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HoneyBadger · #1 January 10th, 2007, 06:50 PM

Speaking of morale and fear, is there any way to mod a fear effect onto a missle weapon, so that anyone struck by say an arrow would have to perform a fear-check or run away? Sorry, it's a little OT, but I was just thinking that if such an animal existed, it would be a great thing to use against charging elephants.

Shovah32 · #2 January 10th, 2007, 09:14 PM

I think you can since LA tien chi ancestor vessels have fear causing bows(and scorpion men from the national spell have a ranged gaze of fear attack)

HoneyBadger · #3 January 10th, 2007, 10:16 PM

Excellent. I can definitely use that in a mod. Thanks Shovah

Ironhawk · #4 January 10th, 2007, 10:41 PM

The easiest to deploy counter to elephants is: Fire Largest.

Shoot them enough times and thier morale will break, turning them into a liability for thier owner, not you. Xbows work terrificially for this if you can get them. Generally speaking tho, they are great vs AI, but I will never use breakable-morale tramplers against another human player. There is just too much danger of them backfiring.

HoneyBadger · #5 January 10th, 2007, 10:44 PM

Yep, that's why I recommend Basalt Kings, you can sacred them up so they go berserk when the enemy shoots them, they work just as well underwater, and they're useful for more than just making infantry-juice.

Gandalf Parker · #6 January 10th, 2007, 11:29 PM

I always did ok against elephants using swarms of slingers. Plus it makes the elephants charge back thru their allies.

HoneyBadger · #7 January 10th, 2007, 11:41 PM

Yeah, elephants can't hold shields. In real life you could probably train them to hold shields with their trunks, and then they couldn't see where they were going and wouldn't have any more morale problems