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The Journey to 100%
Icy:
Day 14:
And so was another day attempting to get the Lava Silver Badge. It's honestly not that hard, but I've had a string of bad luck trying to get it. It's been quite elusive compared to everything else I've gone for so far, which has been annoying, but it's also expected as the easiest achievements are all done now.
I tried some more Scout strategy runs but wasn't getting anywhere, so I decided to buckle down with the Technician strategy again. Like last time, I combined Impatience with Light Travel and focused on building Cerberus Boots. Early on, I was close to finishing the boots, but they were starting to get quite damaged:
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I entered Hell's Armory for a bunch more useful mod packs, and potentially some specials and uniques since I decided to go with Scavenger for weapon buffs. Lucky for me, the two in the room were Agility and Power, so I finished and maxed out the boots right away:
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After I got the kill on the Shambler, something I hadn't seen before happened! Instead of a special mod pack, I had a Cybernetic Armor waiting for me! I thought it might be because I was using a Technician, but I learned more about how it worked after reading the wiki. I also learned how to get an additional rare mod pack, which is good information for future runs.
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I wasn't certain if I should have worn the Cybernetic or used Scavenger, but ultimately I decided to use it with a Power Pack, along with setting myself up really well for finally getting the badge:
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Unfortunately...
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As my Cerberus Boots were already partially damaged, I wasn't receiving 100% resistances and cooked myself in the lava. It took me a moment to figure out what happened, and I was super disappointed with my own mistake. At least I learned a little more!
Not wanting to repeat that effort right away, I grinded some more Scout runs. After a number of them, I had one with Invulnerability right outside of Limbo, so I grabbed the Nuclear BFG9000, and then had 2x to stack them for Mt Erebus. After blowing up the level and still having a close battle with the Lava Elemental, I finally killed it on Angel of Impatience and got out of there! One of the cheesiest ways to get it for sure, but I was getting fed up with awful deaths trying to get it otherwise.
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hgfdhd, level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
let the Spider Mastermind pwn him at the City of Dis.
He survived 10091 turns and scored 18588 points.
He played for 9 minutes and 39 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 83 out of 209 hellspawn. (39%)
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Lava Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 9222/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Badass (Level 1)
Int->Int->TaN->TaN->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [4/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/40]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] tristar blaster (4d5)x3 [0/45]
[d] minigun (1d6)x8 [72/200]
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x10)
[h] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
1 imp
11 demons
31 lost souls
12 cacodemons
7 hell knights
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
5 mancubi
10 nightmare demons
1 lava elemental
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 6!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally let the Spider Mastermind pwn him.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
272 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
207 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 28 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
32 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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The next target was Skull Silver Badge. I went with a Vampyre build and wiped out the Abyssal Plains, but after hunting down a missing Hell Knight, I ended up getting blown up. The next run, I had the same issue with a missing Imp, but decided to leave and unsurprisingly wasn't rewarded the badge. Though on the positive, I happened to kill JC for a second time on that run:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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rgfa, level 9 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 41846 turns and scored 134152 points.
He played for 28 minutes and 5 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 438 out of 628 hellspawn. (69%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Compet-n Silver Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 36574/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +18 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->Bru->MVm->Fin->Bad->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] energy shield [0/0] (100%)
[b] Berserker Armor [0]
[c] piercing chainsaw (4d7)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x27)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] technical 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 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
66 former humans
36 former sergeants
8 former captains
50 imps
34 demons
166 lost souls
30 cacodemons
19 hell knights
3 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
6 pain elementals
1 revenant
5 mancubi
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He saw, left a present and left.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
On level 12 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 12 he found the Berserker Armor!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He barely escaped the trap set for him.
He left level 14 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. Carmack
raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
The lost soul misses you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
276 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
207 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
7 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 28 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
33 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With having an issue of monsters escaping, I considered grinding for City of Skulls with the same strategy, but decided it might be best to use a Shotgun build instead. I got City of Skulls anyway and easily cleared out the level:
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xzgf, level 9 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 40034 turns and scored 112820 points.
