Quote Originally Posted by Noir

Is this in a single battle or a series of battles? Is it against a particular set of players or against random unconnected players? How often those opponents have fought an all phalanx army? How experienced are they and how experienced are you? Just a few curiosity questions.
Noir
1. This was a second battle in a series. Though in the first battle my ally took heavy elephants and cav while I took the sacred bands.

2.They seems to know each other somewhat.

3.I dont know It doesnt really say how often your opponents fought all phalanx.

4.Again i dont really know how experienced they are or my ally. Im somewhat of a veteran and Ive been playing for about 9 months. Most of my victories against rome has come by using the Half cataphract-Half chariot army. I have had alot of victories against greeks. The biggest weakness with the greeks is no cav. I picked apart spartan armies using bowmen without using any regular infantry. Backshots work well...

One thing i learned about warfare is even an archer with a shank can drastically change the outcome of close combat. I Recognize the morale penalty of rear charges.

That's too strong - eventually you will trap AI horse archers, and the AI will trap yours, thanks to the inability of the skirmish function to cope with map edges.
If you can't realize when your horse archers are getting to close to the Map edge then horse archers arent for you.