I've heard a number of people say that the Gatekeeper Diamond is the easiest Diamond Badge to earn, but somehow, I've never achieved it until now. (Probably because I spend too much time playing Nightmare difficulty) ;) After so many Nightmare games, it was actually quite a relief to not have enemies respawn any more and the game seemed easy in comparison. :)
My goal here was to get Elite Platinum and YAAM, (which should probably be called YAAS in this case since I was a scout, not a marine) :P and I got Gatekeeper Diamond by luck, since there was an invulnerability on level 14. I still almost didn't get the Diamond because invuln ran out just before I killed the second Arch-Vile. (I had charged in and taken out most of the enemies in there with my chainsaw; I had Shottyhead and Berserker by then) So, there I was, standing two squares away from the severely wounded Arch-Vile, with an almost dead imp on the other side and a wounded demon closing in. After weighing my options, I used the Arena Master's Staff, which killed the imp, further wounded the demon, and brought the Arch-Vile down to mortally wounded. (The only time I used the AMS) I expected the Arch-Vile to shock me in return, but luckily, he didn't and two rapid tactical shotgun blasts later, he died. Just as he fell, another imp stepped into view from the other direction and I blasted him, just as the demon got up to me and I blasted him too... which is all pretty funny for me to picture, because thanks to Shottyhead, I was firing 1 shot per 0.25 seconds, so I had just fired 4 shots in three different directions in the space of one second. :) After that, I didn't take any chances and used a ridiculous number of shells bringing down the Bruiser Brothers from outside their visual range.
The only other really tense part was the Mortuary, because I ran myself completely out of shells, despite going in there with 300 of them, and getting 60 more from two sergeants I killed in there. I had to rely on the nuclear plasma rifle I had picked up from the Spider's Lair quite a bit after that. Two Fire Skulls and a Hatred Skull that I picked up from the City of Skulls were a big help, since they helped me clear out corpses and save ammo.
Nothing much else except that I screwed up getting Shambler's Head due to a barrage from a Commando that I didn't even see. Oh well, maybe next time...
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 15 Arch-Vile Lt. General Scout,
nuked the Cyberdemon. on level 26 of the Phobos base.
He survived 145773 turns and scored 370258 points.
He played for 7 hours, 11 minutes and 6 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 1331 out of 1331 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 9
Levels visited : 9
Levels completed : 9
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Armorer Badge
Aurora Medallion
Conqueror Badge
Grim Reaper's Badge
Explorer Badge
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
Elite Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 63/80 Experience 107225/15
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Reloader (Level 2)
Brute (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Fin->Jug->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->MSh->Bru->Bru->Ber->Iro->Int->Int->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Necroarmor [6/6] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] modified protective boots [2/2] (72%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] micro launcher (5d5) [1/1]
[b] modified chaingun (1d6)x6 [40/40] (F1)
[c] modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1)
[d] high power BFG 9000 (13d8) [50/50]
[e] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] shotgun shell (x39)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] rocket (x10)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x50)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x50)
[o] power cell (x50)
[p] power cell (x40)
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] Arena Master's Staff
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 0% torso 60% feet 85%
Fire - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
151 former humans
104 former sergeants
77 former captains
166 imps
120 demons
340 lost souls
50 cacodemons
52 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
42 hell knights
79 arachnotrons
1 John Carmack
19 former commandos
1 Angel of Death
36 pain elementals
22 arch-viles
40 mancubi
24 revenants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Arena Master
-- 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 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 9 he assembled a micro launcher!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 14 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 16 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 18 he stumbled into complex full of former humans!
On level 18 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 22 he assembled a high power weapon!
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 Necroarmor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 25!
He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You see : John Carmack (heavily wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. You feel relatively safe now.
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
340 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
287 of those were killed.
27 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 8 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
18 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
15 killed the bastard and survived.
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EDIT: And with this game, I move up to General rank! :D
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