Quote Originally Posted by stalin
Any faction that uses the phalanx is immune to AI's tactics thus can be played on any settings quite succesfully. Letting the Naked Ones run around and get exhausted makes them very prone to routing. I've routed them in sieges at around 30 (pinned with phallanx, charged with cav from behind and immediatelly charged with infantry after the cav breaks their formation)

It is true, the AI has a major difficulty dealing with phalanxes in the early and middle game. Usually by the late game its units won't rout so easely because thier are the best or 2nd best of that Faction/Region. And when the AI plays with phalanx armies it breaks thier formation.

I have a VH/VH campain with the Greek Cities and I just took corinth and doing OK (for now at least)

I had to RESTART my Audiu campain, this time on H/H. (Romans don't expand so quickly and Rebels don't siege your cities) Itis year 23+ and the Arverni, Romani and Sweboz are dead.