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[C4Cypher]

I want my third silver badge so I can rank up and try Ao100 ... cool, I try AoLT ... cool.  Ammochain build, get lucky and find a ton of mods I have to lug around until wizkid. Early plasma rifle, sweet! Two agility and a power mod. I get my BFG, plop two bulk mods on it. I'm set to go, one level until Ammochain ... I'm at 86% experience even, bit of a rough scrap with a baron left me without armor ... I go down a set of stairs and ...

You enter Phobos Base, level 14. You hear the trumpets of Jericho echoing     
 in the distance...                                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
  ss.                                                                           
 #OsO.                                                                         
 #ss..  .                                                                       
 #....  O.                                                                     
  ...  ....                                                                     
  .O. .....                                                                     
  .......                                                                       
 ##.#..#.O##                                                                   
 #...........                                                                   
 #.@.........                                                                   
 #c..........                                                                   
 #.....c....                                                                   
 #..........                                                                   
 #..c......                                                                     
 #.........                                                                     
 #...c....                                                                     
 ########                                                                       
 C4Cypher                   Armor : none                                       
 Health: 100% Exp:  6/89%   Weapon: modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2) 
 cautious                                                    Phobos Base  Lev14

... shit.

Time to give my new BFG a workout ... and pray.

I was wrong ... I was 86% towards Triggerhappy. I survived the fight ... with barely any cells left.  I managed to kill an arachnotron hiding in the same level with my plasma rifle before he could get a shot off ...

Next level was hell's gate ... with enough cells for one BFG shot ... after the fight in the first room, I had 15 cells for my souped up plasma rifle.  I decided to run past the bruisers.  I made it past them, but the red armor I found along the way got destroyed, and the run cost me two med-packs.

I got into hell with trembling fingers, little cells left, and praying I could earn enough XP to get Ammochain. It gets better from there.

I had just gotten ammochain, yet was hurting for cells for my BFG ... and I ran into this.

here.                                                                         
 You dropped shotgun shell (x50). There is shotgun shell (x50) lying here.     
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 #         0     ...............#...............                  #^          #
 ##############################################################################
 C4Cypher                   Armor : green armor [1/1] (86%)                     
 Health: 106% Exp:  7/89%   Weapon: modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2) 
 cautious                                                    Phobos Hell  Lev2 

Cheerful, with a regenerating supply of cells (Juggler is so nice, instantly swap to any weapon in my inventory if I have a problem). I was still having a hard time finding decent armor, finally stumbling into a set of blue armor after an eternity in green.

All the while, the RNG was inisitent on making my life miserable.

You enter Phobos Hell, level 3. Twisted passages carry the smell of           
 death... You sense a passage to a place beyond...                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
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                                 ...===                                         
                                ....==                                         
                                 ...==                                         
                                 ...==                                         
                                  ====  #                                       
                                  #==##==                                       
                                   ===.=                                       
                                   #==#                                         
                                   #@.#                                         
                                   ####                                         
 C4Cypher                   Armor : green armor [1/1] (97%)                     
 Health: 186% Exp:  7/98%   Weapon: modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [153/169] (B2N1)   
 cautious                                                    Phobos Hell  Lev3 

Not long after, I stumble into a Vile/mancubi pack.  The vile's speed made running a loosing proposition, so I unloaded three BFG shots, had to have killed at least two viles (three! I swear) and find that a vile was still standing ... I hate my life.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 C4Cypher, level 9 Cacodemon Sergeant, killed by a arch-vile
 on level 22 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 109019 turns and scored 60184 points.
 He played for 6 hours, 18 minutes and 34 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 422 out of 444 hellspawn. (95%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Light Travel!


