Talk:Empire/@comment-33679161-20171202084007

Can someone explain this?

" Race classification and alignment only causes issues with no benefits what so ever."

Also,

" When playing as Empire, do NOT train Mercenaries before reducing their cost; you'll need that gold to upgrade your keep, your income and others."

You don't need gold for tiering you need metal. Generally I end up with a high amount of gold on reaching Tier2 as it is not used a lot. Building a few mercenaries is worth it for scouting purposes in Tier 2.