I have over 300 hours played now but lately I am really struggling against the Drengin in particular. Their fleets always seem better than mine. And eventually they bring their transports and another game lost. Their fleets seem to have massive hitpoints, they have large hulls way before me. But even their fleets with lots of smaller ships still take mine out. What research should I be concentrating on?My weapons will depend on what resources I have. If I have plentiful antimatter I build missiles. I don't concentrate on defensive components because I think attack is probably better.I have tried building my own ships or just going default, makes no difference. If anybody can give some advice on how they go about getting good fleets of ships which can take on the ai's it would be appreciated. I am playing the 2.8 optin and the ai is definately a lot stronger now. Been playing on gifted but today went back to normal and still lost!!