Topic: Weekly Seed #21 [Alpha 5c] [Seed: Candy Cane] (Read 3027 times)

zxc · « **on:** December 24, 2015, 11:56:10 PM »

Santa wants scrap metal at all costs!

This week's seed: Candy Cane

The Weekly Seed is open to anyone. High scores are not the only feature of the runs and the main reason for putting this together is to share our experiences, stories, and tactics over the course of your run.

Rules are as follows:

The Weekly Seed begins from the date this thread is posted and lasts about seven days.
Make sure you are running the correct version of Cogmind (see thread subject).
Enter the seed and abort your current game to initiate the seed (more details are below).
Verify you are not running the tutorial and that the screenshot below of the Scrapyard and Level -10 matches your seed
Play through the game once. This is a friendly competition and we are all honest people.
When finished post your scoresheet here (it should be the newest file in /scores) and any other screenshots/stories/strategies you wish to share with the community.
Due to the spoilerific nature of this thread do not read the comments if you are intending to participate and haven't played your run!
Any scoresheets submitted after seven days will not be included.
Good luck!

HOW TO ENTER A SEED

Press F1 to go to the MENU, select OPTIONS, select Seed, and enter this week's seed:

Select GAME, select ABORT:

If you have followed the steps [Manual seed applied: Candy Cane] should display in the log window.

Congratulations on entering the seed, now get in there!

Decker · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2015, 05:50:05 PM »

Pretty clean combat win, even though I was playing for score.

I reached alert level 5 on -7 (rampage). The AI response was rather tepid, perhaps because I had destroyed two garrisons. I went on another rampage on -5, then reset the alert level.

I played more conservatively on -4 and beyond, but I still got caught on high alert level. I created a bit of chaos after finding the exit on Access, then escaped. Those terminators really hurt!

With the propulsion change, I hope this will be my last build with 1 power source, 3 storage units, 2 heat sinks and 3 weapons. I think it's optimal for this version but it leaves so little room for creativity.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

zxc · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2015, 11:08:55 PM »

Nice one. Actually reaching -1 and then winning counts for a lot of points, as you reached a higher score while killing 100 fewer robots!

Kyzrati · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2015, 07:47:44 PM »

I'll be streaming this one tomorrow, 12/29 Tuesday 10:30 PM EST.

I will somehow attempt to combine shooty and reckless with not dying until at least the late-game. Hoping for some explosives!

Kyzrati · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:03:26 AM »

Mostly crushed that seed. VOD.

Spoiler: 20,215 (click to show/hide)

