Quote Originally Posted by WinsingtonIII View Post
I guess it's been too long since I've played vanilla, I thought they were pretty resistant to javelins in vanilla as well. Regardless, what I meant was that in EB phalanxes have way too much of a frontal defensive bonus against missiles, and that it is unfortunate that the RTW engine cannot represent one of the major effects of javelins, that is, to unshield some of the enemy.
No, I used to knock out a whole phalanx by two javelinne volleys from two peltastai. One from the front, one from the side. they just died like flies and routed. I off course never use that tactic in EB