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The Journey to 100%
Icy:
Thanks!
Day 27:
With Apostle now done, I tried out a few challenges and rotated around. I had a few decent runs at some of them, but died repeatedly. Eventually, I decided to try for Masochist Gold Badge, and tried to combine Masochism+Pacifism, given that I'd get a guaranteed health boost every 3 levels. I think it's a decent strategy, but it wasn't working out for me. Instead, I opted for Max Carnage instead and that worked out much better. Since I'm a fairly careful and defensive player, the lack of health wasn't too big of a deal.
I focused a lot on killing everything since I wanted to keep up a flow of healing, and ended up getting 100% kills! I was at the Spider Mastermind and decided to nuke her for fun and continue the run with JC. Until now, I never got a kill on him with Max Carnage, but with more levels, Dodgemaster, and a BFG, it went much better! 51/50! :P
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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gfxdsfg, level 11 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 84913 turns and scored 122797 points.
He played for 1 hour, 5 minutes and 26 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 554 out of 554 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Untouchable Badge
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Arena Key
Masochist Gold Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 78/70 Experience 58368/11
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (11d6) [20/100] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] fireproof plasteel boots [2/2] (96%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [214/260] (B1)
[c] phaseshift armor [4/4] (72%) (P)
[d] Lava Armor [4/4] (98%)
[e] shotgun shell (x70)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] shotgun shell (x25)
[j] shotgun shell (x70)
[k] shotgun shell (x70)
[l] shotgun shell (x70)
[m] shotgun shell (x70)
[n] shotgun shell (x70)
[o] shell box (x100)
[p] power battery (x20)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Acid - internal 25% torso 25% feet 75%
Fire - internal 25% torso 25% feet 80%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
84 former humans
64 former sergeants
27 former captains
81 imps
32 demons
80 lost souls
24 cacodemons
39 hell knights
24 barons of hell
32 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
5 pain elementals
14 revenants
13 mancubi
14 arch-viles
1 nightmare demon
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
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 left the Arena as a champion!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 12 he assembled a fireproof boots!
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 17 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 18 he stumbled into a complex full of former humans!
On level 19 he was bombarded!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
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 --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The
lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul!
The missile hits John Carmack.
You quickly reload the BFG 9000.
You dodge!
The missile hits John Carmack. Carmack raises his hands and summons
hellspawn!
The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell
dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
You quickly reload the BFG 9000. Your power battery is depleted.
The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You
defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
878 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
625 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 112 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
100 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
86 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Dodgemaster is slowly becoming one of my new favorite traits! Fighting the Cyberdemon with it is a total joke.
After that, I went for Hunter Platinum Badge with Darkness+Overconfidence. Despite it being Nightmare, I figured I could luck out with Homing Phase Devices, Invulnerability, and nearby staircases. I had quite a few games where I got essentially insta-killed, and lots of troll runs too:
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Guess I didn't have a choice with the game taunting me. :P
Eventually though, I managed to get a completed run. With Intuition, the Spider Mastermind fight was easy and I went about my usual corner camping to slowly kill her:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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grsee, level 5 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 12420 turns and scored 85899 points.
He played for 13 minutes and 43 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 61 out of 320 hellspawn. (19%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Darkness!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hunter Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 41/50 Experience 7354/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (8d3) [4/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x14)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] laser rifle (1d7)x5 [40/40]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] large med-pack
[f] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
7 former sergeants
9 former captains
21 imps
3 demons
10 lost souls
2 barons of hell
2 former commandos
1 arch-vile
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 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
908 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
651 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
101 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
87 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Pretty good to get 2 more badges! I can only expect that I'll have days, and eventually even weeks where I won't be earning anything new. It's already getting pretty tough! Hopefully things will keep going well for now!
Icy:
Day 28:
I went for a variety of badges and medals and actually got quite a few!
