Ano2: Ah, sorry for my poor formulation, what I meant was, is it possible to make other units apart from phalanxes attack in depth, like both the 1st and 2nd rank may reach in with their weapons? Because with that and the new shield-wall formation from BI, you got prospects to decently recreate the classical hoplite phalanx, that would be rather exciting, but if soldiers other than phalanxes can't be made to attack over eachothers shoulders, it's rather useless anyway.

Or maybe it's a false assumption that the two first ranks of a hoplite phalanx fought with their spears? The antique era isn't really my specialty.

It would still be neat if units could for other purposes anyway, I can't remember that I've ever seen a unit do this in RTW.