Allied with the Mongols

**katank** · 12-21-2006, 02:59

Merc rocket launchers are beautiful. During a sally, one unit of my merc rockets sat in the gateway and started unloading on the Timurid eles. First, a stray rocket hits their general on the head. Next, 2 units of eles amok. After some more shooting, 2 more eles went amok. To add icing to the cake, the amok eles ran over roughly 80% of their cav force including their second general.

End result: a single unit led to the death of 2 8* generals as well as neutralizing the majority of cav in 2 stacks and 4 eles. They later withdrew and I marched some missile units out to execute the amok eles.

Note: this was during 1.0. With passive AI fix, YMMV.

**CaptainSolo** · 12-21-2006, 04:28

Thanks for the info Katank,very interesting.I have no experience with either of these factions or regions...yet,so it's nice to get an overview.

Really looking forward to starting my Egyptian campaign,when i get a good stretch of free time that is

**Doug-Thompson** · 12-21-2006, 16:31

Katank's right. The big difference between Timurids and Mongols are the elephants. Desert Cavalry javelins are the best unit I've found out in the open. Once their elephants are dead, the Timurids aren't so tough.

Bear in mind that they have naptha units too, which can provide nasty surprizes.

**Shahed** · 12-21-2006, 17:10

How are your own elephants doing ? I believe you hired some right ?

**Doug-Thompson** · 12-21-2006, 17:18

Originally Posted by Sinan

How are your own elephants doing ? I believe you hired some right ?

They're outnumbered. The regular elephant unit managed to do quite a bit of damage, though, in a fight with an opposing elephant unit. They died fighting when another elephant unit showed up. The Elephant artillery unit I have as a merc hasn't gotten into action yet.

**katank** · 12-21-2006, 17:46

Your merc elephants simply don't have the experience to match. This means they are outclassed and will often rout unlike the Timurid juggernauts.

Have any of you noticed a unit in the files called "Elephant Rocketeer"? You can use the create_unit cheat to get some in the game. Very fun to muck around with. These will probably pwn the Timurids. Tis a cheat though.