Not only am I happy to see a new strategy guide, which I never expected, this guide applies perfectly to Empires' recent status quo.
The introduction, and thus the whole guide, shows a different way to take down an opponent that has a larger army. Many players who currently play focus on mainly military battles and forget that some civilizations or some circumstances require a different approach.
Mainly, it's not all about the army. This is especially true about France, a civilization with weaker but maneuverable units that are meant for raiding. There will still be times when other civilizations need another way to destroy the enemy, and this guide has a good list of units for the job.
Although eco raiding is called "laming" on Empires lately, it is and always will be merely another strategy in RTS games. How else can you defeat an opponent who has a larger and more powerful army? Anyone who plays Empires lately has no doubt witnessed long England or UK games against a France opponent who sits and masses military all game, forgetting to ambush UK villagers or UK mines that are scattered and prone all over the map. It happens with Russia too, and when the France player complains about the Russian's use of the Tunguska Meteor, the only question that comes to mind is "why did you let Russia build enough economy to purchase the meteor?"
I am very happy this strategy guide was posted, and easy to follow. Great achievement by Falcon especially for the current situation in Empires.