Quote Originally Posted by Raiuga View Post
Thanks for the reply's. Yes that's what I usually do when fighting AS army's



Yes I know . . I just think, and this is just my opinion so don't burn me in the stake, the phalanx is a little over powered. They where meant to form a wall of spears and to pin down the enemy, and they do just that that, but they kill many men. I mean, how lethal could the sarissa be? I can be wrong, but I just can't imagine a spear that long, being very effective at killing.
The phalanx has been discussed as overpowered, and I don't know enough about the phalanx to refute or support either side of the argument. I actually find that the phalanxes are half-half, either sometimes really effective and slaughter hordes of men or merely kill ten percent of the enemy while just holding them in place. IMHO, they do have a little too much resistance to missiles from the front and sometimes from the rear.