He played for 33 minutes.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 512 out of 639 hellspawn. (80%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Skull Silver Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 36280/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Int->Int->Rel->Rel->SM->Fin->Fin->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x37)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Necroarmor [6/6] (100%)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x7)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
73 former humans
44 former sergeants
14 former captains
71 imps
22 demons
213 lost souls
24 cacodemons
8 hell knights
3 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
16 pain elementals
5 revenants
3 arch-viles
2 elite former humans
1 elite former sergeant
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He saw, left a present and left.
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He left without a fuss.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 20 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a lever (woah!) here.
You pull the lever...
You wear/wield : a ballistic shield [0/0] (76%)
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You start running!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
You dodge! Boom!
Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! Boom!
You start running!
You are hit! Your ballistic shield is completely destroyed! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
279 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
207 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 28 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
34 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I should mention that I actually was killed on this run, but I guess with the game being on Red Alert, the bomb killed the Spider Mastermind? It actually crashed the game for me and I was worried I'd have lost my badge, but fortunately that wasn't the case. :) Good programming, Kornel! <3
I actually risked this run earlier by being greedy in the Hell's Armory. I was down to 10 seconds and went for both of the mod packs within reach and escaped by the narrowest margin:
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Finally, I decided to go for a faster grind with trying to collect more Azrael's Scythes to hit 3. After a few runs of mostly getting killed immediately, I managed to grab my second one. It was actually an exceptional run too with a Homing Phase Device, and several health packs, which is when I realized, I could go to The Vaults and use the Azrael strategy! So I did that successfully and got a surprise platinum badge I wasn't intentionally going for!
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hgfdhf, level 6 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 8047 turns and scored 47120 points.
He played for 7 minutes and 41 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 103 out of 230 hellspawn. (44%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Scavenger Platinum Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 80/40 Experience 14345/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] medical armor [1/2] (29%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (52%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] combat knife (2d5)
[c] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[d] large med-pack
[e] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former sergeants
9 former captains
19 imps
20 demons
20 lost souls
7 cacodemons
4 barons of hell
1 former commando
9 revenants
8 mancubi
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind misses you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! You're going berserk! 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 dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
288 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
214 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 29 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
35 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
28 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With that, I'm only missing Archno Silver Badge for silvers, and I'd like to get another platinum for Br. General ranking. I think I'm also going to target Apostle Insignia. The plan will be grinding Ao100 on Hey, Not Too Rough and hoping I get both Dragonslayer and Berserker Armor, likely with using a Vampyre build. Perhaps I can grab some more Cyberdemon kills while doing that too.
As for my overall progress so far:
Rankings: 72/100 Cyberdemon kills, 2/50 JC kills, everything else completed.
Medals: 29/43; all standard ones completed.
Items: 65/67 missing Dragonslayer and Subtle Knife, need 3 of both of those, 2 of Shielded Armor, Mjollnir, Trigun, BFG10K, 1 of Berserk Armor, Revenant's Launcher, Lava Armor, Azrael's Scythe, and I have 439/1000 for a badge.
Assemblies: 100% completed.
Bronze Badges: 100% completed.
Silver Badges: 25/26; missing Arachno Silver Badge.
Gold Badges: 16/26.
Platinum Badges: 4/26.
Diamond Badges: 1/26 (Technician Diamond Badge).
Angelic Badges: 0/17.
The more pages I can completely finish, the better! I'm definitely the type of person who absolutely loves getting those little checks on a checklist of things to do, so I want to finish up some more nearly completed pages and focus entirely on the harder stuff. I've made good progress overall in just 2 weeks, but still have a long way to go for 100%!
Sereg:
Nice progress - I think you've now pulled down all the Silver badges I'm missing, which are mostly special levels on challenges that don't play well together.