To start, my first target was Lightfoot Platinum Badge and figured the easiest way to go for it was Max Carnage+Light Travel. 20000 turns is quite a bit of leeway if you stairdive, and Max Carnage with Shotguns helps cover for a low experience level. It took a couple tries, but easily got it:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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gdfgh, level 6 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 12313 turns and scored 53816 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 168 out of 423 hellspawn. (39%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 26/50 Experience 15602/6
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (41%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x42)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x18)
[e] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
31 former humans
22 former sergeants
6 former captains
39 imps
6 demons
39 lost souls
5 cacodemons
5 hell knights
4 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
2 former commandos
2 pain elementals
1 revenant
1 mancubus
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
He left level 13 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 15!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 19 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 21 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
913 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
655 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
102 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
88 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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...or so I thought. I thought that maybe there was some additional restriction? I checked in-game and definitely completed what it says to do, so I checked the wiki, and it says the challenge must be done on Ultra-Violence, which I did not do. :/ A little annoyed by that, though it does make sense given it's a platinum badge. I'll go for it again on the correct difficulty in the future.
Next target was Chessmaster's Token which I got in one try!
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hgfhgf, level 3 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
was gutted by a hell knight on level 3 of the Phobos base.
He survived 12026 turns and scored 13862 points.
He played for 6 minutes and 34 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 59 out of 83 hellspawn. (71%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Chessmaster's Token
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3586/3
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
[b] 10mm ammo (x88)
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[d] shotgun shell (x18)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 former humans
6 former sergeants
1 former captain
8 imps
14 demons
5 lost souls
7 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
-- 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 3 he finally was gutted by a hell knight.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
voice booms, "Congratulations mortal! A pity you came to destroy us, for you
would make a formidable Hell warrior!" "I grant you the title of Hell's Arena
Champion!" "And a promise is a promise... search the arena again..."
You reload the shotgun.
There is a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) lying here.
There is a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) lying here.
You picked up a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%).
There are stairs leading downward here.
The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
You enter Phobos, level 3.
The hell knight hits you. The hell knight hits you.
The hell knight hits you.
The hell knight hits you. Your green armor is completely destroyed!
The hell knight hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
914 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
656 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
102 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
88 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Easy stuff with Max Carnage, though I definitely had a little luck on my side as well.
Next were Untouchable Medal and Untouchable Cross. These I was pretty confident I could get without too much trouble since they work well with my playstyle, though I still had to deal with tricky situations. I made a few foolish mistakes in one run, so ended up with just the Untouchable Medal:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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jhjf, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 19019 turns and scored 56864 points.
He played for 18 minutes and 43 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 177 out of 398 hellspawn. (44%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Medal
Shambler's Head
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 17624/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%) (N)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [1/5]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x31)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x50)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
33 former humans
26 former sergeants
6 former captains
33 imps
19 demons
38 lost souls
7 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
1 mancubus
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
926 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
667 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
103 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
89 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Max Carnage+Light Travel is one of absolute favorite ways to play the game however, and since I was fairly close, I gave it some more effort. This time I played far more cautiously than even I would normally do, which was actually a lot of fun! I only got hit by enemies twice, and was forced to cross two acid rivers, but other than that, it was a flawless run:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fdxsfg, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 19672 turns and scored 56310 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 49 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 175 out of 368 hellspawn. (47%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 17340/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (92%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x29)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x33)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
30 former humans
16 former sergeants
5 former captains
23 imps
23 demons
53 lost souls
8 cacodemons
2 hell knights
1 baron of hell
4 arachnotrons
2 pain elementals
4 mancubi
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
He left level 13 as soon as possible.
On level 14 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
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 defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
930 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
670 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
104 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
90 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
So with that, I got 3 more medals, now totalling 36/43! My next target is another medal: Apostle Insignia! Time to grind for another kind of Apostle. :P
Strategy discussion time!
Going for this will be tricky since I rely on getting both Dragonslayer, Berserker Armor, and also surviving until the end. The obvious way of doing this is Ao100 or Ao666, of which, I'm leaning on 666 since I'll likely need as many floors as possible. Last time I did Ao666, I got every unique except for the Apostle set and Subtle Knife, so I don't want to be spending time on Ao100.
