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  1. 04-12-2005, 20:17 #1
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    Default Possible Phalanx Revelation

    It was weird. I just finished a hoplite vs. hoplite custom battle and I noticed that when I had my units attack in guard mode, they were pushing foward rather than stepping to the right. Phalanxes actually gaining ground! And out of guard they stepped to the side counter clockwise. This is nice if I've stumbled on to something.
    I found it useful using the pushing in guard to force enemy units who were too deep into my line. Being out of guard mode is good when say you're losing on one part of your line and you need to kill quickly or say you want to have your rightmost unit flank the enemy because of the natural rotation that's been mentioned in other posts.

    The only down side I see is that you kill less in guard mode so in one on one unit confrontations, you'll get killed more often.
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    that's old news, very old news, probably from the stone-age

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    as far as one-on-one goes with phalanxes, you just have to make sure you have more or equal frontage than the enemy, and use "," and "." to make sure that frontage is pointing to the enemy. as long as you keep the enemy from lapping around your rear or crushing into your flank, you should have a huge advantage over any other infantry. wheeling when the enemy line begins to lap around should keep you safe in isolated engagements
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    Jeez guys...your so unforgiving, lighten up on a new member.

    Thnx for the info Marcus Maxentius...
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    I've learned something new from this thread
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    Quote Originally Posted by kekvitirae
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    Default Re: Possible Phalanx Revelation

    Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache
    Jeez guys...your so unforgiving, lighten up on a new member.

    Thnx for the info Marcus Maxentius...
    I agree.

    And I didn't know that either. Thanks Marcus.
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  8. 04-14-2005, 22:24 #8
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    Default Re: Possible Phalanx Revelation

    Gracias. That will be fun to try when I start using Phalanxes in the RTR again. And it never hurts to remind people of important things like that.

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