only hard for newbies just reaserch ships build up minerals to build build up cash to pay for fleet build infastructure for cash food or cgs to sell longer u play easier it gets also learn enamyy weakness e.g viral weak against missiles use good stacks
its a easy game it just seems hard when you first start, do the missions , research your infastructure, start building up your money, so that when you do go in to battle you can pay for it, i use as much of my dp to build up money as i can.