Quote Originally Posted by the Bean
i agree, i think armoured elephants should be a LOT harder to kill, depending on the stregth of their armour, but non armoured ele's are always wasted by the AI. The best was to use them is to hold them back, have all the infantry engage in the centre so theres a big mass of people, then move round the flank with the ele's and plow into their backs...they can finish a fight, they're not much use starting one
I beg to differ, I usually send in my elephants right through the enemy lines in the beginning of the fight, to demoralize the enemy and disrupt the formations as I move in the heavy infantry. I only let them run through however, and do not let them stay in the fray...