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[johnnih]

So I got back to DoomRL again, having had a long break, and came to think of a challenge given to me by LuckyDee and Sylph. In order to sharpen up my inventory management skills, I were to finish a game on AoLT. Or at least that was what I remembered. Having just completed the AoLT run I checked the old mortem in which they posed me the challenge, and came to realize that I were supposed to play AoI or Ao100 rather than AoLT (http://forum.chaosforge.org/index.php/topic,7102.msg62889.html#msg62889). Oh. Well, I suppose I had to clear AoLT sooner or later, and I here present you the mortem.

The run went smoothly. I noticed the inherent speedbonus of AoLT, and figured I'd build on that advantage. So I went for a Mbm build to maximize speed and easen the need for inventory space, coupling the melee power with a shotgun for crowd control. Honestly, I think that build kinda defeated the purpose of the challenge, as it almost worked to well and never posed a challenge inventory-wise. As stated above, I were already warned that AoLT's speedbonus scewed the game to the easy side, but I had forgot.

Still the run was educational as I got to try out some new stuff. Prior to this, I haven't had any luck with melee builds. I have stubbornly kept trying for a UV AoB win and failed more attempts than I care to keep track of. Going back to HMP for this run probably made a big difference, but I have gained respect for hybrid builds and specifically the late game power of melee. Between the lucky find of Malek's armor and berserk I felt near untouchable towards the end game and don't think I spend more than a couple of med kits the last 8 or so levels. I also learned that speed kills - whether on the highway or already arrived in hell - damn, I know this game was AoLT-speedscewed, but the power of the finesse, brute, and hellrunner combo was very appearent nonetheless. Also learned the hard way that I can't slap more than one mod of a kind on a melee weapon at a time. Thus, I never assembled the double chainsaw.

Observations
 - speed is king in DoomRL. Finesse and hellrunner may be my new go to skills.
 - melee is fantastic late game. Hybrid builds alleviate the weakness of early game melee. This is my excuse for dying over and over the first few levels of UV AoB games.
 - malek's armor is goood.
 - I still don't know how to get to JC (Grrr)! No spoilers please, but you may find it amusing to look at the graveyard of this mortem. I dug some channels in both sides of the big spiders cave with my plasmatic shotgun searching for the fucker.

I guess Ao100 and AoI is on my to do list now. I may try to tackle them on UV, since I feel my HMP games are a bit dull in comparison, but than again - that may be more than I can handle.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Speedster, level 12 Cacodemon 2nd Lieutenant Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 94831 turns and scored 172932 points.
 He played for 3 hours and 3 minutes.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 789 out of 789 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 6

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Arena Key
  Lightfoot Bronze Badge
  Lightfoot Silver Badge
  Lightfoot Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 41/50   Experience 64346/12
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 3)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Blademaster      (Level 1)

  HR->HR->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->MBm->Fin->Fin->Jug->WK->HR->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chainsaw (4d7) (P)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   plasmatic combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5]

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

    [a] small med-pack
    [b] large med-pack
    [c] thermonuclear bomb

-- 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 90%   feet 60% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 

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

    110 former humans
    115 former sergeants
    33 former captains
    101 imps
    78 demons
    187 lost souls
    14 cacodemons
    39 hell knights
    17 barons of hell
    32 arachnotrons
    13 former commandos
    12 pain elementals
    7 revenants
    1 mancubus
    10 arch-viles
    5 elite former humans
    5 elite former sergeants
    2 elite former captains
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    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.
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
  He purified his fellow comrades.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 15 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 15 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  Level 17 was a hard nut to crack!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
 berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You miss the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
 You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. Next!

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

 161 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 147 of those were killed.
 And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 5 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 4 killed the bitch and survived.

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[LuckyDee]

Hey, you remembered - cool! Seems like you've made a pretty solid run here, even squeezing out the Hell Arena Key. Speed is indeed king, and with that in mind, I encourage you to give AoI a shot as well. That's a tough one, but bloody well worth it.