What an amazing gem of a game this is. I discovered it recently and I've had a lot of fun with it. I remember going from ITYTD to HNTR and thinking, "how is this even possible?" I died a lot to the lost souls just before Deimos or to the Cyberdemon or some special level.
This time I had a little better idea of what I should be doing. Some things that have really stepped up my play: putting mods on armor (I was not doing this at first because it seemed like a waste) and simply carrying backup armor. By the time I ended the game I had 5 red armors, a few bulk and one power modded. Near the end I wasn't sure about my ability to handle the harder special levels, so the spider lair was the last one I did.
And good thing, too, because I totally messed up my chaingun build. The nuclear plasma rifle came in very handy. I took a bunch of eagle eye, thinking that it wouldn't block ammochain. Lesson learned. Fortunately, trigger happy + SoB is quite powerful on its own. It's just a bit ammo-hungry, hence why the nuclear plasma rifle ended up being very nice. Near the end, I found a minigun, which was cool. I even ended up killing the mastermind with it.
This run was notable to me not only because it's my first HNTR win, but because it's my only run so far where I wasn't invincible or zerked for the boss fights. I ended up killing the cyberdemon only getting hit by one rocket.
As for the mastermind...
Man, she HURTS. I BFG'd her thrice before she got in melee range, and then I hellwave pack'd her. :) Then I phased out and started popping off minigun rounds into the distance and ended up killing her out of sight range. It was beautiful. :)
Next, I figure I'll go for a 100% HNTR win, or try one of the challenges.. or maybe try HMP. What do you guys think I should tackle next?
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zirrus, level 10 Cacodemon Sergeant Marine,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 126403 turns and scored 96755 points.
He played for 4 hours, 21 minutes and 1 second.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 461 out of 475 hellspawn. (97%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 5
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 60/60 Experience 49120/10
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 1)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
SoB->EE->SoB->TH->EE->TH->Rel->Rel->SoB->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (166%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [180/200]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5]
[b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[c] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1)
[d] BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
[e] tactical armor [0/0] (100%)
[f] red armor [4/4] (200%) (B)
[g] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[h] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[i] red armor [4/4] (67%)
[j] 10mm ammo (x100)
[k] 10mm ammo (x84)
[l] shotgun shell (x50)
[m] rocket (x8)
[n] power cell (x6)
[o] small med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] homing phase device
[r] thermonuclear bomb
[s] power battery (x120)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
97 former humans
54 former sergeants
17 former captains
101 imps
25 demons
63 lost souls
19 cacodemons
17 hell knights
20 barons of hell
19 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
4 pain elementals
1 revenant
10 mancubi
6 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
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.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 6 he assembled a tactical armor!
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.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
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!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : floor
You start running! The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You use a Hellwave Pack. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom!
You are hit! You dodge! Boom! Boom!
You use a phase device. You feel yanked in an non-existing direction!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You wear/wield : a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
You see : floor
You reload the minigun.
You see : floor
You see : floor
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
There are stairs leading downward here.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
19 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
16 of those were killed.
3 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 killed the bitch and survived.
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