As a phalanx battle with?

[Kovoged]

As a phalanx battle with? be always on stand-defence? and when to attack? as I put to attack? finally, what you can give me tips ai, I would be very grateful.

[Havok.]

As a phalanx battle with? be always on stand-defence? and when to attack? as I put to attack? finally, what you can give me tips ai, I would be very grateful.

just let 'em hold their ground and surround the attacking enemies with good fast troops and cavalry :beam:

[Kovoged]

just let 'em hold their ground and surround the attacking enemies with good fast troops and cavalry :beam:

Yes.. this serves to battles outside the city, now when I'm to invade a town, I get in so phalanx? so guard? A próposito, sou br tbm. xD

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Phalanx is not exactly the best troop-type to enter a city. Plus, due to pathfinding issues, you can't enter a city in phalanx mode. Let them run in, halt them, drag a suitable square on the ground, and hope that they obey. Then press phalanx mode button. Always leave them on guard mode, except you tell them to attack with their short-swords (ALT+rightclick), which is generally not a good idea.

[Strategos Alexandros]

Don't leave them on guard mode against another phalanx though.

[Kovoged]

ok,
In custody and in defense mode when they enter a city, right?

[Irishmafia2020]

Yes... remove them from phalanx mode until they enter the city, then replace them into the mode if possible. A phalanx marching down a tight avenue can actually be a dangerous proposition. In the worst case scenario you will have 120 armored swordsmen (depending on unit size) fighting in the assault rather than a Phalanx which is not a bad proposition anyway...

[russia almighty]

When you're fighting another phalanx, you want guard mode off so you can push forward, unless you are moving assault infantry, or cavalry to the rear.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I'd use Phalanx always in guard mode, except you want to attack with swords.

[Strategos Alexandros]

Against other phalanxes there is a bug that makes them just stand there and be cut down when on guard mode.

[konny]

In my tests phalanx without guard mode always lost against the same unit with guard mode because it kept pushing forward into the pikes and suffered much more casualties. I would use guard mode off when facing non-phalanx units or when attacking the flanks or rear of an enemy phalanx.

Another observation was with formation: useing a square (15 deep on hughe size) instead of a line (6 deep) always resutled in a loss in custom battle (1 vs. 1 with identical phalanxes). That was due to the fact that the AI phalanx managed to get a couple of units behind my phalanx; what looked very odd BTW. I had then given Thorakitai Phalanx long pikes and the phalanx ability and used them in a square (10 deep) against various successor phalanxes. This time the result was as expected: the Thorakitai was able to push thorugh the center of the enemy phalanx very fast. I had then disbanded phalanx and guard mode and ordered them to mob up the enemy with swords. This worked very well against low and medium enemy phalanx.