bootsam wrote:I too am doing the planet missions on Cubeo, which I found just as normal. I only stack 20 or 30 and then go off and shoot the generators. But those Goliaths are hard to kill, to the point I just ignored them when I did the data link. I am yet to do these without escaping with approx 10% hull

I have no idea how others find these missions so easy.

Goliaths are easy to kill with the right weapons. They can wreck me, but only if I give them the chance.
Using a Federal Gunship with 5 dumbfire missile batteries, and two small beam lasers (for its shields). Got the idea from a video that Vindicator Jones made, and it works very well. I usually have the base 100% cleared, land on the pad, scan data, and blast off with full shields in about 5 minutes.
I spend way more time stacking missions, which is why I get angry when the board only shows two missions, both without empire alignment.