Stellaris is too easy

[randomuser1123456789]

On max difficulty I usually am superior or overwhelming to my neighbors after 40 years. I looked at all the settings and I use mods to make it harder. How can I make it harder.

[Space Dad]

Try playing as a random empire?

[Azor]

Originally posted by khong26:

I use mods to make it harder.

Sounds like you're not using Starnet AI?

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1712760331

Note that it performs better if you set the number of AI empires to max. Doubt you'll survive in Grand Admiral.

It's NOT compatible with other AI mods afaik

And you should never enable Scaling Difficulty reglardless of whether you're using an AI mod or not.

[MorallyGray]

Yer, use starnet. Also turn off scaling difficulty

[Nightmyre]

Put all the empires on advanced start, that helps too. Turn crisis strength at 5x, set crisis start date earlier than you normally would.

[Astasia]

I think the stellaris devs went the right way by not designing a game about competing with "equal" opponents, it never works, AI is always bad. The difficulty isn't in the random AI that plays the same game as you, the difficulty is in the crisis or giant federations of advanced start empires that form to take you on. You have control over the settings, so make the game as hard as you want and stop worrying about beating on braindead AIs, they are ambiance.

[Nightmyre]

Originally posted by Astasia:

I think the stellaris devs went the right way by not designing a game about competing with "equal" opponents, it never works, AI is always bad. The difficulty isn't in the random AI that plays the same game as you, the difficulty is in the crisis or giant federations of advanced start empires that form to take you on. You have control over the settings, so make the game as hard as you want and stop worrying about beating on braindead AIs, they are ambiance.

I consider this similar to how, back in the day, people used to play StarCraft solo against 7 AIs. Yeah, 1v1, you'll win easily, but stack the odds and things become different.

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

If you have scaling on, you could turn that off. That greatly impacts the difficulty as well (since it doesn't provide any bonus at the start, and is more gradual).

[Partl]

Multiplayer?

[Galactic Origins]

it is not supposed to be hard
play ISG for harder game in space
this is more of relaxing game for me