Latest Opinions on Assault/Defend PBEM Ratio

[Narwan]

Mapsize is not an absolute in this. It's a relative. So saying it only applies to 80x80 maps makes no sense imo. What might matter is the troop density you can put on the map as a defender. But even that doesn't matter too much. It's simply a question of how to defend with the points at hand.

Perhaps the error may be the assumption that you need to defend the whole frontline in a defend scenario. You don't. And neither should you make the mistake of defending only forward of the flags. Defend the flags themselves. Have your defensive lines run among and through the area's the flags are in. You know for a fact that the enemy will be there sooner or later so it's the best spot to put your dug in infantry, at-teams, mg's and at guns. And the best part, it doesn't really matter what direction the enemy comes from! It's probably getting much to game-specific now though.
In my experience of this game (and I do have a fair bit of it) the 2:1 ratio is a minimum. If the attacker is inexperienced you may want to increase his points (even if playing another inexperienced player) as I feel that conducting a succesfull attack is inherently harder than conducting a succesfull defence.

EDIT: this post was a response to Jollyroger but was posted just after Seabolt's