Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean
I tried the gold edition, doesn't the platinum one require BI ?
Oh yeah, doesn't the BI shieldwall function similar to the RTW phalanx ? Does it have similar problems ?
Platinum is for the 1.5 exe, so it avoids a lot of the AI problems (e.g. save-reload bug) of the 1.2 exe you need for Gold or 0.74 EB. You don't need BI, although you can run it with the BI exe and I think that makes the AI a little better too.

I never use the shieldwall much and the AI seldom uses it against me. It's not a default formation like the phalanx one. It tends to make your line much more compact, which is a problem as I tend fight with rather parsimonious problems.