Koreans: Koreans have no bonus to benefit a FI. Franks: Their only bonus is the free farm upgrade, which obviously saves a good amount of wood, but it won’t make the cut. They lack camels though, but we’ll explain the strength of camels later. Teutons: Their cheaper farms give you a good boost all the way through since fast impers usually suffer wood shortage. They’re a great civ for “combined FIs” but for a pure one they’re just a normal civ. Saracens: Their market bonus can help you compensate some resources. But without any aging bonus they’re not so speedy at achieving it. Spanish: With faster firing gunpowder units (15% faster), Spaniards have an obvious bonus. We’ll run further down the list but from now on the effectiveness of a FI is only determined by its effect of surprise. This is the last civ in the chart to have a viable FI. Persians have a faster working TC, so their bonus is a bit similar to the Byzantine one. Persians: Another civilisation from the middle east to top the charts. They also have cheap trash units and camels which can jump in later. Those 100 seconds don’t weigh up against their faster imp time. But what to do after that? Guns are the most obvious way to go, but unlike Turks they have to wait to research chemistry. 
They’re for sure the civ that can get to the imperial age the fastest.
Byzantines: Byzantines have a cheaper imp and therefore can start this time-consuming upgrade faster. Especially the chemistry upgrade is a plus because it saves them 100 seconds of waiting. Above that they get free upgrades to hussar. They have better guns, free chemistry and a gold mining bonus. Turks: Turks are definitely the best FI civ. This leaves us 10 civs: Byzantines, Franks, Goths, Japanese, Koreans, Persians, Saracens, Spanish, Teutons and Turks. Hand cannoneers need no more than 3 upgrades and you can immediately make bombard cannons to back them up. Above that you’ll need siege to backup your units. The same story for regular infantry because they need a lot of upgrades to shine. Cavalry is excluded by definition because the accumulated cost of food and gold is way too high. This means you have a very narrow economical window to make units. Civs & UnitsĪ fast imp is usually achieved in 20-22 minutes with around 30 villagers or more. 
The purpose is then to make an army of cost effective units to overrun your surprised enemy. Maps that are closed by nature, like arena or black forest can take a step further and aim for a fast imperial. Usually when there’s an abundance of resources or an easy to wall map. Under some circumstances you can skip feudal on open maps. But how about going for a fast imperial? Let’s see what it gives. Closed or resource heavy maps usually ask for a fast castle. Fast Feudal? Fast Castle? Fast Imperial please! Aiming for a fast feudal age will do it on most open maps.
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