Greetings all,
I'm looking for any mods that make the game more challenging. I've lost track of how many play through's I've completed now and they pretty much all seem to turn out the same way. Bee line to EMP, collect blueprints for space stations, setup mining and trade network. Use small ship to take out turrets of capital ship and trade ship full of marines to board them. Setup small ship mining fleets in each factions space to build up standings through selling them minerals. Take over all pirate ships that dare to show their face. Buy all their ship blueprints, open my own shipyard, take over the universe.

None of the factions are very dynamic at all. I mean they don't really think at all. You would think that increasing standings with one would cause their enemy to not like you as much but no you can be friends with everyone all at the same time. And once you field an Asgard I mean their is no chance for any xenon incursions.

Any recommendations?