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Author Topic: [N!|59%|StdWin] Holy shit guys I totally beat Nightmare  (Read 2557 times)

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Thomas, level 11 Cacodemon Colonel, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 40954 turns and scored 410304 points.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 648 out of 1087 hellspawn. (59%) *


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

  Health 49/70***   Experience 53148/11
  ToHit +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Ironman        (Level 2)
    Tough as nails (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy   (Level 1)

  EE->EE->SoB->SoB->TaN->SoB->TH->TaN->TaN->Iro->Iro-> ****

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing *****
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified chaingun (1d7)x5 [24/50] (D1) *6
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [0/40] (D1)

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

    [a] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1] (S1)
    [b] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (M1)
    [c] rocket (x10)
    [d] large med-pack
    [e] large med-pack

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

    108 former humans
    62 former sergeants
    23 former captains
    71 imps
    53 demons
    46 lost souls
    19 cacodemons
    23 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    6 hell knights
    33 arachnotrons
    10 former commandos
    22 pain elementals
    7 arch-viles *7
    1 mancubus *8
    5 revenants *7

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 9 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
 Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 You prepare the chaingun! The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. Congratulations! You

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

 Before him 268 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 235 of those were killed.
 4 of those were killed by something unknown.
 2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 14 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 13 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 10 killed the bastard and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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*The second I got the BFG, all kills became completely optional. Heck, BEFORE I got the BFG I was running away whenever possible.
**Oh haha guys look where he spawned
***I only went in with around 80/70. He shot me twice before I ripped him up.
****Ironman for the heals (And survivability, I guess), TH because if ammo is a concern in Nightmare! then you're obviously doing it wrong.
*****I hardly had any armor throughout the entire game, actually. I only ever got 3 reds or so, and none of them stayed undamaged for very long.
*6 Ran out of cells (Had to kill around 7 revenants on level 24), swapped to chaingun, killed him with that. Cue lulz.
*7 Ran away from most of these, my only big Vile/Revenant fight was on level 24.
*8 Didn't see a lot of mancubi, actually. They're the rarest monster in the game.

Alright, basic Nightmare! strategy:
1. Never turn back, never backtrack, keep going forward. Never leave something till later, not even the stairs
2. The first 24 levels only exist to prepare you for level 25. Because you can probably kill the Cyberdemon using only 200 cells, that's the only thing you need and the only thing you should actively attempt to get.
3. No special levels are worth it except for the halls of carnage and the chained court.
4. Small HP packs heal for double, so treat them as Large HP packs because they're roughly as good now.
5. Never fight Viles unless you have to. Never fight Revenants either.
6. Phases are more important than HP packs or 10mm ammo.
7. Envirosuits are completely worthless, if you need to wade through lava then you just fucking tank it like a man. Boots are not worth risking even a 1% chance of taking damage, but if you can guarantee that you wont get hurt then be my guest.

Interesting stuff:
1. Halls of carnage is no harder on N! than it is on HNTR, unless you count the occaisional respawn.
2. You get most of the Hell's Arena prizes BEFORE Hell's Arena now. So much for a big early game boost.
3. My best runner combo was getting down 3 flights of stairs in around 10.0 seconds.

EDIT: Wait a second, 1087/640 isn't 59%! It tallies respawned enemy kills but it doesn't include them in the percentage!
« Last Edit: January 02, 2009, 05:44 by Thomas »
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Medals: 35/43 Specials: 69/67 Assemblies: 36/40

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Re: [N!|59%|StdWin] Holy shit guys I totally beat Nightmare
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2009, 07:08 »

Wow! That's totally awesome, man! Well done!

And thanks for the hints =)

EDIT: Now try the same, but with a 100% kills XD
« Last Edit: January 02, 2009, 07:13 by Mrazerty »
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