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[H|YAAM] Whispers of Death (Conqueror)
« on: November 07, 2011, 21:58 »

This was a pretty fun game! I've been going for my last few Silver badges (Lightfoot, Hunter, Skull and Arachno to go now), so alongside Veteran Silver I decided to try and get my first Explorer and Conqueror medals.

Went for Army of the Dead because it's cool and also blocks off Eagle Eye which means a refreshing change from automatically getting Intuition 2 every game, and along the way picked up Berserker to deal with the Angel of Death. Up until Hellgate things were fairly uneventful, got all my tactical gear fairly quickly. Then found The Wall which was handy, and put my firestorm mod from Hell's Armoury on the missile launcher since I had nothing much else to put it on (was saving a bulk mod for the BFG - no Whizkid meant a fair number of mods went to waste, sadly).

I had Berserker in plenty of time for the Unholy Cathedral so that was nice and easy too, got Azrael's Scythe for the first time, and then found the Railgun (hilariously fun, it was pretty much my primary weapon all game when I found it early on HNTR Ao100). Spider's Lair cost me a few medpacks but nothing too bad. From this point on I pretty much just got levels in Ironman, so that I could clear the Mortuary by spamming the alt-fire on Azrael's Scythe (was hoping to clear it without taking damage for another medal but there were three Archviles right by the entrance, and I got hit while healing up to activate it again). At this point I also realised I had no envirosuits (I'd used one for the supercharge in Hell's Armoury and not found another since) so would have to clear the Lava Pits the same way, which meant running very low on healing. I also didn't realise until after I'd ran across lava in tactical boots and burned yet more healing to pick up the lava element, that I didn't actually need to do a full win to get Conqueror. This meant entering Hell:9 with one medpack, and then having to use it almost straight away against pair of Archviles. So Hell:9 was pretty terrifying... luckily there were a few large medpacks scattered around the level but the assorted Ms and Rs did not make it a fun time. I wasn't keen on going for a full win and messing it up somehow to lose out on my badges, so I just played it safe and BFG'd the Cyberdemon to oblivion.

I wasn't counting as I went, but it looks like I used the scythe 10 times in order to end up with 50 max health despite Ironman 4... I guess that was maybe 6 times in Mortuary and 4 in Lava Pits, or possibly 5 in each.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 MarvinPA, level 14 Hell Baron Major Marine,
 defeated the Cyberdemon on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 164667 turns and scored 209961 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 24 minutes and 22 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 701 out of 701 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

-- 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 (bronze cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Veteran Silver Badge
  Heroic Silver Badge

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

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

  Health 53/50   Experience 82373/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +6

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 4)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 2)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Army of the Dead (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->Bad->Bru->MAD->Bru->Ber->TaN->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (66%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [80/130] (B1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Railgun (8d8) [40/40]

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

    [a]   modified assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1)
    [b]   modified missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (F1)
    [c]   modified nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [13/52] (B1)
    [d]   green armor [1/1] (67%)
    [e]   Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
    [f]   shotgun shell (x70)
    [g]   shotgun shell (x70)
    [h]   shotgun shell (x70)
    [i]   shotgun shell (x70)
    [j]   shotgun shell (x31)
    [k]   rocket (x14)
    [l]   rocket (x14)
    [o]   large med-pack
    [p]   large med-pack
    [q]   thermonuclear bomb
    [r]   lava element
    [s]   rocket box (x20)
    [t]   power battery (x120)

-- 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 60% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    67 former humans
    83 former sergeants
    37 former captains
    75 imps
    83 demons
    109 lost souls
    44 cacodemons
    38 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    28 hell knights
    45 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    1 Angel of Death
    5 pain elementals
    20 arch-viles
    25 mancubi
    31 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 Arena Master

-- 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 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 tactical shotgun!
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical boots!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 14 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he stumbled into complex full of revenants!
  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 Railgun!
  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 found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 You see : floor
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You dodge! Boom! You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : floor
 You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : floor
 You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000! You feel more calm.
 You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. You are hit! That hurt! You' going
 berserk! You feel like a killing machine! You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : floor
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You feel relatively safe now.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...

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

 147 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 123 of those were killed.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 4 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 19 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 14 killed the bastard and survived.

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Edit: also, hello! Was brought to DoomRL by DCSS players, and have been idling in IRC for a while.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2011, 22:12 by MarvinPA »
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Re: [H|YAAM] Whispers of Death (Conqueror)
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2011, 12:11 »

Interesting combination, I wouldn't consider MAD -> Ber as one of the more regular options for a Conqeuror run. Looks like it served you rather well though! I find it amusing that, in spirte of spending the effort and health to pick up the lava element, you didn't actually use it, neither on dlvl24 nor against the Cyberdemon: surely you could have found SOME use out of it at that point, even if you weren't aiming for the full win. (I should note that a lot of people consider JC easier than the Cyberdemon in this version. It's really up to you whether or not you want to test your luck, but I tend to agree with them.)

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Re: [H|YAAM] Whispers of Death (Conqueror)
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 13:05 »

Heh, yeah - I probably should've just used the lava element to help deal with all the nasties on that last floor. I don't think I'd quite made up my mind whether or not to go for the full win or not at that point though, and once I'd cleared the level the Cyberdemon itself was just a matter of unloading BFG rounds for a while, so no real need to use it there (and yeah, I imagine JC would've been just as easy, but ah well!).
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Re: [H|YAAM] Whispers of Death (Conqueror)
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2011, 18:41 »

You could also use the Lava Element to get the Cyberdemon's Head medal.  Just sayin'...
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