The Journey to 100%

[Icy]

Day 10:

I started off grinding some melee runs to finish getting 3 Longinus Spears, and getting to 2000 melee kills, and they came along quite easily. With those runs, I now maxed out my needed melee kills and reached Archvile rank!

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I've also got 3 of each super special, except for Azrael's of which I only have 1 of so far. I also have 3 of every special except for Tristar Blaster, which I need just 1 more. Good progress in that area, but I still need a lot of uniques! I'm tempted to do another Ao666... :P

I continued picking away at some of the easier badges and medals, including Conqueror Badge, Lightfoot Badges, and Inquisitor Platinum Badge! One of my Humanity/Overconfidence runs went extremely well actually and I had made it to the Spider Mastermind with 2 Invulnerabilities stacked, and 0 damage prior, all set to get the Untouchable Medal and Cross. I played uncharacteristically risky like a dumbass and approached instead of camping around the pillar. The Spider Mastermind was extremely damaged, but just as I was about to get the kill, my Invulnerability ran out and I was quickly disposed of:

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 fewfew, level 2 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
 let the Spider Mastermind pwn him at the City of Dis.
 He survived 2806 turns and scored 9998 points.
 He played for 3 minutes and 31 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 11 out of 116 hellspawn. (9%)
 My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
 He was an Angel of Humanity!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 0

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

  None

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

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

  Health 0/10   Experience 942/2
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (94%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   assault shotgun (8d3) [1/6] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x45)

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

    [a] combat pistol (3d3) [14/15]
    [b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
    [c] shotgun shell (x8)
    [d] power cell (x20)
    [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] power mod pack
    [l] technical mod pack
    [m] agility mod pack
    [n] bulk mod pack
    [o] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   

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

    3 demons
    6 lost souls
    1 pain elemental
    1 revenant

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  He left level 6 as soon as possible.
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 8 he finally let the Spider Mastermind pwn him.

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

 Boom!
 Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
 Boom! Boom! You are hit! Boom!
 Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are
 hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You quickly fully load the assault shotgun. Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit! Boom! Boom!
 Boom! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
 Boom!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You feel
 vulnerable again.
 You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You die!... Press
 <Enter>...

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

 179 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 146 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 11 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 20 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 17 killed the bitch and survived.

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So that super sucked. Though I later realized I wouldn't have received the medals anyway. :P Following that, I got another similar run and just went with a nuke to score an easy victory:

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 3e434, level 4 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 2757 turns and scored 17756 points.
 He played for 3 minutes and 38 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 33 out of 126 hellspawn. (26%)
 Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
 He was an Angel of Humanity!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Everyman Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 0/10   Experience 4094/4
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->Fin->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (92%) (A)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   assault shotgun (8d3) [3/6] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   fireproof steel boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x67)

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

    [a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
    [b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
    [c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
    [d] combat knife (2d5)
    [e] shotgun shell (x35)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] homing phase device
    [n] shockwave pack
    [o] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 30% 

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

    5 former sergeants
    8 imps
    3 demons
    9 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    1 baron of hell
    1 former commando
    3 revenants
    1 mancubus
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  On level 3 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 4 he assembled a fireproof boots!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 8!
  On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You enter the damned city of Dis...
 Are you sure you want activate the thermonuclear bomb? [Y/n]
 You use a thermonuclear bomb. 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 ---------------------------------------------------

 196 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 160 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 12 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 21 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 18 killed the bitch and survived.

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Following that, I went to complete Angel of Purity on Ultra-Violence with the help of Overconfidence! The run was basically to survive the 7 floors as much as possible and take it super slow with the Spider Mastermind. You start off with enough ammo to kill her if you're patient enough, so I just had to play out enough runs to make it. That said, ammo was still quite tight and the battle was long. I think I spent about 12ish minutes, ran out of shells, and had to attack with the Combat Pistol (more ammo/damage efficiency than Minigun), but it got the job done! I was ready to throw my Combat Knife endlessly if necessary. :P

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 tdghdgtyh, level 3 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 20207 turns and scored 29389 points.
 He played for 17 minutes and 34 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 19 out of 195 hellspawn. (9%)
 My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
 He was an Angel of Purity!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Mastermind's Brain
  Inquisitor Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 11/50   Experience 2544/3
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   green armor [1/1] (19%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   combat pistol (3d3) [13/15]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (86%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x221)

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

    [a] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
    [b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
    [c] combat knife (2d5)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 3%    feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 3%    feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 

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

    7 former sergeants
    6 imps
    1 baron of hell
    4 mancubi
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  Entering level 1 he was almost dead...
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  He left level 2 as soon as possible.
  On level 6 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You quickly reload the combat pistol.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 206 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 166 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 24 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 21 killed the bitch and survived.

