I was expecting this Diamond badge to be more difficult than it was, mostly because I heard that there were plans to get rid of the ability to farm Pain Elementals for health and berserk in Vampyre games. Since you can still do that in this version, I'd say it's one of the easier Diamond badges to achieve!
I played it safe, not entering most of the generated levels, including Hell's Arena, although, I did go into the Mortuary because I happened to have a nuke and there was an invulnerability next to the entrance. :) I had three envirosuits when I got to the Lava Pits, and the Lava Elemental conveniently spawned three squares away from me, so I had a fairly easy time of it.
I wasn't sure whether or not I would still be able to use strategies such as wall-busting or juggling melee weapons and still have it count as a fists-only game, so I played it safe (again) and just stayed with using my fists for the whole thing. (I didn't miss my other weapons, really) I only kept the rocket launcher around so I could get credit for the assembly with it. :)
There was an invulnerability on the second-last level, so I could have gone for the full win, but I'm not sure what to expect with the new JC and I didn't want to jeopardize my Diamond by getting fewer than 100% kills, so I decided to play it safe (thrice!) and just kill the Mastermind hand-to-hand and claim her brain. :)
One more thing that's kind of funny: I still haven't unlocked Angel of Over Confidence, because I haven't achieved enough Bronze Badges! :P
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 11 Imp Sergeant Major Marine,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 93038 turns and scored 100911 points.
He played for 2 hours, 13 minutes and 33 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 798 out of 798 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 5
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
Malicious Knives Cross
Sunrise Iron Fist
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Strongman Bronze Badge
Strongman Silver Badge
Strongman Platinum Badge
Strongman Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 93/90 Experience 51886/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->TaN->Iro->TaN->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] tactical armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] micro launcher (5d5) [1/1]
[b] nanofiber red armor [3]
[c] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[d] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[e] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[f] rocket (x10)
[g] small med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] phase device
[r] homing phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] thermonuclear bomb
[u] lava element
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 75% feet 60%
Melee - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 75% feet 60%
Acid - internal 25% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 25% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
66 former humans
55 former sergeants
17 former captains
98 imps
39 demons
412 lost souls
21 cacodemons
28 hell knights
8 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
5 former commandos
14 pain elementals
4 revenants
6 mancubi
9 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 11 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He nuked level 20!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
On level 21 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 21 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 22, hell froze over!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
On level 23 he assembled a micro launcher!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You're going berserk! The Spider Mastermind
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You miss the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. You feel
relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
7 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
5 of those were killed.
2 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 killed the bitch and survived.
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