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    Default Indian elephants?

    Are they completely immune to fire arrows? I used 6 units of archers vs single unit of elephants. In the end i had no archers and elephants became tired.

    Also why is royal bactrain guard is slightly worse then macedonian peltastai (elite infantry unit for baktrians) i thought they should be better.

    Oh and economy? Mines help abit but i am still broke.


    TY for reading =)


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    Quote Originally Posted by shogun007 View Post
    Are they completely immune to fire arrows? I used 6 units of archers vs single unit of elephants. In the end i had no archers and elephants became tired.
    That's why you use javelineers. Arrows don't kill elephants in EB, and general units with very high morale are immune to the effect of fire arrows, unless the general dies. Use peltasts or other javelin units to deal with elephants. A single unit of Akontistai can kill an elephant units.


    Also why is royal bactrain guard is slightly worse then macedonian peltastai (elite infantry unit for baktrians) i thought they should be better.
    They aren't worse, they're different (an entirely different set of weapons). The Royal Guard is significantly better against cavalry, for example.


    Oh and economy? Mines help abit but i am still broke.
    See the link in my sig. also, there are Baktria guides out there.

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    Thank you


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    Are elephants 100% immune to arrows? (or is it somewhere in the 90's%) Just asking to know whether you can leave them out in the "rain" or not

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    No theyll take losses but unless its concentratred fire they can take the odd barrage.

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    Alright, thx. I'll keep them safe then

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferdiad View Post
    No theyll take losses but unless its concentratred fire they can take the odd barrage.
    so you mean that I shouldn't waste my arrows on the enemies eles cuz they are simply useless??? that's I'll have to recruit some tabarganes then in my pahlava campaign
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    So you have reached the "NANANANANA I AM NOT LIZTENING, YOU ARE WRONG" phase. Just a couple of posts back you were bragging about how the Persians lost because of their inferiority, now you're saying you don't care?
    BOM to Kakabis
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=484498
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    Default Re: Indian elephants?

    Normal arrows are effetively useless, but fire arrows still work great.

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