Funny joke? This Steam Mod was made by a member of The Midianites fought by Gideon.

P.S I have fixed the annoying HOORUH in my version of the mod; unfortunately not released yet.

@SenC that's because the author utilised the Pikeman phalanx formation ability to create this mod.

uhhhh....the hoplites with Phanlax formation keep making sounds like 'huh, huh, huh'.......it's..you know, strange, and annoying.

Does the longer spear length also buffs lance carveries?

I was ambushed by the romans with 1000 men to their 2.5-3k. I lost 400 and they were wiped out. Safe to say, dont use this mod if you want a challenge.

cool mod but very op :/

@jojohnbbest Sorry for the late reply......ah yes those I mentioned earlier have the ability, but I notice the Noble Spearmen (Armenia), Bactrian Royal Guard (Baktria) and Colchian Nobles (Colchis) don't have your MOD activaded. I also want to thank you for bring this for the community, because CA don't bring to us a simple Phalanx but instead a Greek Shield Wall.

@jojohnbbest Can u nerf it a bit more? Like im still able to kill in a 1v1 without using any special abilities. Even formation attack on with spartan hoplites I win relatively easy vs preatorian guard or oathsworn.

Glad you like it friend. hey word of advice, try not to attack a wall of spears from the front and hope to win. you wont be winning battles that way.

Great mod! I completely forgot I had this mod enabled, no wonder my praetorian units were getting slaughtered by mere low level hoplites.

@jojohnbbest Thanks alot for u'r answer . I already have a doubt cause i have been crushed twice in eraly games by some romans formations who just kicked my phalangists asses in a vary sad way while i was very confident and impatient to confront them , thinking on my own "hehe you will once see the power of my hoplites"... which already shows dramacticly how the basic formations of these are unebalanced and the need of a good MOD like you did to make the game funier.
Sadly the vanilla game is now looking too bland and flat to turn off radious and enjoy your Mod.

@Fox probably not. to my knowledge radious is a reskin aslo adds units and various other things. this mod is also technically a reskin mod as well. its the only way to add swords so the units can fight with real swords and not invisible ones.

@damianvincent apologies for the late response friend. emm no i dont think so. dei should have its own version with most if not all hoplites. and that mod is so big im afraid to mess with anything in it especially animations.

@stefan sorry for the late reply friend. Glad you like it. also it has been nerferd.

@Leonardo Fiesel again sorry for the late reply. it should. they are hoplites if not let me know.

Does the mod works with RADIOUS ?
Because i cant select it with my massalians hoplites... Any idea of whats wrong please ?

Dei, specifically Makedon wars compatible?

Master mod, really love it. In my opinion its just a bit unbalanced, I just did some test and I was able to beat oathsworn with just a regular hoplite unit. Unit size was 160 and I lost 30 man, and oathsworn lost 90 xd. While a hoplite cost around 650 and oathsworn 1340. So thats the only negative thing I can say about it. Maybe possible to nerf it down just a little bit ?

@jojohnbbest I have a question.....This MOD works also with the Persian Hoplites and Etruscan Hoplites?

Wow this mod is amazing. Awesome work man!

awh ok no probs still awesome :)

@TallestDavid Unfortunately my friend i dont have the ability to do that.

second row should have an overhand stance :3 i meant sorry

i think by over handed he means like the second row attacks over the heads of the first row

awesome mod

@TallestDavid define overhand one?

Like i said my man, Ill make a nerfed version later. If you dont like it dont install it.

@vio_mi_06 ill have that fixed by tommorw my friend. I probably missed them.

gud stuff like old rome I. could you make a alternative accurate overhand one? :D

Nah I prefer a historically accurate mob of hoplites

@jojohnbbest, i've try your mod with royal spartans, heroes and spartan hoplites, none of them have weapons on the first rank when they engage in battle.

@vio_mi_06 name of the unit please.

@V5_Delta anyone with phalanx ability so hoplites

Does this effect only one unit or anybody with the phalanx ability?

Nice mod, now i can defeat romans, but the first rank who engage into battle don't have any kind of weapons in their hands, can that be fix? Thank you for your work . Sorry for my english it is not my native language.

And the attack will not be changed. Ill upload another mod with a nerfed phalanx later.

I think you're talking about rank depth. Its in land_units_table

I basically want to do what you did to the hoplite phalanx here, but also with the shield wall, shield screen, maybe defensive testudo, and any others I see need some changes. Maybe make attacking testudo a little wider too.

the specific behavior column just has the name of the ability. Is there a column that shows how deep the formation will go, so I can just change that value?

I know in land unit stats theres a column depth column where you can change the value depth of a unit when not in formation. Is there a column like that somewhere?

too over balance, you should decrease attack. if spartan has bridge enemy does not victory if not they has bowman please decrease attack Otherwise it, this mod is best mod

unit_special_abilities_tables and specific behavior column.

unit_spacings_tables: for how close the units can be. this affects how close they can be whether they are in or out of formation btw.

How did you change the formation to allow for a longer front? I hate how every formation basically collapses into a square which allows for easy flanking. I've been wanting to make a mod that does that for every formation. What data file, and column do you have to edit to do that?

@leonidas theres an sparta overhaul mod that kinda does that

@leonidas sorry friend. Im not sure how to do that. Not sure if its possible either.

can you make one for sparta so they have attacks like in the move 300 when the persions attack they use the push then stab (sorry for any bad spelling)

Finally!!! I share in your frustration. Very happy that you made this!

Updated. most if not all of the hoplite units in the game should have swords now. keep in mind there are quite a few hoplite units in the game, let me know if i missed any. Enjoy!

I like it. Gives a feeling that hoplites are now something more organised than just a bunch of barbarians in a good armor and with shields and spears.

great!!!

@moros85 Yeah the ai will most likely use this.

hello this used will also be used by the AI against the player?

This was a MUCH needed addition to vanilla Rome 2... Looking forward to seeing more.