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Title: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: zxc on October 30, 2017, 01:31:48 AM

This week's seed: ThunderRocketVortex

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: ThunderRocketVortex] should display in the log window.

Congratulations on entering the seed, now get in there!

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: Kyzrati on October 31, 2017, 12:55:16 AM

I finally got a chance to stream again! I ran this seed this morning (https://go.twitch.tv/videos/186435692), and it went... much worse than usual!

As always I played combat and just took whatever stairs I found, ending up going through the lower caves which only gave me DM... and on the way back got a real nasty proxy caves (surprise :P). Ended far sooner than usual: -6.

Overconfidence was a big part of my downfall, though--I was in great shape but had to fight off a ton of squads not far from the entrance, all shielded by a Protector which I just left there... I got them down to the very last damaged grunt (and that Protector :/) before it finished me off.

That didn't have to be such a deadly encounter. Oops.

(Not bringing a launcher into the caves was the first serious strategic miscalculation!)

Spoiler: Score: 4,025 (click to show/hide)

Cogmind - Beta 3 @@@ ROGUELIKE MODE Name: Kyzrati ---[ CORE DESTROYED ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (3) 1500 Robots Destroyed (46) 230 Value Destroyed (1582) 1582 Prototype IDs (16) 320 Alien Tech Used (0) 0 Bonus (393) 393 TOTAL SCORE: 4025 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 0/700 Matter 290/300 Energy 89/100 System Corruption 1% Temperature Cool (-100) Location -6/Proximity Caves Parts ------- Power (1) (None) Propulsion (4) (None) Utility (4) Cryofiber Web Makeshift Armor Plating Weapon (4) Mace Inventory (4) Large Storage Unit Improved Terrain Scanner Advanced Terrain Scanner Peak State ------------ Power Improved Deuterium Engine Propulsion Light Treads Improved Treads Improved Treads Medium Treads Utility Improved Cooling System Large Storage Unit Advanced Targeting Computer Makeshift Armor Plating Weapon Wave Gun Gauss Rifle Precision Assault Rifle Precision Assault Rifle Inventory Improved Treads Large Storage Unit Improved Terrain Scanner Advanced Terrain Scanner Improved Medium Armor Plating Makeshift Armor Plating Advanced Beam Rifle Plasma Cannon Makeshift Spear [Rating: 47] Favorites ----------- Power Improved Deuterium Engine Engine Improved Deuterium Engine Propulsion Light Treads Treads Light Treads Leg Aluminum Leg Utility Large Storage Unit Device Cryofiber Web Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Advanced Targeting Computer Protection Improved Medium Armor Plating Weapon Precision Assault Rifle Energy Gun Improved EM Shotgun Energy Cannon Beam Cannon Ballistic Gun Precision Assault Rifle Impact Weapon Mace Piercing Weapon Makeshift Spear Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 393 Follower Combat Kills 93 Met Data Miner 300 Classes