catapracht question

[The Errant]

There will be a second cataphract reform marker once the marian reforms trigger, I believe. I know I have them as Seleukids, although a little too early I think (~240BC).

About the elephants, I find it weird that considering Antiochus had 'phants when he fought the Galatians, to recreate that at the moment would be to quickly conquer an Indian province, tech it up until you can train elephants and then transport them to the army. All this, with your economy going down the toilet after recruiting the elephants. Once the Seleukids get their official starting armies in upcoming versions, I assume Indian elephants will be part of those. I just hope their economy gets a boost, because in the beginning of the game they are not too well off, and that's without the upkeep costs of a field army. If they don't get a boost, then it's bye bye to the elephants on turn one.

You want to give more money to the Seleukids? Why in gods name would anyone want to do that? They are already the # 1 steamrolling faction in the game. Any changes for a more powerful Seleukid economy will make the faction, when controlled by the AI atleast, unstoppable.

I realize the human player might have problems with their cash flow playing as the Seleukids but any changes to make them more powerful will have effects on the AI playing it aswell.

Elephants are a luxury I can rarely afford, even when I've already built the MIC necessary to train them. Among the Epirotes and Kart-Hadastim who have them in their starting armies, they are used for a couple of early conquest and then disbanded (unless said factions are controlled by the AI, in which case the AI ususlly gets them killed early). Why should the Seleukids be any different.