What is the strongest nation/faction in Empire Total War? (2024)

What is the strongest nation/faction in Empire Total War?

Britain has it pretty easy.

I think its
France
Marata Confederacy

Austria; Nothing beats the air riflemen. An army made entirely of them can take on any other army, regardless of it's composition.

Wich faction is most powerful: Marata Confederacy or the Great Mongul Empire ?

Historically, Britain. In the game, I'd still say Britain, aswell as France and Spain

Late game France is epic, Guard Artillery shoots just as fast as infantry and they can shoot shrapnel shells.

france has very strong lategame units.

but i rather look at faction in terms of fun and challenge, than "strong/weak". and then UP, france and Prussia win

its a difficult question of britain and france.

britain has a much bigger, or at least partially equal, empire as france. they have a decent fleet to start with and being a naval power gives tremendous bonuses in the long run. however they suffer from having a massive empire and few real ways to defend them. their fleet is their biggest asset. their army leaves room for improvement, specially in the early to mid game, where tech research is split between navy and army.

France has control of paris to start with, as well as a modestly large colonial empire. their fleet starts weak but it starts perfectly positioned to invade any of its neighbors. its army is incredibly powerful when researched. unlike britain which will seek to increase its colonies, france will seek to take europe.

any factions played by human... AI is too predictable doing exactly same things every time.

I think Britain has to be the easiest to play overall. The only real pitfalls are if the player screws up his naval strategy in the first few turns of the game, or if he fails to protect his trade ports along the English coast.

Right from the get-go, England is probably the strongest. So many ports that you can rush to a quick monopoly of most trade theaters, as well as easily defensible home regions.

If playing as the Maratha, it can be a bit rough until you nab Mysore and a couple Mughal provinces, but then the rest of the game is cake.

Britain, Martha, Russia, Prussia, or France.

I like Spain no need to focus on colonial empire just Italy and other small areas then take Europe starting with France but the key is to take morocco and build a big navy early in the game.

At the start France Spain or Britain is the most powerful nation in the game, as the game progresses The Maratha and the Player become the tow most powerful nations ( Poland can become as strong as the Maratha too if they with the 3 way war with the German nations)

The top 3 steamrollers in all of my games:

At number 3: Hannover (which I find wierd)
2: Maratha Confederacy (obviously)

And the High and Mighty (or the Highe and Moste Myte) Steamroller:

1: Sweden

In every single game I've played, the Swedes steamroll Prussia, all of Germany, Russia, Poland, and most of Italy.
Up the Swedes

it's either France, Britain, or the Maratha Confederacy. historically Britain was the most powerful though.

All / None. It boils to using the right tactic.

Very strong.

1) British, Spanish, UP; use fleets of cheap sloops to destroy the trade ports of your rivals don't camp them raid them turn after turn.
2) France knock out your weak neighbours before going to war with any major powers, keep the British sweet as long as possible.
3) Russia, play the long game and build your economy.
4) Ottomans, turn weak neighbours in middle east into protectorates rather than home lands, slow the European push down with masses of cannon fodder. Make sure you keep the Crimea's military tech competative with Russians. Keep Mediterranean clear of your rivals, using Barbary states and Alliance with British.

In my games, the UP always go Mongol in Europe, and the Maratha quickly take all of India then start conquering into Ottoman turf.

Dawg the whole goal of the game is to make you're faction that nation xD. Howeer in vanilla startout I would have to say France. SPain has the most territory, Britian has the best Navy, bt France has the biggest army and the most wealth. Now taking into consideration that you'll be ifghting almost literally everyone Francein my opinion is the funnest.