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Getting my 2nd platinum badge also gave me another rank up!

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Next, I played out some Light Travel. I came up with the strategy of going with a Cateye build combined with Max Carnage dual-angel, and used a mix of Shotguns and Chainguns. This sounds contradictory given that I have so little space in my inventory, but because I can see from so far away and always do max damage, I didn't really need to worry about carrying Med-Packs, and could entirely focus on ammo. I mostly used Shotgun/Combat Shotgun/Tactical Shotgun for the bulk of enemies, but had Chaingun/Gatling Gun in reserve for bosses and whenever I lost control of the level. Generally, my inventory would be both weapons, upgraded Red Armor, Boots (A), 1x Large Med-Pack, 1x Ammo Chain, and the rest being Shell Boxes/Shells. It worked wonderfully; the speed really helps a lot!

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 MaximumLight, level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 66514 turns and scored 90107 points.
 He played for 54 minutes and 28 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 485 out of 485 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 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 : 3

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

  Mastermind's Brain
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Untouchable Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Arena Key
  Lightfoot Silver Badge

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 44222/10
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->TH->Fin->Fin->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   gatling gun (1d7)x6 [52/60]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (68%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x128)

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
    [b] shotgun shell (x22)
    [c] large med-pack
    [d] large med-pack
    [e] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 13%   feet 0%   

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

    82 former humans
    68 former sergeants
    16 former captains
    54 imps
    66 demons
    115 lost souls
    20 cacodemons
    7 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    9 former commandos
    9 pain elementals
    3 revenants
    19 mancubi
    5 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- 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 sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  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 10 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 12 he assembled a gatling gun!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  He left level 16 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 There is a Small Health Globe lying here.
 You feel better.
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 You open the door.
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 You enter the damned city of Dis...
 There is a lever (woah!) here.
 You pull the lever...
 You quickly reload the gatling gun.
 You quickly reload the gatling gun.
 You quickly reload the gatling gun.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 209 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 167 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 26 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 23 killed the bitch and survived.

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It's also super fun! So I did the same thing again on Hurt Me Plenty to get the gold badge:

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 TravelMePlenty,
 level 13 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 81163 turns and scored 203960 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 17 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 894 out of 931 hellspawn. (96%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Light Travel!

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

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

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Lightfoot Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 70692/13
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->TH->Fin->Fin->SoB->HR->Fin->HR->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   powered red armor [5/5] (66%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   double shotgun (9d3)x2 [0/2]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   acid-proof boots [0/0] (86%) (P)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   gatling gun (1d7)x6 [4/60]

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

    [a] 10mm ammo (x88)
    [b] shotgun shell (x46)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   

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

    82 former humans
    91 former sergeants
    36 former captains
    117 imps
    63 demons
    264 lost souls
    34 cacodemons
    33 hell knights
    36 barons of hell
    31 arachnotrons
    28 former commandos
    17 pain elementals
    15 revenants
    19 mancubi
    22 arch-viles
    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 left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he assembled a gatling gun!
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a power armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 13 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  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 assembled a high power weapon!
  On level 18 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  Level 21 was a hard nut to crack!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.

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

 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. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
 Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
 missile hits John Carmack.
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
 Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. You
 are hit!
 You swap your weapons. You are hit!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You stop running.
 You reload the double shotgun.
 You are hit! Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
 You reload the double shotgun.
 You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 210 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 167 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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It went well overall, except for a sketchy moment:

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...and I even cleared out the City of Skulls and the Mortuary! I also had the opportunity to fight JC, but made the mistake of hitting him as a purple X, spawning Barons all over, and quickly getting flooded over by enemies. I think I could have won if not for that mistake, but oh well. Still got the medal and learned a little bit more! Funny that I still have 0 kills on JC since restarting this game. :P

One other little detail is I'm picking up more on advanced gameplay. When I was playing on Light Travel, I had an Invulnerability, Homing Phase Device, and the staircase all scattered throughout the level. Now, obviously I wouldn't be willing to give up one of my precious slots just for an easier next floor, but I realized the power of the U key and setup myself nicely:

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I actually hadn't pieced this trick together before and would normally always carry the Homing Phase Device. In my defense I only had just learned about using U. :P Still, it's nice to see personal improvement in other ways besides badges, medals, etc.

