I have been playing the French and Indian Wars Grand Campaign and am thoroughly enjoying the advancements made to the engine over BOA1, particularly cohesion. I have found the A.I. to be smarter and the addition of the EP controlled recruitment a good balance between the original's scriptedness and AACW's tedious micromanagement (IMHO).
The only problems i have come across so far are as follows:
1) Still some missing text on some events screens, while using the latest patch. A notification to the British Player that the Southern Indian tribes distrust the British, and, notifications of new EP options becoming available.
2) Eventually, freshly raised Canadian Militia get poor names like "10. Canadian Militia", just as in BOA1, while the British Colonials now appear with nifty new names like "III B. NY Regt." although I noticed these were sometimes duplicated (with a previous patch at least). (FYI I nearly always train all available Can. Mil to Continental status w/ Levis so they don't disband)
3) A Problem with some leaders getting CP penalties for troops they should be able to command normally, the two offenders I've noticed are Chevalier de Rigaud and Capt Charles Deschamps commanding any type of French/Canadian units (happens every time I load up the GC).
4) I also notice an "Anglo-French Commander" Attribute that i don't see having an effect.
Regarding the latter two:
In the screens attached you can see that when Rigaud is a subordinate commander in a stack he add's 4 CP's as a 2 star general would normally. However, When he or Deschamps are in sole command the units under them each seem to require more CP's; as if they were indian or hessian units being commanded by someone of the wrong nationality or without the necessary command attribute.
CP inflation happens (i think) whatever sub-nationality of units these two commanders lead, it is illogical and is surely an error. In BOA1, as far as i remember, all "Blue" or "Red" aligned units, be they French/British Militia, Continentals, Light, Regulars or Irregular, cost the same amount of CP regardless of what sub-nationality their leader was (excluding Indians and Hessians). Governor Lawrence (orange/colonial) leading British Regulars (red/british) in Halifax for example.
The new "Anglo-French Commander" attribute suggests to me that another layer of depth is supposed to be present whereby Militia and/or Colonials need a commander of their own branch to avoid CP inflation in a stack lead by a French Regular general, and vice versa.
Is this the case for the French side only? I have not noticed any British Commander with a corresponding Anglo-American attribute. Is it intended to represent factionalism within New France (do i remember this being the case, historically, or am I imagining it) or hinder the French rushing South with an army swelled by Militia?
Regardless, I don't see this attribute having an effect in the F&IW scenario as no other French commander (AFAIK) suffers CP inflation; suggesting to me that Rigaud and Deschamps are bugged and that this attribute was planned but never implemented.
What's with the attribute and is it possible to open a file and change some values myself to get Rigaud and Deschamps back to normal?