There are seven difficulty settings: Newbie, Easy, Normal, Hard, Serious, Impossible, and Endless.įor the player, difficulty only affects disapproval per population and system.ĭifficulty Overpopulation disapproval Expansion disapprovalįor the AI, difficulty affects a variety of stats:ĭifficulty Overpopulation disapproval Expansion disapproval Approval Improvement upkeepīuyout cost Ship/Hero upkeep Industry cost Science cost Healing cost Weapon damage Defense efficency Food, Industry bonus Science bonusĮasy x0.9 x2.8 +20 -15% -10% x0.9 x1.0 x0.9 +10% +5% +5% You literally go from building ships and upgrades taking 10 to 15 turns to make to having it be 3-5 turns. If you are hosting a multiplayer game set it to Fast. Let me make this very clear this is a VERY LONG GAME. End Turn Timer Value: 180 (this gives the last player 3 minutes, just leave this here until you have to use a timer).End Turn Timer Mode: No timer (if in multiplayer with random players set it to “Last Player”).Galaxy Generation Seed: “0” (if you left “Random Galaxy Generation Seed” on then don’t change this but if you want to replay a map turn off “Random Galaxy Generation Seed” and input the seed here).
#Endless space 2 wiki difficulty settings manual
Battle in Manual Mode: On (use same logic as above on with friends off with randoms).Battle Timer (Multi): Off (turn on if it’s you and a bunch of random people but if you and a friend vs AIs turn it off.).Battle Timer (single player): Off (duh).Pirate Difficulty: No Pirates (since you are new keep it off but remember when it’s on pirates will spawn on uninhabited worlds in constellations over time, also their respawn rate increases with unhappiness in said constellation).Technology Exchange Permission: On (I recommend this for teamplay/solo vs AI, but not for FFA).Galaxy Seed Events: On (again your choice).Ambience Galaxy Map: On (doesn’t change the gameplay, make the call yourself I have it on).Exploration Events Flag: On (makes the above a one time thing “first come first serve”).Game Speed: FAST (the game is LONG already don't be stupid, a fast game will take you a day in singleplayer, multiplayer it will take 3 days).
Difficulty: Easy (Hard or Serious makes the AI close to human players however beginners should not go above Easy until they have a build order.).Planet Size: Normal (again Random is fun but not good for beginners).Number of Constellations: Few (the game will make empty constellations if you change this which can get annoying since it will sap resources from players).Galaxy Density: Medium (don’t change this the game becomes a giant pain if you have it set to Low or High).Resources: Normal (this will make it so 90% of the time you will find all strategic resources in your constellation).Planets Per System: Normal (Random is fun but not for new players).Age: Normal (random just randomly picks just leave it at normal).Settings Everyone should use as a Base or if they are a Beginner.