I'm now currently at 26/20/16/3/1/0 for badges, and still slowly picking away at the rest of the silver badges. :P I'll get them done soon. I'm also seriously thinking of doing another Ao666 on Ultra-Violence for 100% kills to work on getting my ranking maxed out and to collect more specials and uniques. I had a lot of fun, and think that having more of a challenge next time would make it even funner! I'm wondering how well a Vampyre build would work?

[Sereg]

Well you've surpassed my bronze count, and you appear to be on track to catch silver soon.  The way you play,  you'll probably catch my platinum and diamond counts before too long, too. Keep at it... I look forward to continuing to follow this thread.

[Tormuse]

...The Spider Mastermind was extremely damaged, but just as I was about to get the kill, my Invulnerability ran out and I was quickly disposed of

Ouch, that does suck.  :|  Remember to keep an eye on the INV message at the bottom of the screen while you're invulnerable; it darkens a few moves before the invulnerability wears off.  (Same with other power-ups too)  It's subtle and easy to miss, but really important in a battle like this.

One other little detail is I'm picking up more on advanced gameplay. When I was playing on Light Travel, I had an Invulnerability, Homing Phase Device, and the staircase all scattered throughout the level. Now, obviously I wouldn't be willing to give up one of my precious slots just for an easier next floor, but I realized the power of the U key and setup myself nicely:

Yup, adapting new strategies on the fly is my favourite part of this game.  :)

I'm now currently at 26/20/16/3/1/0 for badges, and still slowly picking away at the rest of the silver badges. :P I'll get them done soon.

*Gasp!*  You've caught up with my Bronze count!  :D  Might I suggest that you put your medal counts in your sig?  It's a nice thing to show off.  :)

I'm also seriously thinking of doing another Ao666 on Ultra-Violence for 100% kills to work on getting my ranking maxed out and to collect more specials and uniques. I had a lot of fun, and think that having more of a challenge next time would make it even funner! I'm wondering how well a Vampyre build would work?

Vampyre builds always work.  :)  The real question is do you have the patience to do 600+ levels of red screen?  :)

Well you've surpassed my bronze count...

Now I'm really curious about which Bronze you're missing.

[Dr. Granola]

[JK]I'm starting to wonder if you people have no lives at this point. Or you have WAY too much free time. Looking at you Icy.[/JK]

But seriously, I applaud your DETERMINATION (Caps mandatory, you've earned it) and saintly patience for even thinking about doing this. Good job.

EDIT: And what does Sereg'd mean?

[Sereg]

Now I'm really curious about which Bronze you're missing.

Eagerness. I suspect my only AoI wins have been Sereg'd.

[Tormuse]

[JK]I'm starting to wonder if you people have no lives at this point. Or you have WAY too much free time. Looking at you Icy.[/JK]

Funny you should say that; I quit my job recently, so I actually do have extra free time lately.  :)

EDIT: And what does Sereg'd mean?

Sereg has become known for his habit of using the Dual-Angel ability to combine difficult challenges with Angel of Overconfidence to get a shortened game.  "Sereging" has become a term for getting extra badges for those challenges by winning that shortened game.

EDIT:  That was supposed to say "quit," not "quite," damn typos!  :P

[Sereg]

 And no,  my ego isn't big enough that I invented the term,  but after coming back from a leave of absence to find it in use, I found it appropriate and adopted it as well... god knows it's a common enough occurrence in my mortem write-ups.

[thelaptop]

And no,  my ego isn't big enough that I invented the term,  but after coming back from a leave of absence to find it in use, I found it appropriate and adopted it as well... god knows it's a common enough occurrence in my mortem write-ups.

I take full responsibility for that.  =D

Edit: Wow, a 4-year-and-a-day term!

[Tormuse]

I take full responsibility for that.  =D

Edit: Wow, a 4-year-and-a-day term!

The origin of a legend.  :D  The term's been in use so long, I'd completely forgotten who it came from.  :)

[LuckyDee]

I'll never forget, at least. Smug bastard even corrected me when I used it wrong - by his standards. Pah.

[Icy]

Thanks for the tip on power-ups, Tormuse, I didn't know that! Very good information to have; I'll have to test it out sometime and get a feel for how much time I have remaining during the colour changes.

Day 11:

So I tried out my Vampyre idea for Ao666 and perhaps expectedly, it didn't pan out well. I also tried a little bit with my usual Shottyhead setup, but didn't get anywhere worth mentioning. After that, I instead turned my attention to collecting some of the more annoying medals and badges.

