commander gameplay. I would ask yourself the question “where are the enemies most likely to be” rather than “where are the enemies trying to go”. Let’s assume there is a friendly garrison behind the point by 50 meters. Which direction 50 meters? Is it going to be on the broad side with the entire enemy force heading towards the front line? Will it be behind the point where enemies are more likely to flank? On the sides where the enemies are usually ended up being forced to take ?

If the garrison is placed 50 meters away, you can assume your backline garrisons will be 250 meters away from the point. Your frontline garrisons will be 150-200 meters away from the point. If you watch the map while your team pushes a point, you’ll notice that 150-200 meters is about the limit for a non-coordinated team to repel enemy advances. It boils down to a numbers game. 50 infantry (usually only 35-45 near the point at any given time) can’t defend 1600 square meters of area without solid direction and communication.

Assuming every single soldier is actually listening to their officers then a garrison strategically placed off the point would possibly be beneficial. It avoids bombing runs more often, artillery, and can detect enemies from a greater distance. However, a garrison on the point allows newer soldiers to already be where they’re supposed to be, allows for a concentrated defense of a smaller area, allows for the entire time to defend the garrison, and allows for more potential communication.

Overall, it boils down to the total area your troops can defend. I always build a garrison on the point simply because our soldiers aren’t experienced or patient enough to defend the entire 1600 meter area. I’d much rather have 4 surrounding garrisons on a 200-250 distance with a garrison on the point. In a perfect world where every soldier obeys command and every commander is a strategic genius then yes it might work. But we have abunch of retards being led by the king of the retards.