Quote Originally Posted by Long lost Caesar
I actually didn't. Pila do jack sh*t on a gaesaetae charge, they just keep coming. Are slingers best used against these madmen? Apparently they're better against armour than bowmen, but i don't know myself. Cheers
I think the best would be heavy machine-guns and flamethrowers and maybe one or two Lockheed AC-130 gunships to be sure...but, as these means are not available in ancient Rome, I prefer volleys of burning arrows (not in "fire at will" modus) from the flanks for psychological effects, triarii to keep them at range, hastati for backup and pila, and finally 2 heavy cavalry from the flanks and 2 into the back.