To start, I got both Malicious Knives Cross and Strongman Silver Badge. Nothing too interesting really; I went with a Vampyre build with a Marine and killed everything with a Combat Knife (B), lol. :P It helped that I could earn both on I'm Too Young To Die, so it wasn't too challenging, but here's the mortem anyway:

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 ghfxdghfx, level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 74378 turns and scored 46341 points.
 He played for 41 minutes and 48 seconds.
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 413 out of 413 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

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

  Levels generated : 7
  Levels visited   : 4
  Levels completed : 4

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Medal of Prejudice
  Malicious Knives Cross
  Strongman Silver Badge

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

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

  Health 73/60   Experience 45469/10
  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 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->Bru->MVm->Bad->TaN->TaN->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   combat knife (3d5) (B)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   grappling plasteel boots [3/3] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5) (A)

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

    [a] small med-pack
    [b] small med-pack
    [c] large 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] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] phase device
    [r] phase device
    [s] homing phase device
    [t] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)

-- 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 73%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    79 former humans
    34 former sergeants
    13 former captains
    46 imps
    35 demons
    134 lost souls
    18 cacodemons
    4 hell knights
    6 barons of hell
    9 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    9 pain elementals
    5 revenants
    8 mancubi
    7 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 agony elemental
    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 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 10 he assembled a grappling boots!
  On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  On level 13 he assembled a grappling 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 18 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

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

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

 216 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 172 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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Next was Brick Silver Badge. Now, I realized the trick to this was obviously Phase Devices, but I had a different strategy in mind:

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 BrickTest, level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 nuked himself on level 3 of the Deimos base.
 He survived 16838 turns and scored 35217 points.
 He played for 9 minutes and 31 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 140 out of 223 hellspawn. (62%)
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
 He was also an Angel of Red Alert!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)

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

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

  Health 0/60   Experience 10910/5
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->Fin->Fin->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (190%) (B)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   combat shotgun (8d3) [5/5] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x40)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] small med-pack
    [j] small med-pack
    [k] small med-pack
    [l] small med-pack
    [m] small med-pack
    [n] small med-pack
    [o] small med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] large med-pack
    [r] large med-pack

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   

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

    34 former humans
    15 former sergeants
    6 former captains
    34 imps
    7 demons
    24 lost souls
    4 cacodemons
    7 hell knights
    7 barons of hell
    2 bruiser brothers

-- 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.
  He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  On level 11 he finally nuked himself.

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

 Warning! Explosion in 60 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
 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!
 Peace comes back to this evil place. You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 217 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 172 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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...unfortunately, it didn't work. :P

So I buckled down and decided to get it done the old-fashioned way. However, in my run, I didn't find any Phase Devices, but was lucky enough to get a Sniper Pack from Hell's Armory to make a Plasmatic Shrapnel. Unfortunately, I had used up my Power Pack earlier on an armor. Then the game decided to just give me the run anyway, despite my embarrassing mistake. On Deimos 2, I found a Shockwave Pack, and then on Deimos 3, I found another one!

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It was just enough to pierce open the wall, and even provided me with a spot to cornershoot from! It took some time to get all the kills, but I played it safely and eventually got the Backpack and badge!

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 PhaseDevicePlz,
 level 7 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 committed a stupid suicide on level 4 of the Deimos base.
 He survived 38473 turns and scored 29959 points.
 He played for 21 minutes and 29 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 204 out of 223 hellspawn. (91%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 2

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

  Hell Armorer Badge
  Brick Silver Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 16416/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)

  Int->Int->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [1/2] (42%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   shotgun (8d3) [0/1] (S1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   grappling protective boots [3/3] (80%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
    [b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [c] shotgun shell (x70)
    [d] shotgun shell (x70)
    [e] shotgun shell (x70)
    [f] shotgun shell (x70)
    [g] shotgun shell (x70)
    [h] shotgun shell (x4)
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] shell box (x100)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 10%   feet 0%   

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

    46 former humans
    23 former sergeants
    9 former captains
    36 imps
    36 demons
    26 lost souls
    3 cacodemons
    13 hell knights
    7 barons of hell
    2 arachnotrons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler

-- 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 grappling boots!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he finally committed a stupid suicide.

