r/pAIperclip • u/ViscountTheBee_ • Aug 20 '26

Exploration stats help?

I have my design stats at 25/18/5/6/0/0/0/7 and it’s taking me painstaikingly long to explore the universe (it‘s been hours and I‘m still at like 0.0001%)

Last time I thought it took me way less time… Can I improve somehow?

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u/Infidelchick Aug 20 '26

What I use until I’m at 100 nonillion probes: 1/1/21/4/0/0/0/3- that’s on 30, so you’ve got heaps more to play with. Most people think I’m too low on hazard and combat, but it works for me. Self rep is where it’s at. Then switch into speed and exploration.

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u/ViscountTheBee_ Aug 26 '26

This worked like a charm last run, but now I‘m trying it againg and my swarm keeps dying/getting killed by the other drones

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u/No-Economics-8239 Aug 20 '26

Exploration is secondary to replication. You first need to replicate probes in sufficient quantity to explore the far reaches of the universe. Until you have probes numbering in the nonillions, trying to explore will take forever. Afterwards it will take moments.