Talk:Ballista Elephant/@comment-2.233.196.17-20170108194329/@comment-2.247.250.90-20171118155249

"They work best at map with a lot of choke points like BF. "

Is that actually true, though?

Wouldn't a fierce battle at a BF-chokepoint basically, over time, open up (!) the chokepoint? - as the Ballista-arrows would start cutting down the trees? I could imagine a defensive set-up where one creates little obstacles of houses or pallisades that would encourage infantry (if not micromanaged) to funnel through the gap, to thus maximize the BE's effectiveness, or for them to be effective at a water-crossing -- but BF is kind of tricky, isn't it? - at least it does have a drawback...

But basically: if you're going to protect your BE's with infantry, anyway, why not rely on the more heavy-hitting scorpions (especially good with Khmers), which *do not* cut down trees at the same time, to have an equal, if not better result?