Hoplitai too weak ?

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2) Hoplitai are way more flexible than phalangites

I'm personally not so sure of that, when looking at how both Phalanxes work, 8 men applying pushing power against 5 holding them off by just holding onto their spears. It would just be a matter of time before pushing power prevails.

And it always took some special tactic or help to defeat Hoplites, alone I'm not sure they would be able to manage. And the Hoplites fighting under Persia managed to seriously treaten the Phalangites forcing Alexander to charge in.

In short, pushing power vs wooden shafts? I'd give it to the pushing power in the long run.








And I think that Hoplites are indeed to weak as well, not in defensive power but in offensive power, they weren't a static block, they were an offensive block. The Hoplite Phalanx just can't be good enough represented to show its offensive abilities, luckilly in EB2 we will have the Shield Wall automaticly for Hoplites.(Or so a team member once said)