Yes, if they are fighting but not fighting, turning guard mode off will sometimes get them to engage. Another tactic is to raise the phalanx and then lower it immediately again. This gets the enemy to move past the imaginary point of spears, and the lowering catches them as they come in. Not always ideal if fighting elite infantry, though, ie, Praetorian/Urban Cohort, Sacred Band Infantry, etc, most phalanx units do not have the attack points to kill those units immediately like that. And does anybody else have a problem with Phalanx breaking phalanx and trying to chase the enemy (still with phalanx mode on, but not in phalanx) even though they are in guard mode? This usually happens against infantry, if I am fighting on the defensive.
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