How would you buff the Indians?

[MaharajManSingh]

We should start with Elephant Archer rework. Since that unit already needs addressing.

My suggestion here-

Elephant Archers Suggestions

Elephant Archer as a unit can either be impractical to use in 1v1 or before late game. Or can be Borderline op if allowed to mass with help in team games, specially against civ that don’t get halberdier… I would like to post a suggestion about rework of Elephant Archer. First want to discuss 2 points. Traditionally there used to be 2 or 3 archers on howdah on elephants. They had bows like the archer unit. I think these were phased out from armies by the time crossbow became prevalent. Ind…

Further explained-

Elephant Archers Suggestions

That rework intends to buff Elephant Archer selectively. So that units like cav Archer and hand cannoneer are still relevant. And EA doesn’t become op like in aoe 1, if able to mass. Let’s compare its attacks current vs reworked version Pierce Armor - EA - EEA - Reworked EA - Reworked EEA 0 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 12 1 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 9 2 - 4 - 5 - 4 …