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In my casse campaign i have now expanded so far that i met the macedons.
Two things seemed sort of weird to me but i may be wrong.
1. Macedon Akontistai are deployed in 240 men units (seems rather large)
2. Taxeis Triballi are always deployed in loose formation by the AI (they are assault infantry)
Hope i could help.
I know i shouldnt ask but i have to. Will it be long before 0.81?
All hellenistic akontistai are 240 men units (on huge unit size). They are basically just cannon fodder.
Nothing like cannon folder to start a good fight.
Alright I'm not sure of this, but I think the second on is because the infantry is supposed to just get rid of skirmishers, which is accomplished much easier when spread out.
As to the Akontistai, this is because there were a lot of them and they were relatively easy to equip and field.
It's not a loose formation (as in they don't have the loose vs. tight formation selected) it's just that they aren't group tightly together to begin with. I don't know the reason why though - just wanted to clarify that as I just saw them.
In any case it does make the Taxeis Triballi extremly vunerable to cavalry and not very effective in melee against any infatry unit. This just doesnt seem right for an assault infantry unit.
I've asked on the development forum and we'll see if it was intentional or a mistake. Good point though.
I think the ai does that because they think it's a missile unit, it does the same thing for peltasts sometimes.