How much did you claim systems and colonize planets? Like any 4X game you want to expand as much as you can afford to in the early game but do not claim worthless systems or small planets. If you want to do this quickly, get a starbase with multiple shipyards. Once you have about 80-100 minerals per month start building up your fleet. Don't pour much money into your fleet from the get-go, try spending early game getting a good mineral output going. Make a starbase full of anchorages to get your naval cap up. If you don't have an ally, the war will probably end soon due to the enemy's weariness going up.Īs for how to get a strong fleet? Get better mineral output. If you have an ally, you probably just won the war. Even if you lose you'll probably take out a decent portion of their fleet. Wait for them to hit it and whittle them down. Funnel money into a good starbase at that choke point with a fleet of defense platforms and an aura that debuffs the enemy. Get some buffer zones(Basically systems the AI will have to go through but you won't miss) and find a choke point. But, in more detail.įew things you can do with apocalypse.

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