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[Evilpotatoe]

So, I decided to play some more N! runs.
My last attemp stopped at the anomaly, where I tried to survive the ambush from the starting room, to see what happens... well, it kinda shortened the run.


Nothing much different from my previous (and 1st) win here, except that I replaced MCe with Ber, so that I could pwn UC without spending 2 hours.
Crafting a piercing throwing knife is probably another alternative, but I guess I should just learn to abuse of AoD's double moves...

Also, I got extremely lucky in hell's armory, and got a nano. I wondered if modding a plasma rifle or a RL was better, so I decided to try a napalm launcher. Don't tell me it was stupid, I know it :D
I just wanted to try it, tought it would be awesome, and I must say... it IS !

Well, I'm sure any other good weapon would have been a better choice, but lava is so fun ! I just couldn't resist to a 7d7 for 0.8s +10 accuracy weapon, and didn't have 4 spare slots to wait for one of the ML.
This delayed my cerberus suit a lot, since I rushed boots instead (I didn't plan wearing it, anyway, made most of the run with A modded red), but transforming the mortuary into Limbo is priceless.
I also sunk mount Erebus under my own lava, and torn apart most late levels. My most valuable bonus was the area map, which let me crush the level without risking to destroy stuff.

Since my initial goal was to kick some apostle's ass, I can say this run is a failure. Not a complete one, of course, but still. I hesitated to suicide, and chose to continue only to see how it goes.
I had a very nice start, with 2 caco vaults at dlvl2, and even got SoB2 before the arena (plus a loaded RL, which made it a little quicker). Too bad I still managed to fail :/

At least, this time, I didn't nuke the mortuary, and got a reaper badge this char definitely deserved !

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Derek Yu, level 18 Cyberdemon Marshal Scout,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 1147321 turns and scored 1069867 points.
 He played for 7 hours, 3 minutes and 25 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 2527 out of 2527 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

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

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

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Conqueror Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Reaper Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 52/50   Experience 176578/18
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +4  ToDmg Melee +10

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 4)
    Brute            (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)

  SoB->Int->Int->SoB->SoB->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Bru->Bru->Ber->Fin->HR->HR->Jug->SoB->HR->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (95%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nanomachic napalm launcher (7d7) (T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Azrael's Scythe (9d9)

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

    [a] tactical rocket launcher (6d6) [5/5]
    [b] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1T1)
    [c] BFG 9000 (12d6) [130/130] (B1P2T1)
    [d] Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [9/9]
    [e] cerberus green armor [2/2] (100%) (P)
    [f] rocket (x14)
    [g] power cell (x70)
    [h] power cell (x70)
    [i] power cell (x70)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] homing phase device
    [q] envirosuit pack
    [r] cerberus plasteel boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
    [s] shell box (x100)
    [t] power battery (x120)

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    285 former humans
    371 former sergeants
    133 former captains
    268 imps
    181 demons
    578 lost souls
    143 cacodemons
    45 hell knights
    116 barons of hell
    89 arachnotrons
    57 former commandos
    51 pain elementals
    49 revenants
    43 mancubi
    47 arch-viles
    14 nightmare imps
    5 nightmare cacodemons
    42 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack
    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.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 10 he assembled a gatling gun!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he assembled a cerberus boots!
  On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 14 he assembled a piercing blade!
  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 cerberus armor!
  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 19 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 19 he found the Jackhammer!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 21 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
  On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You see : John Carmack (severely wounded) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (severely wounded) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits John Carmack. Carmack raises his hands and summons
 hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the revenant. You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the revenant. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You
 defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...

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

 1163 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 970 of those were killed.
 7 of those were killed by something unknown.
 17 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 4 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 163 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 112 killed the bitch and survived.
 39 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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[Evilpotatoe]

Oh, I was going to forget about City of skulls :

I'm tired of using a shotgun, so I decided to hem... use one of the game's current features (which I hope to see fixed, along with other line of sight issues, in the next version)
Kinda lame, I know, but incredibly fun !

