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[C4Cypher]

Okay ... I'd been cutting my teeth on Ao100 runs on M ... and it was getting to be brutally difficult, vile packs almost every level, not to mention the 'hidden fun stuff' ... which wasn't nearly as bad as the viles ...

I figured, if Ao100 is this insane on M, why not try to try a standard H game?

I figured I would die a lot as I learned to transition from M to H.  I didn't.  Not only that, I did it with my favorite build ... a build that I was still testing, and had no idea whether or not it would be effective at higher difficulties, or if I were just cheesing it on easy games.

Well, I present to you all, humbly, my first attempt at a standard run on Hurt Me Plenty.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 C4Cypher, level 10 Cacodemon Sergeant Major, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 102019 turns and scored 132672 points.
 He played for 11 hours, 52 minutes and 51 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 502 out of 546 hellspawn. (91%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


 He saved himself 2 times.

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

  UAC Silver Badge

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

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

  Health 33/50   Experience 42190/10
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Son of a gun     (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)

  Fin->Jug->SoB->SoB->SoB->SoG->EE->SoG->SoG->EE->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified pistol (2d5) [2/6] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat translocator (0d0) [60/60]

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

    [a] modified pistol (2d4) [8/8] (B1)
    [b] modified double shotgun (8d3)x3 [2/2] (B1)
    [c] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A1)
    [d] modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1)
    [e] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
    [f] Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [1/1]
    [g] 10mm ammo (x80)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] shotgun shell (x50)
    [j] rocket (x10)
    [k] power cell (x50)
    [l] power cell (x45)
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] phase device
    [o] phase device

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

    57 former humans
    62 former sergeants
    32 former captains
    104 imps
    58 demons
    69 lost souls
    41 cacodemons
    18 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    10 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    5 arch-viles
    5 mancubi
    10 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 19 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... 
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You wear/wield : a combat translocator (0d0) [60/60] The Cyberdemon fires!
 You are hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You reload the pistol with 10mm ammo.
 You dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated

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

 Before him 98 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 70 of those were killed.
 And 11 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 17 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 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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Yeah, yeah ...  I know ... I wasn't sure what I was thinking with the combat translocator, especially when I had phase devices to spare.

I know I'm not pulling insane stuff like going for Plat and Diamond badges, it just felt really, really good to complete H on my first try.  And have the screenshot to prove it.

Of note, I found two assault shotguns early on, which did the vast majority of my heavy lifting through the run ... I dropped one pretty late in, and the other on level 24, knowing that it wouldn't be much use in a fight with the Cyberdemon ... not that the combat translocator was helpful ...

[grommile]

The brutal transitions are E->M (because the game gets harder in every possible way), and U->N (obviously). M->H is much milder.