I played mostly with archer/artillery heavy based armies anyway. Empire will be a nice break for me actually, as I wont have to use up 4/8 slots on infantrymen on the off chance the enemy army is able to get off a charge against my lines. I never was a big cavalry user anyway, I'd much rather stand at range and fire the bows etc.

This game might be right up my alley tactics-wise, especially if there's good anti-infantry artillery that's effective.

The naval battles I'm really going to have to work on though, and develop a good tactic for. Otherwise my ships will be afraid to leave port without numbers that would be considered an armada or fleet by all current standards. 5 french ships sailing against my 10? I can't micro that!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES MEN!!!