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This week's seed: OpticalDataBeam

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: OpticalDataBeam] should display in the log window.

Congratulations on entering the seed, now get in there!

Fun, as usual, and a win!

I streamed the entire thing in two parts, the first (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfAi1vPn7oI) from start to -3/Research, then picked up later the same day to take it all the way through Access (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0t7RkOvn78).

My goal this time was to focus on legged combat, since I've mostly been doing treads for a while (since they were buffed for all-out combat) but legs used to be my go-to. They're better for an offensive style that moves quickly and relies less on armor and more on support utilities like good targeting. I even had sensors and used a fair amount of infowar tactics, but very little hacking the entire run.

This is certainly a great seed to start with since there are a ton of grenade launchers near the entrance. Materials was pretty uneventful, being quick and easy, though there was a detour through the Mines where I did get some events like allies and a scripted cave-in after which I was excavated etc. :).

A decent exit from Materials:

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I did enter a garrison on -6 and took most everything out, including the Behemoth at the center. I was in good shape anyway

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and the garrison wasn't far from the entrance to the floor so I thought it'd be worthwhile.

Sensors helped make the several upper caves I visited far easier than they would've been. I paid a visit to Mr. Z.

While in Factory I built a pair of Adv. Coolant Injectors I found preloaded at a Fabricator, and those were great for a few floors.

Drones also helped a good bit in terms of finding exits, but at the same time stirred up trouble and things were getting hairy in -4/Factory!

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I survived this and the many other squads and guards that showed up, mainly through tactics and... an overloaded Fabricator--it did a really good job :P. There were yet more coming though, so while half naked I ended up fleeing to an exit a drone had found to the south.

This is where I ended the first stream/video, not in great shape, but not too terrible either:

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In -2 the build really started coming together, with 3x Adv. Targeting Computers which lasted through the end:

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FINALLY, half-way through the second-to-last map of the game, I found my first Lrg. Storage Unit xD

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This was a pretty no/low-storage run, and I spent much of it at just 4-10 or so inventory slots, rather dangerous for a combat run but it turned out okay!

Spoiler: Spoilering the last floor, because last floor :P (click to show/hide)

In retrospect, most of my best gear this run came from Haulers, so taking them out was a good thing. Main reason I was doing it in the first place was to seek out more storage, but it took forever to get what I wanted :P

Spoiler: Score: 43,885 (click to show/hide)

