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[yns88]

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 yns88, level 6 Demon Sergeant, killed by a arachnotron
 on level 15 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 82791 turns and scored 32737 points.
 He played for 50 minutes and 58 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 271 out of 291 hellspawn. (93%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!


-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  Hell Champion Medal

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

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

  Health -2/50   Experience 15720/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)

  TaN->Rel->TaN->Bad->Rel->SM->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified double shotgun (9d3)x3 [0/2] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (80%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified combat shotgun (8d3) [5/5] (P1)

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (96%)
    [b] modified blue armor [2/4] (36%) (P)
    [c] red armor [2/4] (43%)
    [d] shotgun shell (x34)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] small med-pack
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [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] phase device
    [r] homing phase device
    [s] homing phase device
    [t] bulk mod pack

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

    59 former humans
    35 former sergeants
    15 former captains
    55 imps
    46 demons
    37 lost souls
    11 cacodemons
    2 barons of hell
    6 hell knights
    2 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    1 revenant

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 15 he finally was killed by a arachnotron.

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

 You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! The arachnotron fires! You are hit!
 Boom! You are hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The arachnotron fires! You
 are hit! Your blue armor is completely destroyed! You are hit!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! The arachnotron fires! You are hit!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! The
 arachnotron hits you.
 Fire -- Choose target...
   The arachnotron fires! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
 hit! The arachnotron misses you.
 You reload the double shotgun with shotgun shell. The arachnotron fires!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! The
 arachnotron hits you.
 Fire -- Choose target...
   The arachnotron fires! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are

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

 Before him 12 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 8 of those were killed.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 4 souls claim to have killed him...
 4 killed the bastard and survived.

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Some times you just aren't really paying attention. I thought I'd survive one more turn on 22% health, but I couldn't.

What I'm interested in knowing, though, is how exactly you're supposed to deal with Arachno caves on Shotgunnery or Berserk. Do you just burn through large medpacks or use a homing phase device?

Also, I uploaded the playthrough to Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhEiJeMp9W0

(or you can skip to the last part to watch me die stupidly)

[thelaptop]

It depends.  Corner shooting is always good, but usually you are spawned in a place without cover, so use a homing phase to position yourself near the exit to run when you need to.  Then, don't go round charging for the Arachnotrons -- diagonal move around until you can either see or hear or get shot at by one of those things (you should have dodged the shot due to your diagonal movements).  Fire at will until you get sick of it or something.  If you have shotgun-type weapons, activate running mode and diagonal move like crazy as you shoot/reload.  If you have Red Armour, wear it as it helps (full red gives 4 damage reduction, but since it is plasma damage, you reduce damage by 2 instead).  Attacking Arachnotron caves without armour is possible but you will most definitely take a lot of damage in the process.

Also, the arbitrary cut-off I use for "will I survive another round without a medpack" is about 30%, which translates to about 15HP without Iro.  22% will most definitely need a medpacl of some sort.