Quote Originally Posted by Lefterman View Post
Hello there, I 've been playing Koinon Hellenon, and I 'm pretty advanced in the campaign now. I believe all units are available for training, yet I see there are no phalanx formations within the Koinon Hellenon :s Why is that? Even though most hoplites are described as Phalanx units, I don't see any option like that being open to me =/
I have installed a mod which gives some stances too, like Shield wall and Warcry (can't remember the mod's name), but even before that, Phalanx formation was never an option to me :| It just seems pretty weird to me that Makedons and Epeirotes support phalanx, and Athenians/ Spartans don't..
The word 'phalanx' was used in history to describe both Greek hoplite close-order spear formations, and Macedonian pike formations (although the long Macedonian pikes are called sarissas, not pikes - but pikes is what they actually were.)

In EB, 'phalanx formation' means 'pike formation' - specifically the Macedonian phalanx formation. Hoplites use short 8-foot spears, wielded overhand, not long 21 foot pikes wielded underhand, so hoplites don't use the EB phalanx formation.