Question with Hoplites..

**funkb** · 10-22-2004, 17:06

Is there any way or button for like an alternate attack to have Hoplites and Pikemen engage with sword rather than Pike or Spear?

Or do you just have to have them in standard formation and get up close?

**NightStar** · 10-22-2004, 18:02

Take them out of the Phalanx formation and they'll attack with swords (holding the spear in one hand

) Useful to get them running around quickly or when you need to flank the enemy and have no other units available

**Kekkonen** · 10-22-2004, 18:08

Alt + right click forces an attack with the secondary weapon.

**lismore** · 10-27-2004, 15:49

Spartans are impressive swordsmen also

**The_Doctor** · 10-28-2004, 14:44

Make sure you turn off guard mode or only a handful will attack and the rest will stand around like fools, sometimes fascing the wrong direction

.

It works very well when getting though gates and breachs. You use one unit as "swordsmen" and another as a phalanx. The "swordsmen" push back the enermy, then the phalanx can move in and finish the job.

**Wishazu** · 10-28-2004, 19:02

seeing as this is a post about hoplites can anyone tell me why enemy cav allmost never fails to smash straight through the front of my greek phalanx`s?