I don't really like using plasma weapons. I'm usually a chaingun man.
And then I found the l'il old Railgun.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zak, level 11 Imp Corporal Marine,
nuked the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
He survived 127265 turns and scored 57148 points.
He played for 1 hour, 56 minutes and 17 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 454 out of 476 hellspawn. (95%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Explorer Badge
Conqueror Badge
Hell Champion Medal
UAC Bronze Badge
Lava Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 131/90 Experience 50387/11
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Survivalist (Level 1)
EE->Bad->Iro->Fin->Fin->WK->Iro->TaN->Iro->TaN->MSv->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [3]
[b] [ Weapon ] Railgun (8d8) [35/40]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (96%)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x122)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] focused double shotgun (8d4)x2 [2/2]
[b] assault rifle (2d5)x2 [40/40]
[c] missile launcher (6d6) [6/6] (B2)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] shotgun shell (x54)
[f] power cell (x65)
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] envirosuit pack
[n] power mod pack
[o] technical mod pack
[p] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[q] shell box (x100)
[r] rocket box (x20)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
51 former humans
53 former sergeants
13 former captains
48 imps
55 demons
149 lost souls
13 cacodemons
23 hell knights
11 barons of hell
10 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
6 pain elementals
6 revenants
1 mancubus
6 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
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.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he found the Railgun!
On level 17 he assembled a assault rifle!
On level 17 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 20 he assembled a focused double shotgun!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
missile hits the baron of hell. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul
hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The missile hits
the hell knight. You dodge! The missile hits the baron of hell. The
baron of hell dies. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
Your weapon is empty.
Your weapon is empty.
You reload the Railgun. The lost soul hits you. You are hit! The lost soul
dies. You are hit! The lost soul hits you. The missile hits the hell
knight. The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight hits you. Carmack
raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. The
lost soul hits you.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the revenant. The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack
dies. Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
The missile hits the revenant.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
13 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
11 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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I wound up tearing the living hell out of most creatures using my assault rifle on imps and formers, and my focused double shotgun on various demons and lost souls. I got knocked around a bit, and then, by the biggest stroke of luck, I found a railgun. It was so damned funny watching revenants and arch-viles falling like flies. It made short work of the Spider Mastermind, and it made Carmack easier than a regular Cyberdemon fight.
I remember reaching JC before, but I got completely swarmed by lost souls after he ran out of rockets (there were about 250 of them, and this was v0.9.9.4). I was shocked to see him spitting out barons of hell, hell knights and even revenants!
In my opinion, I relied too heavily on the railgun, but I had to abuse it! You don't get something that beautiful and let it rot in your inventory. You grab every power cell and battery you can, and strive to make every demon's life a worse Hell than they've ever experienced. ;D