I agree with you Red Harvest that CA have taken a step backwards with Elephant bashing. I remember several of the battles on Time Commanders where skirmishers were able to kill some or all of the elephants because they were in a more open formation and had a weapon type capable of doing something nasty to them. I'm sure I remember Ron Noades saying something about skirmishers sticking spears into elephants testicles and how effective they could be.

Every unit in this game should have a counter. Apparently, the only real counter to elephants is flaming bacon which I have struggled to use effectively because they are difficult to control.

Do all the factions have access to Burning pigs?

And besides, burning pigs don't kill elephants they only cause them to stampede/run amok.

Even armoured elephants can be killed - with extreme difficulty of course!!