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

 The missile hits the former sergeant. Boom! Boom!
 You dodge! Boom! Boom! You dodge! Boom! The former human dies.
 You dodge! The missile hits the former human. The former sergeant reloads his
 shotgun. You dodge! Boom!
 The missile hits the former human. You dodge!
 Boom! There is a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200] lying here.
 You picked up a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]. You are hit!
 You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
 You dodge! The missile hits the former sergeant. The former sergeant dies.
 The former human dies. You are hit! You dodge! Boom!
 You are hit! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight hits you.
 The former human reloads his pistol. Boom! The former human reloads his
 pistol.
 You dodge! Boom! The former human reloads his pistol.
 The former human dies. The barrel explodes! Your blue armor is damaged! You
 die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 220 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 172 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 16 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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I also completed my collection of 3 of every special on a run shortly after by getting a third Tristar Blaster:

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Next, I set my sights on the Gambler's Shield medal. I figured I would need to rely on generated level luck, getting Phobos Lab, Deimos Lab, etc. I also used Hell's Arena, but left before getting the last kill to get some early experience, and to still get three levers in Chained Court. After some runs not being enough, I decided that I should rely on Limbo as well. I should mention that I had never even completed Limbo before, though I have beaten the Mortuary several times and have used a Homing Phase Device in Limbo to escape a couple times too.

So, I went with Max Carnage + Light Travel dual-angel for maximum offensive power, though still continuing to play safe and slow. I did my usual setup of Gatling Gun + Tactical Shotgun and everything was going swimmingly. No Phobos Lab (I never had this even once on my badge attempts), but I got Deimos Lab, a couple of multi-hit levers with summoning, and healing, and I even got City of Skulls for an extra one. On floor 12, I also got Enviroboots, which are exceptionally helpful, and in Deimos Lab, I got both a Minigun to replace my Gatling Gun, and a Firestorm Pack! On my run, I had the Cyberdemon spawn just a few spaces away from me, but I turned him into swiss cheese!

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One mistake I stumbled upon later in the run was when I found an armor healing lever, I had both Enviroboots and Red Armor (O), so I couldn't use it. Good mental note to make for sure.

So I got Limbo and I was behind on the required lever count, and decided I didn't have any choice. Given that I have my dual-angel, my insane Minigun, and Enviroboots, I figured I could make it work. In fact, it went so well, that my very first completion of the level also earned me Angelic Badge! It was totally surreal, but I suppose in hindsight, not that surprisingly really. I destroyed the first couple of Archviles before they could do anything, wiped out the right-side, and took out the left. I also grabbed the Nuclear BFG9000 since I figured it's helpful with Max Carnage.

I was getting near the end of the game now and at 21 levers when I got Mt Erebus! At this point, I had to get into a serious mentality because I realized how awful this medal is to get, while I was guaranteed to get it so long as I played well. I wasn't nervous, but I had to make sure I didn't make any mistakes. It went very well, but I had a rough floor 23 and nearly died! Remember that I only had one Large Med-Pack and this was Max Carnage. Naturally, I would have to take the Spider Mastermind slow, though I did find a replacement Med-Pack before entering.

So I'm at the Spider Mastermind now and hit both levers (took awhile to do safely) when I realized that because I still had my Nuclear BFG and a Lava Element, I could take another shot at JC! I made sure that he clearly saw me this time. :P Once again though, the Minigun (F) with 2 levels of Triggerhappy, the dual-angel I was playing, all with an ammo chain to feed it, I swiss cheesed him too and finally got my JC kill! :P

In hindsight, the Enviroboots and Minigun were the MVPs, but I was so ecstatic to get such an insane run when trying for one of the most annoying medals to get, and finishing my collection of standard medals! I got exactly 26 levers pulled, I gained an extra medal with Angelic Badge that I was not in the slightest expecting to get, and I got to kill JC as a lovely bonus! What a fantastic run!

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 LeversPlz, level 12 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 97057 turns and scored 125291 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 49 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 654 out of 656 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 8
  Levels completed : 7

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Gambler's Shield
  Angelic Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 60812/12
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 1)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->TH->SoB->Fin->Fin->HR->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4] (O)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   minigun (1d6)x10 [92/200] (F1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x44)

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] shotgun shell (x4)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 100%

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

    107 former humans
    66 former sergeants
    18 former captains
    92 imps
    36 demons
    192 lost souls
    39 cacodemons
    14 hell knights
    9 barons of hell
    19 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    15 pain elementals
    7 revenants
    11 mancubi
    12 arch-viles
    5 elite former humans
    2 elite former sergeants
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    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 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He fought desperately in the Arena but didn't have what it takes.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he assembled a gatling gun!
  He purified his fellow comrades.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 12 he found the Enviroboots!
  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.
  He sounded the alarm on level 19!
  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!
  On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  On level 22 he found the Malek's Armor!
  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 --------------------------------------------------

 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
 Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
 missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
 Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
 missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
 Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
 missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies.
 Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 228 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 176 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 18 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 29 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 24 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------


To put lightly, I got ridiculous luck with getting these medals and badges, and glad to be done with them. Now onto more fun challenges!

