And because each archery range takes up 4 squares of space, you can easily fit them into your city. They are capable of defeating units as advanced as the late Early Middle Ages, and can even defeat units from the High Middle Ages in certain cases. 8 archers in your offensive army is probably all you need to tear through the PvE map and all of your neighbors' defenses. This unit is quite the damage output powerhouse in the early stages of the game. Once you move into the Iron Age, your immediate goal should be to unlock archers. No more than 2 spearfighter barracks and 2 slinger ranges are really required.

In some cases, 8 slingers is a very good setup, but they are rather weak and so it might not always work out. Generally, a good combination is 4 spearmen and 4 slingers. Once you unlock slingers, you should throw in some into your army to decrease the damage/losses you receive. But because they are melee units, they suffer from retaliation damage. Spearmen are incredibly cheap and can be replaced in 25 seconds, and so they are very dispensable. When starting out, it's pretty obvious what units you'll be using. Stage 1: Starting out - Spearmen and slingers So here is a walkthrough on what units will help you glide on through the game. Too often, I see people unnecessarily wasting resources and space on military buildings/units that are useless or offer less benefits than others. Many people often wonder what the best offensive army or the best combination of units is.

Paolo - Amsterdam ( yes, English is a foreign language for me ). Mods : I will not be always online, can you take care that this thread is being updated properly or can you take over ? Text ( compressing,expanding, rewriting etc ). Let's make it a great guide about everything concerning military strategy. Al props to Daniel for making it, I do not have anything to do with it except copy/paste it.

Found this very nice guide on the US version of FOE.

Forge of empire battle strategy