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[Rodwen]

Started playing yesterday, and I've had a blast getting back into the fray of a roguelike. This game is great. Started out shaky trying to use dual pistols, and even trying just melee, but as I've read on numerous places, gotta love shotguns. I went into every red stair (challenge?) level I saw and I was the closest to dying on the Abyssal Plains. I think I'll avoid that one for sure on the next difficulty up. Still might try the rest, though.

I do have one question. With Shottyman, it's nice to be a faster runner so when you move and reload, it's all the more beneficial. I was working my way up to Army of the Dead, and along the way, I was like Hellrunner has always been great on my other characters, so I'll get it on this one. I forgot about it being a blocked trait on AotD. So yeah...why is it a blocked trait on AotD? I suppose it could be considered OP, perhaps, but I was saddened when I realized what I did.

Either way, I had a lot of fun, and am ready for the next difficulty, or maybe some challenges.

Thanks for the great game, and thank Cracked.com for featuring you guys. I bet that's been a big traffic boost. :)

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Samga, level 11 Imp Lance Corporal Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 129943 turns and scored 51882 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 22 minutes and 48 seconds.
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 567 out of 567 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 7
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 7

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Explorer Badge
  Conqueror Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  UAC Bronze Badge
  Veteran Bronze Badge
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Skull Bronze Badge

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

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

  Health 89/60   Experience 53574/11
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Marine

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->Bad->HR->HR->SoB->Bad->SoB->Fin->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   missile launcher (6d6) [0/4] (F1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] BFG 9000 (10d6) [10/130] (B1)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x7)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] rocket (x5)
    [j] rocket (x10)
    [k] rocket (x10)
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] homing phase device
    [o] lava element
    [p] blood skull
    [q] fire skull
    [r] hatred skull
    [s] Arena Master's Staff
    [t] shell box (x100)
    [u] shell box (x99)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 13%   feet 100%

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

    87 former humans
    58 former sergeants
    11 former captains
    77 imps
    60 demons
    181 lost souls
    24 cacodemons
    16 hell knights
    9 barons of hell
    10 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    8 pain elementals
    3 revenants
    9 mancubi
    4 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    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.
  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 8 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 8 he assembled a ballistic armor!
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 11 he found the Enviroboots!
  On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
  He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
  On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 19, hell froze over!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! Boom! You
 dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ 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.

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

 17 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 15 of those were killed.
 And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 killed the bitch and survived.

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[thelaptop]

Hmm.  Didn't know we gave Conqueror for ITYTD.

Good win, and a warm welcome to you.  =)

[ZicherCZ]

Masterless first win? Good job for certain!

About your MAD question (that's the proper abbreviation here) - it would indeed be overpowered with HR. Note that strong enemies typically have quite some armor that MAD bypasses, and Reloader already takes care of the speed itself (not the dodging chance you get with move-reload). To make matters worse, MAD blocks Finesse and thereby Whizkid - no advanced or master assemblies for you, although you can do very well with basic assemblies as well (tactical shotgun, yes, you're the one called here). Think of a Marine going with trait as a powerhouse who wants to kill first, perhaps.

Abyssal Plains can be fairly tough, especially the start of the level. But once you get the few initial kills and get to a better position (do you know radar-/cornershooting, by the way? If not, learn those tactics), you're fairly safe.

Also note that there are four more special levels (those you enter through red stairs) on higher difficulties. These are _tough_. Be especially careful about those generated at Hell 1 and Hell 4.

Anyway - welcome to the forums, wish you good luck in further game and see you getting some good ranks soon! :)

[Juice]

Great job doing first win as masterless Conqueror without ranks in Intuition. Welcome do DoomRL but beware, it can eat up a LOT of time ;-)