Quote Originally Posted by Incomitatus View Post
I've been reading everything I can about the game, the units, tactics, etc etc. I've learned that pikes are broken. Only... it seems to me that those complaining they are broken are trying to use them in a way they weren't actually used.
It's true that there are a lot of complaints about pikes, many people claiming they're difficult to use, underpowered, etcetera etcetera. And I think the vast majority of posters in this thread have mistaken me for one of those people who dislike pikes on a gameplay basis. My complaint is aesthetic (I think my first post says about as much). I don't like seeing my Swiss Pikemen throwing down their spears two seconds into combat, for reasons I think are pretty self-explanatory, regardless of the fact that Swiss Pikemen are effective units anyway. Some mods (Stainless Steel comes to mind) have tried to rectify this issue by removing the secondary sword, but this had the consequence of creating impenetrable spear walls as in Rome, which doescause gameplay problems, but by making pikes too powerful rather than not powerful enough. I was proposing an alternative method of dealing with the issue, which on reflection was probably not very feasible. I think we'll have to chock it up to a flaw in the engine.