Topic: Weekly Seed #70 [Alpha 12] [Seed: Festive Season] (Read 2692 times)

zxc · « **on:** December 26, 2016, 12:07:23 AM »

This week's seed: Festive Season

Happy holidays everyone!

The Weekly Seed is open to anyone, and we encourage you to share your experiences, stories, and tactics over the course of your run.

The 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 screenshots below match your game.
Play through the game once. This is a friendly event 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.
If you want to share details about the seed or your approach, make sure you use spoiler tags.
Due to the spoilerific nature of this thread, be sure to avoid reading details about the seed if you haven't completed your run.

Good luck and have fun!

No screenshots because I have a game in progress already and I don't like messing around with save files.

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: Festive Season] should display in the log window.

Congratulations on entering the seed, now get in there!

Kyzrati · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2016, 12:26:50 AM »

Another close one (VOD).

I did another 4-gun immediate start, and this time decided to take that idea even further, getting up to 6 guns while still in the mid-game. As you would expect with that many guns, it was fun

I spent one-third of my 12k turns in -7 alone, after avoiding two separate Chute Trap arrays then falling into a third

, then making my way back to -7 and ending up going through all the caves at that depth as well...

This run had quite a number of incidental allies along the way, and there were a lot of weapons in this seed--the perfect situation for my build

. I found many more weapon caches than I could loot, and ended up cycling through EM, kinetic, thermal... everything.

In the end

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Anyway, good game!

One of the high points early on, where I outmaneuvered all these Compactors and their friends

. Didn't take a scratch despite being on legs. However I did on first entering drop one of my Lrg. Storage to ensure I wasn't overweight!

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Arrow Squad, charge!

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Me and friends blowing stuff up.

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Still killing stuff together on the next floor.

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Deadly thermal loadout.

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Still not doing too bad after surviving encounter after encounter on the final floor.

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The gruesome end.

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Spoiler: Score: 27,939 (click to show/hide)

