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[U|YAAM] John Preston would be proud
« on: April 10, 2012, 09:45 »

So I thought to myself it is high time I grabbed my first UV win, with secondary objectives being Veteran Gold Badge (for 100% kills) and Veteran Platinum Badge (full win). So far I only managed to win UV on AoMc (obviously) and AoSh, so I decided to go with a shotgun build. It can't be much harder than the challenge, right?

Anyway, I put my first two points into reloader when I suddenly found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta. I obviously withdrew my plans and started investing points into SoG. It turns out that reloader is pretty handy with GCB so I wasted nothing. I didn't get dualgunner, since what's one more bullet when I can shoot a burst of eight when I get TH? Bullet dance wouldn't have helped me much either, so I went masterless for maximum damage - SoG, SoB, EE and TH and it was worth it.

I skipped the chained court (and so later vaults as well), since I wasn't sure I could pull it off at that time, but I did clean out the wall (with some serious scratches) for the first time on UV - I was lucky that the viles decided to peek into the hole first. Spider lair was a walk in the park, since I could kill the spiders with two semi-automatic bursts before they could move after teleporting/comming into my view. With a red fireproof armour cybie didn't cause me any trouble at all.

Things started to be a little dangerous in hell, but nothing I couldn't handle by now. The most dangerous moment was when some tougher enemies knocked me into lava in their midst and while I could likely kill them before they could attack again, but each shot cost me 10% hp,  since I only had tactical boots. I realized that when I had last 10%, ate a large medpack and got faceful of acid or what was is, which brought me back down to 56%. Luckily, a phase got me to safety after that.

I avoided the mortuary, even though I think I could have beaten it. I didn't want to risk it. With only one protective suit, I decided to skip the lava pits as well, which cost me the full win, but I had no problem to get my YAAM.

Oh, and I came to Dis carrying 2 power modded blue armours just in case Malek's armour didn't do the trick... and ended up killing the mastermind before she got a single shot in. Another Brain for me, and the rare Grammaton Cleric Cross, which I believe really deserved for using GCB almost exclusively from level 2 onwards =)

The only way this run could have been more fun would be if I played scout and could have taken gun kata... maybe some other time...


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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Klear, level 14 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
 He survived 126289 turns and scored 296753 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 33 minutes and 52 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 752 out of 752 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 5
  Levels completed : 5

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

  Grammaton Cleric Cross
  Mastermind's Brain
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Armorer Badge
  UAC Gold Badge
  Veteran Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 60/60   Experience 90509/14
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

  Class : Marine

    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Son of a gun     (Level 5)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)

  Rel->Rel->SoG->SoG->EE->SoG->SoB->SoB->EE->TH->TH->SoG->SoG->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Grammaton Cleric Beretta (1d7)x6 [10/18]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x214)

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

    [a] missile launcher (6d7) [4/4] (P1)
    [b] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
    [c] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
    [d] blue armor [4/4] (96%) (P)
    [e] blue armor [2/2] (135%) (B)
    [f] red armor [4/4] (150%) (B)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x61)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [l] rocket (x2)
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] homing phase device
    [q] homing phase device
    [r] envirosuit pack
    [s] bulk mod pack
    [t] shockwave pack
    [u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [v] rocket box (x20)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   

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

    70 former humans
    68 former sergeants
    32 former captains
    139 imps
    88 demons
    92 lost souls
    52 cacodemons
    24 hell knights
    53 barons of hell
    43 arachnotrons
    12 former commandos
    10 pain elementals
    26 revenants
    11 mancubi
    21 arch-viles
    6 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 6 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
  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 assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 10 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 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!
  On level 17 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 23 he found the Malek's Armor!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
 the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile
 hits the Spider Mastermind.
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
 Mastermind.
 You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
 Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
 Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
 the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile
 hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You
 defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul!

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

 609 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 539 of those were killed.
 7 of those were killed by something unknown.
 13 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 39 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 7 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 24 killed the bitch and survived.
 8 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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Re: [U|YAAM] John Preston would be proud
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2012, 10:04 »

I didn't get dualgunner, since what's one more bullet when I can shoot a burst of eight when I get TH?
Single shot from GCB delivers more punch than those ones from burst. Better damage / ammo ratio =) .

I skipped the chained court (and so later vaults as well), since I wasn't sure I could pull it off at that time, but I did clean out the wall (with some serious scratches) for the first time on UV - I was lucky that the viles decided to peek into the hole first.
How did you do The Wall? RL?

Oh, and I came to Dis carrying 2 power modded blue armours just in case Malek's armour didn't do the trick... and ended up killing the mastermind before she got a single shot in. Another Brain for me, and the rare Grammaton Cleric Cross, which I believe really deserved for using GCB almost exclusively from level 2 onwards =)
You could consider taking some HR as well. Together with MAlek and tac boots it would give you quite a nice speed.

The only way this run could have been more fun would be if I played scout and could have taken gun kata... maybe some other time...
MCe is also fun for AoMr ;) .

Gratz! =)
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Re: [U|YAAM] John Preston would be proud
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2012, 10:13 »

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Single shot from GCB delivers more punch than those ones from burst. Better damage / ammo ratio =) .

Yeah, but I had plenty of ammo most of the time. I did switch to single shoot occasionally when it seemed I'm spending much more than finding and there are no enemies that could possibly give me a hard time. Full auto was reserved for bosses.

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How did you do The Wall? RL?

Yeah, this was a standard game, not AoMr. I kept the missile launcher as a backup and to bypass lava. I turned loose with it on one hell level full of viles/formers where I found the tracking map right next to my starting point. That was fun =)

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You could consider taking some HR as well. Together with MAlek and tac boots it would give you quite a nice speed.

I found Malek's only just before mastermind, and wasn't really geared up for tactical defence - I didn't want a single mistake to end me all of the sudden, so I prefered to wear the heaviest armour non-WK build can produce and switch between blue and fireproof red depending on enemies.

I've spent quite some time playing AoHu (and later ITYTD without healing) lately, so it's refreshing to have a build that focuses on offense only.
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Re: [U|YAAM] John Preston would be proud
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2012, 10:29 »

I found Malek's only just before mastermind, and wasn't really geared up for tactical defence - I didn't want a single mistake to end me all of the sudden, so I prefered to wear the heaviest armour non-WK build can produce and switch between blue and fireproof red depending on enemies.

I've spent quite some time playing AoHu (and later ITYTD without healing) lately, so it's refreshing to have a build that focuses on offense only.
I see :) .
I once had a nice Scout that had a really nice speed and relied on tac defense.
Too bad he was burned by Vile xD (he was TOO fast, so he walked into explosion that I expected to appear 2 moves earlier).

As for armors, I do the same - I keep some nice mods of Blue and Red, and switch depending on enemies.
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