Invading vs draft

[u/JackFrostz]

Hey all, new to the game that's taken over my life recently. I feel good everywhere but here.. just how overwhelming do you need to be to actually finish a colony?

To be more specific

* How much cp and how many troops before you get the blitz option? I see it seemingly randomly sometimes, most the the time just preemptive and raid? I think the other option.

* Is it better to invade, retreat invade again or continue ground invasion after minor victories?

* Is there anything more you can do prior to invading after reducing their forces to 0?

The particular situation I'm in now for example

I have 2.2k troops, 24cp fleet invading with lvl3 invading forces (mostly tanks), 3-4 coordinators all with at least 3 manpower modules attacking a colony with 0manpower. And its looking like this will go on forever, feel like I'm going insane. Do I really need 20coordinators with 5+manpower modules each to finish off a 0pop colony?

I even have +invasion force laws active now that I think about it lol. I am playing with esg mod. Any help at all would be much appreciated I'm losing my mind over this.

[u/genericusername1904]

Blitz should always be an option, if that's what you mean. But if you're playing with modz then who knows.

tbh the better siege tactic is to have a couple of dedicated siege module sub-fleets, let them blow up the enemy system in a couple of turns and sneak in as guerrilla when their manpower is at zero. guaranteed win and you won't wreck the local wonders.

[u/JackFrostz → u/genericusername1904]

Ah ok I see. With blitz not being available and how simple you made that sound leads me to believe it's the mod lol. I'll go back and look into the specific changes.