Quote Originally Posted by Lazy O View Post
Triple post ftw, he might not admit it, but there was much more to his game than elephants.
Who are you to speak on his behalf? Do you always do this?
Quote Originally Posted by Brave Brave Sir Robin View Post
Yes no way to represent the fact that cavalry would not even go near elephants if the horses were unaccustomed to the sights, sounds, and smells of the beasts. The fair compromise is the unit size as is.
Basically. Cavalry are not supposed to come near. The engine fails, once again.
A side note: why do we pay more for Indian Elephants which have fewer elephants per unit than the African ones? Indian Elephants were in all likelihood, the easiest to train, as experienced mahouts would be common in India. And don't tell me that we pay so much more for two men on their backs that throw a few javelins or shoot a few arrows. The Ptolemies had considerably more trouble getting access to their African elephants than the Seleucids did trying to get Indians, yet their elephant units have more beasts and cost substantially less.
You'll need to ask the EB team about that.