Well, I continued to play on my makedonia campaign and it seems VH/VH is HARD

I think my glorious time in gone after loosing all my Elite-Cavalry through the years.
When I read the history text box of the Hetaroi it is says, that their Equipment makes them too expensive to field. I don´t know, but it is intended that you have them only at start?

Maybe I am just too stupid, but in my campaign it seems that I can´t recruit them anywhere. With Infantry units only this campains sucks as hell. All my units always loose their 1on1 fights, the AI can even rush my phalanx head on.

My only chance is abusing the AI by moving in a circel with my whole army on the map until ALL units are tired and can´t hardly move any more. Then I stop and rush their fastest units (normally javelins, slinger and archers) with my whole army. Because of their now lower moral they normaly rout and often cause a mass rout. If not... well start running