Is hard. I am playing the campaign for the first time. I am on the second mission, and the Drengin are kicking my everloving butt.
I cannot seem to research as fast as they can, although I am doing like 78% of the research in the galaxy. Tehy are way ahead of me in weapons tech. Not only that, but although I colonized 5 of the 7 planets, they seem to be able to pump out ships much faster and at a faster rate than I can.
Also, it seems strange to me that when they would seem so far behind, they are actually so far ahead, and quick to blockade my planets and destroy any ships I am able to build.
They had plasma weapons, when I had laser II, advanced hulls, advanced or better logistics, and frigates. I wass still building defenders. The game told me I had a military rating of 128 and then the Drengin started whooping on me.
I guess what i need are some pointers on what to do in the early game. I always tend to research in these games befor eI do much of anything else. I research the research options so I can research better and faster, but then find myself getting invaded. I restarted the mission and spent less time on research and more time on space weapons of different kinds. Didn't seem to help. I had almost my entire economy geared towards research, and the Drengin were out researching me.
Also, why is it that in this campaign, everything seems to be beam weapon based, but the defenses are armor? Wouldn't the research centers be more worried about defending against lasers if the enemy were shooting lasers at them?