Cogmind - Beta 4 @@@ ROGUELIKE MODE Name: Kyzrati ---[ ESCAPED! ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (9) 4500 Robots Destroyed (456) 2280 Value Destroyed (21794) 21794 Prototype IDs (30) 600 Alien Tech Used (2) 400 Bonus (14311) 14311 TOTAL SCORE: 43885 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 967/1600 Matter 116/300 Energy 1219/1240 System Corruption 51% Temperature Cool (12) Location To Epsilon Eridani Parts ------- Power (2) Light Quantum Reactor Reinforced Quantum Reactor Propulsion (7) Armored Heavy Treads Armored Heavy Treads Armored Heavy Treads Utility (12) Advanced Coolant Injector Large Storage Unit Large Storage Unit Advanced Energy Well Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Target Analyzer Improved Core Shielding Improved Core Shielding Weapon (4) Hellfire Missile Launcher Hellfire Missile Launcher Inventory (16) Reinforced Quantum Reactor Advanced Heat Sink Advanced Remote Datajack Plasma Lance Peak State ------------ Power Light Quantum Reactor Reinforced Quantum Reactor Propulsion Advanced Heavy Treads Centrium Heavy Treads Biometal Heavy Treads Myomer Leg Utility Advanced Heat Sink Advanced Coolant Injector Large Storage Unit Large Storage Unit Advanced Energy Well Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Target Analyzer Improved Core Shielding Layered Heavy Armor Plating Weapon Multirail Multirail Multirail Multirail Inventory Armored Heavy Treads Armored Heavy Treads Advanced Heat Sink Gamma Rifle Gamma Rifle Nova Cannon Helical Railgun Helical Railgun Hellfire Missile Launcher Hellfire Missile Launcher Hellfire Missile Launcher Advanced Remote Datajack Plasma Lance [Rating: 196] Favorites ----------- Power Reinforced Antimatter Reactor Engine Improved Deuterium Engine Power Core Micro Fission Core Reactor Reinforced Antimatter Reactor Propulsion Biometal Leg Treads Armored Heavy Treads Wheel Wheel Leg Biometal Leg Flight Unit Xenon Bombardment Thruster Utility Advanced Targeting Computer Device Advanced Coolant Injector Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Advanced Targeting Computer Protection Improved Core Shielding Weapon Multirail Energy Gun Gamma Rifle Energy Cannon Heavy Phase Cannon Ballistic Gun Multirail Ballistic Cannon Linear Accelerator Launcher Missile Launcher Slashing Weapon Axe Piercing Weapon Plasma Lance Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 14311 High Alert Combat Kills 7436 Follower Combat Kills 165 Entered Garrisons 200 Met Zhirov 300 Win 3000 Win Speed 3244 Friendly Fire -34 Classes Destroyed 20 Worker 32 Builder 28 Tunneler 1 Hauler 13 Recycler 21 Minesweeper 1 Mechanic 7 Operator 1 Drone 1 Watcher 5 Swarmer 90 Saboteur 3 Grunt 100 Brawler 7 Duelist 10 Protector 6 Sentry 31 Hunter 35 Programmer 60 Behemoth 4 Major NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 23 Combat Bots Only 13 Best States 0 Heat Dissipation 129 Coolant Potential 100 Energy Generation 45 Energy Capacity 1740 Matter Stores 300 Matter Capacity 300 Sight Range 16 Robot Scan Range 16 Terrain Scan Density 10 Jamming Range 16 Cloak Strength 2 Armor Coverage (%) 47 Resistance: KI 25 Resistance: TH 30 Core Shielding 30 Utility Shielding 66 Weapon Cycling 15 Phase Shifting 20 Evasion (%) 60 Targeting Accuracy 24 Target Analysis 8 Core Analysis 8 Recoil Reduction 7 Particle Charging 30 Matter Collected 14935 Salvage Created 23616 Parts Attached 469 Power 42 Propulsion 106 Utility 100 Weapon 221 Parts Lost 123 Power 11 Propulsion 34 Utility 28 Weapon 50 Average Slot Usage (%) 91 Naked Turns 2 Spaces Moved 7667 Fastest Speed (%) 200 Average Speed (%) 80 Slowest Speed (%) 45 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 23 Targets Kicked 13 Targets Crushed 0 Cave-ins Triggered 2 Teleports 1 Heaviest Build 148 Greatest Support 253 Greatest Overweight (x) 10 Average Overweight (x) 0 Largest Inventory 16 Average Capacity 10 Most Carried 16 Average Carried 10 Final Capacity 16 Final Carried 4 Damage Taken 34493 Core 2523 Absorbed by Shields 4658 Average Core Remaining (%) 74 Depth 11 Exit 100 Depth 10 Exit 100 Depth 9 Exit 43 Depth 8 Exit 83 Depth 7 Exit 93 Depth 6 Exit 31 Depth 5 Exit 85 Depth 4 Exit 64 Depth 3 Exit 67 Depth 2 Exit 96 Depth 1 Exit 60 Volleys Fired 866 Largest 4 Hottest 376 Shots Fired 2576 Gun 2274 Cannon 195 Launcher 107 Special 0 Kinetic 1610 Thermal 506 Explosive 107 Electromagnetic 353 Secondary Targets 104 Shots Hit Robots 1803 Core Hits 1000 Critical Hits 115 Critical Kills 48 Critical Parts Destroyed 56 Overload Shots 0 Energy Bleed 0 Heat Surge 0 Short Circuit 0 Meltdown 0 Melee Attacks 66 Impact 0 Slashing 34 Piercing 32 Sneak Attacks 8 Follow-up Attacks 0 Damage Inflicted 62388 Projectiles 43918 Explosions 16789 Melee 1367 Ramming 314 Kinetic 28295 Thermal 10383 Explosive 15538 Electromagnetic 6491 Impact 0 Slashing 1367 Piercing 0 Overflow Damage 104 Projectiles 45 Explosions 17 Melee 42 Self-Inflicted Damage 342 Shots 12 Rammed 10 Highest Temperature 378 Average Temperature 84 Received Heat Transfer 3299 Interference 1 Damage (minor) 1 Highest Corruption 51 Average Corruption 16 Corruption Purged 0 Message Errors 86 Matter Fused 94 Heat Flow Error 49 Energy Discharge 29 Parts Rejected 10 Data loss (database) 48 Misfires 12 Misdirections 39 Targeting Errors 284 Weapon Failures 61 