Quote Originally Posted by Kenchi_Sulla
Simple: Yes they are to strong. They should receive the spearwall bonus vs cavalry but NOT vs armoured infantry. Cheap pikes are unbreakable from the front and still very flexible. It should be altered.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_%28weapon%29
, historically swordmen could hardly break a pike in formation frontally.


imo some pike units' cost need to be revised.. i mean, the cost of training these pikemen to fight effectively should be reasonably high?

i think the pikemen is realistic and ok; it is deadly vs other non-pike and cav when used right. they do fight quite bad once switched to sword or off spearwall.

i think the pike unit

  • * should take longer time to form spear wall after running to a spot
    * cannot form spear wall once it get into melee with enemy?
    * should cost more for Landsknechts (and likes); they were german imitate of the Swiss, and yet cost almost the same as Flemings (who were urban militia? i assumed they received less training than professional soldiers?)