Epirus/elephants

[bce]

Love EB, the attention to detail is great and everything is well-done. However, I noticed the recruitment viewer says Epirus can train Indian elephants in Epeiros. What is the reason for this? I know Pyrrhos used elephants in his campaign, but I was under the impression that these were bought/captured from other Greek states. If you pretend the barracks are borrowing or purchasing the elephants from other empires (such as Ptolemies), this would require you are on good terms with the empires. As is, Epeiros has the same elephant-training capability as one of the Indian cities.

Also what do you guys think of the R:TW unit size for elephants? Historically an army might have 60,000 men and 25 elephants, in the R:TW engine (on huge settings) you might have 2,000 men and 12 elephants. So you can see how the scale is a little warped (60,000:25 / 2,000:12)

[Brapbrapbap]

The elephant is a proud simbol of Albanian heritage, being a proud treasure of the country.

[Faramir D'Andunie]

Or maybe simply showing that certain regions while did not have elephants as part of the natural fauna, the court went into great efforts to acquire such beasts and herding them for use for war.

You don't exactly see elephants living in Antioch, either yet they can be recruited there. Though they require a level 4 barracks for other factions like Ptolemaioi or Arche Seleukeia.

Sadly the relationship with factions to get em idea is not something that can really be supported through the game engine I am afraid. Though elephants were not exactly a state owned resource were they? (As in beeing completely controlled by the state)

[Rolling Thunder]

Or maybe simply showing that certain regions while did not have elephants as part of the natural fauna, the court went into great efforts to acquire such beasts and herding them for use for war.

You don't exactly see elephants living in Antioch, either yet they can be recruited there. Though they require a level 4 barracks for other factions like Ptolemaioi or Arche Seleukeia.

Sadly the relationship with factions to get em idea is not something that can really be supported through the game engine I am afraid. Though elephants were not exactly a state owned resource were they? (As in beeing completely controlled by the state)

In India? Probably not. In Epierios? Most certainly they were, given the scarcity of them.