Which weapons should have war elephants? Spears or bows - Spears and bows

[Antiochus]

I think about armored elephant's weapons. For sure - their big legs and head is the best weapon.

But which weapons will have warriors on elephants?

In Rome 2 soldeirs have only bows, but they should have spears especially.


There are 4 options:

- only bows (like Rome 1)

- only spears,

- spears & bows per one elephant unit (history),

- 2 types of units: spears or bows


What do you think?

[xernoxis]

The title is somewhat missleading. I thought you were asking if bows or spears should have war elephants.

[veut]

Should be both. Only spears OR bows doesnt make sense from the historical view.

[TR00PER7]

Have people throw fire pigs from the elephants, that should be very useful.

[torongill]

As a matter of fact javelins would be best for elephants with crews. However do not forget that the engine cannot support two weapons so either bows or javelins.

[SinerAthin]

I think we should have bows that shoot war elephants at the enemy!

[Harvester of Sorrow]

I think that there should be two types of elephant unit. A war elephant armed with spears and a missile elephant unit armed with bows. I don't think that there should be an elephant unit with both weapons as that would perhaps make the unit a bit overpowered.

[Captain W. Handberg]

I think that there should be two types of elephant unit. A war elephant armed with spears and a missile elephant unit armed with bows. I don't think that there should be an elephant unit with both weapons as that would perhaps make the unit a bit overpowered.

Agrrrrrrrrrrrrrreed.

[Noif de Bodemloze]

As CraigTW said, there won't be 2 weapons combinate in this game. Each weapons (Javelin, sword, spear, bow, etc..) have own stats. I believe there will be only War elephants with archers.

[GideonAI]

As CraigTW said, there won't be 2 weapons combinate in this game. Each weapons (Javelin, sword, spear, bow, etc..) have own stats. I believe there will be only War elephants with archers.

You do realize that even archers carry melee weapons, right? I believe the point is whether or not to give the archers spears as a melee weapon.

[GideonAI]

Double.

[LordInvictus]

As CraigTW said, there won't be 2 weapons combinate in this game. Each weapons (Javelin, sword, spear, bow, etc..) have own stats. I believe there will be only War elephants with archers.

Craig meant that soldiers won't be using mixed weapons in a unit. So there won't be infantry that use swords, spears, and axes.
I think that there should be two elephants units, so as not to have one elephant unit that excels both in melee and ranged.
In other words, for balancing/gameplay purposes.

[SturmChurro]

Elephant artillery!

[Tankbustaz]

the cutest unit in the game ^Seriously though, what will a unit will spears on elephants do, the damage they do will be minor compared to the damage done by the elephant.

[sgthunter]

Elephants with laser beams attached to their frickin heads!

[KLAssurbanipal]

Spears & bows per one unit.

[Zeybek]

What do the records say? I know people seem to dislike history guiding design for some reason but honestly how else are we supposed to solve dilemmas like this

[Antiochus]

In all screens there is only one weapon like Rome 1.

[Rodent24]

In all the screenshots so far there seems to be only one soldier with javelins in the tower. I hope they change this to multiple units. I would like to see soldiers with spears in the howdah but this would require rather complex animations compared to missile units. Gameplay wise i do think javelins are a better choice than archers, giving elephants an ever bigger punch at close range.

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

You forget javelins. I think they should have javelins, more balanced that way, elephants were snipers in RTW.