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[H|Stnd|100%|YAFW] First game back, first full win
« on: November 10, 2014, 00:33 »

Took a break from this game about a year-and-a-half ago, and on buying a new laptop, decided I'd fire it up again. My original plan was to replicate my old Running Shottyman UV Conq run, but I'd forgotten that you don't start with Ultra-Violence unlocked.

I figured I may as well use the lowered difficulty to practice melee, seeing as I never really took to the build despite it being obviously powerful. This worked out... quite nicely.

My memory of the run is already pretty blurry (melee runs all feel much the same), but there were a few memorable moments.

I almost took the Cyberdemon damageless, but he got a lucky shot through my high dodge chance (whatever, I was relying on luck anyway), at which point I just charged him down to finish it off quickly.

I got careless in The Vaults and had my fireproof armour destroyed by a Revenant, which forced me back into fairly conservative play. Sometime post-UC I started underestimating HMP enemies, and was also starting to lose concentration, despite having taken breaks for Doctor Who and dinner.

The Mortuary was actually surprisingly easy this time around; I'm not sure if this is a side effect of HMP or of melee being OP (or maybe I just had a good spawn), but I killed two 'Viles within the first few turns, popped a few blood skulls, hit things and killed more 'Viles then won. The real problem this run was actually the Lava Pits (which, funnily enough, I've never actually taken before). I kinda fucked up a little and totally forgot to use my enviro suit, so I burnt a lot of health packs, then towards the end of the level decided to take the Lava Elemental with my Missile Launcher, rather than in melee. Given how large these two screw-ups were, I'm not totally sure how hard the level actually is, but it definitely strikes me as being harder than Mt. Erebus, given the total lack of cover.

JC was actually blind luck. I'd made a lot of bad plays at this point in the run, and was totally out of medkits. I emptied a lot of missiles into him early on, but his spawns were starting to get too much for me, and I was unable to close the gap to use my Scythe; I was about to accept my defeat when he kindly teleported right next to me. Silly JC. (Also, nuking SM while invuln apparently doesn't earn you brain? Huh, makes sense I suppose.)

Vampyre is brilliant, though, I came out of the Abyssal Plains with more health than I entered thanks to the Lost Soul chamber. 10/10 would suck blood again. I figure I'm going to devote the next few days to gaining my old badges back (looking forward to UV ArchAoLT, favourite challenge), then start working my way towards getting a Nightmare! standard win (which I never did manage, despite a few N! challenge wins).

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 AAA, level 14 Human Private Marine,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 948657 turns and scored 243572 points.
 He played for 6 hours, 8 minutes and 30 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 981 out of 981 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 (bronze cluster)
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Explorer Badge
  Conqueror Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Technician Bronze Badge
  Armorer Bronze Badge
  Heroic Bronze Badge
  Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
  UAC Bronze Badge
  UAC Silver Badge
  Veteran Bronze Badge
  Veteran Silver Badge
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Reaper Bronze Badge
  Reaper Silver Badge
  Reaper Gold Badge
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Skull Bronze Badge
  Arena Bronze Badge
  Longinus Gold Badge
  Arachno Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge

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

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  ..................................................%......%#
  .......................................................%.%#
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  ###########################################################

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

  Health 81/80   Experience 89601/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +10  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +15

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 5)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->Fin->Fin->Jug->Iro->Bru->Bru->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [2] (O)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   missile launcher (6d7) [3/4] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Azrael's Scythe (9d9)

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

    [a] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
    [b] nuclear BFG 9000 (9d6) [1/40] (P1)
    [c] Angelic Armor [3/7] (43%)
    [d] shotgun shell (x70)
    [e] shotgun shell (x33)
    [f] rocket (x14)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] rocket (x3)
    [i] homing phase device
    [j] homing phase device
    [k] power mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 80%   feet 60% 

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

    84 former humans
    74 former sergeants
    38 former captains
    104 imps
    103 demons
    294 lost souls
    39 cacodemons
    50 hell knights
    54 barons of hell
    42 arachnotrons
    9 former commandos
    20 pain elementals
    15 revenants
    26 mancubi
    19 arch-viles
    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 6 he assembled a tactical boots!
  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 entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  On level 13 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 14 he found the Trigun!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  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 Frag Shotgun!
  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!
  On level 20 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 22 he found the Enviroboots!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You see : a hell knight (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the hell knight. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
 hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
 hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 You reload the missile launcher.
 You reload the missile launcher. You dodge! You hear the scream of a freed
 soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed
 soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 You reload the missile launcher. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
 You hit John Carmack. You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the baron of
 hell.
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
 berserk!

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

  He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...

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Re: [H|Stnd|100%|YAFW] First game back, first full win
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2014, 00:59 »

Holee sheet!  Nice restart right there!  =D
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Re: [H|Stnd|100%|YAFW] First game back, first full win
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2014, 00:54 »

Vampyre build with Azrael's Scythe?  Why would you even bother with any other weapons?  Tearing up stuff with the Scythe is the fun part!  :)
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