Cogmind - Alpha 5c Name: Kyzrati ---[ CORE DESTROYED ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (9) 4500 Robots Destroyed (250) 1250 Value Destroyed (11225) 11225 Prototype IDs (22) 440 Alien Tech Identified (0) 0 Bonus (2800) 2800 TOTAL SCORE: 20215 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 0/1600 Matter 52/300 Energy 50/50 System Corruption 14% Temperature Cool (7) Location -1/Access Parts ------- Power (3) Propulsion (7) Centrium Leg Utility ( Weapon (7) Inventory ----------- High-capacity Storage Unit Point Singularity Launcher Peak State ------------ Power Light Particle Reactor Light Anti-Matter Reactor Light Anti-Matter Reactor Propulsion Flexi-carbon Leg Myomer Leg Myomer Leg Flexi-carbon Leg Flexi-carbon Leg Myomer Leg Utility Experimental Thermal Converter Advanced Force Field Advanced Heat Sink Centrium Heavy Armor Plating Improved Cooling System Advanced Dynamic Insulation System Weapon Quantum Rifle Railgun Fusion Cannon Heavy Disruptor Cannon Phase Gun Gamma Rifle [Rating: 159] Favorites ----------- Power Light Anti-Matter Reactor Engine Reinforced Deuterium Engine Power Core Nuclear Core Reactor Light Anti-Matter Reactor Propulsion Light Treads Treads Light Treads Leg Flexi-carbon Leg Hover Unit Anti-Grav System Flight Unit Field Propulsion Array Utility Advanced Heat Sink Device Advanced Heat Sink Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Improved Targeting Computer Protection Centrium Medium Armor Plating Weapon Gauss Rifle Energy Gun Quantum Rifle Energy Cannon Heavy Phase Cannon Ballistic Gun Gauss Rifle Ballistic Cannon Magnetic Acceleration Cannon Launcher Precision Rocket Launcher Special Weapon Experimental Stasis Projector Slashing Weapon Falx Special Melee Weapon Datajack Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 2800 Built Enhanced Grunts 300 Met R17 at Cetus 500 Met R17 at Research 2000 Classes Destroyed 16 Worker 24 Builder 23 Hauler 5 Recycler 10 Mechanic 2 Operator 4 Watcher 1 Swarmer 39 Saboteur 2 Grunt 69 Brawler 8 Duelist 3 Sentry 23 Hunter 14 Programmer 20 Behemoth 3 NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 19 Combat Bots Only 10 Matter Collected 7550 Salvage Created 10086 Parts Attached 324 Power 38 Propulsion 72 Utility 71 Weapon 143 Parts Lost 113 Power 13 Propulsion 22 Utility 24 Weapon 54 Average Slot Usage (%) 85 Naked Turns 28 Spaces Moved 4983 Fastest Speed (%) 285 Average Speed (%) 80 Slowest Speed (%) 33 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 20 Cave-ins Triggered 1 Teleports 0 Heaviest Build 142 Greatest Overweight (x) 19 Average Overweight (x) 0 Largest Inventory 10 Most Items Carried 10 Average Items Carried 7 Core Damage Taken 3761 Average Core Remaining (%) 77 Depth 10 Exit 84 Depth 9 Exit 98 Depth 8 Exit 88 Depth 7 Exit 88 Depth 6 Exit 67 Depth 5 Exit 100 Depth 4 Exit 54 Depth 3 Exit 87 Depth 2 Exit 32 Volleys Fired 426 Largest 7 Hottest 467 Shots Fired 1206 Gun 810 Cannon 312 Launcher 84 Special 0 Kinetic 767 Thermal 290 Explosive 84 Electromagnetic 65 Shots Hit Robots 748 Core Hits 518 Overload Shots 0 Energy Bleed 0 Heat Surge 0 Short Circuit 0 Meltdown 0 Melee Attacks 48 Impact 0 Slashing 48 Piercing 0 Damage Inflicted 32627 Projectiles 16649 Explosions 14439 Melee 1472 Ramming 67 Kinetic 11710 Thermal 4439 Explosive 14173 Electromagnetic 766 Impact 0 Slashing 1472 Piercing 0 Self-Inflicted Damage 179 Shots 9 Rammed 20 Highest Temperature 617 Average Temperature 141 Shutdowns 21 Energy Bleed 9 Interference 12 Matter Decay 3 Short Circuit 3 Damage (minor) 3 Damage (major) 0 Damage (core) 1 Highest Corruption 22 Average Corruption 2 Message Errors 18 Parts Rejected 9 Data loss (map) 20 Data loss (database) 11 Misfires 4 Misdirections 8 Targeting Errors 26 Weapon Failures 4 Depth 6 End 1 Depth 4 End 10 Depth 3 End 4 Depth 2 End 22 Haulers Intercepted 5 Robots Corrupted 1 Robots Melted 0 Power Chain Reactions 0 Tactical Retreats 12 Communications Jammed 0 Parts Field Recycled 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Parts Merge Repaired 