Do this and the number of kills your elephants get will be much greater. TL DR: Pay a lot of attention to elephants! Never stop moving or your elephants will get very few kills and die way too faster. Personally I like this feature because it makes the player strive to get quicker at micro actions / unit attention and makes it possible for non-flaming missile troops to kill these beasts.ĭespite the brevity of the above paragraph here's for the lazy: Many units in Rome II require more 'baby sitting' than ever before.

To avoid this fatal mistake all you have to do is click movement(or attack a distant unit) orders constantly (this is the same when trying to get your shock cav to disengage after a charge). In Rome II this becomes pretty difficult because when you send elephants in to a melee they love to just stand around and die. You must never let the elephants stop moving. I've found that elephants average at least 100 kills each if used properly (in multiplayer battles and more in campaign). I'll add that the most important thing to know about elephants is they require a lot of attention to have any kind of effect in battle. Gameplay is divided between a turn-based. It is the sequel to 2002s Medieval: Total War and the fourth title in the Total War series. Feral Interactive published versions of the game for MacOS and Linux on 14 January 2016. Yes nitdkim is correct, elephants are no good for auto resolve battles and you need to set them to melee mode at the start (their missiles are more of an aesthetic than effective attack, also they will still fire in melee mode) Medieval II: Total War is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega.It was released for Microsoft Windows on 10 November 2006. Think we missed one? Give us a Modmail and suggest new Subreddits to add to the lists! Total War Center Mod List (Not every mod, but most Overhauls)Ī guide to buildings and economy in Three Kingdoms KamachoThunderbus' Spell Stat Cheat Sheet List of Total War Tools Explaining Historyīig list of recommended reading on classical antiquity Filter ContentĬommunity Message the Mods Join the Offical Discord Join the Subreddit Discord Join our Weekly Q&A Thread Resources If that's your situation, hang around the sub for a couple of days and leave a few comments - you'll be able to post in no time! Need more details? Read our full rules here. Our automoderator also prevents spam by deleting posts from users less than four days old or who have less than three karma. Giveaways and contests must be approved beforehand by the moderation team. No politics allowedĭon't derail threads with off-topic memes or controversy.

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