Why are people making arguments to nerf elephants?

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Should Elephants cost more than 1 population space?

One of the big problems with balancing Elephant units in AoE2 is that they cost only 1 population space each. This forces them to have some massive drawbacks or they become oppressive when massed. But because they’re forced to have such huge drawbacks, they lack the popularity of Xbows and Knights. The Malay have shown that a unit that doesn’t adhere to the 1 population space rule can work, with Karambit Warriors being the ultimate swarming/Zerging unit. Mahayana, the Bengali’s Imperial Age UT,…