As far as grinding JC kills, I haven't done it yet because I can't stand the idea of playing that many games at such a low difficulty and losing my feel for UV and N!, but probably the quickest method would just be ITYTD Conqueror runs. You don't have to do all the levels, but you still get the supplies to make it to JC, and everything is super easy.
Ao100 and pray for DS/BA is probably one of the least efficient methods of grinding Apostle Insignia - in fact, I'm not entirely sure that Apostle kills count toward the JC killcount for Apostle rank =P
Icy:
Day 15:
My first target this time was Arachno Silver Badge to reach 26/26, and went with Darkness+Confidence to start. I had a couple of early runs with rummaging through Deimos Lab for equipment, but kept getting Halls of Carnage:
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I eventually got one run with Spider's Lair, but had no Rocket Launcher for destroying corpses and ended up dying. I noticed after a little wiki browsing that regular Arachnotrons have -100% melee resistance, which I didn't know, so I went with a Vampyre build and using Light Travel. I had a long, solid run that was set to go, but again, got Halls of Carnage. Fortunately, my run after was insanely well-prepared and I rolled Spider's Lair:
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As you can imagine, I crushed it:
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bwoot, level 13 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 29012 turns and scored 144128 points.
He played for 25 minutes and 26 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 383 out of 676 hellspawn. (56%)
He was an Angel of Darkness!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Minor Icarus Cross
Compet-n Silver Cross
Arachno Silver Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 74714/13
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +8 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +12
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Brute (Level 4)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Bad->Fin->Fin->Bru->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (69%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] envirosuit 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 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
47 former humans
21 former sergeants
6 former captains
41 imps
17 demons
152 lost souls
21 cacodemons
16 hell knights
6 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
9 pain elementals
11 revenants
7 mancubi
5 arch-viles
3 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 6 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
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!
He left level 16 as soon as possible.
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
Level 18 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He left level 21 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the revenant. The revenant dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You need to taste blood! There is rocket (x3) lying here.
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
Next!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
300 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
224 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 30 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
36 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
28 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Another JC kill was nice too! And with that, I've collected all of the silver badges!
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Next was getting another platinum badge to reach the next ranking. I tried a few others, but ultimately went for Eagerness Platinum Badge using Impatience+Overconfidence and had a huge stroke of good luck with a pair of Invulnerabilities next to each other on floor 3, and then a second pair on floor 4, so I entered the Mortuary with 4x stacked Invulnerability! I grabbed the Nuclear BFG9000 and did some stair-diving until the end. They finally wore out when I was a few steps away to the stairs on floor 7, but the area was clear. Following that, I blew up the Spider Mastermind and reached Br General!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fa3aw, level 3 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 3399 turns and scored 30774 points.
He played for 4 minutes and 5 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 29 out of 331 hellspawn. (8%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Eagerness Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3127/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (64%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x76)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [1/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] 10mm ammo (x65)
[g] shotgun shell (x40)
[h] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former human
2 former sergeants
4 former captains
3 imps
12 demons
2 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
3 mancubi
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
333 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
253 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 33 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
37 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
29 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
To fill in a few more easy medals, I went for Sunrise Iron Fist using a Vampyre build on I'm Too Young To Die, and it was total cake:
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Fist, level 9 Arch-Vile Br. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 40983 turns and scored 38584 points.
He played for 27 minutes and 37 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 232 out of 309 hellspawn. (75%)
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Sunrise Iron Fist
Compet-n Silver Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 71/60 Experience 33070/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] onyx armor [4] (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] small med-pack
[b] small med-pack
[c] small med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] hatred skull
-- 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 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
30 former humans
34 former sergeants
9 former captains
47 imps
5 demons
49 lost souls
8 cacodemons
11 hell knights
6 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
5 pain elementals
2 revenants
6 mancubi
5 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
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!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! 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 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 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 dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
344 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
262 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 34 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
38 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
30 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Then finally, I went for Every Soldier's Medal using Humanity+Confidence and played very, very slowly. I found a Missile Launcher and a Trigun in Deimos Lab, so Invulnerability or not, I was set to go. I rolled The Wall, and camped hard until the level was clear. I decided then that I should go for Spider-Killer Cross too if I'm lucky enough to get the level to spawn, and perhaps get Invulnerability just before entering. I actually did find one on floor 5, but it ran out before I could enter Spider's Lair, so I did it slow style with a Tactical Shotgun and careful camping to score the medal! To finish off, I was planning on nuking the Cyberdemon, but I couldn't get the Trigun to work? Was it because my gun was fully loaded? Or is it prevented on Angel of Humanity? Perhaps I just mis-clicked a bunch or something, but I couldn't set it off and died.
