Phalanx vx. Phalanx in EB 1.1

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

So I had a large phalanx battle today with guard mode off. Never again. The enemy pikes rammed my line, and it was a slugfeast. I suffered much more casualties than with guard mode on. I really had to hurry up with the flanking... Not to mention that all the pike units drafted to the middle, disrupting themselves from the flank-guard Kuruathoroi. Next battle I'll try to click attack.

Tellos:
No I didn't try that. And this is no option I must say, cause I just don't like 6-men-deep-syntagmai. They look ugly, and it's only logical that a thinner line gets broken faster than a thicker line. Yes I could just revert every phalanx unit to 6-men-depth, so that I can use 8-men-depth while the enemy would be stuck to 6-men-depth. But that is a) unfair towards the enemy, b) makes the enemy line to long, c) is way too annoying for me to get them 8-men-deep each in battle.

Edit: How did you EB guys get the Ptolemies to use so much pikes in EB 1.1?