I'd been having a lot of difficulty with this challenge, attempting special levels because of course that's what you do when you've never tried them before... Several attempts ended at the Wall, a few at Deimos Lab(which I eventually quit attempting), and many at the Armory. This time I skipped them all, and had quite good luck with items and mods regardless. An early super shotgun was very helpful, as was an Onyx mod that went onto a set of Red armor that served me very well until I brilliantly forgot that Cybernetic is cursed, and all but screwed myself out of the run completely. Very careful play, tactical use of MVm, and some lucky level layouts saw me through to the end, fortunately.
Other fortuitous events included an Invulnerability on Deimos 7 for damageless Cyberdemon, and finding the Butcher's Cleaver, making UC even easier then it already was with MVm and securing me Azrael's Scythe(courtesy of the 100% kill requirement on Daredevil Platinum), which, coupled with a healthy stack of medkits, got me Scavenger Diamond at the Vaults.
I also found a Nuke somewhere in Hell, and then on Hell 7 there was another Invulnerability globe, so I decided to try for a full win.
This was rather hazardous, as my Cybernetic was down at [1/7] 25%, due to only one armor shard on the level(most of the time it was at 0%, which *sucked*), and I was all out of medkits, since playing deep hell on UV without any armor is not kind. Happily, there was also a Supercharge and a Berserk pack on Hell 7, so I was able to make it most of the way to JC while still invulnerable, arrive at full health, and promptly go berserk again when he attacked. From there, the Scythe made short work of him, so I was also able to pull off Veteran Platinum in my first ever UV YAFW.
This badge haul got me Major General, and I'm now only one Platinum away from my former rank of Lieutenant General, with more Diamonds and Angelics then I had before, so as long as I can keep finishing Platinum challenges, I can promote a few more skill ranks without too much trouble before the real pain begins...
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Nathan, level 13 Arch-Vile Br. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 393173 turns and scored 254904 points.
He played for 1 hour, 7 minutes and 27 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 534 out of 534 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Veteran Platinum Badge
Daredevil Bronze Badge
Daredevil Silver Badge
Daredevil Platinum Badge
Scavenger Diamond Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 70/35 Experience 70615/13
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Reloader (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Rel->Rel->Bru->SM->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->Bad->Bru->Fin->Jug->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Cybernetic Armor [0/7] (0%)
[b] [ Weapon ] super shotgun (9d4)x2 [2/2] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (71%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (B1)
[b] high power plasma rifle (1d9)x6 [26/26]
[c] red armor [4] (O)
[d] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
[e] shotgun shell (x36)
[f] rocket (x7)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x8)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] technical mod pack
[o] technical mod pack
[p] sniper weapon 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 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
14 former humans
88 former sergeants
25 former captains
67 imps
67 demons
95 lost souls
7 cacodemons
21 hell knights
43 barons of hell
7 arachnotrons
16 former commandos
8 pain elementals
30 revenants
14 mancubi
28 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 7 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 9 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 9 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 11 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 13 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 13 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 16!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You dodge! Boom! You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! Your Cybernetic Armor is damaged!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1059 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
922 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
47 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 65 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
21 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
19 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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