Quote Originally Posted by Rolling Thunder View Post
... Would it not be more realistic for them to have relatively low defence and shields statistics to reflect that their shields are smaller, much harder to use with the Sarissa and that the Sarissa is a relatively clumsy weapon and hard to defend yourself with. Whereas in EB, I would thing they are...a tad too resilient.
Look, any combat system has limitations. We have fiddled with unit stats to try to get around RTW's shortcomings. As for the EB phalanx being too resilient, as Polybios (18.29) says: "... so long as the phalanx retains its characteristic form and strength nothing can withstand its charge or resist it face to face."