Hittites

The Hittites are a playable civilization in the first Age of Empires game. They are an excellent offensive civilization on both land and water maps on all sizes. Their archery units have +1 damage and all siege engine units have doubled hit points. Their warships also have +4 range allowing them to penetrate heavily fortified areas (except for Trireme and Fire galley). This makes them a good civilization for beginners since they have almost all the technologies available for combat. The only units they lack are priests and cavalry.

Strategy
The Hittite are primarily an offensive civilization on both water and land maps but can also make a good defensive civilization. This makes the Hittite a good choice for players who favor a blitzkrieg strategy. Due to their wide range of building elite units and technological upgrades, they make a powerful civilization on death matches. Although the Hittite are a good civilization, they are not really as powerful if played a game where resources are low since they are not an economic civilization.

Pros and Cons
PROS
 * Can train a variety of elite units.
 * Have the most available technologies for combat.
 * Are powerful from the Tool Age to the Iron Age.
 * Ecellent in Death Matches.

CONS
 * Cannot improve their Priest.
 * Cannot build elite warships.
 * Cannot train elite cavalry.
 * Not as powerful if played in Random Map.