Review my Pergamene army

[william weedzor]

I dont get it,why do you keep your cavalry behind and such splited.IF the enemy mass his cavalry on left wing u will still need reorganize your FMs into group or just put them together and move them somewhere forward.Dont tell me only reason for this is your hobby for grouping troops in the battle.Because this is only reasonable answer why you do such thing.

Same for javeliners.Why they are on different side of line?Together they do much better bussines and why they are behind.Again no reason for such deployment,because u will need to move them.

This is not about effectivity of your army,but you have deployment phase to deploy your troops.Such kind of battle formation is only for effect and perhaps look good,but when the battle start u will still move them to better position.So why they can start in better position grouped together by their purpose?Less managament for same performance.

Seriously tell me what happen if u see cavalry massed on one wing?what will u do?U will put them together....fail because u have deployment phase for this....and move them a bit out of your line to have clear field for charge.......again fail because u can do this in deployment phase.Do you get my meaning?Spliting cavalry on each wing and behind everything before the battle even start without knowledge of the enemy deployment is just fail of your deployment stategy.Not big fail,because u have plenty of time to redeploy in battle,but why?And now imagine doing same pointless cavalry move in 50 battles in row.And only because it looks so fine......

Btw did u see many ancient battle plans where is cavalry comfortably hidden BEHIND the flanks?

Chaeronea:Makedonian cavalry is in very left wing and a bit forward.
Issus:Both sides have cavalry on the flanks in same line with first line.
Gaugamela:Try guees where is cavalry:)
Granicus:Yap on the wings

Let jump to future

Cannae:Cavalry on wings
Lake Trasimene: cavalry on wing
Trebia: Both sides have cavalry on wings and bit separated
Zama: Again both sides have cavalry on each wing

No offense mate,but Alexander and Hannibal was battle hardened veterans who know their job and none of them put his cavalry in such sick position:).Btw Hannibal face some not so exactly good and skilled generals and even this guyz put their cavalry in right place where cavalry have to be.