Battleships can go straight for Logistics or Supply. If you still have promotions after that Supply can be useful since they normally can't fortify and heal outside friendly territory. I typically go anti-land prior to that, but anti-naval is sometimes useful if you don't have submarines to defend against boats. 4 range Battleships are also decent sometimes.

Yes I know Logistics allows you to shoot and move but +1 range allows you to be totally safe even earlier. On land siege units I often detour into Volley because it makes them better at fulfilling their main role. If it still gets promotions after Cover is probably fine.ģ range units don't need March because they are safe basically always, they can instead go straight to Logistics. But if it gets promoted far enough, either Logistics or +1 range can be valuable.

It takes more promotions to get Logistics than March even if beelining it, and your unit might be too fragile and die before then. Going straight for Logistics is debatable IMO despite many people recommending it. However, if I'm building a ranged unit specifically for defense, I might opt for Accuracy instead because it also affects units in water (go figure). Ranged units (particularly 2 range units) are similar, Barrage I and II before March. Beyond that I don't tend to get melee units promoted that highly all that often. Then maybe something like Siege or Medic. As for the other stuff, I tend to get something like Woodsman first to help movement through forests and jungle. There are nice situational promotions off to the side, but I still tend to go straight to March after Drill III because it allows units to be more tanky, and if they keep surviving you can pick up other stuff later. Melee units get Drill I - III because I find rough terrain enemy defenses harder to deal with than open terrain ones (plus then defending in rough terrain is great), so I also obviously like Alhambra.

Survivalism scout-archers are particularly good. I'd rather have them less likely to die than see a little better before they die. Welp, looks like I pick entirely different promotions from what's recommended here now:

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