Cogmind - Alpha 12 Name: Kyzrati ---[ CORE DESTROYED ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (9) 4500 Robots Destroyed (413) 2065 Value Destroyed (21034) 21034 Prototype IDs (17) 340 Alien Tech Recovered (0) 0 Bonus (0) 0 TOTAL SCORE: 27939 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 0/1600 Matter 300/300 Energy 25/100 System Corruption 54% Temperature Cool (0) Location -1/Access Parts ------- Power (2) (None) Propulsion (7) (None) Utility (10) Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Target Analyzer Weapon (6) (None) Inventory (4) Large Storage Unit Improved Particle Charger Centrium Light Armor Plating Point Singularity Launcher Peak State ------------ Power Reinforced Antimatter Reactor Light Quantum Reactor Propulsion Biometal Leg Biometal Leg Biometal Leg Centrium Leg Centrium Leg Centrium Leg Centrium Leg Utility Advanced Cooling System Advanced Coolant Injector Large Storage Unit Large Storage Unit Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Improved Particle Charger Advanced Transmission Jammer Advanced Cloaking Device Weapon Quantum Rifle Nova Cannon Enhanced Nova Cannon Enhanced Nova Cannon KE Penetrator Railgun Inventory Particle Reactor Light Quantum Reactor Myomer Leg Biometal Leg Biometal Leg Improved Coolant Injector Advanced Targeting Computer Improved Core Shielding Heavy Armor Plating Subatomic Replicator Dispersion Rifle Gamma Rifle Long-range Proton Cannon Compact Linear Accelerator Fusion Bomb Launcher [Rating: 179] Favorites ----------- Power Light Quantum Reactor Engine Light Angular Momentum Engine Power Core Light Nuclear Core Reactor Light Quantum Reactor Propulsion Carbon-fiber Leg Treads Improved Heavy Treads Leg Carbon-fiber Leg Hover Unit Improved Antigrav System Utility Large Storage Unit Device Weapon Cycler Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Advanced Targeting Computer Hackware Improved Hacking Suite Protection Improved Light Armor Plating Weapon Gauss Rifle Energy Gun Improved EM Shotgun Energy Cannon Enhanced Nova Cannon Ballistic Gun Gauss Rifle Ballistic Cannon Improved Light Cannon Launcher Proton Missile Launcher Slashing Weapon Scythe Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 0 Classes Destroyed 18 Worker 27 Builder 18 Tunneler 2 Hauler 10 Recycler 27 Operator 7 Watcher 1 Swarmer 52 Grunt 114 Brawler 9 Duelist 9 Researcher 2 Sentry 37 Hunter 50 Programmer 43 Z-Series 2 Behemoth 2 Fireman 1 NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 10 Combat Bots Only 7 Matter Collected 12714 Salvage Created 23847 Parts Attached 506 Power 48 Propulsion 138 Utility 100 Weapon 220 Parts Lost 191 Power 24 Propulsion 47 Utility 33 Weapon 87 Average Slot Usage (%) 97 Naked Turns 1 Spaces Moved 9245 Fastest Speed (%) 200 Average Speed (%) 78 Slowest Speed (%) 47 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 7 Cave-ins Triggered 1 Heaviest Build 137 Greatest Support 204 Greatest Overweight (x) 12 Average Overweight (x) 0 Largest Inventory 16 Average Capacity 14 Most Carried 16 Average Carried 13 Final Capacity 4 Final Carried 4 Core Damage Taken 3696 Average Core Remaining (%) 76 Depth 11 Exit 100 Depth 10 Exit 63 Depth 9 Exit 95 Depth 8 Exit 73 Depth 7 Exit 66 Depth 6 Exit 82 Depth 5 Exit 62 Depth 4 Exit 100 Depth 3 Exit 55 Depth 2 Exit 66 Volleys Fired 791 Largest 6 Hottest 616 Shots Fired 3051 Gun 2335 Cannon 673 Launcher 43 Special 0 Kinetic 1663 Thermal 1036 Explosive 25 Electromagnetic 327 Shots Hit Robots 1873 Core Hits 886 Critical Hits 116 Kills 44 Parts Destroyed 64 Overload Shots 1 Energy Bleed 0 Heat Surge 0 Short Circuit 0 Meltdown 0 Melee Attacks 2 Impact 0 Slashing 2 Piercing 0 Damage Inflicted 58126 Projectiles 48265 Explosions 9820 Melee 0 Ramming 41 Kinetic 22121 Thermal 23600 Explosive 6021 Electromagnetic 6343 Impact 0 Slashing 0 Piercing 0 Overflow Damage 342 Projectiles 280 Explosions 18 Melee 44 Self-Inflicted Damage 299 Shots 7 Rammed 7 Highest Temperature 414 Average Temperature 106 Received Heat Transfer 4950 Shutdowns 1 Energy Bleed 4 Interference 3 Matter Decay 0 Short Circuit 1 Damage (minor) 0 Damage (major) 0 Damage (core) 0 Highest Corruption 54 Average Corruption 10 Message Errors 63 Matter Fused 59 Heat Flow Error 21 Energy Discharge 26 Parts Rejected 32 Data loss (map) 0 Data loss (database) 38 Misfires 15 Misdirections 51 Targeting Errors 290 Weapon Failures 81 Depth 6 End 5 Depth 5 End 2 Depth 2 End 23 Haulers Intercepted 10 Robots Corrupted 7 Parts Fried 35 Robots Melted 2 Parts Melted 51 Heat Transferred 28406 Parts Self-Destructed 123 Prevented 8 Power Chain Reactions 10 Tactical Retreats 39 Communications Jammed 805 Parts Field Recycled 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Parts Merge Repaired 0 Drone Launches 7 Drone Recoveries 0 Derelicts Assembled 0 Traps Triggered 13 Indirectly 4 Trap Hack Attempts 0 Triggered 0 Disarmed 0 Reprogrammed 0 Reused 1 Traps Extracted 34 Installed 0 Triggered 3 Machines Disabled 32 Data Cores Recovered 2 Used 1 Machines Hacked 38 Terminals 29 Fabricators 1 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 3 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 3 Total Hacks 91 Successful 29 Failed 60 Catastrophic 18 Database Lockouts 0 Manual 39 Unauthorized 24 Terminals 69 Fabricators 2 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 9 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 6 Terminal Hacks 19 Part Schematic 2 Open Door 1 Level Access Points 1 Branch Access Points 1 Emergency Access Points 1 Alert Level 2 Unreport Threat 4 Locate Traps 3 Zone Layout 1 Hacking Detections 35 Full Trace Events 5 Feedback Events 0 Feedback Corruption 0 Feedback Part Disabled 0 Feedback Blocked 0 Trojans Installed 9 Terminals 9 Fabricators 0 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 0 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Fabricators Overloaded 1 Garrisons Disabled 0 Garrisons Compromised 0 Fab Network Shutdowns 0 Robot Schematics Acquired 0 Robots Built 0 Total Robot Build Rating 0 Robot Fabrication Matter 0 Robot Fabrication Time 0 Part Schematics Acquired 2 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 Retrieved Components 3 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 Robot Hack Failures 0 Allies Hacked 0 Hacks Repelled 0 Total Allies 10 Largest Group 2 Highest-Rated Group 45 Highest-Rated Ally 23 Total Orders 8 STAY 2 COLLECT 6 Terraforming Orders 0 Walls Built 0 Walls Tunneled 0 Ally Attacks 26 Total Damage 695 Kills 5 Allies Corrupted 0 Allies Melted 0 Peak Influence 955 Average Influence 204 Final Influence 635 Maximum Alert Level 3 Low Security (%) 60 Level 1 25 Level 2 10 Level 3 3 Level 4 0 Level 5 0 Squads Dispatched 71 Investigation 7 Extermination 17 Reinforcement 21 Assault 3 Garrison 16 Intercept 7 Derelict Logs Recovered 4 Exploration Rate (%) 25 Regions Visited 22 Pre-discovered Areas 2 Garrisons Visited 0 Relays Disabled 0 Generators Disabled 0 Network Hubs Disabled 0 Actions Taken 11926 Turns Passed 16289 Depth 11 54 Depth 10 393 Depth 9 431 Depth 8 1002 Depth 7 4348 Depth 6 2398 Depth 5 2026 Depth 4 299 Depth 3 739 Depth 2 2484 Depth 1 2115 Scrapyard 54 Materials 1826 Factory 4203 Research 2559 Access 2115 Waste 124 Lower Caves 2438 Upper Caves 747 Proximity Caves 594 Zion 965 Quarantine 664 Prototype IDs --------------- Enhanced Flexi-carbon Leg Experimental Myomer Leg Experimental Power Amplifier Advanced Salvage Targeting Computer Centrium Light Armor Plating Cooled Plasma Rifle Advanced Plasma Rifle Precision Phase Gun Improved EM Shotgun Advanced Beam Cannon Mini Assault Cannon Compact Linear Accelerator Mini Smartbomb Launcher Point Singularity Launcher Compact Tesla Bomb Launcher Fabricated ------------ Nothing Alien Tech Recovered ---------------------- None Route ------- -11/Scrapyard -10/Materials -9/Materials (discovered 2 exits: *Mat / [*Min]) -8/Materials (discovered 3 exits: *Fac x3) -7/Factory (discovered 2 exits: Low x2) -7/Waste -7/Factory (discovered 2 exits: *Fac / *Low) -7/Lower Caves -7/Lower Caves (discovered 2 exits: *Fac / *Zio) -7/Zion -6/Proximity Caves -6/Factory -6/Lower Caves -6/Lower Caves -5/Factory -5/Upper Caves -5/Upper Caves -4/Factory -3/Research -2/Research (discovered 2 exits: *Acc / [*Qua]) -2/Quarantine -1/Access Game ------ Seed: Festive Season ^Manual?: 1 Play Time: 301 min Sessions: 3 Mod: N/A Game No.: 11 Lore%: 10 Gallery%: 40 ASCII: 1 Keyboard: 1 Movement: Numpad Fullscreen: 2 Font: 20/SmallcapsGlow Map View: 66x50 FOV Handling: Fade In

