Post Reform (Patch) Phalanges

[Fridge]

Ellesthyan - I've noticed that too, I guess its a choice of a) pre-patch: having your phalanx remain in formation, but either only contact the enemy at one corner, or be swamped and flanked/attacked from the rear, or b) post-patch: having your unit react to the enemy more, not get flanked, but break phalanx formation easily.

It seems now that phalanxes are only really effective (as phalanxes) when hit head on (not necessarily at right angles, but with no flanking) - so there's even more reason to use them in a long, unbroken line. Is that more historically accurate? Or not? Who knows? And does the hitting-backspace-to-reform-the-phalanx trick still work?

Also, when looking closely at some phalanxes, it appears that some of the troops on the outside, where the formation has been disrupted use knives, but the bulk still appear to have their spears lowered - can a unit be half in/half out of a formation?

[Spino]

I love the changes made to phalanx units. They definitely seem to behave more realistically now and they engage enemy units more quickly and effectively than before. If they're somewhat more vulnerable than before then so be it, the phalanx formation was notoriously vulnerable from the sides and rear, certainly moreso than was modeled in 1.0 and the 1.1 patch.

[Basileus]

Phalanx units seem stronger now, in medium diffculty you crush evrything that comes frontaly..have to try harder difficultys to see if theres still a diffrence