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[LuckyDee]

OK, so after some discussion on the benefits of Scavenger, I decided to put it to the test by trying to land Heroic Gold (by way of the Experience Cross) and any Technician Badges I could lay my hands on. Eventually - after about 4 days IRL - I decided I wanted to live no more, and sank myself into a mix of lava and acid on level 271.

Here's what happened:

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Ilya Bely, level 25 Hell Knight Captain Technician,
 committed a stupid suicide on level 271 of Hell.
 He survived 780513 turns and scored 1843719 points.
 He played for 16 hours, 42 minutes and 54 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 5436 out of 6794 hellspawn. (80%)
 He was an Archangel of 666!

 He saved himself 20 times.

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

  Levels generated : 0
  Levels visited   : 0
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Experience Cross
  Heroic Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 0/70   Experience 1533720/25
  ToHit Ranged +8  ToHit Melee +8  ToDmg Ranged +5  ToDmg Melee +5

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

  Class : Technician

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 5)
    Son of a gun     (Level 5)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 4)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Scavenger        (Level 1)

  EE->EE->Int->WK->Int->WK->MSc->SoG->SoG->SoG->SoB->SoG->SoG->SoB->SoB->TaN->TaN->Bad->Iro->SoB->EE->Bad->SoB->EE->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanoskin blue armor [4/4] (75%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nanomachic chaingun (1d7)x4 (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Nyarlaptotep's Boots [0/6] (0%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   storm combat pistol (1d9)x2 [16/22]

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

    [a] tactical rocket launcher (6d6) [5/5]
    [b] 10mm ammo (x90)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [e] rocket (x10)
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] homing phase device
    [j] homing phase device
    [k] homing phase device
    [l] cerberus steel boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
    [m] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [n] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [o] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [p] 10mm ammo chain (x112)
    [q] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [v] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 45%   feet 0%   

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

    329 former humans
    490 former sergeants
    615 former captains
    101 imps
    49 demons
    523 lost souls
    68 cacodemons
    159 hell knights
    687 barons of hell
    223 arachnotrons
    28 former commandos
    72 pain elementals
    347 revenants
    476 mancubi
    533 arch-viles
    31 nightmare imps
    178 nightmare cacodemons
    171 nightmare demons
    79 nightmare arachnotrons
    31 nightmare arch-viles
    2 elite former sergeants
    8 elite former captains
    12 elite former commandos
    137 bruiser brothers
    41 shamblers
    13 lava elemental
    22 agony elementals
    11 Cyberdemons

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

  On level 13 he assembled a storm bolter pistol!
  On level 16 he assembled a focused double shotgun!
  He sounded the alarm on level 18!
  On level 21 he assembled a burst cannon!
  On level 24 he assembled a antigrav boots!
  On level 25 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
  On level 30 he found the Lava Armor!
  On level 31 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 31 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 31 he assembled a cerberus boots!
  On level 32 he assembled a environmental boots!
  On level 32 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  On level 34 he assembled a demolition ammo!
  On level 35, hell froze over!
  On level 35 he assembled a cerberus armor!
  On level 36 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 39 he was bombarded!
  On level 42 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 46 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 47 he assembled a ripper!
  On level 51 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 52 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 64 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  Level 68 was a hard nut to crack!
  Level 71 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 73 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 74 he encountered an armed nuke!
  Level 90 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  Level 92 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 92 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  On level 94 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 98 he found the Trigun!
  On level 98 he assembled a nanofiber skin armor!
  On level 99 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 101 he encountered an armed nuke!
  Level 105 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 114 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 114 he found the Necroarmor!
  On level 118 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 120 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
  On level 121, hell froze over!
  On level 123 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  Level 126 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 128 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  On level 129 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  On level 131, hell froze over!
  On level 133 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  On level 134, hell froze over!
  Level 138 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 142 he found the Jackhammer!
  On level 146 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 151 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 153 he found the Mjollnir!
  On level 154 he found the BFG 10K!
  On level 154 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
  On level 156 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He left level 156 as soon as possible.
  On level 158 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 160 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
  He sounded the alarm on level 161!
  On level 162 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  On level 164 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  Level 167 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 169 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  He left level 171 as soon as possible.
  He left level 173 as soon as possible.
  He left level 178 as soon as possible.
  On level 180 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  On level 183 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He sounded the alarm on level 186!
  He sounded the alarm on level 187!
  On level 188 he assembled a storm bolter pistol!
  On level 190 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 192 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  On level 193 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  Level 197 was a hard nut to crack!
  He left level 198 as soon as possible.
  On level 203 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  He left level 204 as soon as possible.
  He left level 207 as soon as possible.
  On level 209 he was bombarded!
  On level 212 he ran for his life from acid!
  He left level 212 as soon as possible.
  On level 214 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  He left level 214 as soon as possible.
  He left level 217 as soon as possible.
  On level 220 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 221 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
  He left level 225 as soon as possible.
  Level 226 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  Level 227 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 234 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 241 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 252, hell froze over!
  On level 253 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 259 he ran for his life from acid!
  He left level 263 as soon as possible.
  On level 267 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  Level 269 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 271 he finally committed a stupid suicide.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Argh!!! Acid!
 Argh!!! Acid! Your Nyarlaptotep's Boots are damaged!
 Argh!!! Acid!
 Argh!!! Lava!
 Argh!!! Lava!
 Argh!!! Acid!
 Argh!!! Lava! Your Nyarlaptotep's Boots are damaged!
 Argh!!! Acid!
 Argh!!! Lava! Your Nyarlaptotep's Boots are damaged!
 Argh!!! Lava!
 Argh!!! Lava!
 Argh!!! Lava!
 Argh!!! Lava!
 Argh!!! Lava! You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 23 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 7 of those were killed.
 And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 13 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 9 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Although my positive views of MSc in general have shifted somewhat - once I have discovered all assemblies, chances of me playing it again are slim, especially in a regular game, and with the relatively huge amount of sniper and firestorms it got me it brings no better offensive advantage than other master traits, even when no basic traits are blocked - I must say I made incredible progress assembly-wise: when I started, I was short 8 advanced and 6 master assemblies, and now it's just 2 of each. The slap in the face came around dlev 180, when I finally found the Onyx mod I'd been hunting for for about 150 levels, to complete the fireshield: the nanofiber skin I made on 98 wouldn't come off, thereby ruining my chances at any Technician badge. I swallowed hard, but decided to press on anyway.

