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Hooahguy
05-12-2008, 18:18
whats up with these guys?
they arent phalanxes anymore....
now these guys have spears and arent in a phalanx anymore....~:mecry:
so what happened? :wall:
Mediolanicus
05-12-2008, 18:20
Give them the short_pike attribute in the EDU.
That makes them a phalanx again and keeps them manoeuvrable
Hooahguy
05-12-2008, 18:23
thanks...
NeoSpartan
05-12-2008, 22:12
that still doesn't answer the question....

what happened? Was it a bug, or was it intended? If it was intended, can someone please elaborate? :help:
russia almighty
05-12-2008, 22:44
Basically Neo, the Koinon hoplites and Getai did not use a standard phalanx. Their's wasn't a Macedonian phalanx. One was the predacessor to it, and the the Getic was something way mobile. Since there isn't a mobile block formation to use, they axed the phalanx option.
NeoSpartan
05-12-2008, 22:52
Did do they same to the helvetii and alpine phalanxes????
Ayce
05-12-2008, 23:37
Yes, and the Germanic Pike Fence
The Celtic Viking
05-12-2008, 23:38
Did do they same to the helvetii and alpine phalanxes????

The word on the street says they did.
NeoSpartan
05-12-2008, 23:45
well.... I hope they still preform well in battle.

I'll test them once my exams are over.
chenkai11
05-13-2008, 01:21
well.... I hope they still preform well in battle.

I'll test them once my exams are over.

They look and fight much better now. Don't forget the guard mode.

EDIT: But they just can't PUSH, I really missed the shieldwall formation.
Africanvs
05-13-2008, 04:39
Something strange about wild men of the north in a perfectly disciplined well-ordered block formation anyway if you ask me. :) When I play a barbarian faction, I just line up my troops and charge into the fray, never bother with tactics. Sometimes my army is mutilated, sometimes they just swarm the enemy. A true warlord has no time to bother with micro-managing a battle. Chaaaaarrrge!
blitzkrieg80
05-13-2008, 05:37
as stated by Russia Almighty it is innaccurate to display those units in phalanx mode, even though the term phalanx is listed in English to denote shieldwall. This was also done only because they DO perform well in battle- this was our primary concern next to historical and was well-tested, although not the same because RTW mechanics are the way they are... for the Germanic phalanx-like pike unit, it is awesome, esp. combined with very_hardy... they truly represent an elite unit now and cavalry better run fast because they certainly can! =o)

the mobility is one of the distinguishing aspects of these units, similar to hoplites... in fact, wouldn't it be wrong to portray hoplites differently, more mobile and less phalanx-like versus barbarians, predecessor of macedonian phalanx?
Ibrahim
05-13-2008, 05:43
whats up with these guys?
they arent phalanxes anymore....
now these guys have spears and arent in a phalanx anymore....~:mecry:
so what happened? :wall:

God is displeased with the Getai. that's the explanation for the lack of the aformentioned attribute

anyways, Is it possible to give infantry the wedge formation?:inquisitive:
Hax
05-13-2008, 09:01
They lack the animation, I think.