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    I saw a thread a few weeks ago in which one of the eb historians had said that the RTW hoplite phalanx was not the formation the Stratikoi adopted, being more like a shield wall, but that it was the best the RTW engine would allow. Does this mean for those of us that run on BI, it would be more historicaly accurate if we were to remove the phalanx and long_pike attributes, and replace them with shield_wall?
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    Where's Paullus these days?


    In otherwords; bump.
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    Default Re: Getic light phalanx

    Sorry, I missed that thread among the many on here, especially since I wasn't around Saturday. Thanks for the bump. Yes, I assume shield wall would be the way to go--I don't have BI installed right now, so I'm not sure exactly how shield wall operates; mainly, I'm wondering if they can still switch to their secondary weapon. If so, then yeah, shield wall would be the way to go.
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    Smile Re: Getic light phalanx

    Ok, thanks for the helpful reply - yes shield wall does not effect a units abilities to fight with a secondary weapon.
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    Default Re: Getic light phalanx

    But then I guess some stats would need to be tweaked also, because I tried some of the unofficial mods and hoplites in shield wall were way too strong and were overpowered in a fight.
    Maybe a quick fix for the 2 dacian units by someone would be nice for us BI players. As they do seem odd (dacian units with phalanx).

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    I'll put one up in an hour or so (once I've done a bit of stat testing for them)
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    Default Re: Getic light phalanx

    BI shield wall = squish the unit really tight & give defence/offence bonus = destroys balance (unless stats tweaked) = better to just stick with either the phalanx or go spear only EB hoplite style hold formation.
    maybe those guys should be doing something more useful...

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    Mod up, (with balancing).
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