I've always wandered if the depth of a formation actually matters, for example in shogun the depth of a formation dicatated how many archers would fire and in theory on the RTW engine, the depth of a formation like spearmen or swordsmen should affect how well they fight but it doesn't seem to so is there any reason for me to have my legionnaires in the normal square formation instead of the long rectangle (that is about 4 ranks deep) like the AI does?



I'm not new to RTW by any means but i've always wanted to know this from someone who knows the engine and stats really well.