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Author Topic: [H|Ao100|99%|14|YASD] - Running around with a Jackhammer  (Read 3638 times)

Zarin

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After winning a UV game I decided to switch gears (from chasing after ranks) and try the "infinite" challenge on HMP.
I started with TaN(3).  Then I found a Jackhammer and decided to skip the chaingun and wait for the plasma rifles.  Still, I wanted Cateye to be able to shoot Arch-Viles before they see me, plus I hoped that SoB(3) increases the damage of each shell from the Jackhammer, so when I found my first plasma rifle I was ready to use it effectively.

Anyway, Jackhammer is a beast!  The only problem is that shotgun ammo is not as plentiful as one would like :( - I had to switch to my damage-modified plasma rifle several times after totally running out of shotgun ammo.  Still, it pushes back everything and three shots are good enough to kill most enemies (aside from AV, Mancubi and Barons).  In fact, two point-blank shots kill an Arch-Vile, but you don't want to get next to them too often :).

The reason for my death was my failure to clear the path for my long shots with a few rockets - this is the way to go, especially on "where the hell is the way out of here?!" levels.  I've never ran out of rockets - Revenants and Mancubi drop so many of them I mostly left 10 or so rockets behind.

I did not find many uniques - Jackhammer, Gothic Armor (should I have used it?  I lost countless lesser armors to my enemies and I don't think it would last long anyway, but still...) and a Minigun which I did not care to pick up.

At some point I faced a dilemma - Jackhammer or advanced DSG?  I've seen enough weapon modifiers and would eventually have an access to Whizkid so I could have one beast of a weapon, eating 33% less ammo for the same or comparable amount of damage, augmented with the damage (and maybe speed) modifiers.  Still, being able to shoot three times dealing hell of damage each shot is a huge advantage.  Well, I'll find that out in one of my next lives.  :)

Enjoy!
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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Arkady, level 14 Cacodemon Major, killed by a baron of hell
 on level 30 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 172144 turns and scored 177990 points.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 751 out of 757 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...
 He was an Angel of 100!


 He saved himself 6 times.

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health -4/50   Experience 85415/14
  ToHit +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Tough as nails (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 2)
    Cateye         (Level 2)
    Intuition      (Level 1)
    Badass         (Level 3)

  TaN->TaN->EE->SoB->SoB->SoB->EE->Cat->Cat->TaN->Bad->Bad->Bad->Int->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Jackhammer (6d3)x3 [9/9]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified plasteel boots [4/4] (142%) (D)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   advanced rocket launcher (6d8) [1/1] (D2R1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] modified plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [34/40] (D1)
    [b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [c] Gothic Armor [7/7] (200%)
    [d] shotgun shell (x11)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] rocket (x10)
    [j] rocket (x9)
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] large med-pack
    [r] phase device
    [s] phase device
    [t] envirosuit pack

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    68 former humans
    70 former sergeants
    39 former captains
    145 imps
    56 demons
    45 lost souls
    32 cacodemons
    38 barons of hell
    18 hell knights
    30 arachnotrons
    7 former commandos
    7 pain elementals
    32 arch-viles
    27 mancubi
    20 revenants

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  On level 5 he found the Jackhammer!
  On level 21 he found the Gothic Armor!
  On level 30 he finally was killed by a baron of hell.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 The baron of hell fires! You are hit! Your red armor is damaged!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 Fire -- Choose target... The baron of hell dies. The arch-vile raises his
 arms! You are engulfed in flames! Your red armor is completely
 destroyed! The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames! The
 arch-vile raises his arms! The baron of hell suddenly rises from the dead!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! The baron of hell suddenly rises from the
 dead!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The arch-vile raises his
 arms! You are engulfed in flames! The baron of hell fires! You are hit!
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 You reload the Jackhammer with shotgun shell. The baron of hell fires! The
 missile hits the arch-vile. The arch-vile dies. The arch-vile dies.
 The baron of hell fires! You are hit! The baron of hell fires! You are hit!

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 340 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 303 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 And 24 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 7 souls claim to have killed him...
 6 killed the bastard and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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skarczew

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Re: [H|Ao100|99%|14|YASD] - Running around with a Jackhammer
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2008, 05:08 »

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In fact, two point-blank shots kill an Arch-Vile, but you don't want to get next to them too often :).
When I meet V's I prefer to engage, tank and kill them ASAP, rather than let them resurrect corpses.
You had Gothic Armor, which is a very good piece of equip for such tactic (engage fast, then switch to Gothic; switch again after killing it).
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Re: [H|Ao100|99%|14|YASD] - Running around with a Jackhammer
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2008, 09:31 »

When I meet V's I prefer to engage, tank and kill them ASAP, rather than let them resurrect corpses.
You had Gothic Armor, which is a very good piece of equip for such tactic (engage fast, then switch to Gothic; switch again after killing it).
Well, that's one great piece of advice - I'll try to use it next time.  Never occurred to me before.  Thanks!
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Re: [H|Ao100|99%|14|YASD] - Running around with a Jackhammer
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2008, 12:02 »

Well, that's one great piece of advice - I'll try to use it next time.  Never occurred to me before.  Thanks!
Of course tactic change with the type of game - on AoM I tend to make glass cannons and kill from distance. Not all maps allow for it, though. Map full of small rooms makes such moloch armor very handy :) . And nothing is better for laugh than seeing all those demons killing themselves with their own projectiles while you take whole 1 damage.

Same goes for Gothic boots - they are good for walking on lava if you run out of your environment packs.

Just do not forget that both Gothic equips make you VERY slow ;) .
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