Best faction overall?

[Jakaryy]

There's plenty of different factions to play as in Empire Total War, some are better than others depending on how you use them. In this discussion, I am asking what is your favorite one to use and why, or in other words which faction do you have the most fun with (Campaign and/or multiplayer)? If you mention two factions then each faction is given a half vote (1/2). Give a good reason too please :P I always like playing as the USA (Not because I'm American) for I like the Irregulars and even the Militia.

Favorite factions as of 5/21/15
1. Great Britain--------11
2. Prussia---------------4
3. France----------------3
3. United Provinces---3
4. USA-------------------2
5. Maratha--------------1 1/2
5. Ottoman Empire----1 1/2
6. Spain------------------1

[Moyz519]

Ive never been too picky about who I play as. I like to switch it up. I will usually look up history and information on the faction I play as though, makes me enjoy the experience more.

[RalphRoberts]

Great Britain, conquer france ASAP, enjoy being world super-power.

[Halogen]

France has a superior land army, but Great Britian has a better navy so they are both the best

[Josh]

The Maratha Confederacy is very strong with Elite Units of the East DLC.

Generally, Britain and France are strong, but Spain is good too.

[Ultra Smurf]

Prussia as they start off with few territories so are guaranteed lots of battles/fun. Pretty good unit selection too. Also I hate poland so want to be close to bash their brains in Prussia is perfect just for that.

[Shellshockolade]

Most important thing for me is the position on the map: I would say Holland as they are the only ones having territory in India, Europe and America at the start. If you focus on making fleets fast you can easily get all trading points of the game. Then Russia as they start with a large territory on the side of the map, you can easily slowly walk through all the maps with a few invincible armies. And they are the closest to India if you want to go for it.

[Balian]

Denmark aint bad, requires some cunning moves but once you have a good income you can take on Sweden

[Mashsmouth]

Great Britain is the best, but definetly not overall.

My entire vote goes to France. Russia/Austria are the spam nations (Russia is more arty/melee while Austria is force), GB has good but costly armies, Spain and America have good light inf but average in everything else, and late game Prussia is good overall but lacks from no specialization.

France, meanwhile, has a very balanced army. Cost effective cannons and multi-purpose infantry along with a wide selection of cavalry; especially lancers. In my opinion, they only lack in light infantry.

EDIT: Forgot about the Poles/Ottomans. The Polish have very good heavy cav (winged hussars), but the Ottomans are more of an unconventional faction. I don't really have anything to say about India or the minors (that are all the same).

[Lim Jahey]

i thought that spain was the best. good starting locations to conquer

[Just Griffin]

NOT BLOODY FRANCE

RULE BRITANNIA

GIVE ME BACK MY QUEBEC YOU FROGGY BASTARDS

[Maff]

I love Prussia. I always end up going back to them in a new campaign - their line infantry are amazing with Fire by Rank (I do use DarthMod, though, so I forget how well they performed in vanilla.)

[Lost Legionare]

I like Great Britain because both their line infantry and navy are strong, they're also in a great starting position.

[Syrealle]

My entire vote goes to United Provinces. It was definately the most fun overall empire to play so far after playing all the empires but the Ottomans.

I like their starting postion. The challenge of a combined French/Spanish alliance and all the little Catholic allies against me. Something just clicked and I enjoyed it from start to finish.

I will say that Poland's start though took several failed campaigns to get it right, and was a fun challenge.

Britian is fun bcuz of the over the top voice actors when giving commands, but then it just becomes an wax job bcuz of their starting position.

Prussia is fun bcuz of their line infantry refusing to retreat/rout until close to 80% death rate. Love those mean men who dont know their fathers (filter love).

[>> C-Wayne <<]

France for sure! Take Britain and you dominate! I love their old guard, trailuers, and their lancer cavalry that you can have right away!

[MTV]

Bleh OP. You picked all the historically major powers of that time period. Too easy. Great Britain and Prussia are pretty solid though.

Ottoman empire and Martha.

Ottomans. Vast unit roster. Yeah their infantry isn't as good as westerns, but they get some good melee and best artillery in the game. Organ guns are insanely powerfull. I've won some battles with mostly just organ guns those things just destroy anything. They get some other neat toys aswell.

Martha. Best starting area in the enitre game. They start on a theatre with only a few weaker empires. Easy to dominate an entire theatre and get rich.

Also I like the Martha generals better then normal generals. Martha generals are better to me, because they are mounted with muskets and can double as a strong cav unit.Only downside to martha generals is their size makes them easy for artillery to kill.

I like the eastern factions because they have an interesting playstyle of mixing melee and ranged. Also on a minor note I like the cosmetic feel to them. All the western factions look and feel the same. Eastern feels more unique.