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    I think scariness in reality should not be translated directly into the one we have in game. It's just there for varieties and allow options. If you look at all scary units, they have a weakness that is dying too quick from missiles or whatever it is the obvious counter. Phalangites are just too tough to be scary. That's like having an elephant unit of 25 and not vulnerable to missiles. Alexander the Great had to do more than just scare people with pezhetairoi. He had to lead many cavalry charges. Well he didn't have to personally but you catch my drift. Also in game one may isolate the phalanx from the bulk of army but that's more of AI issue, not phalanx. You can't do that against human.
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    Alexander the Great had to do more than just scare people with pezhetairoi. He had to lead many cavalry charges. Well he didn't have to personally but you catch my drift.
    Actually, that's exactly what he did. That's why the Makedon cavalry are called the 'Companions'

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    Actually, that's exactly what he did. That's why the Makedon cavalry are called the 'Companions'
    Legolas and Gimli are also part of fellowship to Frodo. Where are you going with this? So phalangite are so scary that they need to be baby sitted? If all he had to do was to scare people with them so why bring companions? To much walking? Nope. He knew no [cavalry] flanking, no skirmisher support, etc means failure.

    Also what scary to one individual is different for others so I'm not gonna touch that. For the most part though, war is scary. That is timeless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Weebeast View Post
    Where are you going with this?
    I think he meant that Alexander personally lead the cavalry charges ...
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    To be honest a phalanx would only be scary if you were ordered to actually attack it. If you were simply standing around it, I doubt you would feel anything other than a generic fear of battle. Sure, they have long pointy things, but long pointy things aren't exactly exotic. It isn't as if they're riding elephants or swinging both their swords around in circles.

    Does there even need to be a "scare factor" added to phalanxes? Attacking them head-on would be pretty scary, and it's exactly the case in EB. Levies will be ineffectual and run, while elites will simply be ineffectual (Unless you do some exploitation).
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