Caelum questions, both themes.

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Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:
Mammoths are your friends.

Mammoths are nice, but:

(1) Their morale is bloody awful, so they rout and mow down my paper-thin archers, and;
(2) Having even one of them under your commander negates your ability to attack faraway provinces at will.

Coincidentally, (2) is also the reason I don't field a whole lot of Temple Guards...aside from the fact that they are enormously expensive resource-wise for what they do, they take away my entire advantage of surprise and being able to pick and choose indie provinces to attack.

Do you find that Mammoths make up for Caelum's shortcomings in the mid-to-late game as well, or do you really only find them useful during early expansion?