No you havent done anything wrong. When just using standard formation swords do indeed have problems against the heavy spears. Two years ago I made some tests of sword using wedge against spears. Wedge will improve the performance against spears as they easily gets disordered and lose their ranks bonus.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...62&postcount=1

Although I didnt do any tests without wedge my experience with CMAA v CS is that CS would win perhaps 60-70% of the fights but the CMAA will of course work better if you use a wider line so you get some men flanking the spear unit. That is just not always possible if facing a whole line of spears.


CBR