I think I once saw a German army with a phalanx. Is that true, can the Germans build phalanx units?
The reason I ask is because I'm looking for a faction that has decent and/or above-average versions of the key units types: archers, spearmen, swordmen, cavalry. The Romans (the Julii at least) have Legionaries for swordmen I guess, Auxilia for spearmen, Auxilia Archers for archers, and 2-3 versions of post-Marian cavalary (light and heavy). They also have fluff units like Jinetes (though I don't know if they're as fast), dogs, pigs, and mobile field artillery.
The Gauls don't seem to have archers of any worth, nor heavy cav, nor spearmen (though this impression may just come from wiping them out too early). I also have tried the Brits and they seem to lack archers and true cavalry too.
As an associated question, does anyone know where I can get a unit tree like the one that came with MTW? It was very useful, as the unit tree is the least-intuitive of the three (unit tree, building tree, and map) and the only one not represented in-game (or is it?).
Thanks.
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