Hoplite Question

[Megas Methuselah]

Damn, I love this game.

Anyways, concerning my curiosity: Why is it that all the different types of hoplites(levy, classical, massilians, indo-greeks, etc.) all have different formations? In other words, why are the Classical Hoplites in such a tight formation, when the levies are in a slightly looser formation, and the massilians/indo-greeks in an even more looser formation?

I don't mean to insult this great mod or any of its creators in any way. This is merely curiosity. Thx in advance.

[Pharnakes]

Classical hoplites, cause thats how they fought, in dense formations.

Levies, IDK really, but I would guess cause they haveless disipline/training, so they don't assume such a dense formation.

Massilains because they have adopted many cletic styles, including the longsword, which requires a looser formation to wield.

Indo greeks, IDK but all elites tend to be fairly loose, I would guess this is to cover the maximum ground with their lower numbers.

[Megas Methuselah]

Yeah, I found the loose formations of the elites to be... I dunno, I find it annoying, I guess. I checked the text files, and noticed the epilektoi and spartiatai are just a tiny bit looser than the classicals. Maybe an EB member can enlighten me on this matter?

Thx for the info about the Massilians.

[TWFanatic]

It doesn't matter once they're engaged anyways, they all break formation and fight like rabble. (unless you have my mod of course)

[cultist]

refresh our memories or at least mine
what is your mod?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Look under unofficial submods subforum... a thread beginning with TWFanatic's and ending with minimod...