Good god is faith healers fantastic!!!!

[fallout3dc]

I always blew through that Pantheon like it was meh, but I seriously think it is the greatest pantheon for non desert/heavy jungle starts.

Has anyone actually tried this and seen the same thing? I'm able to wipe out civs, heal my army in 2 turns, and then keep pushing on. And It is basically a citadel in terms of the defense that it gives to your units....but the best use is GWBs. Seriously, endless bombing every turn, no wasted promotions on healing. ready for another bombing run in 2 turns even if gotten routed by anti air.

 

[fallout3dc]

+50 unit strength if healed next to city, +55 if healed in city....how can it possibly get better. Screw walls, 2 warriors will hold off any invasion till Renaissance.

 

[kaspergm]

I guess it depends on your game style in that particular game. If you intend to do a lot of warmongering and won't particularly focus on building your empire or religion big, Faith Healers will have great benefit for you. If you intend to play peacefully, you might be better off with another pantheon. Many of the faith-giving pantheons can be the difference between getting a religion and not getting one, and if you don't get a religion, pretty quickly your pantheon will be stamped out when other civ's religions start spreading to your empire, and then you're in a really bad position.

 

[poekie70]

I think it is great defensively as well. If you spawn near shaka or atilla it will greatly benefit you even more than godess of protection

 

[phillipwyllie]

Does goddess of Protection stack with the healing from a medic unit(one that has medic I or II)?

 

[fallout3dc]

Does goddess of Protection stack with the healing from a medic unit(one that has medic I or II)?

yes it does.

 

[fallout3dc]

I guess it depends on your game style in that particular game. If you intend to do a lot of warmongering and won't particularly focus on building your empire or religion big, Faith Healers will have great benefit for you. If you intend to play peacefully, you might be better off with another pantheon. Many of the faith-giving pantheons can be the difference between getting a religion and not getting one, and if you don't get a religion, pretty quickly your pantheon will be stamped out when other civ's religions start spreading to your empire, and then you're in a really bad position.

they would be gone long before that happens.

 

[Browd]

I think it is great defensively as well. If you spawn near shaka or atilla it will greatly benefit you even more than godess of protection

Does goddess of Protection stack with the healing from a medic unit(one that has medic I or II)?

You mean Faith Healers (+30 HP healed if adjacent to city), not Goddess of Protection (30% increase in city ranged combat strength).

Also, while back I did a test of Faith Healers with Immortals, which addresses some stacking situations: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=12324096#post12324096

 

[ArguCa]

That's one of my fav if I'm playing OCC. But if you are warmonger that's not that good.