I'm now at 22/26 silver badges, missing UAC (lol), Lava, Skull, and Arachno. I'm confident I can easily get them all, but they may take some more luck to achieve. I'll try them out today and see how it goes!

[Tormuse]

So I tried out my Vampyre idea for Ao666 and perhaps expectedly, it didn't pan out well.

Like many builds, it's tricky to get started, but powerful once it gets going.  For the first bunch of levels, you're probably going to want to rely pretty heavily on your shotgun, (since Vampyre blocks Eagle Eye and SOB, so your Chaingun won't be very effective) and maybe wait until you get a Chainsword before you start to rely on melee.  In any case, good luck if you decide to try again.  :)

Next was Brick Silver Badge. Now, I realized the trick to this was obviously Phase Devices, but I had a different strategy in mind:

...

...unfortunately, it didn't work. :P

Ah yes, it's probably worth mentioning that it doesn't count the level as complete unless you go down the stairs.  :)

So I buckled down and decided to get it done the old-fashioned way. However, in my run, I didn't find any Phase Devices, but was lucky enough to get a Sniper Pack from Hell's Armory to make a Plasmatic Shrapnel. Unfortunately, I had used up my Power Pack earlier on an armor. Then the game decided to just give me the run anyway, despite my embarrassing mistake. On Deimos 2, I found a Shockwave Pack, and then on Deimos 3, I found another one!

Two shockwave packs is an amazingly lucky find!  :o  I suppose it's a bit late to mention it now, but if I'd known that you were trying for this badge, I would've pointed out that in AoB, you get a guaranteed Homing Phase Device at the end of Hell's Arena.  This makes that badge ever so slightly less luck-based.

...and in Deimos Lab, I got both a Minigun to replace my Gatling Gun, and a Firestorm Pack! On my run, I had the Cyberdemon spawn just a few spaces away from me, but I turned him into swiss cheese!...

...Once again though, the Minigun (F) with 2 levels of Triggerhappy, the dual-angel I was playing, all with an ammo chain to feed it, I swiss cheesed him too and finally got my JC kill! :P

Firestormed Minigun in AoMC sounds epically brutal!  :D  (or brutally epic?)  That must've been something to see.  :)

[Icy]

Day 12:

I started by getting UAC Silver Badge out of the way. Hurt Me Plenty was pretty easy overall, though I nearly died on Spider's Lair. I camped the upper-left wall, but got surrounded and had to use a Phase Device. I was sent almost directly to the staircase and considered just escaping, but I managed to regain control and grab the BFG. I generally play Shottyhead builds on runs without restrictions, but the Cyberdemon is a bit of a challenge, so getting the BFG was very important. Once I got far enough into the game and comfortable stair-diving, I quickly finished the game.

Spoiler

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 HurtYouPlenty,
 level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 86128 turns and scored 140798 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 5 minutes and 10 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 489 out of 642 hellspawn. (76%)

 He saved himself 2 times.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 5

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  UAC Silver Badge

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

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

  Health 30/50   Experience 47282/10
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 1)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Shottyhead       (Level 1)

  Int->Int->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Jug->MSh->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4] (O)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   combat shotgun (7d3) [4/5] (T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (91%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   BFG 9000 (10d6) [29/100]

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

    [a] shotgun shell (x29)
    [b] shotgun shell (x70)
    [c] shotgun shell (x70)
    [d] shotgun shell (x70)
    [e] large med-pack
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] phase device
    [i] phase device

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 25% 

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

    76 former humans
    48 former sergeants
    21 former captains
    83 imps
    48 demons
    90 lost souls
    18 cacodemons
    13 hell knights
    24 barons of hell
    24 arachnotrons
    5 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    10 revenants
    3 mancubi
    3 arch-viles
    5 elite former humans
    5 elite former sergeants
    2 elite former captains
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- 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 fireproof armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 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 19 as soon as possible.
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 20 he was targeted for extermination!
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  He nuked level 23!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 You reload the BFG 9000. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
 The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 You reload the BFG 9000.
 You reload the BFG 9000. Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are
 hit!
 The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000!
 You have no more ammo for the BFG 9000!
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 229 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 176 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 18 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 30 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 25 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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My next target was Lava Silver Badge. I went back and forth on playing through a Technician to get Cerberus Boots by the time I would reach Mt Erebus/Lava Pits, or playing out a Scout on Overconfidence and hoping for lucky item drops.

