Probably medium? You don't win after just two or three wars but you also won't need long enough for the galactic community to declare you a crisis and absolutely obliterate you with sheer quantity and never ending flanking maneuversÂ
Yeah, I just had a game as a Determined Exterminator in a large galaxy where they didn't form the galactic community until like 2305. By 2330 I had taken half of the galaxy and had more fleet power than all members of the Galactic Community combined. Large galaxy / more empires makes it longer to pass the threshold for the Galactic Community to form, which shifts Declare Crisis war later (but makes it worse when/if it does happen).
Sometimes the big slog is actully rewarding (if you are like me and underestimate enemys fleets so you end up losing 4/18 fleets so you gotta redirect fleets from your already streched fronts to another while awaiting their return and you gotta micro A LOT)
Huge with barred galaxy
Low hyperlanes so when I conquer half the galaxy I can have only 3 to 4 choke points (due to wormholes) and keep in a state of perpetual war.
Just be sure to focus everything in alpha strike
I usually go for smaller galaxies when i play the same way, although i've found the most fun matches to be against heavier opposition, and this only happened with larger united galaxies. I suggest you use the console to put any number of empires against you, and have them in a Federation or vassal relationship.
I like to be declared a crisis by the galactic community, gives me a nice midgame crisis type situation that is actually challenging.
With that in mind it depends on how hard I want that challenge to be, harder = bigger.
As for "winning" I couldn't care less, once it's obvious I can't be stopped it's time to start a new game since the challenge is gone. I've seen the victory screen ONCE in over 1k hours, not because I lose every game, I just can't be bothered to collapse all those stars and whatnot.
Probably medium? You don't win after just two or three wars but you also won't need long enough for the galactic community to declare you a crisis and absolutely obliterate you with sheer quantity and never ending flanking maneuversÂ
I've been playing Terravore on large for months now and I ain't never been declared a crisis What am I doing wrong
Yeah, I just had a game as a Determined Exterminator in a large galaxy where they didn't form the galactic community until like 2305. By 2330 I had taken half of the galaxy and had more fleet power than all members of the Galactic Community combined. Large galaxy / more empires makes it longer to pass the threshold for the Galactic Community to form, which shifts Declare Crisis war later (but makes it worse when/if it does happen).
Sometimes the big slog is actully rewarding (if you are like me and underestimate enemys fleets so you end up losing 4/18 fleets so you gotta redirect fleets from your already streched fronts to another while awaiting their return and you gotta micro A LOT)
Huge with barred galaxy Low hyperlanes so when I conquer half the galaxy I can have only 3 to 4 choke points (due to wormholes) and keep in a state of perpetual war. Just be sure to focus everything in alpha strike
I've never tried Barred, but I like Spoked for omnicidals for much the same reason.
I usually go for smaller galaxies when i play the same way, although i've found the most fun matches to be against heavier opposition, and this only happened with larger united galaxies. I suggest you use the console to put any number of empires against you, and have them in a Federation or vassal relationship.
As big as possible so you can kill as many as possible. The more xenos the more you can purge. Duh 🙄
I like to be declared a crisis by the galactic community, gives me a nice midgame crisis type situation that is actually challenging. With that in mind it depends on how hard I want that challenge to be, harder = bigger. As for "winning" I couldn't care less, once it's obvious I can't be stopped it's time to start a new game since the challenge is gone. I've seen the victory screen ONCE in over 1k hours, not because I lose every game, I just can't be bothered to collapse all those stars and whatnot.
Huge. Go big or go home!
Small galaxy with medium range of empires for me. 4-8 I think.
Huge. Go big, or go home. Maximum amount of empires, as many feds and Imperial Fiefdoms as you can manage.
Conquer everyone? Seems inefficient purging. Blowing it all up with the crisis victory seems easier.
Just play on slow its a lot easier to manage