I also need a solid melee build for this, and I'm not a huge fan of Vampyre for long games. Malicious Blades looks cool, but it doesn't work in full with Dragonslayer, so that leaves Blademaster and it seems wicked! Of the traits available, I'll be wanting: Blademaster x1, Brute x5, Berserker x1, Hellrunner x3, Dodgemaster x1, Finesse x3, Intuition x2, Whizkid x2, and Ironman x5. That leaves 2 extra slots. Since it's also easiest to go from Shotgun->Melee, I'm one trait shy of Reloader x2 and Shottyman x1. Eagle Eye is useless, Juggler isn't really necessary, and the rest are blocked. I'll probably opt to skip Shottyman or Ironman, not sure which yet. Shottyman also becomes obsolete when I get Nano Super Shotgun, so it'll probably be skipped, and I'll temporarily gain from Reloader. If I stumble upon a very early Dragonslayer, maybe I'll go for Eagle Eye over Reloader since it's very mildly less useless.
As for armor and boots, perma-Berserk covers a good chunk of resistances with 60% to all, so I'll likely be more focused on movement speed. Phaseshift Armor (AOP) and Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A) give 40% + 60% movement speed with 4 protection, indestructibility, 90% total resistance to Melee/Bullet/Shrapnel, and immunity to fluids. Pretty awesome! Inquisitor set is also quite nice with 90% total resistance to the other damage types, with total fire immunity and good movement speed too. I recall acid fluid not being a huge deal late into my Ao666, so I can live without needing that. Early on, I'll likely be rocking Cerberus Boots (A) as usual, or possibly Enviroboots if I find them. It's interesting that Cerberus Boots (A) is -20% movement speed, Enviroboots are -25% and Cerberus Boots are -30%. :P (PPTA+A) is an expensive cost for 5% extra movement speed!
Berserker Armor is pretty cool, but is super slow and protects as much as Phaseshift Armor, though the increase of it is an interesting mechanic. I imagine with my massive resistances already though that I'll be reducing a lot of hits down to 1 anyway and the extra bump to Melee/Bullet/Shrapnel probably isn't worth the slow movement speed and the spawning Nightmare Demons. I'll likely leave it in my inventory until just the very end. When I do wear it, I'll definitely be ditching Inquisitor set for Cerberus Boots (A) and Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A), since the boots when solo are outclassed.
As for weapon before finding Dragonslayer, I'll definitely be using Nano Super Shotgun, or if I can't find one, Nano Shotgun. The other Shotguns are weaker and/or have a worse shotgun blast type, funny enough. Tactical Shotgun (P) is definitely the way to go until finding the needed Nano Pack.
It'll be pretty fun to test out all 3 sets that I haven't used before! I'm definitely going to build around using Shotguns until I find Dragonslayer, but I want to make sure I have Berserker early to help with picking it up. Maybe a spare Rocket Launcher and some Hatred Skulls will come in handy too. Scouts are also great with their extra movement speed and stair sense, along with the speedy Phaseshift set that I'll be able to fly through the floors once my build is complete. I'll need to kill most of everything early on to get that experience, but later will just be trying to get to the end without dying. I imagine the Apostle himself is weak though. This will also be a decent warm-up and learning experience for the eventual Ao666 on Nightmare.
With any luck, I can also find Subtle Knife and BFG10K as well to work on finishing my badges around collecting Uniques. I intend to grind for Apostle Insignia until I get it, but I'm also going to repeat this challenge a couple times until I also get 3x of everything. Shottyhead helped a lot last time, but I think with some caution, I'll be just fine without it.
I'm sure most of this strategizing is known and/or obvious, but it's my favorite part about gaming and I can't help but gush about it! <3 I think this grind will be a blast to do!
BBHood217:
While it's true that the Berserker Armor slows you down a lot, you can still get your movement speed down to 0.25 seconds with Hellrunner 3, antigrav phaseshift boots (A), and the permanent berserk effect from the Dragonslayer; and even a little bit faster than that as a scout.
Regardless, good luck with the Apostle. And remember not to wear any armor you won't be able to remove other than the Berserker Armor.
Tormuse:
Congrats on the Apostle rank! :D
--- Quote from: Icy on September 30, 2017, 09:14 ---On a different run, I had Mt Erebus with no Envirosuits and played roulette with a Phase Device and happened to get one of the best possible locations:
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That definitely was lucky; I once found out the hard way that there's a chance of teleporting inside the structure on that level and being unable to get out. I avoid using phase devices on Mt. Erebus now. Lava Pits, on the other hand, are a really good candidate for phase devices because they're pretty much guaranteed to take you closer to the envirosuits which you can use to get back again.
