About the space which various units can take on the battlefield

[The Celtic Viking]

Brother, are you saying that you're "forced" to overlook Arjos as... unfit for battlefield commission? I've got to disagree with that, mate, and quite strongly in fact. I always bring a few Arjos whenever I can afford it, and IMO they are better than Neitos. I mean, with better morale, a better shield, a higher mass and a spear instead of javelins (this one, I suppose, is personal preference though: I rarely use the javs anyway, so naturally I value the anti-cav protection more), what is there to complain about? They're cheaper too, as a matter of fact, and as Fred already said, a tighter formation is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's often very good.

All this combined makes a kick ass unit if you ask me. I mean, they're exactly what the Gauls need (besides some ranged support): an elite infantry unit which isn't ridiculously expensive or low in numbers (both of which Celtic elites - or at least those not on horseback - tend to be). You can see them as a bridge between the ultra-crazy Solduros and the Neitos if you like.

Now as for the Mori Gaesum, I'll say they're good too, though I use them far less often - but that says more about my taste than it does of the unit. It's performed good when I've felt so inclined to take them. Though I use the Milnaht slightly more often, I can say pretty much the same about them. They are solid choices both of 'em.

As for making their formations looser, there's nothing that stops you, technically speaking. However, for it to work in MP, your opponent must have made the same changes as well, and that's where I imagine it falls. I don't see this being changed in the standardized edu, and rightly so. It's better this way.