The spear wall wasnt invented until the 13th century? By William Wallace? Really? How would you describe the Phalangitai formation except as a "wall of spears".

"well you dont REALLY need rotten cows, so you can probably mess with the code to make a formation."
As rotten cows isn't a formation turning it into a formation would be the creation of a "new" formation.

However, we can make the testudo as it still exists in the code (it was just disabled). Whether it will be used in the game is not yet sure. It was not a formation used in field battles, but rather a special formation used in particular situations during siege battles.

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