--- Quote from: Icy on October 05, 2017, 15:46 ---...or so I thought. I thought that maybe there was some additional restriction? I checked in-game and definitely completed what it says to do, so I checked the wiki, and it says the challenge must be done on Ultra-Violence, which I did not do. :/ A little annoyed by that, though it does make sense given it's a platinum badge. I'll go for it again on the correct difficulty in the future.
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Yeah, that's an in-game typo. You're not the only one to find that out the hard way. :P
--- Quote from: Icy on October 05, 2017, 15:46 ---Strategy discussion time!...
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You've got lots of sound strategy ideas. I'll toss in my own two cents and say that for a lot of the mid-game of this challenge, it's a toss up whether to wear the Phaseshift set or the Inquisitor set; In my games, I would go back and forth between them, depending on what I was facing. Once I'd assembled the Phaseshift antigravity boots and got that Onyx mod on the suit, though, the Phaseshift set was the way to go. There's a lot to be said for being so fast you can get ten moves on your enemies before they can react. :)
Also, it's worth noting that if you use the Inquisitor set, it's easy to get dependent on that 100% fire protection and forget to be cautious for those occasions when it dips below 50% durability and you lose the fire protection. I found that out the very, very hard way. :P It's still an amazing set, but don't let your guard down.
Icy:
Thanks, yeah I'm starting to really appreciate extremely high levels of movement speed. It's somewhat like being able to teleport around. I agree that I'll likely be using the Phaseshift set over Inquisitor set since fire immunity isn't that amazing, but I suppose at higher difficulties, taking 1 damage infinite times is far worse than taking 0 damage infinite times. I've also learned to watch the durability when I cooked myself in lava with damaged Cerberus Boots before, but that's nothing like what you did, jeez!
I also imagine Dragonslayer + Phaseshift Armor (AOP) + Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A) is absurdly powerful with Blademaster since I can quickly move to any spot, obliterate an enemy instantaneously, and carry on at the same speed. Sounds like lots of fun!
Day 29:
I started trying some Ao666 after I studied the blade yesterday and got a decent run going, but unfortunately died due to a dumb mistake. Along the way though, I got a pretty cool cave map:
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So I started a new run and got caught up pretty quickly. On one map, I ended up in a really cool tactical spot that only works because I had Cerberus Boots quite early:
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My setup for traits has been Intuition x2, Finesse x2, Whizkid x2, then mixing with Hellrunner, Ironman, Dodgemaster, and Finesse. I'm taking a slight risk by getting Brute, Berserker, and Blademaster later on, but survivability while playing as a temporary Shotgun build is important.
This was my preliminary equipment setup, which is quite cheap to make:
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Not too long after, I found Phaseshift Boots! Unfortunately, I forgot how the Antigrav assembly goes...
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Whoops. I'll have to find a second pair.
I also got a Nano Pack and Onyx Pack relatively early, the former being very important. I'll be hanging onto it for as long as possible since I need it for Phaseshift Boots, but if ammo gets tight, it'll be used on either a Super Shotgun or a regular Shotgun:
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I later decided to opt for more mid-game survivability and made a Cerberus Ballistic Vest (O), which has 0 armor, but insane resistances with 50% across with 70% for fire and acid! There's actually not enough space to list all 6 resistances in the upper-right corner, which is funny:
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Some more time later, I found Inquisitor Boots and Phaseshift Armor! I've since thrown away the Phaseshift Boots though and used my Onyx Pack, but I can get more so it's not a big deal.
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Then on the fairly early floor of 49, I got this:
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Very happy to get this so early! As long as I can actually find Dragonslayer now, I should be good to go for killing the Apostle!
So with that, I got to floor 51 and am already quite ahead of pace of where I want to be! The most important item I can find right now is a Super Shotgun to complete my Nano Super Shotgun (P). I'm also on the hunt for Inquisitor Armor, another pair of Phaseshift Boots, Onyx and Nano Packs, and of course, Dragonslayer. Here's my status so far:
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Funny enough, I haven't accomplished anything yet in terms of actual progress towards 100%. The only useful things that can come from this run are finding Dragonslayer, BFG10K, Subtle Knife, and killing the Apostle, all of which of course haven't happened yet. At this rate though, things are looking good! Hopefully I don't die! :)
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