Talk:The Rising/@comment-72.86.190.237-20150204015016

Once I installed Conquerors I didn't play AoK much (mainly because replanting farms is s-o-o-o-o annoying!) so decided to backtrack and finish all the campaigns. All was well until I tried The Rising episode and became very frustrated trying to figure out what I may have missed to get the Chemistry upgrade. Thanks to this article my strategy is now different.

But why 'oh why don't Joan's Franks get it in Imperial like Franks are supposed to? The Chalon's must have it (and too early!) to make bombard cannon ships. What's wrong with this picture?

Anyway, the best way I have found to prevent the breach of walled shallows by gunboats and trebuchets is to take out all the docks quickly and keep a few galleons cruising the coast for enemy builders trying to resurrect them again. Trebuchets are easily dealt with by fire ships. Once the defense is solid you can concentrate on the offensive using hit 'n run either across the shallows or by transport. Presumably Chemistry would have made the episode just too easy but it would have been a good idea to mention the upgrade scripting mod in the Hints or even in the video introduction (I guess there must have been an historical reason Joan's troups didn't have access to gunpowder... right?)