Quote Originally Posted by Grade_A_Beef View Post
As I said before, the crossroads situation is highly unlikely.....In general I would simply send my elites (or best available units) up one lane, rout my enemies, then move the elites into the square and attract all the attention while the rest of my units go in afterwards (preferebly from a different street) and flank the giant clump of enemies.
that is what i do most times but mainly out of boredom and only if i have an unquestionable qualitative edge over the enemy.However when AI Phallanx,Hoplites, Thyreoforoi and the the such come into play flanking saves lives and then you have to become more resourceful possibly using crossroads etc... and frankly it's not that difficult to set the AI into a trap. Just place your Phallanx before the crossroad and the AI will probably charge with everything he's got (except the town centre last-stand-troops that is)...