Difficulty jump between Normal and Hard

[Faulty Logic]

I found most normal battles to be pretty easy, though assassins/AFA got me a few times.

But hard is really punishing, to the point where it detracts from the fun quite a bit.

Would it be feasible to add a midpoint difficulty?

[PokerChen]

I normally like to see one difficulty in a game in which everything is at "normal" values. I gues your flagship being at 2x due to Hydral upgrades is considered "normal"

[Shrugging Khan]

I normally like to see one difficulty in a game in which everything is at "normal" values.

Me too!
I hate it when games like Total War only give you difficulty settings with artificial boosts to either the player or the AI, but no true baseline option.

[Mick]

I don't mind asymmetry if it's baked into the context of the game, such as AI war.

[Shrugging Khan]

I don't mind asymmetry if it's baked into the context of the game, such as AI war.

True, but that's a different story.

[x4000]

I found most normal battles to be pretty easy, though assassins/AFA got me a few times.

But hard is really punishing, to the point where it detracts from the fun quite a bit.

Would it be feasible to add a midpoint difficulty?

Yep, I can do that!

I don't mind asymmetry if it's baked into the context of the game, such as AI war.

True, but that's a different story.

Well, that's also the story here, really -- things are incredibly asymmetrical.  You have one ship, they have many, etc.

[Shrugging Khan]

But I don't want to be the chosen one 

[keith.lamothe]

But I don't want to be the chosen one 

Then just beat people up.