Quote Originally Posted by Doug-Thompson
Just a thought, but has anybody tried -- hiring merc elephants? They're in Mosul and Baghdad, for instance. I imagine they don't have the experience modifiers of the Timiruds, though.

Or just use javelins. Turn "fire at will" off, use other unit to get through anything that's guarding the elephants, then throw.
I'm actually doing that ive been hiring merc elephants since around 1280 its now 1330 in my game and ive got 4 elephant artillary & 4 elephant heavey cavalry (ive modded the game though so its 6 months per turn). Ive upgraded there armour and ive upgraded there gunpowder weapons. Plus whenever a mongal stack comes along i send them over to annhillate them so i can build up there ranking.

BTW all you need is 2 elephant heavey cavalry and 2 elephant artillary and a zero star general to annihlate a full stack of elite mongals with a 10 star general (with virtually no loses). When the mongals see the elephants they wont attack they just park up as close to the edge of the map as possible so when they do rout they can get as many men away as possible.

Lol i really really cant wait till the timurids turn up ive got forts all over the place near baghdad full of artillary (i think there called bombards). Then ive got my own soon to be elite elephants (hopefully gonna be a full stack by the time they show up). Lol if i have my way the Timurids wont even get a foothold on the map ill take out each wave as soon as it appears muahahahaha.