Franks/strategy < franks. edit. visualeditor history comments share. civilization tech tree maybe the most important improvement for the franks in this expansion is their castle age unique technology chivalry, more age of empires series wiki. 1 civilizations (age of empires ii) 2 cheat codes (age of empires iii). The franks are able to build castles at a 25% discount. it allows them to build the strong unique units and siege weapons, and advance to imperial age, faster than other civilizations. all of their cavalary units have 20% more hitpoints; this is their best advantage when the game proceeds to a later stage.. In the castle age, you'll want to build 2 to 3 more town centers for optimal growth. create more villagers from your town center. in order to continue with the steady flow of villager creation, you'll need to remember to frequently build houses with your lumberjacks..
The above algorithm by mayank is excellent. however, castling a little late (~25 seconds) with 1 extra villager in the dark age is even more advantageous from the point of view of the knight rush, as the player can attack in the 18th minute itself.. The throwing axeman is the unique unit of the franks in age of empires ii. it is an infantry unit with a ranged melee attack. throwing axemen can be upgraded to elite throwing axemen in the imperial age .. In the game of age of empires 2 there are five that actually dominate in the castle age and swindle in the imperial age. these civs are the huns, franks, slavs, and persians occasionally the celts too but there also powerful in imperial age..
