Total Biscuit strikes again:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Total Biscuit,
level 10 Hell Baron Captain Scout,
rode a mancubus rocket on level 1 of Hell.
He survived 81765 turns and scored 131913 points.
He played for 1 hour, 41 minutes and 49 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 502 out of 520 hellspawn. (96%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 47099/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Gun Kata (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoG->SoG->DG->HR->HR->DM->MGK->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] duelist armor [1/2] (2%)
[b] [ Weapon ] pistol (2d4) [6/6] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] pistol (2d4) [0/6] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (95%)
[e] red armor [4/4] (200%) (B)
[f] phaseshift armor [1/2] (3%) (B)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] 10mm ammo (x100)
[i] 10mm ammo (x100)
[j] 10mm ammo (x100)
[k] 10mm ammo (x100)
[l] 10mm ammo (x100)
[m] 10mm ammo (x77)
[n] 10mm ammo (x100)
[o] rocket (x10)
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] bulk mod pack
[r] acid-proof boots [0/0] (100%)
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
72 former humans
59 former sergeants
23 former captains
131 imps
29 demons
58 lost souls
26 cacodemons
22 hell knights
18 barons of hell
12 arachnotrons
8 former commandos
5 pain elementals
8 revenants
3 mancubi
6 arch-viles
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
5 elite former captains
2 elite former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
-- 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 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He nuked level 14!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he finally rode a mancubus rocket.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the revenant. The missile hits the revenant.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a revenant (heavily wounded) | open door | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the revenant. The missile hits the revenant. The revenant
hits you.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a revenant (heavily wounded) | open door | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the revenant. The missile hits the revenant. The revenant
hits you.
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The revenant hits you.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a revenant (severely wounded) | open door | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the revenant. The missile hits the revenant.
Your weapon is empty.
You reload the pistol. The revenant hits you. Boom! You die!... Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
42 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
20 of those were killed.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
18 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
14 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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This run is actually a couple of days and games ago already, but I thought I'd share it anyway. During the UV AoMC runs I did, I'd taken up the idea to try out an INT2-MGK build, see what that would do me. Since I was - and still am - aiming for UAC and Veteran Gold, and MGK has served me well in at least one HNTR game, it had to be a standard game.
Why this game was great: I knew I wasn't going to make it when I was only just past the Anomaly. I took severe punishment on more than one occasion, found myself being screwed around by the RNG too often as well, and - icing on the cake - I misclicked on the last level-up and chose REL instead of SOG ><
However, I persevered, and kept playing as well as I could. I'm actually amazed I got into Hell at all, although I didn't do more than peek past the front door and into the hallway. It did show me that even some very bleak situations can eventually turn out just fine, if I take a moment to do a mental retreat-and-regroup, and redouble my efforts.
Why this game was terrible: MGK is outright terrible, at least when you find only standard pistols and hardly any decent mods. The fire speed is tremendous, and I could easily squeeze off 12 shots (DG at work, of course) into an archvile's face before he had a chance to raise as much as an eyebrow. Problem is: I'd need at least 6 more bullets to finish him off. I was actually stunned by how hard it sucks.
Have a look at my starting position on the last level, and let me know what - if anything - could have been done to avoid certain death.
Any other tips and tricks on MGK or pistol builds on higher difficulties in general would be much appreciated too.