Talk:Elephant Archer (Age of Empires II)/@comment-85.253.66.138-20151207190445/@comment-2003:DB:F3CD:492D:90EB:C11E:C049:CD9A-20190622171455

closely rivaled by the uselessness of the tarkan; an "early raiding" unit that you do not get access to before castle-age and has no light-cavalry-worthy line of sight...

But yes: I agree full heartedly! ... it's almost as if this stupid unit was only added to the game to have it there; not to actually be viable... "we gotta have this! - but I fear making it strong in any thing at all, for having to balance it... so just let's have it the most abundand assembly of weaknesses with no real strength to speak of! - because: balance!"

I could easily picture a much better, and much more interesting special unit for the indians, like a hybrid of "Camal-Cataphract" and "Camel-Conquistador"... but then again: whoever just threw in the towel for balancing the EA would most likely ruin that unit, too...