BUG-FIXER, an unofficial patch for Barbarian Invasion expansion pack

[Julius_Nepos]

Greetings, I am running the latest BUG-FIXER release, 3.36 and I've encountered a strange issue. When playing as the Bruti, I find that when I charge my Equites into the back of a line of Levy Pikemen, rather than demolishing the unit, as one might expect, many of my Equites die and the charge is absorbed by the Levy Pikemen, making them seem to be some kind of uber-super unit. I'm running the 1.5/1.6 patches for both RTW and BI and the only mod I have installed is the Bug-Fixer, is this supposed to be happening? I don't recall Levy Pikemen and even Milita Hoplites being able to absorb a full cavalry charge in the back WHILE killing my mounted units without even turning around. Hopefully this issue can be resolved soon, thanks.

[x-dANGEr]

I think it has got nothing to do with the Bug-Fixer. This is a common usual thing that happens when you charge a 'low armored' unit into the back of a phalanx.

[gmjapan]

Yeah i dont think that cav charge is bug-fixer. So far I have had Eastern Infantry insta-route and kill all but three Cataphracts that charged their back, Eastern Infantry insta-kill my general as he charged their back and Phalanx units continually route equites that (again!) charge their back even while engaged. (I'm gonna learn soon!)

But my point is the first two happened on latest R:TW (1.5?) without bug-fixer installed.

EDIT: is there a bug with the "bonus vs cav" units that the bonus is being applied for the wrong conditions?

[Julius_Nepos]

Well that rules out that problem then. As I said I don't ever remember this being "common" in any way shape or form. This is the first time its happened to me and I find it exceedingly unrealistic. Perhaps it's something I can modify myself, though I suspect it was done to make the game more challenging. I find it more humorus when mounted spearmen die because they hit the BACK of a Phalanax Unit. Thanks for the replies though, much appreciated they are.

[Ciaran]

I´m afraid you´ll have no luck there, that´s the so-called butt-spike issue (or bug). With 1.3, a new functionality was introduced for spear-armed units, if they stand braced, they reflect some of the cavalry charge back, providing a better defence. Unfortunately, while it was obviously intended to work when the attack hits the front, actually it seems like the charge-reflecting works both on the front and the rear of the spear unit (not the flanks, though, to the best of my knowledge, so try hitting those). By the way, the spears will even kill your own cavalry if you let them run through them.