Talk:Empire/@comment-33679161-20171202084007/@comment-26393217-20200526155536

"Race classification and alignment..." is quite obscure indeed and I can only guess that it means that this faction is tagged as Human and Good (?) with no bonus against non-human or evil factions. This is not the case of the Knights, for instance. Should be worth to clarify this point.

"do not train mercenaries before reducing their cost" is more straightforward: use your gold to decrease mercenaries' cost (i.e. research Foreign Mercenaries) and expand (build buildings, towers, and walls) before producing them in mass, should they be needed. Usually, I'd personally better use my gold on archers at first,and then research Flaming Arrows during mid-game.