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"Caesar" <caesar.of.rome@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "tooly" <rdh11@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> > "Tom van Laarhoven" <laarhoven_tom@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> > > Can anybody tell my how i can create an army. I already have a
> leader.
> > > but i really dont know how to use my leader.
> >
> > All good posts on this thread as this was my question a few weeks
> back.
> > My offering here, once taking the advice of the other 3 posts on this
> > thread, is to put the Army, once created, into battle to win a victory
> as
> > fast as possible. Then you will be able to create
> > 1)The small wonder, Hero Epic, which will increase your likelihood of
> elite
> > units yielding new leaders in addtional battles, and 2)the Military
> Academy
> > which allow you to build Armies in that city as you want.
> >
> Leader must move to city to be converted to Army.
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> Military Academy is only available after researching Military Tradition.
> An Army costs 400 Shields. You are allowed 1 Army for every four
> towns/cities. For many, MA is built in city with FP. (But if you are
> building armies in your best city, you are not building wonders.)
> Depends which type of victory you are aiming for. Ha! C3C Armies are
> very strong. The extra movement, and the chance to pillage makes an
> Army a fantastic asset.
That and the fact that the AI doesn't build them at all. If they fix that,
everyone will have to drop back a level... lol