Is it me or are Hoplites much stronger in V1.0?
I have a Mak campaign on the go(and 2 others) playing on medium battle to try out the new stats. In several fights they have fought to the last man and my Companion heavy cav have trouble breaking them with a rear charge, no wonder they chew up your Hastati.

I treat them like any strong unit, if their stuck on my Sarrisas or not I gang up on them, but deal with the flanks first. Although it wasn't perphaps the normal Roman way, look at how the Romans dealt with the Mak pikes at Pynda(I think) they found a gap and went for the rear, can't a good Roman General use his initiative and still be doing things the historical Roman way?