Game is alpha 6.532. Default Classic Cassie settings.
I've been working on this colony for a few days now. Mostly legit playing although I did reload a few times when I felt the RNG God bent me over in a particularly unfair way. The colony growth started slow, but has recently boomed to over 50 members. Unfortunately, I've hit the Cassie wall of difficulty and I just can't survive. I'm wondering if anyone has some brilliant strategies to overcome the horde of mechs that erupt from the crashed ship part (32 Centipedes and 34 Scythers)? I've made three attempts now and just get wrecked every time, even with a circle of turrets and a hastily constructed sandbag/stone wall emplacement. I know I could probably build a safe room and hide while everything gets destroyed, but I might as well just start a new game instead if that's the case.
Some more info if you want to try the challenge:
Rimdown (pronounced Rimdon) has plenty of food, beds, and building resources, including a moderate supply of around 850 metal on hand (more can be had by deconstructing nearby enemy siege emplacements). The colony is a bit power starved currently, although it has plenty of juice to run the defenses if you keep the doors and most of the cosmetic lights powered off. A large and well defended killbox protects the only entrance to Rimdown, however the ship part has landed inside the base so those defenses probably won't be of any help.
The colonists are all equipped with power armor and an assortment of miniguns, M24's, M16's, and R4's. There are also plenty of additional weapons gathered up for sale or for new recruits. Finally, a decent supply of silver is available if you want to try to request aid from the neighbors, or buy something nice for your last meal. The save was made right after the notification of the crashed ship, so you have as much time as possible to prepare. In my attempts, colonists didn't start cracking until about 2 days had passed.
Secondary objective: Colonists nicknamed Wire, Breaker, and Trigger are the original three. They must participate in and survive the battle (they love their home and want to protect it).
Note: By no means is this a perfectly constructed or efficient base, but I'm proud of her and had a lot of fun building.
edit: when I popped the ship to take this screenshot there were 43 scythers and 25 cents. I guess the exact numbers of each type of enemy can vary.
Can anyone win this? Is it even possible?
http://www.filedropper.com/rimdownchallenge
I've been working on this colony for a few days now. Mostly legit playing although I did reload a few times when I felt the RNG God bent me over in a particularly unfair way. The colony growth started slow, but has recently boomed to over 50 members. Unfortunately, I've hit the Cassie wall of difficulty and I just can't survive. I'm wondering if anyone has some brilliant strategies to overcome the horde of mechs that erupt from the crashed ship part (32 Centipedes and 34 Scythers)? I've made three attempts now and just get wrecked every time, even with a circle of turrets and a hastily constructed sandbag/stone wall emplacement. I know I could probably build a safe room and hide while everything gets destroyed, but I might as well just start a new game instead if that's the case.
Some more info if you want to try the challenge:
Rimdown (pronounced Rimdon) has plenty of food, beds, and building resources, including a moderate supply of around 850 metal on hand (more can be had by deconstructing nearby enemy siege emplacements). The colony is a bit power starved currently, although it has plenty of juice to run the defenses if you keep the doors and most of the cosmetic lights powered off. A large and well defended killbox protects the only entrance to Rimdown, however the ship part has landed inside the base so those defenses probably won't be of any help.
The colonists are all equipped with power armor and an assortment of miniguns, M24's, M16's, and R4's. There are also plenty of additional weapons gathered up for sale or for new recruits. Finally, a decent supply of silver is available if you want to try to request aid from the neighbors, or buy something nice for your last meal. The save was made right after the notification of the crashed ship, so you have as much time as possible to prepare. In my attempts, colonists didn't start cracking until about 2 days had passed.
Secondary objective: Colonists nicknamed Wire, Breaker, and Trigger are the original three. They must participate in and survive the battle (they love their home and want to protect it).
Note: By no means is this a perfectly constructed or efficient base, but I'm proud of her and had a lot of fun building.
edit: when I popped the ship to take this screenshot there were 43 scythers and 25 cents. I guess the exact numbers of each type of enemy can vary.
Can anyone win this? Is it even possible?
http://www.filedropper.com/rimdownchallenge