Print Page - Weekly Seed #111 [Beta 5] [Seed: StrategicWarBeam]

This week's seed: StrategicWarBeam

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.
As Cogmind now has multiple difficulty modes and challenges which will affect the world generation, by default it is assumed everyone is playing on regular difficulty with no challenges enabled. You are free to use whichever settings you wish, but if you intend on discussing it, be sure to specify what difficulty/challenges you're using!

Good luck and have fun!

HOW TO ENTER A SEED

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

(https://i.imgur.com/vx1UQW3.png)

Select GAME, select ABORT:

(https://i.imgur.com/cCLoJgu.png)

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

Congratulations on entering the seed, now get in there!

Fun run with an epic fail end:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Score: 10328

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Oh wow truly an epic fail end xD. So close!

And welcome, Airus! We've seen you high on the leaderboards but you were one of the few players up there who hadn't shown up in the community yet :)

Hello and thank you! I'm glad to join the community:)

Wow this was a great seed. I chose to try it as a pure wheel combat run to see what that might be like, touching absolutely nothing but wheels, and this seed sure turned out to be perfect for it with Arm. Wheels and Arm. Huge Wheel finds near the beginning that carried for half the run.

I also spent the first few floors with nothing but shotguns just point-blanking everything, and even jumped into a chute on purpose since I knew I could outrun the Crushers.
(https://i.imgur.com/byMluLT.png)

I was going to avoid the caves because I was afraid of losing for lack of wheels (this is a pure wheels run--never touched any other propulsion at all!), but did end up mistakenly entering one at -5 anyway. I planned to cut back as soon as possible, but it wasn't long before I got a shortcut to Zion, so I decided why not... Went and got imprinted while also picking up some spoilery special gear:

Spoiler: (pictured: a particularly nasty trap set for a coming patrol) (click to show/hide)

I've never had both of those items at once, so of course I had to try that out (right in the middle of my wheels run xD). It was a fun strategy just bombing everything, and that carried me all the way into -3.

I spent a fairly large amount of time in -3 and didn't have any good leads, so decided to make a run for the Testing exit revealed by Derelict intel all the way on the other side of the floor. I was kinda afraid of Testing (wheels combat...) and beat up by the time I got there, but immediately found some OP gear and had nothing to fear :D

Spoiler: Late-game superweapon (two of them!) (click to show/hide)

I really didn't want to get scanned so I was extra careful in Testing, and that worked out okay, although I confused myself as to where the exit could be and ended up crossing the entire map back and forth three times while both avoiding Researchers and trying to find it :P

Spoiler: Fire away! (no Researchers in sight... bye guys!) (click to show/hide)

Back in -2 I one-shot this Behemoth.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And not long after that another came through a wall. That one took two shots to bring down, and wow this -2 layout was deadly. I ended up getting surrounded and killing all the pursuers, but there were dozens traveling through that little area I was in. It got hectic and I lost my favorite weapon (both). Fortunately I also had another superweapon I'd picked up in Testing (Perf.), and that really made a mess of the place. Was quite nice.

Spoiler: About one-third of the way through the carnage... (click to show/hide)

I probably would've won this run had I not been doing wheels (there was other great propulsion everywhere, of course), but eventually I ran out of wheels in all this fighting. I was mostly a low-armor combat build in the latter half, which obviously doesn't work well with wheels. I did have a shield for a while, which worked great with all that energy, but there was too much destruction far too early in -2 and I triggered high security just as I lost my last wheel. So I dropped everything and made a run for it but couldn't find an exit.

A little Zion help plus the Fusion Bombs I was still carrying kept me alive for a while, but you really need to have some kind of lead for exits from Research to have a decent chance of getting out, and I hadn't worked on that!

Overall a pretty neat run full of interesting situations, wish I'd streamed that one...

Spoiler: Score: 30,816 (click to show/hide)

