I did not read Reply #7 before I went back and tried again. I think those are great tips. I finally beat the mission on Suicidal level. How I accomplished this was I realized that my main problem every time I played was running out of money. (Without sustainable trade due to dread lord attacks, I found money always short.) So, I allowed the AI to go toe to toe with the dreadlords on Suicidal. First turn, on the second colony, I bought a starpot and a colony ship with move o
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I have a few comments to add to this discussion. #1) Prevent retialers from reselling the game Go after major used game resellers. In the very least, alert them that people cannot use the used copy of the game to full effect. Recommend they not buy/sell the used game. Recommend they refund people's money. Better yet, insist they not buy/sell used copies. Perhaps threaten them with legal action for EULA infringement. Single individuals are not worth pursuing legally, but
I thought the campaign would be fun for the story involved. Then I got to the 5th mission. It is the one where the Arcaens, Torians, and Altarians are along to "help" you fight the Dread Lords. This is the first mission where you have to invade a dread lord controlled planet. (You also start with 2 planets, the AI each have 1). First, to my embarrassment, I have to say that I cannot beat this mission. So I thought I would play with the difficulty level. I had been playing challeng