Those Serpentines are really good aren't they? I was playing a 1v1 practice with a fellow clan member. I ript him apart with 2 Serpentines. The next battle he took catapults and went behind his infantry. His tactic was obviously to protect them with inf and get close and destroy me with them. My serpentines accuracy was phenomenal.. they ripped through his inf and destroyed the catapults.

Arquebusiers aren't much good to me. For Gun troops, It's all about how many volleys I get into the enemy as they charge or killing enemy archers. Arquebusiers are not good for either. Mainly I use them to shoot the sides of the enemy.

Pikemen have low stats but the seem to get an awesome boost from their formation. The stats are misleading. They are still like Phalanx and Phalangists in RTW though, not good enough against heavy Infantry. Although with some clever tactic Phalangists armies could beat Roman Infantry.

I don't want Musketeer reduced in strength at all. I think they are perfect the way they are. They are strong in Multi, but they arebeatable if you use some initiative, which people seem to lack because they want to fight battles their way instead of overcoming their enemies army.

Modern armies should be more powerful. It wouldn't make sense otherwise.

@Kagemusha: The army you used against Mongols on grassy plain is a good one. Important thing to remember is its an army which can beat any army in good condition. A General would know that army would be successful on a river for example. Therefore your army is good in the sense of campaign and has the ability and balance to beat all others.That is this army:

And my HRE late army:

1 General
5 Landsknecht
2 Zwei Händers
4 Arquebusiers
2 Gothic Knights
2 Imperial Knights
4 Serpentines
I think its only modern armies which offer a good variation like that.