My first good run was with the Technician strat, and I built the boots on floor 7, which is insanely early! Especially considering the 4th pack must be Power, it was very lucky and I was set to go. Unfortunately though, I was fighting against an Elite Shotgun Guy in Military Base and didn't realize that his blasts can destroy the walls and my cover, which lead to me getting killed.

Spoiler

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 CerberusBootsPlz,
 level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Technician,
 was shot by an elite sergeant on level 7 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 30100 turns and scored 17200 points.
 He played for 24 minutes and 53 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 173 out of 201 hellspawn. (86%)
 He was an Angel of Impatience!
 He was also an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 2

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

  Hell Champion Medal

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

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  ....h########....##....##.}##..##.......##.......###......#
  ####..h.........##.....h##.|...##.......##...X...###......#
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 0/50   Experience 9120/5
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Technician

    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)

  WK->WK->EE->EE->Int->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   combat shotgun (7d3) [1/5]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   cerberus steel boots [0/0] (84%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
    [b] shotgun shell (x50)
    [c] shotgun shell (x24)
    [d] 10mm ammo chain (x150)
    [e] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%

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

    66 former humans
    24 former sergeants
    5 former captains
    41 imps
    14 demons
    9 lost souls
    10 cacodemons
    3 elite former humans
    1 Arena Master

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he assembled a cerberus boots!
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he finally was shot by an elite sergeant.

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

 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
 There is a green armor [1/1] (38%) lying here.
 There is 10mm ammo (x48) lying here.
 There is a green armor [1/1] (45%) lying here.
 There is shotgun shell (x30) lying here.
 You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
 You pump a shell into the shotgun chamber.
 You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
 You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
 You load a shell into the combat shotgun. You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 237 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 183 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 19 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 30 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 25 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------


Frustrated, I tried a couple runs with the Scout strategy and wasn't having the luck needed. I had one particular run where I was looking set to go, but a Mancubus hit me and I got chained into a series of barrel explosions and died:

Spoiler

A couple runs later, I wasn't having the luck again, but I happened to stumble upon Grammaton Cleric Beretta, and decided to turn it into a run for killing the Spider Mastermind with it. All was going well, but on floor 7, I got banged up badly with an awkward position in a Cacodemon cave:

Spoiler

Keep in mind that with this being Angel of Impatience, I had no way of healing. So as usual, I took the Spider Mastermind on very slowly:

Spoiler

The plan was to damage her enough down to "almost dead", and then finish her off with Grammaton Cleric Beretta:

Spoiler

Fortunately, it went well and I got a surprise medal instead!

Spoiler

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 vbcxbvx, level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 19055 turns and scored 22743 points.
 He played for 18 minutes and 15 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 79 out of 173 hellspawn. (45%)
 He was an Angel of Impatience!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Grammaton Cleric Cross
  Mastermind's Brain
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)

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

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  #################....####............................####..
  #################....####............................####..
  #################....####............................####&.
  #################....####............................####..
  #################....X.....................................
  ##################..........####..............####.........
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  ####################........####.....####.....####........#
  #####################.......####.....####.....####.......##
  ######################...............####...............###
  #>#####################................................####
  ###########################################################

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

  Health 15/50   Experience 8894/5
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (79%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Grammaton Cleric Beretta (1d7)x6 [12/18]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%) (P)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x208)

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

    [a] blaster (2d4) [10/10]
    [b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
    [c] assault shotgun (8d3) [4/6] (P1)
    [d] minigun (1d6)x8 [128/200]
    [e] combat knife (2d5)
    [f] shotgun shell (x15)
    [g] shell box (x35)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 25% 

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

    16 imps
    7 demons
    33 lost souls
    11 cacodemons
    1 baron of hell
    1 arachnotron
    2 pain elementals
    4 revenants
    1 mancubus
    2 arch-viles
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  On level 4 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  He left level 6 as soon as possible.
  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 quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
 Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
 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 switch to burst mode.
 You switch to full auto mode.
 You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
 You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
 You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
 You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 243 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 188 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 19 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 31 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 26 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------


I'll probably try some more for that badge and rotate a bit with other goals!

[Sereg]

Nice progress.

