Hastatis kill my hoplites

[orangat]

Sega/CA never implied in any way shape or form that Alexander was going to be free. All that's happened is that tons of members of the community have hoped/speculated whether it will be or not...that's IT.

So no...there is no "supposedly free Alexander Campaign"...total fantasy, no such animal.

If CA is not releasing a patch and expect users to pay for a fix for the phalanx bug and tower bug, it will leave a bad taste in my mouth. BI was all about hordes since the phalanx was screwed up, I expect the Alexander campaign to fix the phalanx bug.

[Ludens]

If CA is not releasing a patch and expect users to pay for a fix for the phalanx bug and tower bug, it will leave a bad taste in my mouth. BI was all about hordes since the phalanx was screwed up, I expect the Alexander campaign to fix the phalanx bug.

To be honest, I don't think it will come with a patch. They will just add some new content for people who cannot get enough of the game. Also, this is actually the first time I hear about a phalanx bug. What does do exactly?

[Gealai]

Use the phalanx as base/fortress for your light and mobile troops - you shouldn't have any problems with that against the AI. As Simon pointed out it is pointless to have long pointy things holding slow guys without at least one or two cavalry and missile units.


So you always should try to taunt your enemy so that he attacks you with your guys well ordered. In order to get him to do so you need missile units or/and light cavalry - Militia Cavalry in your case. The phalanx should than stop the enemy so that you can threat the rear and flanks. Than, to make the victory complete you need cavalry, so that the phalanx can stay in line.

In short: My lousy poem of the Phalanx
a) The missile units do the gunning so that the enemy must come running
b) The phalanx gets the frontal ramming so that your rest comes from the flanks slamming
c) The cavalry does the all the chasing so that to death the enemy is racing.

Usually all goes fine that way, but yesterday, playing EB I lost my Komatai Thorakitai Stratiotai ~ more or less a armored Hoplite - to two falxwielding Drapanai because my dear double chivron veterans couldn't decide to lower their spears and kept saying hallo to each other instead of facing the enemy. Needless to say that my girlfriend was looking afterwards at me strangly given that I was shouting: "Tzio prott tua decht v'rdommt amol dei hurn spear oi, wos mochtsn es lai dei gonze Zeit! Losstz deas umertandtln"

BTW it means more or less: "Could you please be kind enough to lower your spears, it is strange what you are doing all the time! I would be thankful if you could stop it"

by Gealai

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

How is the phalanx bugged??????????????

My Macedonian line is inpenatrable, everything dies, then the Heavy Cav mop up anyone who gets remotely near the flanks.

My lines:


CCC------PPPPPPPPPP------CCC
-----------A A A AG

P-: Phalanx
C: Cavalry
A: Archers
G: General

Unstopable, especially against Romans, they have no Phalanx, so they die.

[Avicenna]

[/quote=Wigferth Ironwall]My Macedonian line is inpenatrable, everything dies, then the Heavy Cav mop up anyone who gets remotely near the flanks.

My lines:


CCC------PPPPPPPPPP------CCC
-----------A A A AG

P-: Phalanx
C: Cavalry
A: Archers
G: General

Unstopable, especially against Romans, they have no Phalanx, so they die.
[/quote]

Some triarii or any cohorts can do the trick: decimating your cavalry, then getting rid of the phalanx while the roman cavalry (or artillery!) deals with your phalanx.

But of course, the AI is too stupid to use the romans properly.

[orangat]

To be honest, I don't think it will come with a patch. They will just add some new content for people who cannot get enough of the game. Also, this is actually the first time I hear about a phalanx bug. What does do exactly?

Well its not a single bug per se. More a collection of niggly annoyances like drift(fixed), buttspike, failure to attack, horse jumping breaking phalanx mode, problems getting into phalanx mode. Theres one or 2 threads in the Ludus Magna.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Look at the gap between Cav and Phalanx. In order to attack the Cavalry with Cohorts you would need about 4 cohorts, as the Companions will give you the run around and as soon as you hit one the others will flanks, not to mention you expose your back to pikes.

Given that all you or most of your cohorts are tied up fighting my Cav My Infantry can just form square with archers in the middle and kill you cav.

My formation forces you to invert yours and leaves you un able to exicute hammer-and-anvil.