Quote Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios View Post
It's more the fact that they where tightly grouped together with their pikes warding off missiles, but indeed I think it's a bit unrealistic fyself. What I do know, is that this is hardcoded and cannot be changed withou major consequences.
I've heard this before, but is there really any evidence that phalanx formation provides additional defence from arrows? In EB, phalanx units have increased shield values and reduced defence to indicate their reliance on formation. Because shield values count double against arrows, this has the additional effect of making them more missile proof. However, this does make sense historically, since the phalanx did very well in the missile-fond east.