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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