I'm not an expert, but I think grens are more meele offensive, while fusiliers are more range defensive. Musketeers should fall somewhere in between.

Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

What is the (in-game) distinction between a Fusilier and a Grenadier, in terms of equipment and stats? Looking at those distinctions, is it possible to say that one of them are more offensive and the other is more defensive? Or one of them has better range combat, and the other has better melee combat? How to effectively use or make an army composition with them depending on what I want to perform?

i know this was a long ass time ago but

RedSS is right. you can check the stats of grenadiers and fusiliers by talking to them in the party menu. grenadiers have higher melee stats than the fusiliers, and the fusiliers have higher musketeering(?) stats. light infantry is better than both in terms of musketeering, but the difference between the light infantry and fusiliers is that the light infantrymen don't have bayonets, and are more suited for "picking off" the enemy.

what i do is keep line infantry forward and up front, with my light infantry to the back and at each flank of the main line infantry formation. i keep my grenadiers ahead of my fusiliers so that they're the first ones into melee combat. also, when the enemies attack my grenadiers melee, i send my fusiliers in to flank the enemy.

the difference between the equipment of the grenadiers and of the fusiliers is nil afaik; they might have different trousers and boots though.

although the light infantry have rifles without bayonets, but that (i think) are more accurate and have longer ranges.

Originally posted by tree fiddy:

Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

What is the (in-game) distinction between a Fusilier and a Grenadier, in terms of equipment and stats? Looking at those distinctions, is it possible to say that one of them are more offensive and the other is more defensive? Or one of them has better range combat, and the other has better melee combat? How to effectively use or make an army composition with them depending on what I want to perform?

i know this was a long ass time ago but

RedSS is right. you can check the stats of grenadiers and fusiliers by talking to them in the party menu. grenadiers have higher melee stats than the fusiliers, and the fusiliers have higher musketeering(?) stats. light infantry is better than both in terms of musketeering, but the difference between the light infantry and fusiliers is that the light infantrymen don't have bayonets, and are more suited for "picking off" the enemy.

what i do is keep line infantry forward and up front, with my light infantry to the back and at each flank of the main line infantry formation. i keep my grenadiers ahead of my fusiliers so that they're the first ones into melee combat. also, when the enemies attack my grenadiers melee, i send my fusiliers in to flank the enemy.

the difference between the equipment of the grenadiers and of the fusiliers is nil afaik; they might have different trousers and boots though.

although the light infantry have rifles without bayonets, but that (i think) are more accurate and have longer ranges.

oh yeah; as for my second paragraph, i keep the grenadiers ahead of the fusiliers, but to the side so the fusiliers can still fire without hitting friendlies.

I've checked the game, I don't remember the name, but the british empire has this short rifle that has no bayonet, and has a 90 or 100 accuracy stat, and a longer reload. And I think that is the most accurate long range weapon in the game, and the british riflemen squads use it. I didn't see anything close to that in terms of accuracy, the other bayonetless rifles seemed to have faster reload time but worse accuracy than muskets.

Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

I've checked the game, I don't remember the name, but the british empire has this short rifle that has no bayonet, and has a 90 or 100 accuracy stat, and a longer reload. And I think that is the most accurate long range weapon in the game, and the british riflemen squads use it. I didn't see anything close to that in terms of accuracy, the other bayonetless rifles seemed to have faster reload time but worse accuracy than muskets.

the riflemen as in the line infantry or the light infantry? the line are the oens with like bayonets and stuff, the light infantry doesn't have bayonets

The british had a light infantry type of upgraded unit called ##th squad rifleman or something like that, I don't remember the name. But yeah, they are promoted from light infantry.

Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

The british had a light infantry type of upgraded unit called ##th squad rifleman or something like that, I don't remember the name. But yeah, they are promoted from light infantry.

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Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

The british had a light infantry type of upgraded unit called ##th squad rifleman or something like that, I don't remember the name. But yeah, they are promoted from light infantry.

they are very good light infantry but are very expensive and take a long time to train from recruit to normal

also it's not a bad idea to just have a mix of both fusiliers and grenadiers in the same line, i've yet to try that but i feel it would balance it out more

The light infantry of other nations might have worse accuracy than usual fusiliers and grenadiers btw

Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

The light infantry of other nations might have worse accuracy than usual fusiliers and grenadiers btw

i'm not sure if that's true, it would eliminate the whole purpose of light infantry. did u get this from checking their stats?

light infantry uses bayonetless muskets, and all bayonetless muskets except the one that 95th english squad uses have worse accuracy but better reload times than a standard musket with bayonet.
Regarding that, I'm assuming the best use for general light infantry would be peppering the enemy from a medium distance (a distance closer than the fire range of fusiliers and grenadiers), then they will have potential to deal the most damage, only problem is keeping the enemy away until they reload the next shot.

Originally posted by Erenussocrates:

light infantry uses bayonetless muskets, and all bayonetless muskets except the one that 95th english squad uses have worse accuracy but better reload times than a standard musket with bayonet.
Regarding that, I'm assuming the best use for general light infantry would be peppering the enemy from a medium distance (a distance closer than the fire range of fusiliers and grenadiers), then they will have potential to deal the most damage, only problem is keeping the enemy away until they reload the next shot.

ah, alright. then i'd suggest using the standard light infantry and keeping them somewhat behind the main formation to pepper the enemy, as you said. but not as close

grenadiers are historicaly used for seiges and taking forts with grenades fussiliers are just for shooty shoot shoot shoot and die die die.