I don't think many disagree it's a tier 1 UU (I'm on the fence), but I see a lot of 'best unit in the game'. How does one get there? The main benefit seems to be improving hills on the same turn as moving, so get to work an improved hill tile 1 extra turn and get chops 1 turn earlier. Not exactly sure how to measure the value of the latter, but the former isn't actually particularly valuable. (Say even if you had 20 gold mines,that's only 100 extra commerce and 40 extra hammers *the entire game* of benefit from the entirely of fast workers produced.
The whole "it doesn't go obsolete" argument also isn't really a great one. Once most of your land is road-ed (and especially railroaded) are fast workers really that much different than regular workers?
What am I missing?
The whole "it doesn't go obsolete" argument also isn't really a great one. Once most of your land is road-ed (and especially railroaded) are fast workers really that much different than regular workers?
What am I missing?