Quote Originally Posted by Ulstan
Hoplites often fought overhand and pointed downwards. The rear ranks of pikes might well do the same thing, since in real life they couldn't just ram their pikes through the shields and backs of the men in front, and pikes waving 5 feet above their opponents don't do anything.
Well I noticed that the angle of the shot decieved me a bit.
The 2 row is clearly pointing the pikes straight forward while the 3rd row is pointing slightly downwards because of the way they are holding the pike.
Very nice work by CA there