So doubling my initial goal, I got both of those Humanity medals, which brought my medal total to 32/43 and thus rewarding me with Heroic Platinum Badge! Very happy with that result!
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as4sf, level 5 Arch-Vile Br. General Scout,
was splattered by a Cyberdemon at the Tower of Babel.
He survived 19245 turns and scored 19696 points.
He played for 22 minutes and 23 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 85 out of 179 hellspawn. (47%)
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Every Soldier's Medal
Spider-Killer Cross
Heroic Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/10 Experience 10568/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->SoB->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (68%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [5/6]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x56)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] chaingun (1d6)x4 [52/52] (B1)
[c] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
[d] BFG 9000 (10d6) [20/100]
[e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[f] 10mm ammo (x140)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] shotgun shell (x18)
[j] rocket (x14)
[k] rocket (x14)
[l] rocket (x11)
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] technical mod pack
[p] agility mod pack
[q] agility mod pack
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[t] shell box (x3)
[u] power battery (x120)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
14 former humans
8 former sergeants
7 former captains
6 imps
6 demons
16 lost souls
8 hell knights
8 barons of hell
10 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 1 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 1 he found the Trigun!
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
On level 3 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 6 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 8 he finally was splattered by a Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Silence rules the spidery lands...
You enter Deimos, level 7.
You open the door.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You reach the Tower of Babel.
You start running!
You stop running.
You dodge!
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
351 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
269 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 34 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
38 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
30 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
I'm not entirely sure what my next goals will be as everything is getting grindier and more challenging, so I'll likely rotate what I go for and see what happens!
Here's my current checklist of what I'm missing to get to 100%:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)Cyberdemon kill x24
JC kill x47
Fallout Platinum Cross
Untouchable Medal
Untouchable Cross
Gargulec Cross
Dervis' Medallion
Thomas's Medal
Chessmaster's Token
Chessmaster's Cross
Hell Arena Pwnage Medal
Gutts' Heart
Apostle Insignia
Subtle Knife x3
Dragonslayer x3
Shielded Armor x2
Mjollnir x2
Trigun x1
BFG10K x2
Revenant's Launcher x1
Lava Armor x1
Berserker Armor x1
Special/Unique Items x522
Armorer Gold Badge
UAC Gold Badge
Strongman Gold Badge
Speedrunner Gold Badge
Marksman Gold Badge
Quartermaster Gold Badge
Hunter Gold Badge
Destroyer Gold Badge
Masochist Gold Badge
Arena Gold Badge
Armorer Platinum Badge
Gatekeeper Platinum Badge
UAC Platinum Badge
Veteran Platinum Badge
Strongman Platinum Badge
Elite Platinum Badge
Demonic Platinum Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
Berserker Platinum Badge
Marksman Platinum Badge
Shottyman Platinum Badge
Lightfoot Platinum Badge
Daredevil Platinum Badge
Quartermaster Platinum Badge
Hunter Platinum Badge
Destroyer Platinum Badge
Masochist Platinum Badge
Everyman Platinum Badge
Arena Platinum Badge
Longinus Platinum Badge
Armorer Diamond Badge
Heroic Diamond Badge
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
UAC Diamond Badge
Veteran Diamond Badge
Strongman Diamond Badge
Elite Diamond Badge
Demonic Diamond Badge
Reaper Diamond Badge
Berserker Diamond Badge
Marksman Diamond Badge
Shottyman Diamond Badge
Lightfoot Diamond Badge
Eagerness Diamond Badge
Inquisitor Diamond Badge
Quartermaster Diamond Badge
Hunter Diamond Badge
Destroyer Diamond Badge
Masochist Diamond Badge
Centurial Diamond Badge
Everyman Diamond Badge
Daredevil Diamond Badge
Arena Diamond Badge
Longinus Diamond Badge
Scavenger Diamond Badge
UAC Angelic Badge
Veteran Angelic Badge
Strongman Angelic Badge
Speedrun Angelic Badge
Elite Angelic Badge
Demonic Angelic Badge
Berserker Angelic Badge
Marksman Angelic Badge
Shottyman Angelic Badge
Lightfoot Angelic Badge
Eagerness Angelic Badge
Inquisitor Angelic Badge
Quartermaster Angelic Badge
Masochist Angelic Badge
Centurial Angelic Badge
Pacifist Angelic Badge
Everyman Angelic Badge
Icy:
Day 16:
I was very successful and lucky in my play after rotating around and trying for a bunch of different medals and badges!