Widmo · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2016, 02:10:02 PM »

I find it fun to see you go ASCII/keyboard but switching to graphics for screenshots. Also, since I play only ASCII I fail to recognize many things on graphical view. :-)

You had seven legs! Seven! Normally having that many propulsion slots is invitation to go hovering or even flying but I imagine all those thermal guns were sucking power like alcoholics do with vodka. That might have been an obstacle. Hottest volley 616 also says something about meltdown potential. I find it strange you melted only two robots.

Your highest corruption is absolutely scary. I find even 10% a good reason to change floors or try for quarantine array support when that happens.

Kyzrati · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2016, 07:26:17 PM »

Heh, I got up to 54% corruption. Pretty high! It was all those tough Programmers I was facing in the last couple floors there... I've been higher, though. 83% is my highest ever, I believe. It's survivable, just problematic

. There are also some parts that can bring your corruption down, and other ways to prevent or remove it, though with my builds I usually don't bother. Very tanky!

The legs were pretty overkill. I was having some difficulty deciding which route to take, because at one point it started looking like it might be a good idea to switch to hover, but I found enough really good legs that I couldn't resist sticking with legs. So--lotsa leg "armor." Also I had a lot of weapon slots, meaning that with some loadouts I could end up with too much mass if I didn't have enough leg support.

Power was a big problem for much of the second half of my run, which was pretty interesting because that's never really happened to me before. It was all those guns, and I didn't take a second power slot until the end.

The low number of meltdowns is because my full thermal volleys were actually so powerful that they killed everything before they could overheat them. You can sorta see that with the "Parts Melted" stat: 51 (because even if you don't cause a target meltdown, high heat still melts some of their parts). It's one of the contradictions of thermal and meltdowns--the more likely you are to melt them, the more likely you are to also just kill them from all the damage causing that heat transfer! Some notable exceptions are flamers (of course) and lots of low-powered thermal guns, either loadout of which will probably melt before killing outright. By comparison I was using very powerful thermal gear...

And yeah I usually stream with tiles (sometimes showing ASCII for fun), but when I play on my own I use ASCII, so you'll see screenshots of both. Funny how it kinda divides the player base by what they're used to reading, but then even some long-time players who tend to stick with one will start to become familiar with the other

Widmo · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2016, 06:39:47 PM »

Ran with the seed myself but ended up dismantled by swarmers in mines. Oh, well. No score log in that case.

Kyzrati · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2017, 04:06:09 AM »

Aw... well, in Alpha 13 the Mines won't be quite so deadly, and even have some occasional interesting new stuff

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