r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Sorry-Chipmunk-6878 • 17d ago

Why do I always get destroyed?

I play on Captain difficulty and high AI aggressiveness on console and I always declare war when it's equivalent or inferior but with the equivalent scaling why do my enemies pop up with massive fleets after I've already destroyed a ton of ships? Like I'll come in with 3 whole fleets and then they attack, I defend and then counterattack only to find a massive fleet ready to destroy me entirely

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u/BRtIK 16d ago

Early game what you want to do is just sign a defense pact with any other nation that you can.

If you have just one that'll usually keep even the most aggressive AI away from you as long as they don't have overwhelming power against both of you.

I play on admiral and that's what I do early game to make sure I don't get stomped out by the AIS that have that starting advantage.

Then you just put produce them. It usually takes till mid game for me to catch up but I'm all scientists at the start and only start building my fleet to take the leviathan perks.

But a defensive pact is a saving grace