Quote Originally Posted by Afkazar
2.Having troops that could be in combat sit and rest seems kinda crazy to me.
It is, because with RTW's game engine there is no tactical advantage to reserving units due to the lack of the squeeze penalty. You may as well through your men into the melee blob and have them fight to wear down the enemy faster. Historically the Romans would have fought similarly, in the pre marian era anyway, to how guineawolf described and it was effective. The formation usually advanced with the Velites up front, the Hastatii behind, Principes behind them and Triarii at the back. These tactics are worthless in RTW due to unrealistic fatigue and exaggerated kill rates, except perhaps for having your velites up front, as you are better of simply bumrushing and encircling.