My first target was Longinus Platinum Badge, which while difficult is pretty reasonable with Berserk+Overconfidence. After many attempts, I rolled an insane floor 1:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
And by a stroke of luck, I was warped just outside the Angel of Death's room with the Phase Device:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
With Brute, Invulnerability, and a Chainsaw (T), I was barely able to kill the Angel of Death after countless attacks, and followed that up with clearing the rest of the level!
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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seredzs, level 3 Arch-Vile Br. General Marine,
killed by a arachnotron on level 2 of Hell.
He survived 2518 turns and scored 23831 points.
He played for 2 minutes and 36 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 34 out of 59 hellspawn. (57%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Longinus Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 3724/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 2)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat knife (2d5)
[b] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-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 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 demons
16 lost souls
1 arachnotron
1 Angel of Death
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he finally killed by a arachnotron.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
are hit! You are hit! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits
the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits
the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile
hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The
arachnotron hits you. You are hit! You are hit! The missile hits the
arachnotron. You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The
missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge!
The missile hits the arachnotron. You are hit! The missile hits the
arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits
the arachnotron.
You hit the arachnotron. The arachnotron dies. You feel like a killing
machine! You're going berserk! The arachnotron hits you. You die!... Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
394 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
307 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 38 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
39 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
31 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
With that, I was one diamond badge away from another rank increase, so I tried a few and unsurprisingly struggled a lot. I'm not quite at the skill level required for these yet and went with strategy and luck grinding instead. I opted for Marksman Diamond Badge as I could play for getting a nuke on Spider Mastermind, and with some Invulnerability luck, I did just that! It was nice I also received Marksman Gold Badge too, which I was also missing!
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sregse54, level 3 Arch-Vile Br. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1706 turns and scored 60136 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 8 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 42 out of 341 hellspawn. (12%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Marksman Gold Badge
Marksman Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3004/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (58%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
4 former sergeants
2 former captains
1 imp
13 demons
2 cacodemons
2 hell knights
1 baron of hell
3 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
2 revenants
3 mancubi
3 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Level 1 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
412 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
322 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 40 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
40 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
32 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I'm definitely running out on easy stuff now as I've kept saying, but moreso after every badge and medal! I went for Max Carnage+Overconfidence next and tried to avoid as much damage as possible to get the badge, though realized that this wouldn't work since Untouchable is incompatible with Overconfidence. I decided to play out the run anyway and hey, it turns out it does work! My guess is the Destroyer Badges check for damage itself rather than the medal.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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ersaert, level 3 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 2681 turns and scored 23295 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 31 out of 219 hellspawn. (14%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Destroyer Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 2307/3
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (46%)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [96/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x19)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] power mod pack
[i] nano pack
[j] shell box (x83)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 10% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
5 former sergeants
2 former captains
15 imps
1 cacodemon
3 barons of hell
1 arch-vile
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. Boom! The missile hits
the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. Boom! Boom! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The
Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The
Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the
Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
417 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
326 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 40 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
41 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
33 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Naturally, I went for Platinum next:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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erwaw34, level 5 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 5982 turns and scored 48781 points.
