A question about guard mode with phalanx pikemen

[vartan]

It's mostly due to their spears having such a lower lethality relative to other weapon types. And do you really expect the AI to pull off invasions of the historic types mentioned? That sounds more like expecting a reenactment.

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

It's mostly due to their spears having such a lower lethality relative to other weapon types. And do you really expect the AI to pull off invasions of the historic types mentioned? That sounds more like expecting a reenactment.

I've seen some pretty impressive naval invasions in my campaign, not two-unit armies or anything of the sort. Rome and Carthage in particular; they each traded all of the Western Mediterranean islands countless times, Rome landed a full stack in Epeiros, Carthage landed a full stack in Italy and also landed three 3/4 stacks at Massylia against me. Makedonia invaded and conquered Kyrene, Taras and Krete and the Saba invaded and subjugated Numidia, and there was quite a tussle between the Seleukidai and Ptolemaioi over Cypress.