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Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
Korean FAQ
By: GurraJG (ggullberg@msn.com)
Version 0.81
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***TABLE OF CONTENT***
I.    Introduction
II.   Korean Stats
III.  Unique Units and Technology
IIIA. Unique Units
IIIB. Unique Technology
IV.   General Strategies
IVA. Playing As
IVB. Playing Against
IVC. Playing with in Team
V.    Noryang Point Walkthrough **NOT COMPLETE**
VI.   Thanks and Credit Section
VII.  Legal Section
VIII. Contact Info
IX.   Version History
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I. Introduction
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This is a guide and walkthrough for one of the new civilizations in The
Conquerors Expansion. I hope that it is of some help.
I will finish the Walkthrough as soon as possible.
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II. Korean Stats
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Civilization Attriutes:
Villagers +2 line of sight
Stone miners work 20% faster
Tower upgrades free (bombard tower requires chemistry)
Towers range +1 Castle Age, +1 Imperial Age, for a total of +2
Unique Units and Technology
War Wagon
Elite War Wagon
Turtle Ship
Elite Turtle Ship
Shinkichon
(see section III. for further details on the unique units and technology)
Team Bonus
Mangonels and onagers posses +1 range
Missing Technologies
Hoardings
Crop Rotation
Sappers
Redemption
Atonement
Heresy
Illumination
Eagle Warrior
Elite Eagle Warrior
Blast Furnace
Siege Ram
Heavy Scorpion
Parthian Tactics
Paladin
Camel
Heavy Camel
Bloodlines
Plate Barding Armor
Demolition Ship
Heavy Demolition Ship
Elite Cannon Galleon
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III. Unique Units and Technology
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IIIA. Unique Units
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Turtle Ship and Elite Turtle Ship:
A very unique unit which gives Korean players a big advantage in sea maps.
The Turtle Ship becomes available before Cannon Galleons become available to
other players, which gives Korean players a kind of cannon ship before the
other players.
Stats:
Age: Normal - Castle        Cost: 200 wood          Trained at: Dock
Elite  - Imperial            200 gold
HP: Normal - 200            Attack: 50              Armor: Normal - 6/5P
Elite  - 300            Range: 6                       Elite  - 8/6P
Strong vs.: Galleys, Longboats, Demolition Ships
Weak vs.: Fire Ship, Bombard Cannon, Monks
Tech Updates:
Armor - Careening
Speed - Dry Dock
Lower Cost - Shipwright
Resistant to Conversion - Faith; Heresy
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War Wagon and Elite War Wagon
The War Wagon is the closest thing to an armored fighting vehicle in The
Conquerors.
Stats:
Age: Normal - Castle        Cost: 80 wood           Trained at: Castle
Elite  - Imperial            60 gold
HP: Normal - 150            Attack: 9               Armor: Normal - 10/3P
Elite  - 200            Range: Normal - 5              Elite  - 10/4P
Elite  - 6
Strong vs.: Infantry, Archers
Weak vs.: Cavalry, Skirmishers, Pikemen
Tech Updates:
Armor - Padded Archer; Leather Archer; Ring Archer
Attack - Chemistry
Ranged Attack - Fletching; Bodkin Arrow; Bracer
Targeting - Ballistics; Thumb Ring
Faster Creation Speed - Conscription
Resistant to Conversion - Faith; Heresy
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IIIB. Unique Technology
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Shinkichon
This technology gives siege weapons an increased range, which is a bonus if
you are a player who likes to besige towns and cities.
Cost: 800 wood and 500 gold
Effect: +2 range for magonels, onagers and siege onagers.
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IV. General Strategies
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This section gives you general strategies to play as, against and with the
Koreans. This is useful in Random Games and other Scenarios where you use the
Koreans.
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IVA. Playing As
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With alot of defensive bonuses, such as free tower upgrades, Korean players
shouldn't have any problems defending their bases. These advantages can also be
used offensivly, by placing towers and castles near enemy bases, to prevent any
movement outside of the base.
Offensivly, Koreans don't really excel in any area. With missing technologies
of Bloodlines and Parthian Tactics, the Koreans aren't the strongest cavalry
civilization is the Conquerors. But the are rather good in the siege area, with
thier unique technology Shinkichon. By improving the range of magonels, onagers
and siege onagers, the Koreans shouldn't really have any problems besieging an
enemy base. Plus, the Koreans have access to gun poweder, so Hand Cannoneers
and Bombard Cannons can really help out.