Cogmind - Beta 5 @@@ ROGUELIKE MODE Name: Kyzrati ---[ CORE DESTROYED ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (8) 4000 Robots Destroyed (386) 1930 Value Destroyed (15731) 15731 Prototype IDs (28) 560 Alien Tech Used (0) 0 Bonus (8595) 8595 TOTAL SCORE: 30816 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 0/1450 Matter 144/300 Energy 100/100 System Corruption 12% Temperature Cool (0) Location -2/Research Parts ------- Power (2) (None) Propulsion (4) (None) Utility (13) (None) Weapon (4) (None) Inventory (4) Compact HERF Cannon Heavy Machine Gun Railgun Peak State ------------ Power Zionite Heavy DM Reactor Particle Reactor Propulsion Wheel Wheel Compact Wheel High-density Centrium Wheel Utility Experimental Cooling System Improved Coolant Injector Experimental Coolant Injector Medium Storage Unit Large Storage Unit Improved Energy Well Advanced Energy Well Spectral Analyzer Advanced Target Analyzer Heavy Armor Plating Heavy Armor Plating Weapon Improved Potential Cannon Perforator Inventory Advanced Hacking Suite Precision Phase Gun Precision Phase Gun Zionite Laser-H Compact HERF Cannon High-powered Shotgun Railgun Railgun Railgun Fusion Bomb Launcher Fusion Bomb Launcher Nanosword Nanosword [Rating: 158] Favorites ----------- Power Particle Reactor Engine Makeshift Power Source Power Core Micro Nuclear Core Reactor Particle Reactor Propulsion Compact Wheel Wheel Compact Wheel Utility Large Storage Unit Device Advanced Cooling System Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Advanced Targeting Computer Protection Propulsion Shielding Weapon High-powered Shotgun Energy Gun Gamma Rifle Energy Cannon Improved Potential Cannon Ballistic Gun High-powered Shotgun Ballistic Cannon Perforator Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Impact Weapon Thunder Hammer Slashing Weapon Nanosword Piercing Weapon Spear Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 8595 High Alert Combat Kills 6681 Follower Combat Kills 1396 Met Imprinter 300 Was Imprinted 300 Friendly Fire -82 Classes Destroyed 18 Worker 43 Builder 29 Tunneler 3 Hauler 11 Recycler 28 Carrier 1 Operator 3 Watcher 6 Swarmer 55 Saboteur 4 Grunt 118 Brawler 1 Duelist 8 Protector 2 Sentry 29 Hunter 21 Programmer 22 Behemoth 2 Major NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 25 Combat Bots Only 12 Best States 0 Heat Dissipation 115 Coolant Potential 200 Energy Generation 57 Energy Capacity 2410 Matter Stores 300 Matter Capacity 600 Sight Range 24 Robot Scan Range 16 Terrain Scan Range 24 Terrain Scan Density 10 Additional Mass Support 12 Armor Coverage 1200 Resistance: TH 15 Propulsion Shielding 66 Weapon Shielding 100 Weapon Cycling 15 Phase Shifting 10 Evasion (%) 50 Targeting Accuracy 12 Target Analysis 8 Recoil Reduction 2 Matter Collected 8583 Salvage Created 16815 Parts Attached 312 Power 32 Propulsion 44 Utility 93 Weapon 143 Parts Lost 114 Power 15 Propulsion 32 Utility 30 Weapon 37 Average Slot Usage (%) 88 Naked Turns 104 Spaces Moved 7372 Fastest Speed (%) 200 Average Speed (%) 94 Slowest Speed (%) 52 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 6 Targets Kicked 0 Targets Crushed 0 Cave-ins Triggered 0 Heaviest Build 143 Greatest Support 70 Greatest Overweight (x) 17 Average Overweight (x) 1 Largest Inventory 26 Average Capacity 15 Most Carried 22 Average Carried 13 Final Capacity 4 Final Carried 3 Damage Taken 19952 Core 2993 Absorbed by Shields 543 Average Core Remaining (%) 77 Depth 11 Exit 100 Depth 10 Exit 95 Depth 9 Exit 94 Depth 8 Exit 74 Depth 6 Exit 22 Depth 5 Exit 98 Depth 4 Exit 63 Depth 3 Exit 70 Volleys Fired 536 Largest 4 Hottest 388 Shots Fired 1146 Gun 945 Cannon 140 Launcher 61 Special 0 Kinetic 625 Thermal 185 Explosive 61 Electromagnetic 275 Secondary Targets 16 Max Gunslinging Chain 1 Shots Hit Robots 798 Core Hits 662 Critical Hits 128 Critical Kills 45 Critical Parts Destroyed 74 Overload Shots 2 Energy Bleed 1 Heat Surge 0 Short Circuit 0 Meltdown 0 Melee Attacks 89 Impact 1 Slashing 61 Piercing 27 Sneak Attacks 9 Follow-up Attacks 5 Damage Inflicted 51035 Projectiles 20877 Explosions 27848 Melee 2245 Ramming 65 Kinetic 7925 Thermal 20967 Explosive 10122 Electromagnetic 9711 Impact 30 Slashing 2066 Piercing 149 Overflow Damage 150 Projectiles 0 Explosions 149 Melee 1 Self-Inflicted Damage 1102 Shots 26 Rammed 6 Highest Temperature 484 Average Temperature 86 Received Heat Transfer 3212 Shutdowns 1 Energy Bleed 1 Interference 3 Matter Decay 2 Short Circuit 1 Highest Corruption 22 Average Corruption 9 Corruption Purged 0 Message Errors 33 Matter Fused 22 Heat Flow Error 21 Energy Discharge 18 Parts Rejected 