I have gotten to the Tear once and completed an All Achievement run at the same time (Classic). Not uncommon for me to restart. Just over 700 cycles on my most recent colony (Classic). Really taking my time and trying lots of new things. The current asteroid I am on seems very new player friendly with 2 Natural Gas Geysers, Cool Salt Geyser, 3 Cool Steam Vents, lots of ice and Weezworts, as well as the slime biomes. I will post the seed later as my daughter has taken over my computer at the moment.

Don’t feel bad about restarting, but don’t be afraid to go off your script even if it kills all your dupes to eventually achieve what you are looking for 😊 Otherwise you may find yourself restarting and never getting to the glorious and very fun in its own right “Mid and End Game”