Horseback riding
Horseback riding allows you to build cavalry units at level 1. Upgrading this technology provides your cavalry and siege weapon units 5% movement speed increase. When you reach level 5 horseback riding you will also be allowed to build cataphracts, which are more heavily armored type of cavalry.
Upgrading this technology has prerequisites to be attained and gathered before you are allows to upgrade. You can find more details about horseback riding in the table below.
| Requirements | Increase in cavalry and mechanics speed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback riding level | Food | Gold | Research time | |
| Level 1 | 1000 | 6,000 | 33m 20s | 5% |
| Level 2 | 2,000 | 12,000 | 1h 6m 40s | 10% |
| Level 3 | 4,000 | 24,000 | 2h 12m 20s | 15% |
| Level 4 | 8,000 | 48,000 | 4h 24m 20s | 20% |
| Level 5 | 16,000 | 96,000 | 8h 48m 20s | 25% |
| Level 6 | 32,000 | 192,000 | 16h 6m 40s | 30% |
| Level 7 | 64,000 | 384,000 | 32h 13m 20s | 35% |
| Level 8 | 128,000 | 768,000 | 65h 26m 40s | 40% |
| Level 9 | 256,000 | 1,536,000 | 131h 53m 20s | 45% |
| Level 10 | 512,000 | 3,072,000 | 284h 33m 20s | 50% |
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it seams that a low HBR is better for those with an archer/balistaes strategy. What’s the max HBR recommended for this strategy.
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4 Jun 10 at 2:28 pm