5 Data loss (database) 32 Misfires 6 Alerts 3 Misdirections 19 Targeting Errors 68 Weapon Failures 5 Depth 10 End 2 Depth 8 End 2 Depth 4 End 5 Depth 3 End 22 Impact Corruptions 0 Haulers Intercepted 11 Robots Corrupted 26 Parts Fried 66 Impact Corruptions 0 Robots Melted 1 Parts Melted 17 Heat Transferred 16633 Parts Sabotaged 2 Parts Stolen 0 Parts Stripped 0 Parts Self-Destructed 51 Prevented 15 Power Chain Reactions 13 Communications Jammed 0 Times Spotted 427 Peak Tracking Total 13 Tactical Retreats 36 Parts Field Recycled 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Parts Merge Repaired 0 Drone Launches 2 Drone Recoveries 0 Fabricated Traps 34 Traps Triggered 27 Indirectly 12 Trap Hack Attempts 0 Triggered 0 Disarmed 0 Reprogrammed 0 Reused 22 Traps Extracted 0 Installed 37 Triggered 26 Machines Disabled 69 Machines Sabotaged 0 Data Cores Recovered 0 Used 0 Machines Hacked 12 Terminals 7 Fabricators 2 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 1 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Total Hacks 32 Successful 15 Failed 15 Catastrophic 3 Database Lockouts 0 Manual 42 Unauthorized 8 Terminals 17 Fabricators 3 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 1 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Terminal Hacks 22 Record 8 Open Door 1 Unreport Threat 1 Zone Layout 3 Hacking Detections 9 Full Trace Events 1 Feedback Events 0 Feedback Corruption 0 Feedback Hackware Fried 0 Feedback Blocked 0 Trojans Installed 1 Terminals 1 Fabricators 0 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 0 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Fabricators Overloaded 0 Fabricator Schematic DLs 0 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 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 Retrieved Components 10 Parts Scanalyzed 0 Part Schematics Acquired 0 Parts Damaged 0 Robot Analysis Total 0 Robots Rewired 2 Robots Hacked 0 Non-combat 0 Combat 0 Robot Hack Failures 0 Allies Hacked 0 Hacks Repelled 0 Zionite Intel Received 2 Emergency Access 1 Active Garrisons 1 Total Allies 27 Largest Group 4 Highest-Rated Group 288 Highest-Rated Ally 268 Total Orders 3 STAY 1 EXPLORE 2 Terraforming Orders 0 Walls Tunneled 0 Zionite Dispatches 8 Heavy 2 Light 2 Fire 1 Hacker 2 Experimental 1 Ally Attacks 185 Total Damage 7211 Kills 34 Allies Corrupted 3 Allies Melted 0 Peak Influence 2032 Average Influence 745 Final Influence 2032 Maximum Alert Level 5 Low Security (%) 20 Level 1 13 Level 2 16 Level 3 20 Level 4 20 Level 5 8 Triggered High Security 1 Turns 35 Squads Dispatched 77 Investigation 12 Extermination 9 Reinforcement 29 Assault 10 Garrison 17 Intercept 0 Derelict Logs Recovered 2 Scrap Searched 8 Exploration Rate (%) 27 Regions Visited 15 Pre-discovered Areas 2 Garrisons Visited 0 Relays Disabled 0 Generators Disabled 0 Network Hubs Disabled 0 Actions Taken 9302 Turns Passed 10829 Depth 11 54 Depth 10 209 Depth 9 576 Depth 8 562 Depth 7 1961 Depth 6 1190 Depth 5 1656 Depth 4 1425 Depth 3 2163 Depth 2 1033 Scrapyard 54 Materials 1347 Factory 3615 Research 2115 Waste 139 Lower Caves 280 Proximity Caves 1008 Zion 1190 Testing 1081 Prototype IDs --------------- Cooled Deuterium Engine Zionite Light DM Reactor Zionite Heavy DM Reactor High-density Centrium Wheel Experimental Cooling System Experimental Coolant Injector Improved Energy Well Advanced Energy Well Improved Matter Compressor Gravity Neutralizing Apparatus Spectral Analyzer Experimental Targeting Computer Advanced Overload Regulator Zionite Weapon Casing Zionite Heavy Carapace Mobile Refinery Mk. CCLXVII Bomb Factory No. 2 Improved EM Shotgun Gamma Rifle Precision Phase Gun Advanced Beam Cannon Improved Potential Cannon Improved Assault Rifle Improved KE Penetrator Perforator Thunder Hammer Nanosword Fabricated ------------ Nothing Alien Tech Used ----------------- None Route ------- -11/Scrapyard -10/Materials -9/Materials -8/Materials -7/Factory -7/Waste -7/Factory -7/Lower Caves -6/Zion -5/Proximity Caves -5/Factory -4/Factory -3/Research -3/Testing -2/Research Challenges ------------ None Game ------ Seed: StrategicWarBeam Manual?: 1 Play Time: 255 min Cumulative: 2282 min Sessions: 7 Easy Mode: 0 Game No.: 20 Easier: 0 Easiest: 0 Win Type: - Total: 2 Types: 2/0/0/0/0/0/0 Lore%: 13 Gallery%: 50 Options --------- ASCII: 1 Keyboard: 1 Movement: Numpad Kebinds: 0 Fullscreen: 0 Font: 12/Smallcaps Map View: 66x50 FOV Handling: Fade In Map Filters: NONE Filters: NONE Steam: 0 U=260415938 R=454781955

My seed run is still in progress. Will hopefully finish it before Beta 6 :P

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