Making progress, I guess ...
This time I decided to try and finally get a HMP win in 0.994. Being most familiar with MAD playstyle, I went that way, and it proved a very interesting game (for me, at least :) ).
Nothing special in Arena and Chained Court - but training in Arena definitely taught me a lot about movement and especially corner-shooting.
Armory was fun. I already reached MAD before entering, and boy, does it make a difference against Shambler! In previous games, it took me ages to take him down without MAD, even when shooting him with an elephant gun right into his face.
In the Armory I also found a schematics, leaving me with only one basic assembly to find. Where's the nano mod, when you need it? Another Gold Medal would look nice in the Awards section :).
Moments later, I finally found the tech mod to assemble a tactical shotgun. I came to love this weapon before, and it became the main weapon of choice for me. For tougher targets, I picked up the BFG and missile launcher. Both proved very useful quite soon ...
Hellgate? Fairly easy. Two BFG charges to weaken the initial wave, tactical shotgun to wipe out the rest, and missile launcher for the Bruiser Bros. They never even fired a shot.
After clearing the City of Skulls and Spider's Lair (and collecting a truckload of energy cells there), I eventually found another BFG and I bulk-modded both of them. The difference between two and three shots without reloading can make a huge difference.
On level 22, I found the staircase to the Mortuary. I was there before (and HPD'd out in about ten turns) - but _two_ invulnerability globes very close to the staircase and my offensive arsenal convinced me to give it a shot. I had an emergency HPD anyway, if things would turn too hairy. So I popped in.
What followed can only be described as massacre. Eight BFG shots in all directions for a head-starter, missile launcher until I was all out of rockets and shotgunning the rest. I was lucky - the invulnerability did last long enough to let me kill all the Viles, and the rest was just mopping up.
And to add to the rewards: Angelic Armor was my 40th exo/unique, granting me Armorer Platinum - my first ever Platinum medal!
Yes, I agree - this Mortuary was not much more than a display of pure luck :).
The next level contained the stairs to Lava Pits. I only had one envirosuit, so I decided not to risk the need to bugger out and lose the 100% kill rate I had so far. As I missed UC before, Explorer and Conqueror were already ruled out anyway.
Level 24 helped me a lot with a tracking map very close to my starting position. This made my tactical planning to kill all the viles, revenants and spiders much, much easier.
Finally, the time came to face Cybie. Supercharged to 100HP and with Angelic Armor on, I was nearly the same juggernaut as he is. To his disadvantage I also had the ammo worth of ten BFG shots at my disposal. But when he was mortally wounded, I opted for a stylish MAD kill and finished him with my tactical shotgun.
Well, all in all, this was by far my best (and to be honest, also the luckiest) run so far. It's a bit ironic that while I have the Platinum Badge required for Major rank, I still miss one Silver for 2nd Lieutenant :).
Commented mortem follows:
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Ilya Bely, level 13 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Marine,
defeated the Cyberdemon on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 126354 turns and scored 190016 points.
He played for 3 hours, 28 minutes and 4 seconds.
-- Preparing dinner got a bit in the way :) --
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 865 out of 865 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
-- Yay!!! --
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 10
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 8
-- Skipped UC and Lava Pits. --
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Armorer Badge
Grim Reaper's Badge
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Medal of Prejudice
Hell Champion Medal
Armorer Platinum Badge
Reaper Gold Badge
UAC Silver Badge
Arachno Bronze Badge
Heroic Bronze Badge
Veteran Silver Badge
Gatekeeper Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 137/100 Experience 70130/13
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 4)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Reloader (Level 2)
Badass (Level 1)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Army of the Dead (Level 1)
Rel->Rel->SM->Bad->TaN->MAD->Iro->TaN->Iro->Iro->SoB->TaN->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [3/7] (46%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [3/6]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] power battery (x70)
-- Stylish MAD shotgun finish :) --
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
-- The difference between two and three shots without reloading can be tremendous ... --
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] missile launcher (6d6) [0/4]
[d] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
-- ... the difference between three and six shots is even bigger :) --
[e] fireproof red armor [2/4] (30%)
[f] ballistic shield [0/0] (100%)
[g] shotgun shell (x49)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] shotgun shell (x70)
[j] power cell (x70)
[k] power cell (x55)
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] homing phase device
[r] envirosuit pack
[s] power mod pack
[t] bulk mod pack
[u] Arena Master's Staff
-- No Vaults this game, sadly. --
[v] shell box (x42)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
73 former humans
82 former sergeants
38 former captains
105 imps
57 demons
278 lost souls
28 cacodemons
40 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
29 hell knights
43 arachnotrons
15 former commandos
21 pain elementals
16 arch-viles
21 mancubi
13 revenants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony 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.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
-- ... and wore them for the rest of the game. --
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
-- Never found the Jackhammer so far ... --
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
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!
-- Okay, I was lucky, but it was the first time for me :) --
On level 23 he assembled a fireproof armor!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
rocket launcher.
You dodge! Boom!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
You are hit! Your Angelic Armor is damaged!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You
defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
60 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
53 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
6 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
6 killed the bastard and survived.
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PS: I noticed that Shottyman's move-reloading does not work when you have no shells in the inventory, but you have a shell box in the Prepared slot. Having to reload the tactical shotgun manually is a major PITA ... Is this a bug or an expected behavior?
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Topic: [H|YAAM] First HMP win + first Angelic Armor + first Platinum Badge (Read 6167 times)