Quote Originally Posted by Cadwalader View Post
I have recently started playing EB again after a long absence, and noticed that in my Bactrian campaign, my severely weakened unit of levy phalangites absolutely crushed a full strength Seleucid unit of pezheratoi! While this event probably gave me the victory, it seems highly unnatural even though my unit was defending. I've made a few experiments in custom games, and it seems that the phalanx tries to actually kill people only some of the time, and it appears to be completely arbitrary whether they choose to do so or not.

..Or is it? I was hoping someone could answer that.
Were you on higher ground? I've had similar experiences with my own Baktrian troops. Few things can 'charge' uphill into a phalanx and come out alive. Don't underestimate higher ground!