0 Drone Launches 0 Drone Recoveries 0 Derelicts Assembled 0 Traps Triggered 0 Indirectly 0 Trap Hack Attempts 19 Triggered 0 Disarmed 0 Reprogrammed 3 Reused 0 Machine Familiarity 14 Terminals 11 Fabricators 1 Repair Stations 1 Recycling Units 0 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 1 Machines Hacked 14 Terminals 11 Fabricators 1 Repair Stations 1 Recycling Units 0 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 1 Total Hacks 37 Successful 15 Failed 22 Catastrophic 5 Database Lockouts 0 Manual 11 Unauthorized 6 Terminals 32 Fabricators 3 Repair Stations 1 Recycling Units 0 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 1 Terminal Hacks 13 Record 0 Part Schematic 0 Robot Schematic 0 Robot Analysis 0 Prototype ID Bank 1 Open Door 2 Level Access Points 0 Branch Access Points 0 Emergency Access Points 0 Machine Index 0 Terminal Index 0 Fabricator Index 0 Repair Station Index 0 Recycling Unit Index 0 Scanalyzer Index 0 Garrison Index 0 Alert Level 4 Unreport Threat 2 Locate Traps 3 Disarm Traps 0 Reprogram Traps 0 Dispatch Records 0 Maintenance Status 0 Security Status 0 Surveillance Status 0 Patrol Status 0 Transport Status 0 Investigation Status 0 Extermination Status 0 Reinforcement Status 0 Assault Status 0 Recall Investigation 0 Recall Extermination 0 Recall Reinforcements 0 Recall Assault 0 Hauler Manifests 0 Registered Components 0 Registered Prototypes 0 Zone Layout 0 Sector Layout 1 Machine Controls 0 Hacking Detections 13 Full Trace Events 3 Feedback Events 0 Feedback Corruption 0 Feedback Part Disabled 0 Feedback Blocked 0 Garrisons Disabled 2 Garrisons Compromised 0 Robot Schematics Acquired 0 Robots Built 0 Total Robot Build Rating 0 Robot Fabrication Matter 0 Robot Fabrication Time 0 Part Schematics Acquired 0 Parts Built 0 Total Part Build Rating 0 Part Fabrication Matter 0 Part Fabrication Time 0 Parts Repaired 0 Part Repair Time 0 Parts Recycled 0 Recycled Matter 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Parts Scanalyzed 0 Part Schematics Acquired 0 Parts Damaged 0 Robot Analysis Total 0 Robots Rewired 3 Robots Hacked 0 Non-combat 0 Combat 0 Parse 0 Link 0 Rebooted 0 Overloaded 0 Assimilated 0 Manual 0 Secondary 0 Robot Hack Failures 0 Allies Hacked 0 Hacks Repelled 0 Total Allies 8 Largest Group 5 Highest-Rated Group 300 Highest-Rated Ally 60 Total Orders 6 STAY 1 GOTO 3 ROAM 0 FOLLOW 2 GUARD 0 AID 0 BUILD 0 TUNNEL 0 DROP 0 PICKUP 0 COLLECT 0 EXPLORE 0 RETURN 0 Terraforming Orders 0 Walls Built 0 Walls Tunneled 0 Ally Attacks 155 Total Damage 5277 Kills 28 Allies Corrupted 6 Allies Melted 0 Peak Influence 1853 Average Influence 449 Final Influence 192 Maximum Alert Level 5 Low Security (%) 33 Level 1 22 Level 2 26 Level 3 9 Level 4 3 Level 5 4 Squads Dispatched 46 Investigation 12 Extermination 8 Reinforcement 11 Assault 10 Garrison 5 Exploration Rate (%) 16 Regions Visited 13 Garrisons Visited 0 Relays Disabled 0 Generators Disabled 0 Turns Passed 10234 Depth 11 56 Depth 10 385 Depth 9 341 Depth 8 774 Depth 7 698 Depth 6 3237 Depth 5 364 Depth 4 1775 Depth 3 936 Depth 2 1293 Depth 1 375 Scrapyard 56 Materials 1500 Factory 3725 Research 2229 Access 375 Extension 1804 Cetus 545 Prototype IDs --------------- Centrium Heavy Treads Enhanced Flexi-carbon Leg Experimental Anti-Grav System Improved Nuclear Pulse Thruster Improved Q-Thruster Advanced Beam Rifle Improved Heavy Laser Improved KE Penetrator Compact Linear Accelerator Precision Rocket Launcher Point Singularity Launcher Experimental Stasis Projector Nanosword Advanced Dynamic Insulation System Centrium Medium Armor Plating Centrium Heavy Armor Plating Beam Splitter Experimental Thermal Converter Experimental Reclamation Unit Experimental Targeting Computer Precision Matter Filter Particle Accelerator Experimental Thermal Generator Alien Tech Recovered ---------------------- None Game ------ Seed: Candy Cane ^Manual?: 1 Play Time: 204 min Sessions: 1 Mod: N/A Game No.: 523 ASCII: 0 Keyboard: 1 Movement: Numpad Fullscreen: 1 Font: 20/Cogmind Map View: 66x50

