This time i got it with much less effort than before. Is it me getting better or just luckier?
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Q2Z0v, level 11 Human Private Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 285390 turns and scored 164344 points.
He played for 1 hour, 17 minutes and 48 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 613 out of 613 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Malicious Knives Cross
Sunrise Iron Fist
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Technician Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
UAC Bronze Badge
UAC Silver Badge
Veteran Bronze Badge
Veteran Silver Badge
Strongman Bronze Badge
Strongman Silver Badge
Strongman Gold Badge
Strongman Platinum Badge
Strongman Diamond Badge
Arena Bronze Badge
Longinus Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 66/60 Experience 59381/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Fin->Fin->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered blue armor [1/3] (31%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[c] nanofiber red armor [2]
[d] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[e] chainsaw (4d6)
[f] shotgun shell (x25)
[g] large 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] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] homing phase device
[r] homing phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] technical mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 72% 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 80% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
71 former humans
84 former sergeants
27 former captains
131 imps
63 demons
101 lost souls
16 cacodemons
25 hell knights
13 barons of hell
13 arachnotrons
12 former commandos
4 pain elementals
18 revenants
15 mancubi
13 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 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 14 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 23 he assembled a power armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...
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As for the run - its all the same. Got several berserk packs on lvl2 and berserk lasted until almost the end of second wave. Damaged hell knights with shotgun then and finished them of with one or two fist hits each.
Also got two berserk packs on the level before CC+ so managed to complete it with full hp (without that packs I think i could complete it on ~15% hp).
In the beginning I was planning to get conqueror on one condition: the special level on phobos7 must be militay base since it is so much easier to fist through that phobos lab (Phobos lab must be freaking hard on only-fist runs I think). I had no luck with it, so I didn't bother later to enter useless for this particular attempt special levels.
Got MVm in anomaly and the game got much easier. Got lots of armors before armory and in it and the game got much easier again. Then I got TaN2 and nanofiber armor (this is one of that few particular situations when it is really useful) and the game became absurdly easy.
Entered UC to check if I missed some monsters and only there remembered that now one can find out kill stats it character info screen.
Some tips&advices about strongman diamond:
To get strongman diamond (not speaking about angelic, it is insane though) you need to shoot. Shoot at enemies with a pistol but _never_kil_them_ with these shots. Then finish them of with one-two fist hits.
Don't wait with weapons in arms, someone might die out there and ruin your attempt.
You may freely melee kill monsters while holding a gun, kills will count towards fist-kills.
Its easier to get situation lucky enough to complete the arena and continue with armor, large med pack and xp boost than to skip it and try to endure without it.
Don't shoot at the formers with the pistols twice - its a bad idea. Same goes for imps with one exception of "scratched" imp status after first shot.
Don't use shotgun on low hp targets from any range.
Remember about barrels, if your shot misses it can detonate a barrel and kill someone. So always pay attention to the direction you shoot. Ideally you should perfectly know that on that bullet trajectory will be no barrels. (and this is where shotgun is really dangerous to use.
Giftdrop and wait a lot.
When you passed the anomaly you completed ~90% of challenge. ~99% when you got MVm and TaN2.
well maybe I'll remember some more and add them here :).