As the title states, I'm looking for the best way to build an army. In my current game, I'm playing as the Zulu Empire on a standard-sized continents game. The continent I'm on is either very small, or it's an island. Either way, the only other inhabitant is the Babylonians. I plan on taking them out the picture to have the whole place to myself. :mwaha:

Anyways, before I start building my forces I started to wonder which was the best way to do so? Should I just have each city build one type of unit until I have enough of it, or should I have each of my cities build a different unit? Or should I have each city produce the units I need in the formations that I need them in? Since I've had scouts running all around Babylonia's turf for awhile, I know exactly what units I need and how many could get the job done and fortify the city. I could just really use some help in actually building this army!

Anyways, before I start building my forces I started to wonder which was the best way to do so? Should I just have each city build one type of unit until I have enough of it, or should I have each of my cities build a different unit? Or should I have each city produce the units I need in the formations that I need them in? Since I've had scouts running all around Babylonia's turf for awhile, I know exactly what units I need and how many could get the job done and fortify the city. I could just really use some help in actually building this army!

You should read up on City Specialization, especially the sections discussing military pumps.

That said...

Units with extra movement points can be trained further away from the front lines and still be effective.
Units that you hope will live should be trained in cities that provide extra experience points (barracks, dry docks, stables, west point, religions, etc)
Disposable units should be trained in cities that do not provide extra experience points.

Having a city produce a single unit type is only really an advantage in so far as you can put the build queue on "train this unit until I say stop". But as long as you have the army composition that you want, it really doesn't matter whether all of your axemen come from the same home town.