Destroyed 11 Worker 1 Builder 1 Tunneler 1 Hauler 2 Recycler 4 Swarmer 12 Grunt 10 Brawler 3 Duelist 3 Sentry 8 Programmer 1 Major NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 4 Combat Bots Only 4 Best States 0 Heat Dissipation 61 Energy Capacity 290 Matter Capacity 300 Sight Range 16 Terrain Scan Range 18 Terrain Scan Density 10 Base Temperature (-) 100 Armor Coverage (%) 56 Evasion (%) 40 Targeting Accuracy 13 Recoil Reduction 4 Matter Collected 1641 Salvage Created 2293 Parts Attached 76 Power 9 Propulsion 17 Utility 20 Weapon 30 Parts Lost 28 Power 3 Propulsion 9 Utility 4 Weapon 12 Average Slot Usage (%) 96 Naked Turns 2 Spaces Moved 2173 Fastest Speed (%) 200 Average Speed (%) 64 Slowest Speed (%) 50 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 4 Targets Kicked 0 Targets Crushed 0 Cave-ins Triggered 0 Heaviest Build 68 Greatest Support 94 Greatest Overweight (x) 14 Average Overweight (x) 0 Largest Inventory 16 Average Capacity 13 Most Carried 16 Average Carried 13 Final Capacity 4 Final Carried 3 Damage Taken 5177 Core 771 Absorbed by Shields 0 Average Core Remaining (%) 94 Depth 11 Exit 100 Depth 10 Exit 86 Depth 9 Exit 90 Depth 8 Exit 100 Volleys Fired 106 Largest 4 Hottest 206 Shots Fired 322 Gun 299 Cannon 23 Launcher 0 Special 0 Kinetic 241 Thermal 49 Explosive 0 Electromagnetic 32 Secondary Targets 16 Shots Hit Robots 240 Core Hits 98 Critical Hits 2 Critical Kills 2 Critical Parts Destroyed 0 Overload Shots 0 Energy Bleed 0 Heat Surge 0 Short Circuit 0 Meltdown 0 Melee Attacks 15 Impact 9 Slashing 0 Piercing 6 Sneak Attacks 0 Follow-up Attacks 0 Damage Inflicted 4751 Projectiles 4133 Explosions 354 Melee 250 Ramming 14 Kinetic 2741 Thermal 1164 Explosive 0 Electromagnetic 582 Impact 196 Slashing 0 Piercing 54 Overflow Damage 50 Projectiles 0 Explosions 0 Melee 50 Self-Inflicted Damage 82 Shots 2 Rammed 4 Highest Temperature 433 Average Temperature 87 Received Heat Transfer 1458 Shutdowns 2 Energy Bleed 1 Interference 5 Short Circuit 1 Highest Corruption 1 Average Corruption 1 Corruption Purged 0 Message Errors 4 Matter Fused 1 Heat Flow Error 1 Energy Discharge 1 Data loss (database) 2 Misdirections 4 Depth 9 End 1 Impact Corruptions 0 Haulers Intercepted 2 Robots Corrupted 0 Parts Fried 3 Impact Corruptions 0 Robots Melted 0 Parts Melted 0 Heat Transferred 1348 Parts Sabotaged 0 Parts Stolen 2 Parts Stripped 0 Parts Self-Destructed 35 Prevented 10 Power Chain Reactions 2 Communications Jammed 0 Times Spotted 61 Peak Tracking Total 8 Tactical Retreats 2 Parts Field Recycled 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Parts Merge Repaired 0 Drone Launches 0 Drone Recoveries 0 Traps Triggered 3 Indirectly 0 Trap Hack Attempts 0 Triggered 0 Disarmed 0 Reprogrammed 0 Reused 1 Traps Extracted 0 Installed 0 Triggered 1 Machines Disabled 3 Machines Sabotaged 0 Data Cores Recovered 0 Used 0 Machines Hacked 17 Terminals 10 Fabricators 1 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 1 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Total Hacks 65 Successful 43 Failed 17 