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[Thomas]

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Thomas, level 10 Cacodemon General, killed by a baron of hell
 on level 21 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 43151 turns and scored 280616 points.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 641 out of 1083 hellspawn. (59%)*
 He was an Angel of Light Travel!


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

  Health -3/80   Experience 46588/10
  ToHit +2  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

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

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

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   BFG 9000 (10d8) [60/100]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (74%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [40/40] (S1)

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

    [a] chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50]
    [b] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x45)
    [e] power cell (x14)

-- Kills ***-----------------------------------------------------

    84 former humans
    72 former sergeants
    37 former captains
    107 imps
    33 demons
    57 lost souls
    23 cacodemons
    25 barons of hell
    17 hell knights
    17 arachnotrons
    11 former commandos
    8 pain elementals
    3 arch-viles
    2 mancubi
    3 revenants

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
  He fled the City in terror!
  On level 20 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 21 he finally was killed by a baron of hell.

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

 There is a chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50] lying here.
 There is a chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50] lying here.
 There is a chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50] lying here.
 There is 10mm ammo (x100) lying here.
 The arachnotron fires! The missile hits the baron of hell.
 The baron of hell fires! You are hit! The baron of hell fires! The missile
 hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
 The arachnotron fires! Boom! You are hit! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
 You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Boom! The baron of hell fires! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target... The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell
 dies. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream
 of a freed soul! You hear an explosion!
 The baron of hell fires! ****

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

 Before him 345 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 307 of those were killed.
 5 of those were killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 15 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 14 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 11 killed the bastard and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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*59% not including re-kills, 63% including re-kills.
**Nightmare is all about killing shit at the start then surviving shit at the end.
*** "No kill is necessary, get the BFG then run, flee from every situation that can be fleed from..."
**** Aww come on, I was running and everything.

My latest and greatest N! AoLT run. If you'll look at the graveyard, you'll notice there's no stairs. I was standing on them.

So anyway, Nightmare AoLT. Tis almost impossible, and there's at least a small factor of luck no matter which way you slice it. The basic strategy is:
Kill as much as you can get away with without taking too much damage until chained court.
Kill a reasonable amount until halls of carnage.
RUN FOR LEVEL 25

Of course, you'll have very high tanky-ness, so you can tank for a little while for, say, a homing phase or an invincibility globe (Maybe Berserk. Maybe.), but anything else isn't worth it by then.
You can also stop for exp occaisionally, but unless you can guarantee a decent HP for XP ratio I wouldn't suggest it. Level 10 with above 50% kills is pretty sweet for a Nightmare DoomGuy.

[Toan]

Wow, I have difficulty with AoLT on HNTR, let alone N!.. How can you use a Chaingun in AoLT, though? I'd have thought Chaingun uses a lot of ammo unless you're really stingy.

[Thomas]

You're always carrying around 400 bullets for it, so you can easily rip through 80-100 enemies before running out, keeping in mind that for every former human captain you kill you earn another 20-30 kills. And in nightmare, both mindepth AND maxdepth is stretched, so you'll be seeing captains for the entire game.

Besides, it's better than all alternatives. Rocket launchers are too messy (You want as many walls and doors as possible) and shotguns have a very poor track record on nightmare.

[Toan]

What about a pistol game? Efficient ammo wise, with high accuracy and, it doesn't use that much ammo.

[Thomas]

It just doesn't output enough damage-per-turn if you're not playing AoMr. Besides, on Nightmare you're liable to not get many mods because of how dangerous attempting to find one is. Chainguns, while less efficient, will kill things dead a lot more readily than pistols.

Also half the time you'll be aiming at a whole line of enemies rather than just one. I got eagle eye 1 just for those rare times when I only see one Baron of Hell. As such, the accuracy of the pistol doesn't matter as much as in other difficulties.