I wonder how people can dare to name this a "feature".
CA did not give much about historical accuracy or playability with Chariots, Cavalry and Spearmen/Phalanx unit types either.
Now this odd behaviour gets "explained" because someone found a true fact about the tendency of Hoplite-Formations shifting to the right.![]()
There have been more blatant tries to defend bugs and name them features with other games, but this makes Hoplite units sliding right away from the door and letting the enemy in unhindered not better in any way.
Use guard mode, OK.
Still, the sitting duck Hoplites are bugged. Even Cavalry can charge them head-on and win. Not even the weak rear and sides are necessary to do so, and this would require at least a bit of thought from the player.
This unit is ridiculously misbalanced. An Army of Hoplites gets slaughtered by Cavalry, Archers and even pure foot Infantry-heavy Roman Armies butcher them.
Add in this nice "feature", and you really get the feeling "it is all historical correct".
Sorry for my sarcasm. But this cannot be right.![]()
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