Quote Originally Posted by Xehh II
I'm having a real problem with my soldiers not doing what I say.
For example in my Rome campaign I ordered my Acensei to flank and fire into a Phalanx moving towards my line but do they do that? No, instead one unit runs into and melee attacks some Hoplitai while the other unit fires into some Akontistai.
Another example, I ordered my cavalry to charge into some Toxetai that were flanking me but do they do that? No, they decide to charge into the local, neighborhood Phalanx and get murdered.

Has anyone else had this problem? I have it at least once in every single battle I fight, no matter what faction i'm playing as.
have you taken your Accensi out of skirmish mode? if missile troops are left in skirmish mode they will try to skirmish away from the closest unit moving towards them...and right into another unit that is stationary or located behind them. also, turn off fire at will, units that 'skirmish away' will, when they stop moving, start firing at some random unit (don't know how the battlefield AI decides how to pick a target)

what type of cavalry unit were you using? if your cav were 'skirmisher cav (this does include the Tarentine Elite Cav, plus most gallic/germanic merc cav)'
you have to get them out of skirmish mode before they will charge properly. it could also have been that there were some men from the Toxotai unit mixed in with the Phalangitai and that is where the AI decided to target those Toxotai.