RTW phalanx

[Ibrahim]

well, let him know what to do-not give the guy a historical lecturees. he wants to know if its hardcoaded, or can be reintroduced?

[Abokasee]

I do believe it is hardcoded, and wouldn't work because of you can't have the stats: long_spear , verylong_spear, short_spear

[CavalryCmdr]

RTW's phlanax formation was replaced by M2's Spear wall, it's hard coded and unchangeable.
Closest thing is to remove a pike units spear wall formation (note also you need to remove the long_pike/short_pike weapon attribute) and also remove thier secondary weapon.

If you do that, like RTW's phalanx they will take any non-pike head-on regardless of stats. Major downside is unlike the phalanx they have no particular weakness and effectively become an uber-unit without further tweaking, setting the attack delay to about 75 seems to be an effective balance for starters, though head-on even the weakest pike is still a little too powerfull.