Can you explain - spearwall bonus?

[UglyandHasty]

I agree. In a couple of games, i took 5-6 cheap pike militia, and even at valor 0, they hold their ground pretty good. Even versus late sword units.

[Kronos]

They're very similar to rtw phalanxes in that when charged head on only the best infantry can break them when stationary, however there's many ways to break the best spartan box for all the ppl wo r experts at rtw it's a peice of cake

But for anyone who only played MTW and/or STW u'll need to learn it.

[YellowMelon]

They are a bit decieving in the selection screen, and they seem more powerful than RTW. Units that can spearwall gain a huge stat increase both def and att...until we unpack the data we won't know how much and whether they are too cheap or not. But right now they look odd when a unit has 12/12 and plays significantly better than their abilities (despite their price being lofty).

[Kronos]

Yes they are a bit decieving in that regard, but only when stationary, so someone could move around them and attack especially as it takes them ages to reform. Alot of other units i've found a bit decieving as well tho, even tho they're cheaper and from the same era as another unit (such as varangians and fuedal knights) the varangians performed alot worse than they should of done.
Varangians being 20 15 with ap, and fuedal knights something like 11 21.
This however was just in 1 battle so i'd have to see in a unit vs unit comparison how they'd do.