Hello. Just won my first game on "not-hard" difficulty. I took technician marksman. Instead of taking dualgunner I went for sharpshooter. The idea was to get double benefit from power mods that I have plenty as WK. With only one gun I can use ammo chains for fast reload, Even with reloader trait you won't double reload as fast. Having high rate of fire and decent damage even when I need to fire much more than 6 shots. With 17 damage per hit enemy armor is not an issue. (Inability to one-shot lost souls is somewhat annoying, wish I could get 20 damage).
While the game is much shorter than Dungeon Crawl SS (which I won a couple of times and enjoyed a lot) it feels very fun and well balanced. Ability to pick difficulty is what many roguelikes miss. "Medium" difficulty is not very hard, just takes a few YASDs to learn it. I tried some games on H and on UV and the things do become scary rather fast. In the future I\d rather play DoomRL than commit to a ful game of Dungeon Crawl or (god save) Angband.
Hoping to get my hands on version 1.0.0 soon.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Muxx, level 11 Imp Lance Corporal Technician,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 101409 turns and scored 107559 points.
He played for 3 hours, 31 minutes and 15 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 542 out of 706 hellspawn. (76%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 10
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Marksman Bronze Badge
Marksman Silver Badge
Reaper Bronze Badge
Reaper Silver Badge
Scavenger Bronze Badge
Scavenger Silver Badge
Scavenger Gold Badge
Arachno Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 63/70 Experience 57260/11
ToHit Ranged +6 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Ironman (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Sharpshooter (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->EE->MSs->WK->WK->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/4] (47%) (AP)
[b] [ Weapon ] pistol (2d7) [3/6] (P3T1)
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x153)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
[b] 10mm ammo (x100)
[c] 10mm ammo (x80)
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] phase device
[i] homing phase device
[j] homing phase device
[k] homing phase device
[l] envirosuit pack
[m] power mod pack
[n] technical mod pack
[o] bulk mod pack
[p] bulk mod pack
[q] bulk mod pack
[r] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[s] plasteel boots [2/2] (99%)
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
73 former humans
58 former sergeants
17 former captains
60 imps
93 demons
108 lost souls
28 cacodemons
8 hell knights
23 barons of hell
43 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
5 pain elementals
5 revenants
1 mancubus
9 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Angel of Death
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 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
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 ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
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 invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He nuked level 17!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
On level 18 he found the Acid Spitter!
He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
On level 19 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 20 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the pistol. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You quickly reload the pistol. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! Your blue
armor is damaged! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
The missile hits the arch-vile.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
23 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
22 of those were killed.
1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 killed the bitch and survived.
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