Imperial camels only do 10 damage against elite cataphracts.
I noticed this when playing with the indians against the byzantines. They spammed elite cataphracts.
I browsed the forums a bit and I found that elite cataphracts have 16 bonus armor against counter units. I guess this makes sense for halberdiers and pikemen since cataphracts are meant to slaughter infantry. However against camels it is unfair.
With the indians I tried to destroy the cataphracts with Imperial camels. They should have been slaughtered just like paladins, but instead they only suffer a lousy 10 damage.
Elite cataphracts should basically be paladins with trample damage and attack bonus vs infantry. This already makes them very strong against all infantry(attack bonus+antihalberdier-armor), archers(high hitpoints and speed), and other cavalry(trample damage). If camels can not harm them, there is no effective way of countering them. It gives them an unfair advantage over paladins and makes the game unbalanced.
In my humble opinion, this issue should be adressed in the next patch by making cataphracts just as vulnerable to camels as paladins.
I noticed this when playing with the indians against the byzantines. They spammed elite cataphracts.
I browsed the forums a bit and I found that elite cataphracts have 16 bonus armor against counter units. I guess this makes sense for halberdiers and pikemen since cataphracts are meant to slaughter infantry. However against camels it is unfair.
With the indians I tried to destroy the cataphracts with Imperial camels. They should have been slaughtered just like paladins, but instead they only suffer a lousy 10 damage.
Elite cataphracts should basically be paladins with trample damage and attack bonus vs infantry. This already makes them very strong against all infantry(attack bonus+antihalberdier-armor), archers(high hitpoints and speed), and other cavalry(trample damage). If camels can not harm them, there is no effective way of countering them. It gives them an unfair advantage over paladins and makes the game unbalanced.
In my humble opinion, this issue should be adressed in the next patch by making cataphracts just as vulnerable to camels as paladins.