You can have 60 at a timeDid I place too many offers?
Squad size increase techs will help being outnumbered. Look for these in the tech tree. Also, enemy size is set by the scouting cost of a map province. The first technology of every new chapter is Advanced Scouts. This will reduce the cost of scouting by 25%, which in turn will reduce the size of the enemy armies. Depending on how many provinces you currently have open and how many provinces you need to advance to your next chapter, it might be best to pause scouting until you advance to your next chapter. Please note that the difficulty is set when the province is scouted. So the next Advanced Scouts tech will not help the provinces that are already open. But it will make future provinces you scout easier.Figured it out. I was just doing something stupid. Another Newbie question: why are all the fighting encounters so difficult? The enemy squad sizes are at least 3 times bigger than mine. No way I can win them.
You might find some useful info in this discussion in the Battle Help section of the forum:why are all the fighting encounters so difficult?
I often think Inno should have a tutorial for beginners to advise them against overscouting. If you only have orange or red provinces, then you've gone further than you should have. (Not your fault ... I did exactly the same! How are we to know?) As Sami says, this is a marathon. It takes a long time to learn all the things you need to know, but you're smart ... coming to the forum is the best place to learn strategy and world building. I hope you stick around. I learned so much here, and am still learning.Figured it out. I was just doing something stupid. Another Newbie question: why are all the fighting encounters so difficult? The enemy squad sizes are at least 3 times bigger than mine. No way I can win them.