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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Lightfoot Bronze Badge

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

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  ###########################################################

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

  Health -8/50   Experience 35568/9
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  Fin->Jug->SoB->Fin->WK->SoB->TH->MAc->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [20/169] (B2N1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [40/40] (A2P1)

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

    [a] double shotgun (8d3)x3 [2/2]
    [b] modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2)
    [c] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A1B1)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] rocket (x10)
    [f] rocket (x10)
    [g] thermonuclear bomb

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

    57 former humans
    61 former sergeants
    13 former captains
    105 imps
    37 demons
    73 lost souls
    20 cacodemons
    9 barons of hell
    9 hell knights
    26 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    3 pain elementals
    2 arch-viles
    2 mancubi
    1 revenant

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 9 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 17 he found the Nano Pack!
  On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
  On level 22 he finally was killed by a arch-vile.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the arch-vile. You hear the
 scream of a freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...   You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 Fire -- Choose target... 
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The arch-vile raises his
 arms! You are engulfed in flames! The mancubus fires! Boom!
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The arch-vile raises his
 arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 You start running!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames! Your blue
 armor is completely destroyed!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You dodge! The mancubus fires! Boom!

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

 Before him 92 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 66 of those were killed.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 16 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 13 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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I just want to try Ao100 ...

[ScouSin]

I still insist AoLT is one of the harder challenges, despite all of the requirements knocking it up a difficulty level.  Despite my own bad experiences with AoMr, I think that one would give you more luck.

[Deathwind]

I just got my Sargent Major less than 2 weeks ago, the 3 I silver badges got were Scavenger, Reaper, and Berserker in that order.  Scavenger just needs a rocket launcher, Reaper needs a homing phase or a BFG blast and dash, and Berserker is a stair run.

What 2 do you already have?

[grommile]

My half-guess, half-experience is that the easiest non-Bronze badges are:

• Scavenger Silver - the Vaults can spawn on ITYTD, so just crack one of the side vaults with a suitable weapon and you're sorted.
• Scavenger Gold - pure luck, but you can grind ITYTD ammochain games for it.
• Reaper Silver - if you've got an HPD, the only remotely challenging part of this is that you aren't playing on ITYTD.
• Brick Silver - another one that's mostly down to luck.
• Lava Silver - likewise - if you have some envirosuit packs and the right build/arsenal, there's no great challenge here.
• Strongman Silver - an ITYTD knife win is almost certainly easier than any HNTR challenge, and possibly even easier than an HNTR Ammochain win, due to the ridiculously huge difficulty shift going from ITYTD to HNTR.
• Shottyman Silver - AoSh is arguably easier than a non-challenge Shotgun game, since you get the basic shotgun at the start of the game, making it pretty easy to get the entry level's medkits without much pain or aggro no matter what layout you draw.
• Berserker Silver - Once you're past the "starting a melee run not on ITYTD" initial hump, getting to 15 is not that bad on HNTR. (No, I haven't done it on 0.9.9.1 yet.)
• Marksman Silver - I haven't done it in 0.9.9.1 yet, but I did pull it off in 0.9.9.
• UAC Silver - HMP Ammochain is probably easier than a lot of HNTR challenges. (I haven't done it in 0.9.9.1 yet, but I did pull it off in 0.9.9.)
• Arena Silver - You can spam UV games in pursuit of this one. With correct Arena tactics and a bit of luck, it's perfectly doable. (I haven't done it yet, but I have managed to get to the last wave, where you get two Barons.)

For reference, Lightfoot Silver is really quite harsh, since you have to complete AoLT on Hurt Me Plenty to get it.

[rchandra]

my missing silvers are UAC, Strongman, Skull, Arena, and Arachno.  UAC is strictly easier than Lightfoot, just haven't aimed for it.

Berserker, Shottyman, Destroyer, and Reaper were the ones I found easiest I think.

[C4Cypher]

What 2 do you already have?

Despite my own bad experiences with AoMr, I think that one would give you more luck.

My first was Scavenger, back before I could take on HNTR ... I'm a pistol addict, so my second completion of M was a successful AoMr run.

I realize now that my best, easiest bet is grab a homing phase and go for Reaper Silver.

EDIT: I take that back, for some reason, JC ate my AoMr Silver badge, so I had to go back and do it again.