Gaesatae/Tindanotae Far Too Powerful?

[pezhetairoi]

I've been practicing a little bit with getting missile troops behind them and shooting them in the back, it is quite effective. However, I've found that Camillan Hastati and Principes can't advance through though them, they can only hold them off for a while, they can't combat them effectively for too long, like you said, being basically one on one. But are you saying the Triarii may be able to cut through? As for one unit in reserve, would I want to charge it after a few minutes of engagement or after the first unit has killed "x" amount of them? When charging the second unit, do I want to simutaneously pull the first back, or do I want to keep them engaged and use the reserves simply as an extra push?

Mmm, we have some miscomm here, yo. Nobody tries to break through gaesatae, that is suicidal. The basic premise here is that you have to -hold- gaesatae until your cavalry or the rest of your infantry can devote some attention to them having broken the rest of the army. I'm talking about people who use all-heavy troop armies like me, of course. I refuse to use slingers anymore, cuz they are too . It's a reaction to my 8 and 10-slinger Baktrian armies, and how they owned the Seleukids.

But anyway. Triarii can't actually break through gaesatae either, they just can hold them far better and with far less casualties, until my extraordinarii and brihentin come crashing into their naked butts.