Few question from MTW fan ...

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Phalanxs. I've played as the Roman for the most part and I sucked big time using the odd mercenary hoplite, the only units against which they seem quite good to me were chariot. Otherwise even if I manage to get the phalanx tidy and all, it gets very quickly disorganised and those silly hoplites start using their swords with no great effect. Even when an heavy cavalry unit charge it head on, it does not get impaled on the spears but somehow manages to disturb the phalanx and turn it into mincemeat .... I have tried to find the answer on the forum but could not find an answer that was reliable enough ... Tried to start a Greek campaign to test things out but except when I faced infantry only I run into trouble each time because it was way too easy to flank me. Could someone point me in the right direction ?

Phalanx mobility in the game is terrible, so it is often best to focus on keeping all phalanxes marching in a totally straight line with avoidance of moving corners of any shape or form. If you keep them regimented, simply using them as a wall that just walks up to the enemy, you can't really go wrong. They work best in defence rather than the attack which is why, even if you are on the offensive, its best to force the enemy to attack you than you to have to engage with them - just stand close and wait for them charge onto the pikes. If that doesn't work, move the line closer so their spears will touch the enemy - never ever order them to actually attack - that's where their weakness is and when their lines start to bend and become disordered.

Games slow down eacg time I have played the game for a few hours. That's someting which I undertsood was to be remedied by patch 1.5. but I still get the same trouble each time I play a bit too long ... Any way to solve that ?

The memory leak never really was ever fixed - the problem was very slightly improved, but not by a very significant amount. Beyond installing extra RAM to cope with the game's hunger for memory, there isn't really much you can do. You could also try disabling RAM hogging services as described here, but the positive effect felt here often isn't very large. Sorry

Hope this is useful