How come enemiy defenders have 0 attack?

[Alex319]

I am playing the campaign. For some reason, all the enemies' defenders have an attack rating of 0, so they are trivial to kill, making the game extremely easy. I am playing on the "Tough difficulty level, and I have the 1.1 patch if that matters. What is going on, and is ther ea way to fix it?

[Alex319]

Note that when I say "defender" I don't just mean "ships that are defending a planet", I mean actual "defender" class ships. My own defenders have an attack rating of 1.

[Peets]

The AI makes ships with 0 attack so you won't be able to troop rush them. Meaning that you have to build attack ships to destroy the ships first before you can invade it.

[Alex319]

Yeah, that makes sense, but waht doesn't make sense is why I've seen planets with six 0-attack defenders on them. Then one ship can easily beat them all. (I guess I could try increasing the difficulty level and see what happens.)

[Peets]

it needs 6 moves, which can give him enough time to react