This took me far more tries than I'd like. After being unable to even get to Sharpshooter, I tried to go with ammochain instead, which is much easier in the early game. Best attempt with that build was when I found a sniper mod in the armoury which completely nullified ammochain's weakness - blocked EE. Unfortunately, a nuke level and cleverly hidden stairs lead to YASD... at least I got to see the stairs just before the detonation.
Today I started to try sharpshooter again and it went better. One of the runs gave me Jackhammer in the armoury which I used for quite some time after getting sharpshooter, but alas, eventually it was yet another YASD. YAYASD? Whatever...
This run started well enough, Hell's armoury gave me a nano pack and I wisely decided to hold onto it to make gravity boots. By inventory was quite cramped until I could get WK2 but it was worth it. I think I got it early after spider's lair, where I somehow lost all my armour, but the ability to run circles around anybody else compensated for the lack of protection.
On the first level of Hell, I was placed before a choice - I had a nuke (and the nuclear plasma gun) and there was an invulnerability globe near both normal stairs and those leading to UC. It took me quite a while, thinking whether to nuke UC or Hell 2 until I realized the obvious choice and nuked both. What was I thinking?
At some point I got Int 2 and since then it was really easy. Nothing could stand in my way.
I found two combat pistols in hell (levels 5 and 6). Kinda late, but one of them eventually became my instrument in killing the mastermind, properly modded ofc. Turns out the large clip is quite useful there, even though I had plenty of ammo in ammo boxes.
Oh, and besides this platinum badge, I finally got Armorer platinum and even discovered my first master assembly (nanomanufacture ammo).
I guess next is AoRA to get my last missing bronze badge. Since I've tried and failed hard to go for the quatermaster diamond, I think I'll play it on HNTR and go for conqeror to make it more interesting.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Klear, level 13 Arch-Vile Mjr General Technician,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 77850 turns and scored 233572 points.
He played for 1 hour, 44 minutes and 27 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 645 out of 645 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Fallout Gold Cross
Hell Armorer Badge
Daredevil Silver Badge
Daredevil Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 55/50 Experience 74207/13
ToHit Ranged +6 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Son of a gun (Level 5)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Sharpshooter (Level 1)
EE->EE->EE->SoG->SoG->SoG->MSs->WK->WK->Int->Int->SoG->SoG->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (86%)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat pistol (3d5) [17/26] (B2P2)
[c] [ Boots ] antigrav steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x98)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] storm pistol (1d9)x2 [9/9] (P1)
[b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[c] BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
[d] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[e] 10mm ammo (x81)
[f] rocket (x7)
[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] homing phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] shockwave pack
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[s] power battery (x120)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
21 former humans
58 former sergeants
18 former captains
100 imps
46 demons
206 lost souls
20 cacodemons
11 hell knights
27 barons of hell
36 arachnotrons
17 former commandos
13 pain elementals
24 revenants
26 mancubi
18 arch-viles
1 shambler
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 2 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 4 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
He nuked level 6!
On level 6 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 7 he assembled a antigrav boots!
On level 7 he assembled a storm bolter pistol!
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 9 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 9!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
He nuked level 10!
On level 11 he stumbled into complex full of revenants!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 16 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
You don't have enough room in your backpack. There is a combat pistol (3d3)
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
488 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
452 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
14 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
18 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
12 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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