So, inspired by
LuckyDee's thread, I started up this game again and tried to get Marksman Angelic. After a few tries, I played this game, my best ever attempt at this challenge, which would have been successful if not for some misguided decisions at the end...
My goal was to get Cateye trait to help remove most of the drawback of the Darkness challenge and this was the first game I successfully got that trait. It should have been relatively easy after that, especially after conquering the armoury and getting tac boots and powered red armour, but then I decided to give the Containment Area a try, even though I wasn't really equipped to deal with it. Really, the only reason I decided to go in there at all was that I had visited every special level up 'til that point, and I figured I could probably get Hunter Diamond too if I went to all of them. I only had one phase device, but I figured that since I had Dodgemaster and high movement speed, I could probably repeatedly dodge shots from the Barons until they blew up the wall. A risky strategy, but I thought I could pull it off. (I guess not) Unfortunately, when the Barons spawned, four of them were really close to me and with the very little cover I had, I was taking a pounding. Very soon, there was a point where I was both low on armour and health and had to make the dreaded decision about switching armour to save my powered armour, or using a med pack to save my life. I did the latter and lost my powered armour, and that's the moment when I knew the game was lost. I fought right up 'til the end, though, and even took out one of the Arch-Viles, but I didn't really stand a chance. :(
A couple other notes: I hadn't decided yet what to do with that tech-modded pistol, turn it into an energy pistol, demolition pistol, or stormbolter. I had most of the mods for each.
The game was 23 hours because I left it on overnight and while I was at work.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 14 Apostle Chaos Mjr General Scout,
was bruised by a baron of hell on level 3 of the Deimos base.
He survived 222801 turns and scored 442970 points.
He played for 23 hours, 8 minutes and 3 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 700 out of 798 hellspawn. (87%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
He was also an Angel of Darkness!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hunter Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 98653/14
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->Int->Int->EE->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->HR->HR->DM->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] speedloader pistol (2d4) [3/6]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] speedloader pistol (2d4) [3/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] pistol (2d4) [6/6] (T1)
[b] 10mm ammo (x140)
[c] 10mm ammo (x140)
[d] 10mm ammo (x80)
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] envirosuit pack
[h] power mod pack
[i] power mod pack
[j] bulk mod pack
[k] firestorm weapon pack
[l] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[m] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[n] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
128 former humans
62 former sergeants
58 former captains
229 imps
50 demons
58 lost souls
17 cacodemons
15 hell knights
27 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
15 former commandos
7 pain elementals
3 revenants
1 mancubus
1 arch-vile
3 nightmare imps
2 nightmare cacodemons
1 nightmare demon
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
7 elite former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 10 he assembled a power armor!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
On level 11 he finally was bruised by a baron of hell.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : a baron of hell (unhurt) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell.
You reload the speedloader pistol.
You swap your weapons instantly!
You reload the speedloader pistol.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a baron of hell (lightly wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the baron of hell.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a baron of hell (wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell. You
are hit!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a baron of hell (heavily wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell. You
are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1171 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
894 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
150 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 37 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
86 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
57 killed the bitch and survived.
25 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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