How to get my troops to use pikes/spears?

[Mealice]

I've seen videos of people making a pike line that stops cav pretty good. how do i get my units to use their pikes/long spears even when i put them in a polearm focused group they just stand there and use their other weapon

[저지]

Originally posted by Mealice:

I've seen videos of people making a pike line that stops cav pretty good. how do i get my units to use their pikes/long spears even when i put them in a polearm focused group they just stand there and use their other weapon

Have you tried Formations? Usually in Shieldwall Formation my guys hold their spears between the shields.

[Martell]

They dont...

This critique has been mentioned so many times since the Alpha released. Still they haven't done anything about it. Spearmen don't use spears - and spears are still ridiculously underpowered.
Also, shieldwall is not a shieldwall but only means standing closer to eachother and walking more slowly.
The funniest thing is: You don't even have the option to tell them what weapon to use.

The dev is one big joke.

[Fendelphi]

They will use spears, if cavalry(and no infantry) are about to engage them. If they are under fire, they will usually pull out their shields, so any spear/pike that requires 2 hands are not going to be used if they are both getting shot at and charged by cavalry.

This limits the types of units that can effectively form a spear wall.

[Mealice]

I have tried using formations, its a shame spear brace is such a cool feature too bad ai can't use it

[DontOpenDeadInside]

The only troops that aren't bugged atm are the ones without shields. So basically Vlandian pikemen. They are good mainly to destroy horse charges and that's it. I personally have the pikemen and flaxmen in the same group to destroy horsemen. I have them behind the shieldwall because the cavalry still dies when they get trough shieldwall and moves a little. Sometimes I move them front of shieldwall right before the enemy horse charge. They are just really weak to arrows.

There's also the worse version of the vlandian pikemen, the hired elite pike.

[Martell]

Originally posted by DeadlyGreed:

The only troops that aren't bugged atm are the ones without shields. So basically Vlandian pikemen. They are good mainly to destroy horse charges and that's it. I personally have the pikemen and flaxmen in the same group to destroy horsemen. I have them behind the shieldwall because the cavalry still dies when they get trough shieldwall and moves a little. Sometimes I move them front of shieldwall right before the enemy horse charge. They are just really weak to arrows.

There's also the worse version of the vlandian pikemen, the hired elite pike.

"at the moment" makes it look like they will ever address this...

[Mealice]

Originally posted by DeadlyGreed:

The only troops that aren't bugged atm are the ones without shields. So basically Vlandian pikemen. They are good mainly to destroy horse charges and that's it. I personally have the pikemen and flaxmen in the same group to destroy horsemen. I have them behind the shieldwall because the cavalry still dies when they get trough shieldwall and moves a little. Sometimes I move them front of shieldwall right before the enemy horse charge. They are just really weak to arrows.

There's also the worse version of the vlandian pikemen, the hired elite pike.

Do you exclusively only reruit falx and vladian pikemen as polearm users? In my current save a have a mixture of units I don't know if that interferes with the brace feature

[redhongkong]

i think foot soldier will naturally use polearm/spear when they see horses.?

they swith to melee once in close contact, due to weapon not able to move in tight space(thats probably why we have 45-75 range weapons with extreme speed)