Quote Originally Posted by antisocialmunky View Post
Unless your opponent also has phalanxes, then the square phalanx beats the wide phalanx especially if there is a quality difference between phalanx of the square and the line formation.
@Intranetusa: This is a research project, not a joke.

@munky: Phalanx vs Phalanx you would much rather take the phalanx with a deeper formation as it would beat the enemy phalanx one on one. The problem is you easily get flanked and lose the game. Our tests are micro-situational and don't (need to) take into account such larger factors. This isn't a whole battle test and I highly discourage such tests. These micro-tests will be expanded and don't expect Adam and I to do all the work. I'm not going to be here for a month or so; I'll be leaving in less than 3 weeks. One thing I'd recommend and I'm really sorry my poor memory, I forget who mentioned this test to me, but one thing you can test is have a Dacian phalanx, whether light or heavy, against a roman legionary and leave the phalanx in guard mode defender, have the Roman attack with guard mode off and on with 1 falxmen unit attacking the Roman legionary directly at its side, guard on and off, one time on the left of the legion and one time on the right. This is just one example. There are millions of tests and hopefully this won't turn out to be a two-man show. That would be disappointing. I've lots of faith in this community.