non-Macedonian style Phalanx - broken?

[fomalhaut]

woah you guys really don't know what the Sacred Band of Baal is?! (not the Sacred Band of Thebes). It's the all silver unit that, not the green shielded one.

hahaha i am accidentally pressing alt every single time? not likely. still, i wonder in EB2 if these phalanxes will have only the first row or have it function as a phalanx?

[A_Dane]

I know the Scared band of Baal, but the way you described things and the way vollorix replied i was under the impression, that you were talking about a greek unit, got me somewhat confused :p

[Cute Wolf]

1) if they are used offensively, sure, they'll switch to swords
2) to use them properly, without using BI.exe, you need to put them on continous line, with guard mode on, and use them rather defensively to contain enemy charges.
3) since their primary weapon is spear, they can contain frontal charges, and then continue with swords as better close combat weapon vs infantry