Battle deployment of Marian Cohort

[Olaf The Great]

....Gwuh?

[cluelessnewbie]

I think even two lines is overkill for the small number of units you are able to command on the battle map. The Romans would have used multiple lines to provide some defense in depth in a very long battle line with several legions. I usually use one and a half lines in my battles, and I think that's a good fit for the smaller scale of combat in the game.

[The Stranger]

i usually use 1 line of infantry supported by 1 line of cavalry and missile... with phalanx atleast. my infantry pins them down, my cavalry swoops down the flank and routs them. then I swoop my flanks around those still fighting in the middle, if they dont rout immediatly i charge in my missile, charge with my phalanx (using their swords) and charge in my general, they usually rout quite fast. then i hunt every thing down mainly using my cavalry and missile troops. i usually annihality 90% of the enemy.

[Hooahguy]

this is how i deploy my standard Marian army:
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...deployment.jpg
(i dont know y the quality is so bad, but oh well )

all of my armies are now like this, but my faction leaders army, i just replace the reformata with evocata, but that army is usually a show of force to other countries, i rarely fight with it, mainly because i have to go and send the evocata back to italy to retrain, which is annoying.