Quote Originally Posted by Spino
Well the underhand spears must certainly work better for a unit defending on higher ground, that's a trade off I can certainly live with since units no longer receive the same generous morale bonuses on higher ground as they did in MTW. Sure, it was easier for CA to take a blanket approach for all spear units and label it 'done' rather than working on a different approach for both types of spear grip.
There was a +2 morale bonus for higher ground in MTW which isn't a large bonus.

It doesn't bother me how the men hold their spears, but I am surprised that they don't follow the terrain because this is supposed to be a state of the art game. Right now the battle engine of HistWar Le Grognards looks to be much more advanced than Total War going by the recent interview at The Wargamer.
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