May I just say that I thought tier 1 was supposed to for noobs at battling and as much as I love playing more skilled players, I absolutely hate artillery in tier 1 because most players do not have cavalry in this tier. Trying to fight an opponents army who has 1 artillery and 4 lia units is extremely difficult with cavalry. Some people might say to take archers against them. Well if your opponent hides behind cover while hitting you with artillery... you don't have very long time to kill them.