An idea for a change to Elephant Archer

[MustySnizl]

It really isnt that bad

How would you buff the Indians?

Btw. lets see about Mccauthons claim that Elephant archers are a good unit on its own. 37 crossbows with decent micro can beat 20 unmicroed knights on a flat surface. I picked 37 crossbows for this because this is approximately the threshold where I manage to win against knights. Other players might do it with less, with more favourable terrain it definitely is possible with less, too, but lets stick with 37 for now. So lets think about how Can we compare that to Elephant archers: Could be d…

They are not just pop efficient, but when fighting knights in castle age even they are cost efficient compared to crossbows(considering ressources to be of equal value, EA are more food costly but less gold costly), and are actually pretty close to being training time efficient comparing 1 castle to 3 ranges.
If anything I would give them the +2 bonus damage against helbs. Because without a meatshield they die to them quite easily. As their damage output of course is not cost efficient. Just their overall fighting power.