Catastrophic 5 Database Lockouts 0 Manual 25 Unauthorized 11 Terminals 32 Fabricators 2 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 1 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Terminal Hacks 58 Record 11 Part Schematic 4 Robot Schematic 6 Prototype ID Bank 5 Open Door 1 Alert Level 2 Locate Traps 3 Zone Layout 1 Hacking Detections 9 Full Trace Events 0 Feedback Events 0 Feedback Corruption 0 Feedback Hackware Fried 0 Feedback Blocked 0 Trojans Installed 8 Terminals 8 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 6 Robots Built 0 Total Robot Build Rating 0 Robot Fabrication Matter 0 Robot Fabrication Time 0 Part Schematics Acquired 4 Parts Built 1 Total Part Build Rating 4 Part Fabrication Matter 168 Part Fabrication Time 42 Parts Repaired 0 Part Repair Time 0 Parts Recycled 0 Recycled Matter 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Retrieved Components 2 Parts Scanalyzed 0 Part Schematics Acquired 0 Parts Damaged 0 Robot Analysis Total 0 Robots Rewired 0 Robots Hacked 0 Non-combat 0 Combat 0 Robot Hack Failures 0 Allies Hacked 0 Hacks Repelled 0 Total Allies 1 Largest Group 1 Highest-Rated Group 94 Highest-Rated Ally 94 Total Orders 0 Terraforming Orders 0 Walls Tunneled 0 Ally Attacks 16 Total Damage 552 Kills 3 Allies Corrupted 0 Allies Melted 1 Peak Influence 160 Average Influence 40 Final Influence 0 Maximum Alert Level 0 Low Security (%) 100 Level 1 0 Level 2 0 Level 3 0 Level 4 0 Level 5 0 Triggered High Security 0 Turns 0 Squads Dispatched 8 Investigation 2 Extermination 1 Reinforcement 4 Assault 1 Garrison 0 Intercept 0 Derelict Logs Recovered 2 Scrap Searched 2 Exploration Rate (%) 26 Regions Visited 9 Pre-discovered Areas 1 Garrisons Visited 0 Relays Disabled 0 Generators Disabled 0 Network Hubs Disabled 0 Actions Taken 2607 Turns Passed 4036 Depth 11 63 Depth 10 466 Depth 9 338 Depth 8 434 Depth 7 2418 Depth 6 317 Scrapyard 63 Materials 1238 Factory 1036 Lower Caves 1233 Proximity Caves 317 Data Miner 149 Prototype IDs --------------- Cooled Ion Engine Cooled Deuterium Engine Improved Airjet Experimental Terrain Scan Processor Light Regenerative Plating Combat Drone Bay Improved EM Shotgun Improved Lightning Gun Heavy Particle Gun Advanced Beam Rifle Improved Spread Laser Cooled Particle Cannon Improved Assault Rifle Enhanced Autogun Precision Assault Rifle Precision Grenade Launcher Fabricated ------------ 1x Imp. EM Pulse Cannon (-7/Factory) Alien Tech Used ----------------- None Route ------- -11/Scrapyard -10/Materials -9/Materials -8/Materials -7/Factory -7/Lower Caves -7/Lower Caves (discovered 2 exits: Fac / *Dat) -7/Data Miner -6/Proximity Caves (discovered 1 exit: Fac) Challenges ------------ None Game ------ Seed: ThunderRocketVortex Manual?: 1 Play Time: 48 min Cumulative: 898 min Sessions: 1 Easy Mode: 0 Game No.: 8 Easier: 0 Easiest: 0 Win Type: - Total: 0 Types: 0/0/0/0/0/0/0 Lore%: 9 Gallery%: 37 Options --------- ASCII: 0 Keyboard: 1 Movement: Numpad Fullscreen: 2 Font: 20/SmallcapsGlow Map View: 66x50 FOV Handling: Fade In Steam: 0 U=260415938

