It really is possible to beat Nightmare! Even for non-hardcore gamers like me!
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Mat, level 13 Arch-Vile Major, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 68227 turns and scored 542164 points.
He played for 1 hour, 22 minutes and 36 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 871 out of 1239 hellspawn. (70%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Destroyer Platinum Badge
Arena Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 139/80 Experience 77710/13
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Ammochain (Level 1)
Fin->SoB->SoB->Fin->WK->TH->MAc->Iro->TH->SoB->WK->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified blue armor [2/2] (133%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [40/40] (P1T2)
[c] [ Boots ] modified protective boots [2/2] (90%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5]
[b] modified blue armor [2/2] (87%) (B)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (46%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] envirosuit pack
[m] envirosuit pack
[n] agility mod pack
[o] agility mod pack
[p] bulk mod pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
147 former humans
111 former sergeants
52 former captains
179 imps
137 demons
38 lost souls
36 cacodemons
33 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
34 hell knights
29 arachnotrons
16 former commandos
3 pain elementals
12 arch-viles
14 mancubi
8 revenants
5 nightmare imps
5 nightmare cacodemons
9 nightmare demons
2 bruiser brothers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Chain fire (initial) -- Choose target or abort...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target... You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target... You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target... You hear the scream of a freed soul!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 433 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
364 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
11 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 27 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 27 souls claim to have killed him...
6 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
21 killed the bastard and survived.
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If there's something like "easy nightmare" then Angel of Max Carnage and Ammochain build should be called this way. The only thing you need is not to forget to scout terrain ahaed with your combat shotgun and ALWAYS have at least 70-80% of health.
For the first time I went to Phobos Arena being invulnerable... but I didn't have a nuke! Full Nightmare! win was so close...
Oh, and you can call me Lt. Colonel now :)