Spoiler: Action! (click to show/hide)

Early game was easy as usual, though I should've spent longer in Materials to find a storage cache--ended up playing most of the game with the same Lrg. version I happened to pick up early on. Would have been nice to go with my regular lone Hcp.

Mid-game I came upon an unlocked entrance to Extension, so I took that route like last time, rescued O7, and built the allies which escorted me through another couple floors.

Then by the time they were all gone, -4 was where things really started to go south.

My alert level was spiking like crazy in 4 and 5, and I barely made it out alive, much less with any parts. So I was scraping together a defense for Research, and got chased down and beat on by several Grunts and Programmers, from whom I fled to a nuke I saw in the distance.

Mostly naked I picked up the nuke and it immediately misfired from all my corruption, a direct hit on the group that was following me. Destroyed half of them with that free shot and the other half went down with my second

Then while I was picking up the pieces (not much left...), bracing for my inevitable death on -3, some friends showed up and pretty much turned the floor inside out. Apparently I'm the first player who got to see that happen. (Don't watch the video if you don't want to spoil it!) So I had plenty of opportunity to reach -2 completely rebuilt, but after roaming around for quite a while I had to flee naked again.

On -1 I did have an amazing launcher (and not much else...) which was sucking enemies into black holes, but that wasn't leaving anything for me to rebuild with

. So I spent most of the time on that floor flying and hovering away in hopes of finding a great cache before finally being cornered without any matter... (damn Terminators!)

As you can see in my sheet, at my build's peak I had an Exp. Thermal Converter feeding my Adv. Force Field, which was a pretty awesome defense. I started with lots of weapon slots in the early/mid-game, then added utilities and propulsion as I could no longer support more weapons given what I had anyway, and ended up with a pretty well-rounded slot distribution.

Decker · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2015, 12:15:34 PM »

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Early game was easy as usual, though I should've spent longer in Materials to find a storage cache--ended up playing most of the game with the same Lrg. version I happened to pick up early on.

I'd say that for 75% of my games, I cannot meet my storage needs by the end of the game. Hoarding at the beginning is important when it can be done (and often it isn't, due to low total core integrity early on).

By the end game, your main storage sources are
1) Stockpiles (rare).
2) Conveyors (you best bet, but still rare).
3) Collectors (fairly rare too).

So, storage pressure adds to the difficulty of the game. I don't know if it's intended (you don't use much storage yourself), but it's an important effect for me (maybe 40% of the impact of the alert level death spiral). Note, I'm fine with that.

Enno · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2015, 03:55:14 PM »

first, congrats to decker...

ok and this week it happend again...not much time
and when i found some i played random.
so i tryed a speedrun...after 15min dead

last weekly seed this year
so see you guys...next year.

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zxc

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Decker

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zxc

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Kyzrati

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Kyzrati

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Decker

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Enno

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