The unique units of the Koreans can be a real help in the heat of battle. The
War Wagon and Elite War Wagon should be used to weaken enemy infantry while
Pikemen and Halberdiers hold of the cavalry. Protect the War Wagon form archers
and towers. Improve the War Wagon with all available archery and missile
upgrades.
The second Korean unique unit, the Turtle Ship and Elite Turtle Ship, is almost
like a close-range cannon galley, but with greater power and armor. Be aware,
however, that the Turtle Ships don't come cheap. Repaire them whenever you can
with shoreline villagers.
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IVB. Playing Against
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As always, you should scout the Korean base early and disrupt any sources of
stone which the Koreans are using to disrupt a posible tower rush. If the
Koreans fail to produce anti-cavalry units, attack with cavalry to lay waste to
War Wagons, mangonels, infantry and such.
On water maps, produce fire ships and fast-fire ship in order to counter the
Korean Turtle Ships. Also keep in mind that Turtle Ships are expensive, so a
large Korean navy proabably means a weak army. So with that in mind, go for a
large attack by land and just produce a fake navy to lure the Koreans from
their bases.
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IVC. Playing with in a Team
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The Celts are a great team to play with. With the combination of the Korean and
Celtic unique technologies, magonels produce and fire quicker plus they get +2
range.
On water maps, produce Turtle Ships with your ally producing support ships such
as Galleons and Cannon Galleons, plus Fire Ships.
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V. Noryang Point Walkthrough
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In The Conquerors, the Koreans don't have their own campaign. They do, however,
have a Scenario which is available in the Battles of the Conquerors "Campaign".
All of the scenarios are available from the beginning.
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Scenario Information
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Initial Objectives: Defeand Korea from the Japanese
(optional)   Prevent the Japanese from destroying the Korean wonder
Other civilizations:
Their Stance                 Your Stance
Japanese Navy              Enemy                        Enemy
Japanese Raiders           Enemy                        Enemy
Chinese                    Ally                         Ally
Admiral Yi Sun Shin        Ally                         Ally
Walkthrough
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As you start this mission, your wonder, located in the NE section of the Korean
city, will come under attack from the Japanese Navy, located at the beginning
in the SW. The attackers include Galleons, Elite Cannon Galleons and Fast Fire
Ships. Saving the wonder can be difficult, but remember, it is not mission
critical.
Group your ships into an attack group (use Ctrl + a number key) and set course
for the Japanese attack group. If you have time, order Castles and Towers to
fire on specific ships. As your attack group nears, attack the Fire Ships,
which are the most dangerous. Make the attack group fire on specific ships to
sink them and move on to the next ship.
If the wonder is destroyed, the Japanese ships moves South toward the Korean
docks. Follow the enemy ships and destroy all of them. Then another Japanese
attack group will attack the Korean docks. Eliminate these ships as you did
with the other group.
Research Galleons (you could have started this earlier) start producing ships
at all of the docks. Building a large navy can be expensive, so keep wood
collection at a high pace. 15 villagers should be pretty adequate. If you have
villagers to spare, assign them to chop wood. Research the two-handed saw to
increase the wood gathering speed. Research all technologies that can be of any
help to Galleons. Posistion a villager at the docks to rapair any damaged ships
to make sure that you don't waste any resources thet could be use towards a
better end.
Keep scouting the Korean shore line to make sure that no Japanese ships are
entering your waters. If a ship is spotted, move the navy to destroy it. Create
about 15-20 ships and them move on to reinforcing defenses against a ground
attack by the Japanese Raiders. Rapair the walls and towers around the NE
section of the Korean base. Mine stone and build towers in the NW section of
your base. Research Ballistics and Bombard Towers to increase defense strength.
Find Admiral Yi and learn of his secret weapon.
After a while, you'll recive a message about Admiral Yi. You can't reach the
Admiral by land, so don't bother looking. To reach Yi, you must commander a
transport located in the Japanese Raiders base.
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VI. Thanks and Credit Section
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Microsoft and Ensemble Studios, for making this great and worthy Expansion to
The Age of Kings.
GameFAQs, for hosting this guide.
NeoSekeer.com, for hosting this guide.
The Sybex guide, for being my facts checker.
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VII. Legal Section
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IX. Version History
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Version 0.81 - IGN FAQs granted permission to host this guide.
Version 0.80 - Layout changes.
- More on walkthrough.
Version 0.70 - Guide almost finished.
- Walktrough still not complete.