In praise of the fixed phalanx behaviour

**hoom** · 02-17-2005, 00:08

I'd just like to put forward some ups to CA for how the phalanx formation has been fixed.

Its great.

No more Hoplite Shuffle.

They even do the 'drive inexorably forward into the enemy' bit!

**Jambo** · 02-17-2005, 00:32

Aye, phalanxes can be deadly!!

**Wishazu** · 02-17-2005, 00:43

yeah its great, im a pretty much exclusive greek player and the fixes have made it so much more enjoyable :)

**Baiae** · 02-17-2005, 00:49

Yes, I think that the developers get to much stick for the things that go wrong and not enough praise for things which now work correctly. For me the phalanx bug was the largest single issue pre-patch and the game is infinately better now its been fixed.

**BeeSting** · 02-17-2005, 00:53

What?

At the last minute, individual units in AI phalanx line made a 30-degree turn before contact and got torn apart by my spears. I think this happens quite often because they seem to individually select their targets without regard to their disadvantage in making abrupt turns or breaking formation.

Once, I saw a phalanx unit sprint across one end to another right before contact, and it got sandwiched between the two opposing lines. What was it trying to do? Maybe it was trying to flank me by going the wrong direction or something? I have not a clue.

The AI phalanx units are the easiest to beat because they break formation all the time and individually go on a goose chase all over the map. Then these slow moving units become easy picking for my cavalry.

**Byzantine Prince** · 02-17-2005, 00:54

My patch won't install. I installed in once but I had the RTR so re-installed and it wouldn't work no matter what i did. I fixed the directory and everything but still I get the error message. I don't' get it. What am I supposed to do ?@??!?!

**The Stranger** · 02-17-2005, 11:33

Originally Posted by BeeSting

What?

At the last minute, individual units in AI phalanx line made a 30-degree turn before contact and got torn apart by my spears. I think this happens quite often because they seem to individually select their targets without regard to their disadvantage in making abrupt turns or breaking formation.

Once, I saw a phalanx unit sprint across one end to another right before contact, and it got sandwiched between the two opposing lines. What was it trying to do? Maybe it was trying to flank me by going the wrong direction or something? I have not a clue.

The AI phalanx units are the easiest to beat because they break formation all the time and individually go on a goose chase all over the map. Then these slow moving units become easy picking for my cavalry.

that's ai behaviour, the never know wich unit to attack and change it at the last minute, and get killed

**screwtype** · 02-17-2005, 14:54

Originally Posted by Byzantine_Prince

My patch won't install. I installed in once but I had the RTR so re-installed and it wouldn't work no matter what i did. I fixed the directory and everything but still I get the error message. I don't' get it. What am I supposed to do ?@??!?!

Try the tech forum at totalwar.com. I think some other people have had similar problems. If you can't find a thread addressing your problem, start a thread of your own.