After, no kidding, ~50 HMP AoB runs which got as far as...Post-Hell's Arena Chained Court, I raged and went for something that wouldn't piss me off: Angel of Marksmanship. Oh, had I known that I would be even more pissed off now...
I decided to try out MGK this time. Let's just say...I'm impressed, especially with the free reloads.
Had a bit of an up-and-down start, but it all changed once I got to Hell's Armory. Between the Anti-Freak Jackal and the experience, I was more or less set.
Level 6 had an Onyx Mod Pack and a Red Armor in the same vault. It was meant to be.
Hell's Armory had a Nano mod pack and I thought "Can I make Cybernano armor?" It would have required Whizkid 2 which, as time went on, seemed less and less plausible. Oh well. Not only that, but it also had the AF-Jackal and a Blaster. I ultimately learned that the AF-Jackal is a bit dangerous to use as it destroys power-ups, but it's still awesome, whereas the Blaster was unused because it can't be reloaded (Manually or with MGK, that is)...
With Gun Kata and Anti-Freak Jackal in hand, I breezed through the Wall, Abyssal Plains (!) and Spider Lair. The duel with the Cyberdemon could have gone better (Really long reload times), but I pulled out on top eventually.
I was pretty much in a position where I could clear out the rest of the special levels (except UH) and get an awesome YAFV (In hindsight, the Lava Elemental would have been a pain; that's why I've held on to the Blaster I guess)...until level 19.
FUCKING MANCUBI! One of them proceeded to toss me around. Seriously, it felt like all three missiles kept hitting me. The Onyx-modded Red Armor kept me alive...until the last one which knocked me down to 9 hit points...and RIGHT ON TO LAVA, which then killed me...
Graaaargh! I had a dream set-up, I had great equipment, great items and was in a position to win it all. All ended because of one. Fucking. Mancubus. Yes, in hindsight I should have used a Phase Device, but still, to get knocked perfectly onto lava like that...
Literally the only consolation I get from this is Marksman Bronze, which...well, is barely consolation.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Ilya Bely, level 11 Hell Baron 1st Lieutenant Scout,
nuked himself on level 3 of Hell.
He survived 83431 turns and scored 116685 points.
He played for 1 hour, 29 minutes and 40 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 652 out of 652 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Marksman Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 56095/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Gun Kata (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->HR->HR->DM->MGK->SoG->Int->Int->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4] (O)
[b] [ Weapon ] pistol (2d5) [0/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (76%)
[d] [ Prepared ] Anti-Freak Jackal (5d3) [0/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blaster (2d4) [8/10]
[b] 10mm ammo (x140)
[c] 10mm ammo (x140)
[d] 10mm ammo (x140)
[e] 10mm ammo (x56)
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] phase device
[q] homing phase device
[r] envirosuit pack
[s] thermonuclear bomb
[t] nano pack
[u] Arena Master's Staff
[v] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
80 former humans
65 former sergeants
24 former captains
124 imps
53 demons
143 lost souls
25 cacodemons
32 hell knights
29 barons of hell
28 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
12 pain elementals
2 revenants
4 mancubi
3 arch-viles
5 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
2 elite former captains
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
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 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
Level 9 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
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 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 19 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 19 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : a mancubus (unhurt) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a mancubus (lightly wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the mancubus.
You are hit! Boom!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You are hit! Argh!!! Lava!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
Argh!!! Lava! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
72 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
58 of those were killed.
3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 5 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
6 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
3 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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