Xenon power in 6.0?

[VPanda]

So is Xenon mighty now? Coz I played few years ago, they where losing war even without my efforts

[Dginius]

no they are weak as all fractions there...

[Odin]

Maybe it's just luck but the Xenon in my current game managed to capture the entire northern and eastern part of the map.

Only the Terrans managed to hold their ground. The economy in the other factions was in shambles because of that. I've since captured or liberated most of the Xenon controlled sectors the other factions are slowly rebuilding.

I was able to save Argon Prime by putting my first fleet there and helping in it's defense but there was nothing I could do about the rest. Eventually I managed to get enough ships to start pushing them back. It was a fun war.

I have 5 fleets keeping the Xenon bottled up in Wretched Skies X to Emperor's Pride. I could wipe them out but it keeps the Terrans busy.

This is the aftermath of that war where most sectors are neutral:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2955915296

[SigmaSquadron]

Originally posted by Odin:

This is the aftermath of that war where most sectors are neutral:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2955915296

Moment of silence for your Trader 03 and Trader 05

[Odin]

Sadly those were minor losses compared to the war, lost more than a few carriers and destroyers. Gotta watch out for those Xenon I destroyers.

[MOK]

Originally posted by VPanda:

So is Xenon mighty now? Coz I played few years ago, they where losing war even without my efforts

I'm still getting a read on Xenon, as I've recently re-installed too. And like your experience, my Xenon were weak before. But they seem stronger now. They're grinding down ANT in my current playthrough.

[Bozz 💀]

That's very easy to mod, FOCW let's you adjsut the strenght of every faction in the game and balance it to how you like it.

The base game is not designed around one faction wiping out the others except in very rare occurences.

[Odin]

I've had playthroughs with weak Xenon, not using any mods that affect the factions themselves. But this is the first time I've see where they managed to take so many sectors.

[Troll]

Every single game I played I had the bad luck of having weak / unambitious Xenons.
I'm hoping for a harsh Xenon invasion when I start do my next Boron play.

[Belteguesian]

Mostly it depends on the seed that you got starting the playthrough.

That said, with the introduction of other races and sectors in SV and CoH the Xenon forces are more divided and fight in more fronts. And that is not mentioning the Terran Expedition force.

The ToA did not offer anything positive or negative to the Xenon condition, nobody know what the knock on effect from the introduction of Kingdom End would bring...

In about 50 playthroughs since SV only once I was confronted with "unstopable" Xenons. All the other times just supplying the NPC factions with resources either kept them on check or drove them to their death throes...

[Wraith]

yep.
Definitely depend on the start

Right now the Xenon is pretty aggressive for me in my new 6.0 start (which I'm enjoying)
Only about 13 hr in so who know how it will continue but I hope they are still this aggressive.

This is also the first time I'm seeing Xenon skip a sector and head straight to an enemy.
They bypass Frontier edge and are just wrecking havoc on ANT the Void.

I just passed by the sector and it a graveyard of traders like in Hatikvah choice which surprised me as Frontier edge is still neutral

[Bozz 💀]

Originally posted by Wraith:

yep.
Definitely depend on the start

Right now the Xenon is pretty aggressive for me in my new 6.0 start (which I'm enjoying)
Only about 13 hr in so who know how it will continue but I hope they are still this aggressive.

This is also the first time I'm seeing Xenon skip a sector and head straight to an enemy.
They bypass Frontier edge and are just wrecking havoc on ANT the Void.

I just passed by the sector and it a graveyard of traders like in Hatikvah choice which surprised me as Frontier edge is still neutral

Yeah no idea if something changed in the beta, I have seen ZYA send an invasion fleet in morning star through Heretic's end in my new 6.0 game.

[Wraith]

hmm maybe they added new invasion logic?

This would be awesome as Heretic End use to be just a barrier lol

[Mjr.Death]

Xenon pretty much always snowballing in my games the past years unless I’ve set up sector security in every single damn sector connecting to xenon space. I’ve also long given up trying to keep Split space from becoming Xenon space. Shoot, HOP used to be winning on all 3 sides against Argon, Paranid, and Xenon but now they getting bullied too.

[Jan]

Start as Split and most of the time you have a lot to do. 9 out 10 starts the Xenon beat the s.... out ot them. You have a lot to do. Believe me.

[Kackstift]

Depending on how you complete the story missions, the factions have more or less resources available against the xenon.
It makes sense to unite the Paranids and then declare total war against everyone. you should also always incite the ARG/ANT against the TER. The SPL factions are more of cannon fodder for the xenon no matter what you decide, but even then a war between ZYA and CAB is the most effective choice to help the xenon.

btw.. i need a total war mod..