>>215971680
I haven't played Empire in many years, but if you want a chill time pick Britain and enjoy the redcoat LARP
get ring bayonets ASAP, those make a huge difference, other than that just remember this is the game where gunpowder is king, every unit dies in a single shot and armour isn't really a thing in this time period so a well-timed volley can devastate even an "elite" unit
oh and unless they patched it out since grenadiers can throw grenades indefinitely, so if you keep ordering them into the throw grenade stance they're absolutely devastating, especially as the AI doesn't really treat them as any different from your other infantry units