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Author Topic: New guy just started playing. Thought I'd join in and do an active play topic.  (Read 13176 times)

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Cyberdemon suicided, lol. Rocket to the wall from point blank range. Thought I was OK until I hit the Unholy Catherdral... And didn't know my frickin' guns wouldn't fire until I was surrounded by lost souls. Seriously, WTF?
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Hmm... Doing pretty well this run, but am low on medkits... and armor... and have the option of going to the Spider Lair.

Do I even have a CHANCE of winning? IDK if I can pull it off. I don't like skipping levels tho :( Decisions decisions... I DO know I have no interest in the BFG.

Without sufficient dodgechance and a good eye for enemy AI, as well as the ability to run for one of the teleporters and clear out the area, you can pretty much expect to take a few direct arachnotron volleys (1d5x5 plasma damage with great accuracy) to the face. If you can handle that and then keep the rest at bay dealing with them one at a time or something, go for it.

As for the BFG, I have to agree with you there - it seems pretty lackluster unless you can get the assembly for the Biggest Fucking Gun.

In regards to skipping levels - you WILL have to get used to this at some point. The Mortuary will kill you dead unprepared and put simply, you won't be able to clear the Unholy Cathedral on a pisto-

Cyberdemon suicided, lol. Rocket to the wall from point blank range. Thought I was OK until I hit the Unholy Catherdral... And didn't know my frickin' guns wouldn't fire until I was surrounded by lost souls. Seriously, WTF?

Yup, you found out the hard way.

The Unholy Cathedral is a melee-only level. Without a super secret strategy and generally being awesome, there's no way to get through it (Bar invunerability and a thermie or 10 invunerability packs next to the stairs down) without some level of melee competency.

As for the Mortuary? Let's just say that you'd be better off hitting those lost souls with your fists. Ha ha ha...



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Wow. I looked at Limbo in the wiki... Yeah, not headed there any time soon...

Think I'm done for the night. Maybe I'll go back to MAD runs after this :/ It just takes so long or a pistol run to get up to speed.
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Wow. I looked at Limbo in the wiki... Yeah, not headed there any time soon...

Think I'm done for the night. Maybe I'll go back to MAD runs after this :/ It just takes so long or a pistol run to get up to speed.

Limbo is easier (on lower difficulties at least) because there's less possible monsters and the starting area has more options available to you - you also have to release the sections to get to other arch-viles. You also should have a general idea of dealing with lava at that point, or at least a spare envirosuit if you get knocked back too far into it.

The Mortuary. Now that's pure evil.

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Although, the mortuary is on one of those times when the BFG certainly isn't lack-lustre. Not so much for its damage, but for its corpse-squishing abilities.

It is also a very nice place to restock a lot of ammo later on in the game. Assuming you don't use more getting out alive than you gain by killing monsters. You can just grab stuff, teleport and run, but it's not even half as fun.
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Wheeee! Had a great run yesterday! The RNG gods must love me!

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Bolt, level 12 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Marine,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 157329 turns and scored 135540 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 10 minutes and 52 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 757 out of 778 hellspawn. (97%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

 He saved himself 8 times.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 11
  Levels completed : 10

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Explorer Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal

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

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  ###########################################################

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

  Health 41/80   Experience 68772/12
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +1  ToDmg Melee +1

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 3)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 1)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Army of the Dead (Level 1)

  Rel->Bad->Rel->SM->TaN->MAD->TaN->Iro->Iro->Iro->Bad->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (61%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [6/9]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   power battery (x120)

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [c] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
    [d] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100]
    [e] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
    [f] powered red armor [5/5] (92%)
    [g] fireproof red armor [4/4] (78%)
    [h] plasma shield [0/0] (88%)
    [i] shotgun shell (x15)
    [j] rocket (x11)
    [k] power cell (x70)
    [l] power cell (x70)
    [m] power cell (x70)
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] envirosuit pack
    [q] envirosuit pack
    [r] thermonuclear bomb
    [s] Hellwave Pack
    [t] shell box (x100)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   

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

    102 former humans
    69 former sergeants
    19 former captains
    73 imps
    77 demons
    247 lost souls
    40 cacodemons
    29 hell knights
    22 barons of hell
    27 arachnotrons
    6 former commandos
    16 pain elementals
    6 revenants
    2 mancubi
    12 arch-viles
    1 nightmare demon
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    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 6 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  On level 7 he assembled a elephant gun!
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 10 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 11 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 15 he found the Trigun!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 18 he found the Shielded Armor!
  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 Limbo!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 20!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
  On level 22 he assembled a power armor!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 22 he found the Necroarmor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  On level 23 he assembled a tactical boots!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
 The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
 dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You are hit!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
 The cacodemon dies. The cacodemon dies. The cacodemon dies. The cacodemon
 dies. The cacodemon dies.
 You reload the Jackhammer.
 The lost soul hits you.
 The lost soul hits you. The missile hits the lost soul. You are hit! The lost
 soul dies. The lost soul hits you.
 You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
 Carmack.
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
 The cacodemon dies. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 77 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 58 of those were killed.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 11 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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Got super lucky and found a Trigun, then got a Invunerability Orb right before Limbo! Found a Jackhammer in the Vaults, which pretty much shreds JC :D
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Good win!

Psst: RNG already has "god" as a part of its name.
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