Im a noob btw. How the **** do i beat this thing? Is there some aspect of the game im missing here? The AI gets a huge army of skirmishers, pikeman, and some siege and kills my army of champs, arablests, etc.. It appears that the main aspect of the game is to save gold for siege and paladins/UUs.. i can feudal by around 11:xx, castle by early 20s, imperial by early 30s.