Really, are you serious?

I am new to the game and have discovered I cannot build artillery and cannon does no collateral damage? How will I be able to beat the King?

Artillery are only available to the European armies (so yes they will be in the REF when it arrives) and cannons have a rather limited use. They are excellent for attacking native villages and other European colonies but of little use in colony defence and hopeless on both attack and defence in the open.

Instead you should concentrate on a building an army of dragoons. That way you will be able to destroy the King's forces as they land without letting them even reach your own colonies.

Hello Core Imposter,
fyi I changed the artillery and cannons since a long time. They are able to bombard enemies instead of attack them like common soldiers do...
A new version of DoaNE will be coming soon. If you want to try my mod, you should may be wait a little (less than 2 weeks). As you wish

I will definitely be trying a mod.

At what level of difficulty do the other colonies not completely suck?

You can get artillery if the king asks you to attack other Europeans.

The king asks you to attack other European? ^

reddishrecue said:

The king asks you to attack other European? ^

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Not in Vanilla.

It is a feature I programmed years ago when I was still a member of TAC-team.
To my knowledge that feature exists in TAC and RaR (which is based on TAC) only.