Depth 6 End 7 Depth 4 End 5 Depth 3 End 26 Depth 2 End 3 Depth 1 End 51 Impact Corruptions 0 Haulers Intercepted 13 Robots Corrupted 30 Parts Fried 84 Impact Corruptions 4 Robots Melted 2 Parts Melted 19 Heat Transferred 14374 Parts Sabotaged 0 Parts Stolen 0 Parts Stripped 0 Parts Self-Destructed 8 Prevented 0 Power Chain Reactions 5 Communications Jammed 0 Times Spotted 481 Peak Tracking Total 11 Tactical Retreats 33 Parts Field Recycled 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Parts Merge Repaired 0 Drone Launches 10 Drone Recoveries 0 Traps Triggered 12 Indirectly 0 Trap Hack Attempts 0 Triggered 0 Disarmed 0 Reprogrammed 0 Reused 5 Traps Extracted 0 Installed 1 Triggered 5 Machines Disabled 30 Machines Sabotaged 0 Data Cores Recovered 0 Used 0 Machines Hacked 21 Terminals 11 Fabricators 3 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 1 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 1 Total Hacks 61 Successful 32 Failed 24 Catastrophic 9 Database Lockouts 0 Manual 16 Unauthorized 7 Terminals 31 Fabricators 4 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 2 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 1 Terminal Hacks 44 Record 6 Part Schematic 4 Robot Analysis 4 Prototype ID Bank 4 Level Access Points 1 Unreport Threat 2 Locate Traps 2 Registered Components 1 Zone Layout 2 Hacking Detections 15 Full Trace Events 2 Feedback Events 0 Feedback Corruption 0 Feedback Hackware Fried 0 Feedback Blocked 0 Trojans Installed 3 Terminals 3 Fabricators 0 Repair Stations 0 Recycling Units 0 Scanalyzers 0 Garrison Access 0 Fabricators Overloaded 1 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 4 Parts Built 2 Total Part Build Rating 14 Part Fabrication Matter 234 Part Fabrication Time 117 Parts Repaired 0 Part Repair Time 0 Parts Recycled 0 Recycled Matter 0 Retrieved Matter 0 Retrieved Components 0 Parts Scanalyzed 0 Part Schematics Acquired 0 Parts Damaged 0 Robot Analysis Total 4 Robots Rewired 0 Robots Hacked 0 Non-combat 0 Combat 0 Robot Hack Failures 0 Allies Hacked 0 Hacks Repelled 0 Total Allies 13 Largest Group 6 Highest-Rated Group 288 Highest-Rated Ally 48 Total Orders 11 STAY 2 EXPLORE 9 Terraforming Orders 0 Walls Tunneled 0 Ally Attacks 45 Total Damage 531 Kills 9 Allies Corrupted 1 Allies Melted 0 Peak Influence 1993 Average Influence 546 Final Influence 1993 Maximum Alert Level 5 Low Security (%) 27 Level 1 19 Level 2 22 Level 3 18 Level 4 9 Level 5 2 Triggered High Security 0 Turns 0 Squads Dispatched 75 Investigation 5 Extermination 24 Reinforcement 21 Assault 17 Garrison 8 Intercept 0 Derelict Logs Recovered 2 Scrap Searched 1 Exploration Rate (%) 19 Regions Visited 18 Pre-discovered Areas 3 Garrisons Visited 1 Relays Disabled 0 Generators Disabled 0 Network Hubs Disabled 0 Actions Taken 11687 Turns Passed 15408 Depth 11 59 Depth 10 175 Depth 9 940 Depth 8 596 Depth 7 302 Depth 6 1821 Depth 5 2075 Depth 4 971 Depth 3 2216 Depth 2 1062 Depth 1 5191 Scrapyard 59 Materials 1142 Factory 2631 Research 3278 Access 5191 Mines 569 Garrison 781 Upper Caves 825 Proximity Caves 556 Zhirov 376 Prototype IDs --------------- Cold Fusion Reactor Heavy Antimatter Reactor Centrium Heavy Treads Advanced Myomer Leg Diametric Drive Experimental Heat Sink Advanced Energy Well Experimental Optical Array Advanced Salvage Targeting Computer Experimental Core Analyzer Particle Accelerator Experimental Transmission Jammer Centrium Heavy Armor Plating Experimental Thermal Shield Assault Drone Bay Gamma Rifle Precision Phase Gun Heavy Proton Cannon Cooled Phase Cannon Helical Railgun Multirail Antimatter Cannon Light Antimatter Cannon Hellfire Missile Launcher Molecular Scythe Kinetic Spear Plasma Lance Fabricated ------------ 2x Adv. Coolant Injector (-6/Factory) Alien Tech Used ----------------- Integrated Dissipator Transdimensional Reconstructor Route ------- -11/Scrapyard -10/Materials -9/Materials -9/Mines -8/Materials (discovered 3 exits: *Fac x3) -7/Factory -6/Factory -6/Garrison -6/Factory -5/Factory -5/Upper Caves -5/Upper Caves -5/Zhirov -4/Proximity Caves -4/Factory -3/Research -2/Research -1/Access (discovered 2 exits: [*Sur] / [Com]) To Epsilon Eridani Challenges ------------ None Game ------ Seed: OpticalDataBeam Manual?: 1 Play Time: 283 min Cumulative: 2027 min Sessions: 3 Easy Mode: 0 Game No.: 16 Easier: 0 Easiest: 0 Win Type: 0 Total: 2 Types: 2/0/0/0/0/0/0 Lore%: 11 Gallery%: 49 Options --------- ASCII: 0 Keyboard: 1 Movement: Numpad Kebinds: 0 Fullscreen: 2 Font: 20/SmallcapsGlow Map View: 66x50 FOV Handling: Fade In Steam: 0

Caught the end of your stream (last couple of floors), and I was surprised how easy it looked. I think you got just a little bit lucky with patrols and map layout. :P

HA, I'll agree there was certainly luck involved in finding the exit before too long, but throughout Access I also had a really strong build with the targeting + shields + good weapons. As you saw I could keep farming the exit for a while. A broader search wouldn't have been too difficult either.

I tend to be "lucky" with exits in general (I hit quite a few of them in intermediate floors without much wasted search time), but I also have a general sense of where they might be. The strongest sense. Dev sense!

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