Levels came and went and came and went and came and went. With a storm bolter, SOG5, SOB5 and EE4 (thanks Radagast), there were actually very little real threats. The inventory you see didn't really change much over the last 200+ dlevs; I never ran out of medkits, never ran of homing phases, and never came close to running out of ammo. I decided to keep the relatively cumbersome nanomachic I made on 221 as a backup anyhow, fun little toy.

Once I reached level 25 I stopped clearing every level and just started dashing for the stairs asap. I was of no avail: realizing how much time I had already been playing, and how much levels I still had to go without obtaining any further goal, I decided to just flip off all those demons out there and do what they were unable to for the last 16½ hours: kill me. Sweet relief.

I'll hunt down the last couple of Tech badges in standard games, possibly with a Scavenger - although any other Technician build save Entrenchment sounds like a better plan to me. For a regular game I'll take Sharpshooter over no blocked basic traits any day.

Educational run, all in all, just too bad it's soooo boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring. :)

[Evilpotatoe]

1 question :
Why nanomachic... chaingun ? O_o

Gun, I'd understand.
Plasma gun... obviously.
Rocket, napalm or missile launcher too.
Minigun would sound like a waste to me, but at least, it deals a lot of damages instances, which maxes SoB, somehow.

But WHY a chaingun ? Really ! :(

[LuckyDee]

Because:
1) I never built one before, and didn't know what to expect
2) I was only interested in building it for the sake of the Technician Badge - I just started slapping bulk mods on the first weapon I could find. Then I kept it because it allowed me to do some sniping without spending ammo; when I needed DPS I just switched back to the pistol again.

But with SOB 5 and EE 4 (and the power mod) an arch-vile took no more than 3 shots, and a baron 4. They'd be dead by the time they came close anyway.

[Radagast]

But with SOB 5 and EE 4 (and the power mod) an arch-vile took no more than 3 shots, and a baron 4. They'd be dead by the time they came close anyway.

True but plasma nanomachic could do the same thing with just 2 shots you know. :P (playing with one now with same build on Ao100-Ao666 is too boring to be played)
And the further deep you descent the more often you can get into ambushes with too many of them at the same time, making the killing speed essential.
And bullet dmg is always worse than plasma, especially for armored opponents...

[LuckyDee]

Sure, sure, but like I said, I only made it for the sake of the assembly, I never intended to actually do anything with it. Now that I know what it does, however, I might well use that knowledge to my advantage on a future run.

[pressert]

I did this run and when the stormbolter with SoG and SoB was great with firing speed, I assembled a nanomachic rocket launcher for the packs. This and a cybernano red armor to take some of the damage you can take if packs are near you, and nothing can kill you. I think the advantage of the nanomachic rocket launcher, it's that a RR can be found early. In maps like city, you can even kill everything with this assembled RR. And there's always 10mm ammo chain for the stormbolter to be found.

[LuckyDee]

I did this run and when the stormbolter with SoG and SoB was great with firing speed, I assembled a nanomachic rocket launcher for the packs. This and a cybernano red armor to take some of the damage you can take if packs are near you, and nothing can kill you.

Good thinking. Like I said, I hadn't really given any thought about what to expect from the nanoweapon; if I had, I probably would have chosen something else. And yeah, I love storm bolters backed by a dozen skill points :)

[Tormuse]

If it makes you feel any better, in my AAo666 game, I built a Nanomachic Pistol.  :)  Partly for the novelty, partly because I was playing a Malicious Knives game and didn't intend to use the weapon anyway.

[LuckyDee]

Ever tried a nanomachic knife? As in 'the shiv that keeps on shivving'? :)