Qm said

[Edratman]

Just out of curiosity, how often do you see a 50 elephant rush in MP? I'm a SP solely, but amassing 50 elephants is very expensive and quite time consuming. I've never even considered accumulating that many.

[lch]

Rather than adding more hassles to the game through additional micromanagement of animals, another counter like Repel would be a good compromise, I think. Some humans already have those.

Edratman, if you base your whole expansion on elephants then it is possible to have that many after a couple of turns. You only need 5-10 elephants to take on any indy province, so you don't need conventional troops. Get Order 3, maybe some sloth to make up for it, only produce elephants and build another fort in case you can't produce your elephants fast enough.