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Eyro:
Well, I come from Dwarf Fortress so I'm all like "TRIAL BY FIRE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH". If only Doom originally came out with futuristic maces. I love me some maces.

It's amazing how Roguelikes can take horrible mechanics in most games and make them the star feature and actually fun.

So, went Malicious Blades, but when I got to the staircase to take me to Deimos's Lab, it took me to Hell's Armory instead, with just one Shambler. Did I skip something or is it random? I managed to get to the Wall before my inexperience of remembering to use phase capsules killed me. On the bright side, I actually only went through 42 Doomguys to get that far. Is this a normal "Progress" or am I slow or fast?

LuckyDee:
Some of the special levels are paired, meaning you get either of the two on any given run. Hell's Armory (1 Shambler) and Deimos Lab (in stereo) are one such example.

As to slow/fast progress: look at some of the post mortems on the forum, and look at the win/death ratios, especially where first wins are concerned. My very first win came in about 20 games, iirc, but that's mainly because I used to quit before getting killed when things weren't going well enough to my tastes.

I think number of Doomguys sent to their deaths means... well... nothing, really. It's too variable.

Eyro:

--- Quote from: LuckyDee on August 31, 2013, 14:29 ---I think number of Doomguys sent to their deaths means... well... nothing, really. It's too variable.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, totally not suggesting that dying more = More skill. I was thinking getting that far after 42 attempts, don't know if that's average or slow or what, ya know?

But yeah, thanks for the tip on paired levels.

thelaptop:
Hell's Armory doesn't have two shamblers, it only has one.  You're referring to the other paired level.

Try to isolate one of them and then blasting the hell out of them with a shotgun at close range if shotguns are your thing.  Beating most enemies can be usually reduced to the following mantra:

* Take cover
* Isolate enemy
* Fire at enemy trying to deal maximal damage as possible
* Dodge if cover is broken
* Go back to step 1 unless you can kill that enemy in one shot and there are no others

Cacodemon_hugs:
Hi, I'm what is known in gaming circles as a n00b.
Nevertheless, I got turned on to DoomRL just a little bit ago, and am enamored with the gameplay as well as the nostalgia that playing it made me feel when I started.
Soon after I started really trying to figure this game out, I found the forums.
Only, Holy-good-golly-giraffe-o-bots are there an enormous amount of acronyms that these users post.
I'm sure with careful consideration, I could hide behind my screen and try to decode them. Likely, not as difficult as I'd be anticipating, but certainly a whole lot less fun than creating my first post. I've easily discovered that the Angel games are referred to akin their names, but I'm not sure of most the others I see floating around.
Plus, I thought an easily found post would be a great thing (for n00bies like myself) to find.
Unless there already is one, in which case, curse my rotten inabilities!

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