Phalanx testing--please respond

[Saigrin]

Well, I've been playing as Arche Seleukeia, and I've had a funny time watching the Pantodapoi Phalanx crushing units of greek Pehzetairoi, while having minor stats. I have the feeling that the reason for this is the secondary weapon switch:

Pehzetairoi switch weapons like having no trust in their primary weapon, as soon as they face an enemy unit, so they become vulnerable. On the other side, Pantodapoi phalanx don't have this feature "activated", and they never switch weapons; that, in game statistics, give them more survivability, but it looks pretty ridiculous to watch a broken formation with pikes pointing everywhere.

My feeling is that if it where possible to make Pehzetairoi less anxious to switch weapons, the experience would be better. If not possible, i would propose the Pantodapoi option, at least, a pike unit uses pikes.

On other news, I've noted that mercenary phalangites have really minor stats compared to national Pehzetairoi phalanxes.

When I earn more free time to test the game, I'll give more feedback if I think it can be useful, as I intend to be with this.

Keep on fighting, team!