Quintus Sertorius' Guide to Conduct Becoming of a True Roman (Redux for EB)

[QuintusSertorius]

Question, Quintus-

For your Quincunx, do you have your principes close the line between the hastati before fighting begins?

Nope, I wait until the hastati are engaged before directing them to one side or other. Sure my hastati get chewed up a bit (they're always on Guard mode, indeed all my line troops always are), but then when the principes get stuck in the enemy is worn out. Or sometimes I just let the enemy flow into the gaps and meet the principes, where they get muellered.

Here's an example of what my formation tends to look like: