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OsloWoodworks

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[U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« on: January 17, 2010, 03:47 »

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Ken Masters, level 15 Hell Baron 1st Lieutenant, nuked the Cyberdemon.
 on level 26 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 108173 turns and scored 385216 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 52 minutes and 40 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 959 out of 962 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!


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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Veteran Platinum Badge
  Destroyer Silver Badge
  Destroyer Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 61/80   Experience 113375/15
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Ironman          (Level 3)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  SoB->SoB->TH->Fin->Fin->WK->MAc->TH->Iro->Iro->Iro->SoB->HR->HR->DM->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Phaseshift Armor [2/2] (80%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   advanced plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [40/40] (F1P2T3)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified plasteel boots [4/4] (50%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   advanced rocket launcher (6d9) [1/1] (B3P3T2)

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

    [a] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [169/169] (B2)
    [b] advanced BFG 9000 (10d8) [130/130] (B1)
    [c] Missile Launcher (7d6) [4/4]
    [d] Combat Translocator (0d0) [60/60]
    [e] Angelic Armor [7/7] (50%)
    [f] rocket (x14)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] power cell (x70)
    [i] power cell (x70)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] power cell (x40)
    [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] large med-pack
    [s] large med-pack
    [t] envirosuit pack

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

    110 former humans
    88 former sergeants
    50 former captains
    116 imps
    118 demons
    110 lost souls
    65 cacodemons
    91 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    46 hell knights
    27 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    20 former commandos
    13 pain elementals
    33 arch-viles
    33 mancubi
    37 revenants

-- 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 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 9 he found the AdvTech Weapon Pack!
  On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he found the Missile Launcher!
  On level 11 he found the Firestorm Weapon Pack!
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 18 he found the Combat Translocator!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 23 he found the Phaseshift Armor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 
 Fire -- Choose target...
   You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...
   You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 
 Fire -- Choose target...
   The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
 missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack fires! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
   You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated John

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

 Before him 314 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 273 of those were killed.
 21 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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After dozens of attempts whiffing before level 10, was nice to finally get the ball rolling on a AoMC run.  Took a couple breaks before Arena, Wall, Mortuary, and JC, so the time's a little inflated.

Two major tipping points colored the gameplay: first being finding a plasma rifle, second being one too many power mods on it.

Plasma Rifles in AoMC with Triggerhappy(2) and Son of a Bitch(2) will one-shot anything short of an Arch-Vile.  This was good, and easily attainable without relying on the RNG.  The AdvTech pack was icing on the cake, along with the Firestorm pack enabling large-scale Vile slaughter.  Firing madly into the darkness was the name of the game.

However, apparently monsters get knocked back when they receive a solid hit of 12 damage.  This was achieved with two Power Mods and SoB(3) sometime around Level 6 Phobos Hell, giving me a (1d9+3)x(8+2) damage profile.  Things got much trickier when shooting at angles, since the first shot would push monsters out of the line of fire if they weren't against a wall.  I had a good laugh and worked around it, but Arachnotron caves were much more tense for a while.

No invulnerability near the Mortuary, but it was simple enough even with the knockback going on.  Firing into the center until everything stopped screaming was downright pleasant compared to my AoB or AoSh Mortuary runs.

Had some spare envirosuits and did the Lava Pits on level 23, got the Phasewalk Armor.  Normally that wouldn't be much of a find, but level 24 proved otherwise: two invulnerability globes by the exit to the Cyberdemon.  Slapped on the Phasewalk Armor for the move bonus, sprinted to the stairs as the nuke went off, got to JC with invulnerability remaining.  Didn't even have time to use the BFGs, the plasma rifle was too powerful.

Too bad about the remaining Barons, probably could've been a YAAM if I had a second nuke.  Still nice to get my first platinum, leaping me up to Major rank.  Still got a ways to go before shooting for Diamond, Iro(3) was very nice insurance.

Lesson Learned: Keep your Plasma Rifles under 12 damage for AoMC!  :)
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Re: [U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2010, 04:26 »

nice!
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Re: [U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 03:43 »

A Combat Translocator? What's that?
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Re: [U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 04:08 »

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Re: [U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 12:00 »

Here here. I've had that problem, and I mentioned it in my guide - too many power mods completely ruin a rapidfire weapon. :)
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Re: [U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 21:45 »

Here here. I've had that problem, and I mentioned it in my guide - too many power mods completely ruin a rapidfire weapon. :)

Haha, good to hear I'm not alone.  The guide's a good one, the corner-firing tips helped out tremendously on my ability to reliably clear Hell's Arena even when it's spawned on Level 2 and I'm lacking a Combat Shotgun.

@Gooselord: The Combat Translocater was semi-useful in a different run, using it to teleport the Cyberdemon away when needing to reload the BFG, and to teleport Barons away from Large Health Packs, but for the most part it's usually quicker to just kill the monster in question.
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Re: [U|AoMC|99%|YAFW] Cautionary Tale re: Mods
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2010, 02:52 »

So would every 12 damage shot knock enemies back? I guess if it hadn't been AoMC, that wouldn't have been such a problem!
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