Elephants in RS2

**Herodotus of Halicarnassus** · April 16, 2009, 05:28 PM

I was wondering how elephants would be distributed in RS2. for instance, I modified the game so that the Asian elephants can only be recruited in Asia and North African elephants only in Africa. the only exception is Carthage which I let recruit both since we know they imported Asian elephants, i just increased the recruitment time. I also allowed all factions to recruit elephants in the regions that can, while not historically accurate it is feasible. its something that some mods have done and Ive enjoyed it. also it's something that can be easily implemented. Ive also been toying with the idea of creating a Carthaginian elephant general because we also know Hannibal rode around on one for a time. that's my two cents. just wondering what you guys have to say.

I was also wondering if you guys were thinking about putting mounted sagitarii for the romans in the east. I think they were first implmented in the 1st or 2nd century. I made a few and really like them

btw I enjoy this mod better than any other Ive played. so thanks and im looking forward to RS2.

**ISA Gunner** · April 17, 2009, 06:45 AM

A beta tester or dev will have to answer your sagitarii question but i can tell you Carthage won't have an elephant general. No faction will. And the team has already sorted out the AOR stuff so the elephant distribution has already been resolved. And knowing how perfect the team wants the game to be, it will be good. The team also has put a emphasis on the fact that Carthage relied heavily on mercernaries and 'imported' many peoples and animals from various places to fight in it's armies. So it will be well and good.

**Aristedes** · April 18, 2009, 08:12 AM

About the Carthagian mercenary thing; I'm not sure if it was here or in another mod that they even put 'Roman Deserters' in the Carthagian Army. It looked cool.

**Ketchup** · April 18, 2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Aristedes

About the Carthagian mercenary thing; I'm not sure if it was here or in another mod that they even put 'Roman Deserters' in the Carthagian Army. It looked cool.

Appian states that there were only around 900 roman deserters in Carthage's armies so it's not really worth wasting a unit on. RTR FoE is a more localised campaign so they can afford to have more less significant units.