Anyway, since it ended there I continued the stream with another run from scratch (though not the seed) which made it to -3. There were some obvious reasons the second run didn't reach the end, among them that I was racing through the world pretty quickly and didn't get any mid-game benefits (no branches except Storage, which was fun at least), and that I allowed myself to get bogged down in the open in Research too early.

Wasn't too bad, though, shooting up the place for 16k points :D

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: LuckyLuckLuc on November 02, 2017, 06:03:53 PM

Ran the seed today and had a decent run! Explored some areas

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've never been before and got myself blown up something fierce mostly because of being slow as heck on treads!

Score 12625

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Check out the run here! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/187161042 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/187161042)

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: Kyzrati on November 02, 2017, 06:14:59 PM

Yeah looks like you sure went deep into that branch! There's a lot of stuff out there, but it can be pretty dangerous :)

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: kiedra on November 03, 2017, 12:12:50 PM

Well here's the thing, I wasn't sure what to do for my next run, there is still some things on my list that I wanna explore, but I couldn't really make up my mind what to go for. So I came by this weekly seed and since I've recently gotten what seems to be a pretty good score, I thought to myself, come on, lets show'em! So are you ready, are you ready for my score? Might wanna sit down first, or stand up for whatever I know, either way it is going to blow you away (but not the way you expected):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yea it happened, Infestation in the mines, right around the corner of the entry point, in hindsight I wished I didn't kill those swarmers before the Infestation, that might have saved me, either way, very interesting run, though quite short. I'm hereby applying for last place and will not bother posting the whole scoresheet, since so much happened it this run that generating a scoresheet must be considered a waste of data bits :D

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: Kyzrati on November 03, 2017, 07:58:16 PM

Ahaha yeah can't enter the Mines without the right gear or some tricky tactics (the infestation is usually survivable with some cunning, unless they spawn in right in your face in which case you'd better have a launcher :P).

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: nuzcraft on November 08, 2017, 03:36:36 PM

Inspired by zxc's recent (heh, I'm always so far behind) combat victory, I figured I'd try one for myself. Let me just say it was a ton of fun! I'm usually really concerned with getting some sensors going that it was weird seeing a sensor array and saying 'nah, I'm good'. I was making out like a bandit, kickin' ass and taking names all the way up to -5/Factory. (Unfortunately, I'd missed all the cave branches...I guess those signal interpreters are good for something :P)

At this level, I had something like 9 backup treads, 3 engines, and a bunch of cool guns when WHOOSH!! right down a chute trap. I freaked out, made some bad decisions (looking around for some friends that I sometimes see down there) and ended up getting trapped in a corner by 4 Crushers. I equipped my Katana to try to escape through the wall, but they broke it. I patiently passed my turns, naked and afraid, until I was crushed to death.

Spoiler: Scoresheet (click to show/hide)

How do you veterans like to handle Waste?

As always, this run will be posted to my Youtube Channel in the next couple weeks. Stop on by for new Cogmind vids M, W, F!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfKrCBdatBePGqB1LsAKuw

nuzcraft

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: Kyzrati on November 08, 2017, 06:16:45 PM

Noooo, looks like you had a good run going, too :P

I am not a Waste Expert, but the general idea is that if on treads you should hopefully already have the firepower to take them out, and on any other form of propulsion you can outmaneuver them.

If it looks like things are definitely not going to go your way you still have the option to drop stuff and outmaneuver them, so technically death is always avoidable down there. You just need to maneuver carefully so they don't block the entire path forward (and if careful enough there will also always be a space between you and them so they can't attack as you pass, either).

(Also 9 spare treads is too much! Treads last longer than all other propulsion so you don't need to carry so many extras.)

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: nuzcraft on November 08, 2017, 09:00:56 PM

Quote from: Kyzrati on November 08, 2017, 06:16:45 PM

9 spare treads is too much!

Haha I know! I was lookin for more guns when the floor dropped out!

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: Happylisk on November 09, 2017, 07:27:56 AM

The crushers are super resistant to EM so that's not the way to go. Massed thermal cannon volleys with enough heat dissipation is how I survive waste. Kinetic cannons or really good launchers can work too, but you'll usually need a matter pod in the inventory to have enough matter to get through.

Worst case scenario, get naked, flee, and try to mount a come back next level.

Title: Re: Weekly Seed #100 [Beta 3] [Seed: ThunderRocketVortex]
Post by: Sherlockkat on November 11, 2017, 11:17:31 AM

I have been experimenting with wastes recently trying to farm that damper plating. The most success that I have had was with stacking high crit weapons (basically weapons with hyp. tag). They are not crit-immune and most of their coverage is attributed to the damper plating and their weapons (roughly 20%, I think). So, if you stack like 3 hyp. gauss and keep spamming, you are bound to get some good crits in which will either straight up kill them or atleast destroy their weapon.

Double launchers also work but they destroy all salvage. One thing I am yet to try is to see whether I can disrupt the damper and see whether the compactors are vulnerable to the regular EMP flush.

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