French and Indian War Variants

[PJJ]

I'm thinking of starting a new French and Indian War campaign, this time as the French. I'm wondering if there's any difference in the British AI performance between the normal and the so-called colonial variant of this scenario? Does it perform equally well in both? Which one should I choose?

[Durk]

I am not the best source on AI play, but in my experience the AI behavior is the same. The only difference is a greater command penalty in British forces without Colonial commanders. That is, the Brits in the Albany area my lack a Colonial commander. Very small difference.

[PJJ]

Thanks for the reply. I don't want to make life too difficult for the AI, so I've decided to play the normal scenario.

[newmanovci]

I'm about to make my first attempt at the campaign's colonial variant, playing the French. I'll post my impressions of the AI's performance.

[newmanovci]

Well, although I didn't complete the campaign (I was impatient to get on to the AWI campaign) I got a fair way. I found that the AI could still pull off some decent manoevres, even with the complication of colonial control. In fact, I didn't notice any deterioration of the AI's skill overall.