Serflord April 1st ARG!

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I've finished it!
A few of the things that happened during my run :

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I managed to salvage 5H-AD0's Cloak after they were obliterated when they tried to fight a Golem, it was really nice to have!

When i blew up the first network hub (NE), i'd already setup everything to get the 404 achievement, so i went for it anyway. (The other three explosions all occurred outside my view/hearing range, two (SW & SE) from allies i'd left in front of them, and one (NW) from sabotage.)

I also tried going to Testing and [redacted], but neither was particularly fruitful, though [redacted] made things more convenient. Testing, however, i had to flee somewhat early due to several mistakes and also the agonizing layout and additional patrols.

I wanted to finish with an Adv. Quantum Shading Machine instead of regular, but both of those carried by the Access Hauler were faulty.

For some reason, the game seems to consider Launcher Loaders (and other two-slot parts) to be "important" items, enough to report "found unknown device" and "identified Launcher Loader" in the history section, but doesn't consider finding a stockpile of Nanoswords noteworthy.

In terms of overall performance, this has got to be my worst flight run yet. I a lot of dumb mistakes that cost me a lot (losing my first Exp. Signal Interpreter to a Behemoth when activating the Behemoth Slayer without my utility shielding (it awoke in just four strikes, that part was lucky!), fighting a sentry in Hub without my utility shielding, causing me to lose both an Exp. and an Adv. Hacking suite) and many other small things that resulted in annoying long-term corruption.

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I'm curious, what are the requirements for a Serflord seed?

[Kyzrati]

Ah you got cloaking eh? Pretty nice, I didn't get that encounter on my main Serflord run, though did later pick up an Exp. Cloaking Device which came in handy.

Just finished the Serflord ARG myself during my stream this week, actually. Won! (scoresheet, final video) It forced me to do more stuff, so I ended up with a higher score than I'd normally get, and my highest in Beta 14 specifically

This overall is a pretty interesting seed (for Beta 14), regardless of the Serflord part, so that just made it better.

For some reason, the game seems to consider Launcher Loaders (and other two-slot parts) to be "important" items, enough to report "found unknown device" and "identified Launcher Loader" in the history section, but doesn't consider finding a stockpile of Nanoswords noteworthy.

Just the settings for these items. Loaders are a more impactful build-enabler, whereas Nanoswords are just another regular melee weapon, not even uniques and you can get similar functionality through most late-game melee weapons.

I'm curious, what are the requirements for a Serflord seed?

I'm sure it's just to be able to hit all the required plot points, as not all are guaranteed in every seed. Having won you must have seen them, so that's it!

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I'm curious, what are the requirements for a Serflord seed?

I'm sure it's just to be able to hit all the required plot points, as not all are guaranteed in every seed. Having won you must have seen them, so that's it!

Well, yes, the required plot points have to all be accessible, but such a seed wouldn't be all that difficult to find. I'm pretty sure there are less obvious requirements.

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The Serflord seed seems to have a bunch stuff (like Archives event) that don't really seem required,
and there's also some other conditions that i assume might exist, like Armory having to be exclusive to a required area, Hub having hubs on the corners, maybe Data Miner being on -6...

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[Theyflower]

On seed choice:

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The B12 seed was from a run I had previously completed and thought had a two interesting things in it.
1) Zhirov in Archives
2) The CRM is right next to the entrance to S7
The B12 Hub audio also specifically stated where in Quarantine the CRM was located. I had to change that sound for the B14 version.

I made the route require visiting hubs specifically to force the player into seeing the Zhirov Archives event. I wanted the B14 seed to also have Zhirov there. My only requirements for the B14 seed were Zhirov in Archives along with Extension and Zion being on different floors. Big thanks to aoemica for using wizmode to find a suitable seed for the B14 version.

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