GalinFarseeker

actually the comp can be somewhat challeging if on he=ardest and give till say, day 1000, i just make sure i get some systems i want let them have the rest then let them build while i research and trutle, eventually they will come after you withsome heavy duty stuff (once attacked by a huge fleet with 30+ VSD and 3 SSD)

the reason why i prefer the scorched earth policy is simple, it takes MUCH more time to actually take over a planet, let alone a few sectors (especially in my case where the comp is so easy for me i let them get over half the galaxy before i start attacking), and i only use that in the outer rim systems when its getting to endgame and i dont want to bother getting past the defences when i can just blow them up

I like to completely slag a planet of every resouce if i seem to have no support in a system >