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[Dreadlord]

After taking a long break I returned to Chaosforge and saw a new version was out. This is my first decent run that could get me farther than the Bruiser Brothers (the first run ended at the Wall and my second doomguy met his demise at the Arena). The game was running quite smooth until the Wall, where I used up 5+ medkits, all my rockets and two blue armors, about 3 knights and barons could attack at once and I had to burn them with the Arena Master's Staff. I managed to go through the place alive, was almost killed by lost souls in the chamber near the Bruiser Brothers, but again emerged victorious.

Hell's Armory greeted me with a Nano Pack, which I decided to keep to make a Power Armour (this decision was stupid as I found no power mods), then I got a Sniper Pack which I wanted to use for a future turboblaster (never be too sure about your future in a roguelike, folks!). I also found an Acid Spitter, which I decided to keep for a case of emergency (I never actually used it against the enemy in this very run, though). My character was fried at the Spider's Lair.

This run led me to a brilliant idea: if you see 8 arachnotrons and a teleporter when a level begins, you run into a teleporter before anything else, and only AFTERWARDS you get your BFGs out, and NEVER VICE VERSA! Learn from my fail.

By the way, is it me or the Wall became much more challenging? New AI is cool, monsters no longer hang around the centre of the map.


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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Sandy Peterson, level 8 Former Human Private Technician,
 let an arachnotron get him on level 6 of the Deimos base.
 He survived 87053 turns and scored 46032 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 30 minutes and 10 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 415 out of 425 hellspawn. (97%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

 He saved himself 19 times.

-- Special levels --------------------------------------------

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 6

-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Technician Bronze Badge
  Technician Silver Badge
  Armorer Bronze Badge
  Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Skull Bronze Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 29722/8
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Technician

    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 1)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)

  EE->SoB->EE->SoB->WK->Rel->Int->WK->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   fireproof blue armor [1/2] (16%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   BFG 9000 (10d8) [129/169] (B2)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   grappling protective boots [3/3] (54%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (T1)

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

    [a] assault rifle (2d5)x2 [40/40]
    [b] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
    [c] combat translocator (0d0) [60/60]
    [d] BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
    [e] Acid Spitter (10d10) [10/10] {a}
    [f] red armor [4/4] (91%)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x116)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] rocket (x9)
    [j] rocket (x14)
    [k] rocket (x14)
    [l] power cell (x70)
    [m] power cell (x42)
    [n] small med-pack
    [o] envirosuit pack
    [p] thermonuclear bomb
    [q] sniper weapon pack
    [r] Nano Pack
    [s] Arena Master's Staff

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   

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

    63 former humans
    40 former sergeants
    13 former captains
    53 imps
    39 demons
    143 lost souls
    19 cacodemons
    14 hell knights
    9 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    12 pain elementals
    2 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    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 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he assembled a grappling boots!
  On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 10 he assembled a assault rifle!
  On level 10 he found the Nano Pack!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  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.
  On level 14 he finally let an arachnotron get him.

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

 Game loaded. Welcome to the Doom Roguelike... You enter Deimos, level
 6. Mechanical clicks everywhere! Oh my god it's full of spiders!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : an arachnotron (unhurt) [m]ore | blood
 The missile hits the arachnotron. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! Your fireproof blue armor is damaged! You are hit!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
 hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You dodge! You are hit! You
 are hit! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You
 dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 3 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 3 of those were killed.

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[Pricklyman]

I can't really disagree with you - I find the whole game a little harder - but easier at the same time.

It's hard to explain, but the fact that Hellgate (Anomoly now) has been nerfed a little (since it's so much earlier in the game) gives you a free red armour and extra medpacks. Everything feels earlier, which isn't bad, it's good. It's such a to and fro in regards to difficulty, it's like playing a whole new difficulty level...

But yeah - go to the damn teleporter! It's safer that way!

[Tormuse]

Also, run, don't walk, to the teleporter!  :)  (Tab key to run, by default)

It's hard to explain, but the fact that Hellgate (Anomoly now) has been nerfed a little (since it's so much earlier in the game) gives you a free red armour and extra medpacks. Everything feels earlier, which isn't bad, it's good. It's such a to and fro in regards to difficulty, it's like playing a whole new difficulty level...

Has it been nerfed?  The red armour and large med-packs were always there.  And since you can't wall bust the first ambush any more, I'd say it's harder, not easier.

[Dreadlord]

It's hard to explain, but the fact that Hellgate (Anomoly now) has been nerfed a little (since it's so much earlier in the game) gives you a free red armour and extra medpacks. Everything feels earlier, which isn't bad, it's good. It's such a to and fro in regards to difficulty, it's like playing a whole new difficulty level...

But yeah - go to the damn teleporter! It's safer that way!

...and indestructible walls at the Anomaly now won't let you kill monsters before their release is correctly triggered. Finally, it was fixed.
I agree, the whole game is now played from a new perspective.

[Pricklyman]

Also, run, don't walk, to the teleporter!  :)  (Tab key to run, by default)

Has it been nerfed?  The red armour and large med-packs were always there.  And since you can't wall bust the first ambush any more, I'd say it's harder, not easier.

Less baddies in this version if I remember .994 correctly...

Also, the Cacos kill most of the Lost Souls before you can, unless you have a tac shotty! :P

It's a bit of a give and take. If you really think about it - it's kind of the same as before - but meh...I think it's a little easier.

[Zalminen]

I'd damn well say it's harder, especially on AoHu.

Pretty much the only way to survive the ambush now is to find a phase or a lucky invulnerability...

[Dreadlord]

Less baddies in this version if I remember .994 correctly...

Also, the Cacos kill most of the Lost Souls before you can, unless you have a tac shotty! :P

It's a bit of a give and take. If you really think about it - it's kind of the same as before - but meh...I think it's a little easier.

As far as I remember, before .995 there were demons, but they were apparently removed. Oddly enough, in a regular run these Lost Souls cause more trouble than the Bruiser Brothers duo if you have the missile launcher from the Wall. Poor guys won't even be able to fire at you.