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

    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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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.
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    I think we should have bows that shoot war elephants at the enemy!
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    Default Re: Which weapons should have war elephants? Spears or bows - Spears and bows

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harvester of Sorrow View Post
    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.
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    Default Re: Which weapons should have war elephants? Spears or bows - Spears and bows

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔Noif de Bodemloze♔ View Post
    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.

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    Double.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by ♔Noif de Bodemloze♔ View Post
    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.

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    Elephant artillery!


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    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.

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    Elephants with laser beams attached to their frickin heads!

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    Spears & bows per one unit.

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

    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

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

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

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

    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.

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

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