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There’s already an active thread discussing exactly this (although it started off alleging they’re underpowered and then morphed into being about design).
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You are wrong. They are very clearly modeled after proper Caroleans and not Gustavus Adolphus’ soldiers. They started off with only 10 range and a speed bonus in melee and that’s exactly the stats you’d expect for a unit using shock tactics of proper Caroleans. The ranged multipliers against cavalry are 100% for gameplay reasons of compensating for a lack of skirms and goons. If it bears any resemblance to different Swedish soldiers that is merely a coincidence.
If you want Caroleans that conform to history, I’d suggest something like this: