Tip for an Axeman rush

[DrewBledsoe]

If you build red cross in a coastal city, then even battleships start with medic I, which even if it seems silly, can on occasions be useful.

 

[Watiggi]

hmm. Never built the Red Cross come to think of it. I find it doesn't fit with the other National Wonder combinations. I mean, you have Heroic Epic and West Point, so where would the Red Cross go?

edit: ahh, that's why: I rarely build the hospital, which would explain why the Red Cross is rarely availble for me.

 

[cabert]

hmm. Never built the Red Cross come to think of it. I find it doesn't fit with the other National Wonder combinations. I mean, you have Heroic Epic and West Point, so where would the Red Cross go?

edit: ahh, that's why: I rarely build the hospital, which would explain why the Red Cross is rarely availble for me.

i somewhat beeline to hospitals (somewhat, because so many urgent things can come up) when i see i won't win early.
Hospitals give you health -obivously- and the ability to build the RC. My personnal favourite are marching artilleries, but the medic boats are nice too.

 

[BadHorsie]

Red Cross comes way too late in the game anyway, and there are better techs to be researching than medicine, which isn't essential really.

Building in a coastal city isn't something I've done though. Sounds like a good idea, but then a coastal city probably won't be building many land units so seems not so useful.

If you have more than one medic in a stack, is the healing cumulative? e.g. You have 10 medics and your stack heals fully every turn?

 

[cabert]

Red Cross comes way too late in the game anyway, and there are better techs to be researching than medicine, which isn't essential really.

Building in a coastal city isn't something I've done though. Sounds like a good idea, but then a coastal city probably won't be building many land units so seems not so useful.

play continents rather than pangea, and you'll see how useful a navy is!
But now we're far from the axeman rush

About the axerush, i think sisiutil's solution of a medic spear is the best, but it's not always doable (need 2 promotions, if you're not agressive, for a unit that you can only build with BW and hunting = late for the axe rush). If you're agressive or if you know hunting early (starting tech or hut), it's a perfect solution : build a spear first think and go kill a lion/warrior with it.
If you're not in the hunting situation, the warrior is my best guess : i always build some, i always get promotions, so giving one of those the medic job is cool (more so because the first promotion is combat which is always welcome for an early "scout" = worker thief)

 

[IglooDame]

If you have more than one medic in a stack, is the healing cumulative? e.g. You have 10 medics and your stack heals fully every turn?

Nope, not cumulative.

 

[Jet]

I prefer to have a Spearman in the stack with Combat I/Medic I.

That's a classic! For me, anyway. I always say to myself, "and now for the traditional medic spearman...."

 

[Gumbolt]

i think with all the chariots around the axemen will need a hospital not just a medic

Bring on the mixed stack.

 

[Watiggi]

Yeah, I am quite enjoying the Chariot/Axemen/Spearmen clash. It is pretty interesting.