Losing an invasion despite a large advantage

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I just played a game where I had a 25 to 2 advantage when trying to invade a planet and lost. there were 2 planets in the system. A class 42 (yes a 42) with 11B and a class 21 with 2B. After that a got another transport and tried again. The pops were 6B and 1B, and succeeded the second time. Both transports were full and I used "normal" method. (I wanted to keep it a 42 :) ) Anyone else had this experience when invading very high quality/high pop systems?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Depends, maybe his troops had a higher quality, or some + bonuses affecting him. Next time nee what figure he has. If his Troops are rated 2.05 and yours are still 1.05, your gonna have a hard time fighting your way out of a paper bag ;)
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thats why you use the combat transport and send 5b down to invade. Or better yet, group some regular transports so they invade as a group.

~SDC~
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Yup. You needed more soldiers than you initially sent.

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
This is why you check out planets before you send an invasion force. Even with better tech, overwhelming numbers can win. With your tech advantage I wouldnt have gone in with less than 5b, preferably 10b just to be safe. This is why anytime you have morale issues, just build a combat transport, load a few billion and ship them off to the front lines. >:)

Teach them to complain about overcrowding.

~SDC~