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    A Livonian Rebel Member Slaists's Avatar
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    Default Re: What is your go-to army composition?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kamakazi View Post
    I opted in to patch 7 mostly to fix my mods lol. But since 7 came out pikes seem to have gotten nerfed. Before I could hold a ton of units back with 1-2 pike lines on defense now they are getting eaten alive by 1-2 opposing units. Anyone else experienced this? Oh and just to tell yall something im really happy about I held out against a 6000+ Egyptian army with only a 1 stack army and a garrison number I think at exactly 3000 but if you think about it that number is mob swelled etc. It was a crazy battle but I barely held on! Ill post pics if yall wanna see it
    With patch 7, pike soldiers have larger gaps between them so now attackers are able to get between the pikes. However, my pikes still hold pretty well. Their real nemesis is AI missile troops, not melee.

    By 1-2 pike lines do you mean pikes 2 rows deep? That sounds insufficient. They need more rows to be able to hold.

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    Default Re: What is your go-to army composition?

    Quote Originally Posted by Slaists View Post
    With patch 7, pike soldiers have larger gaps between them so now attackers are able to get between the pikes. However, my pikes still hold pretty well. Their real nemesis is AI missile troops, not melee.

    By 1-2 pike lines do you mean pikes 2 rows deep? That sounds insufficient. They need more rows to be able to hold.
    No I don't let my pikes go less than 4 rows deep. They just get really messed up really fast. If they made a big gap in them what is the point of calling it a phalanx?
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    Well to be frank non levy pikes were a bit OP.
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