So hard!!??

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So I have completed the tutorial and I think I know how the game works. I started with the first real campaign and finished the first quest quickly. Then I started the second quest and boy... this is hard!

I don't know how to do it... I have lost 3 times now and I have 1 game where I was continuously fighting for the middle star, took it, lost it, took it, lost it, took it, lost it, but I didn't really grew in the meantime while I had the feeling that the AI was growing slightly so I stopped.

The difficulty is on moderate (III). I could lower it, but I think I should be able to play it at that difficulty level... because I don't want the AI to be dumbed down too hard either.

Anyone got tips on what I might be doing wrong?

I started by conquering the two stars on the left, then the right-above one. I built a monument in the middle so that I had extra cultural influence on all five stars. I built a starbase on the upper left one to get money more quickly and as it is the furthest away, I never lost it. On the lower left, I built an influence generating building, can't remember the name, so that I would be able to assassinate or things like that. Then I conquered the right star and saw the AI coming for it too. It jumped on me with 5 emissaries. I immediately built a, what is it called, that building that lowers the influence of enemy emissaries. It became an on-and-off situation on that star. For one split second, I was able to go for one of his stars, but I almost immediately lost it because of the on-and-off situation.

So... please help me?

[abdelaz3r]

Hi, some advices,

- Don't build the monument (wonder ?) on this map, it is expensive and not very usefull.
- Rush on the IA capital.
- Use a lot the defense building

Don't worry about lowering the difficulty, you will see that some missions are harder and some are easier. You can come back later.

[Sliverik]

A trick that can be useful to take systems (maybe you've done it already, I don't know) is: attack it to force the IA to send envoys, then use a coup-d'etat and quickly build an antenna to deny the enemy influence. By doing so, you can slowly build a way to the enemy capital.
Be sure to keep money to rebuild after each enemy assassination attempt.

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Thanks. I will certainly try!

[abdelaz3r]

We've just release a new version of the game where the middle difficulty (3) is a bit easier.

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Just won it, quite good actually, going for money and not spending it on unnecessary places and things helps :)

[{SLURP}Legion]

level 7 seems impossible to me, i couldnt beat it on the second dificulty.