He played for 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 80 out of 306 hellspawn. (26%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Destroyer Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 40/50 Experience 9504/5
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [176/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x42)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] shotgun shell (x19)
[f] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former sergeants
6 imps
38 lost souls
1 cacodemon
6 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
10 revenants
4 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 1 as soon as possible.
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 6, hell froze over!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched!
You quickly reload the minigun.
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
418 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
326 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 40 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
42 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
34 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Very cool to get it the very next run! And of course, that left the Destroyer Diamond Badge on Nightmare! This one took some effort to get, and I had a few extremely trollish runs:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
But with enough attempts, I got it! I lucked out on a string of Invulnerabilities and not only did I take less than 50, but I actually didn't take a single point of damage!
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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jhgfg, level 4 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1917 turns and scored 76757 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 36 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 24 out of 211 hellspawn. (11%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Destroyer Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 5328/4
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d7)x8 [24/200] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [2/6]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x44)
[f] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
6 imps
2 lost souls
1 hell knight
1 baron of hell
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
4 revenants
2 mancubi
2 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated
the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
446 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
350 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 42 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
44 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
36 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
With having earned a surprise diamond badge I wasn't anticipating, I just needed another platinum badge to reach yet another rank increase! I went for Shottyman Platinum Badge with the intention of nuking the Spider Mastermind like usual, but instead, I had 2x stacked Invulnerability and just fired point blank until she died:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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gfsder, level 4 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1698 turns and scored 72048 points.
He played for 2 minutes and 43 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 37 out of 282 hellspawn. (13%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Shottyman Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 4460/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x53)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former sergeant
2 imps
22 demons
1 revenant
10 nightmare demons
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
On level 7 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You quickly fully load the assault shotgun. You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
471 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
370 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 46 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
45 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
37 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
So I'm now at Lt. General with my badge count being 26/26/18/9/3/0! With my current struggles for more difficult badges, I'm going to put my focus into reaching Apostle ranking for the next while until it's done. I currently need 22 more Cyberdemon kills to reach Cyberdemon, and then 47 more JC kills to be 100% completed with that section. I've messed with a few strategies, including trying to get another Ao666 going, but I think the most efficient way so far for Cyberdemon killing is Angel of Pacifism and using the nuke on him. I've also messed with mixing it with Masochism for a consistent health boost every few floors, but am undecided which is easiest. I'm also not certain whether Scout or Marine is best for this grind, so I change up how I play frequently. 22 more is peanuts though and I wouldn't mind some more relaxed gameplay for awhile.
After that, I believe the most efficient way of getting JC kills is Berserk+Overconfidence Marine runs. Vampyre is excellent, and getting the Longinus Spear is very consistent and effective. I think fresh runs from the beginning aren't worth the time investment and getting a nuke+Invulnerability can be tricky. Perhaps there's a better method of grinding for JC kills, so I'll experiment a bit more, but these will be my goals for now!
Sereg:
Nice progress... and congratulations on the damageless N! win. Sure it was on AoOC, so no Angelic Badge, but even I haven't managed that. You are correct about Destroyer checking damage not the Medal - I also got my badge with OC, which should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.
Keep up the good work... even if you feel like you're hitting a wall, keep at it. There's always something else within reach, and the more you push yourself, the better you'll get under the conditions for the harder badges.
As far as that goes, thanks again for starting this thread and motivating me to keep pushing myself, too. I've gone a bit quiet lately but I'm in the middle of a project which will take my profile to new heights, and it's thanks to you that I'm doing so.
Edit: interesting thought on the JC farming with Berserk plus Overconfidence... that is probably faster then my ITYTD method, and I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that I didn't come up with it myself. Maybe we'll need to re-christen AoOC abuse as Icy-ing ;)
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