Anyone else having problems with Slingers?

[Endoperez]

Horst F. JENS said:
Slingers work with Pythium (middle age). Te orders "fire closest" or "fire archers" work fine. The Pythium Standard bearer seems not to lure the slingers into melee fighting like the marverni horn blower.

Don't the Pythium Standards have Javelins?

[Twan]

The problem is in fact more rare and mysterious than I've imagined. I thought that a soldier not able to fire in a javelinists/slingers squad was the cause, but after dozens of tests with some triarii in a javelinist squad from EA Ermor ordered to fire closest, I must say it's not the case. In about 1/20 fight the throwers forget their javelins, in other cases they fire normally even with a pure melee troop with them.