Thanks for the help. I prefer to play historical so I won't be making any nube boxes any time soon. Anyway I found this gem of a thread.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...ight=phalanxes

I wish there was a "forward advance button" or something instead I have to group them all together and click behind the enemy to get them to face the right way. And then even still it seems like the A.I. is lined up at all these odd angles