I have been playing for while on my greek campaign, which is going pretty well .Greece and Italy is under my control, and I get 15000 dinars in every turn. I Love to use the hoplites, particualry in the streets where my enemy are forced to attack the phalanx head on, with no possibilities for flanking![]()
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But I Am having problems when attacking with large phalanx armies ( 7-8 Hoplites units). Phalanxses are very vulnrable to attacks from the flanks or rear. Therefore its very important to keep them in a battleline, so the enemy cant flank them unnless they go around the whole formation.
So how do you attack with a phalanx battle line? If I pause the game and tell every unit to attack the the closest enemy unit, they start walking apart, leaving big gaps in the battleline so that the enemy can easly flank them. If I try to get them to attack by ordering to move through the enemy army(Which worked perfectly well in Medival total war), they will simply try to walk through the enemy units instead of attacking.
Isnt there some kind of attack move that allows phalanxes to stay in the battleline when attacking?
Please help! I have already lost several armies full of armoured hoplites because I was unable to hold the battleline while attacking!![]()
And by the way, Do phalanxses suffer penalties to their stats when fighting in close combat with their swords? I have seen my exp 2 armoured hoplites with weapon and armour upgrades ( attack 15 defence 26 I think) getting massacered on my city walls by ordinary hastaties ( attack 9 defence 17 I think)![]()
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