I didn't abuse this in other places.
Note : The images are quite big, so I put them in spoiler tags

Spoiler: 1st wave cleared without opening the walls (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: First time I got covers for the 2nd wave ! (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Hey, I spared two stacks of shells ! (click to show/hide)

And while I'm posting screenies, here's Limbo. Err, i meant, the Mortuary

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Also, I wondered what would happen if I shot some napalm in the center of the spider's lair... well, didn't want to try it. I love bulked fucking guns too much.

[Tormuse]

Wha...?  you already had the Angelic badges for getting N!/YAAM/YAFW/Conqueror, and you decided to do it again...  what...  for fun?  O_o  I think you might have more patience than me.  :P

Or maybe the Nanomachic Napalm Launcher was just that much fun?  :)  Filling the Mortuary with lava like that looks pretty hilarious!  :D

[Evilpotatoe]

Bah, as on my previous run : I don't see why I should leave those baddies alive, clearing them is my job, right ? !

Anyway, my way of playing most of the time involves securing a safe spot somewhere in the level, then, clearing everything.
I know rushing through can work miracles too, but I don't want to miss XP or stuff, and won't play stupid melee.
Also, without saves in N!, I try not to change too much my strategy, and will have to screw a game if I want to train some level (funny way to "force people playing faster" ~~).

As a side note : I got phobos lab in both that run and the preceeding death, and crushed it both times leaving medkits behind. Considering the level's ridiculous difficulty, I conclude the char is already OP at dl7 on N!
Even anomaly, which seems to be the hardest level in the run, is probably not that hard as long as you get enough ammo & rockets to gib corpses. (That time, I got a lucky phase)

I guess I'll have to play AoRA or try UAC diamong to start leaving monsters alive :)


Tough, there is some subtle differences with my previous run in my build, stuff & strategy. Mostly, Ber replacing MCe (since my goal was to pwn the apostle), but the stuff I used evolved a bit, and I have to sacrifice one more slot for that stupid chainsaw, now.

And Yeah, nanomachic napalm launcher is hilarous. I was quite disapointed I "wasted" my nano for that, while I could have created some eapon which would have made may game faster, (hence, tpoic's title), but this weapons remains extremely sweet. 7d7 is insane, so, coupled with high shooting rate, full precision & collateral lava flooding, it's just brillant :D
Not worth wasting a nano, in terms of strategy, but still extraordinary.
Probably the most destructive weapon in the game, now that I think of it. (well, save nuclear or N-modded Biggest fucking guns... but it's yet another league, and not very common outside Ao100+. Anyway, I'm not fond of clearing levels before scouting them, so I craft them but nearly never use them, which is too sad. I prefer this one !)

[Klear]

Yeah, I once made a nanomachic missile launcher and it was totally awesome. When I posted the mortem, I realized I could have gone with the napalm launcher... I was sad to say the least.

[Sereg]

I had a nanomachic(why is it called this when the assembly is properly "nanomanufacture"?) napalm launcher on my last 666 run. Melting the entire floor was quite a lot of fun - my only complaint was that it didn't do as much damage as my laser rifle.

On a related note, I've tried rocket-gibbing corpses in Limbo - there's just too much that gets line of fire on you from the very start. I suspect you need to come into Limbo invulnerable. Mortuary hasn't come up for awhile yet for me(or maybe it has, I just haven't gotten to it - most of my AoOC runs don't even get past level 1), but it seems like it provides more initial cover, so it may be easier.

[Fanta Hege]

So you basicly went to hell only to flood it with lava.
Legit tactic :P

Nanomachic is pretty awesome assembly for all the big explosion guns.

[Klear]

So you basicly went to hell only to flood it with lava.
Legit tactic :P

Dwarfy...

[raekuul]

Gives me an idea for a new Horrible Idea.

[skarczew]

This weapon seems like a god gift for everyone on N!
(granted that you have lava boots, or sth)