I thought I saw someone mention this before, but I can't seem to find it now that I went to go quote it, so...

You should consider putting your Badge count in your signature, like Tormuse and I have(and several others on these forums) have them. I realize the way you're playing means you would have to be constantly updating it, but it'd be nice for those of us following your thread here to have a quick way to track your overall progress.

That, and the way you're going, it'll be a status symbol before long ;)

[Icy]

I definitely will in the future, but like you said, I'd be updating it constantly. Once all the easier badges and medals are all done, I'll start using one.

Day 13:

I decided to put my focus onto getting the Iron Skull medal today and did a little theorycrafting for this, knowing it would be a long grind to get. Given the requirements, I needed both a source of 10000 damage and a source of 10000 healing, and given that I'm restricted to normal games (no Ao100/666), that left Medical Armor and Vampyre for healing. I considered a Medical Armor (N) strategy with jumping in and out of lava/acid, but I wasn't 100% sure if it would like I envisioned it to, and it would also take quite a bit longer, at the trade-off of being significantly easier to execute.

So I went with Vampyre and played around in the City of Skulls. I wasn't too big of a fan of the strategy since I wasn't safe from being swarmed against Lost Souls, and would occasionally need to leave the nearby area to pick off a few at a time to heal back up. On top, the Pain Elemental is always roaming around and attacking. I came up with a better strategy idea and fortunately, I had the perfect setup for it in the same run just a couple floors later.

Essentially, I'd trap a Pain Elemental in a room with a barrel blocking its way, in order to cause it to continually create Lost Souls, without being able to move around, attack, etc, while at the same time, blocking off all walls around me so that only one Lost Soul could hit me if desired.

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I would camp in this position and attack to the left until I reached maximum health before decay (150% since I only had one level of Badass). Then I would run out to get hit repeatedly:

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Once I dropped to about 50%, I would run back in my hole to regain health. Rinse and repeat. This was much easier to execute, it was safer, and it was much faster too! I peaked around 120 damage a minute when I was clicking my mouse fast, and with some Lost Soul luck of jumping into the hole at a fast rate. After about an hour or so, I met the requirement:

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Following that, I went to clear out the rest of the floor with my Super Shotgun and Invulnerability. There was literally a Lost Soul on every tile possible!

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After all of that, I went on to finishing the run as well to get an easy Cyberdemon kill, as well as more in general too. Another benefit to this strategy compared to using Medical Amor is I increased my general kill count by well over 10000! I'm now about 900 more to reaching 50000 and maxing that statistic out for the rankings!

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 IronSkullPlz, level 9 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 213650 turns and scored 79026 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 19 minutes and 14 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 10769 out of 10901 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 4

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

  Mastermind's Brain
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Iron Skull
  Hell Armorer Badge

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

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

  Health 120/60   Experience 33730/9
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bad->Bru->Ber->TaN->MVm->Bru->TaN->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   piercing chainsaw (4d7)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   super shotgun (8d4)x2 [2/2] (T1)

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

    [a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [32/40]
    [b] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100]
    [c] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x12)
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] bulk mod pack
    [i] shockwave pack
    [j] shell box (x100)

-- 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 73%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    100 former humans
    51 former sergeants
    11 former captains
    68 imps
    45 demons
    10447 lost souls
    8 cacodemons
    10 hell knights
    5 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    8 pain elementals
    3 mancubi
    1 arch-vile
    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 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  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 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  He sounded the alarm on level 10!
  On level 11 he assembled a piercing blade!
  On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  He nuked level 13!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  He sounded the alarm on level 15!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 21 he was bombarded!
  On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  He decided it was too dangerous.
  Level 23 was a hard nut to crack!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 The Spider Mastermind hits you. 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 ---------------------------------------------------

 247 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 191 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 19 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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Following that, I went back to going for the Lava Silver Badge. I used the Scout strategy some more, had a few decent runs where I had no way across (I even tried rocket jumping :P), but then on one particular run...

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The single best item I could hope for! All I had to do was survive this floor and make it into the secret staircase! Unfortunately though, I was getting swarmed and had a lot of trouble with Barons. I almost died in a situation where one could have attacked and luckily didn't, just as I ran to hide behind a wall:

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Then going into the next floor, I had an Archvile starting with me in a room with no cover, and I just barely killed it!

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And then finally, I was at the staircase down, but with barely any health and the risk of Cacodemons surrounding me upon entry, I went for some healing and ran into an Archvile, who then resurrected a Baron. I ran out of options and...

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Definitely my most heartbreaking death. Getting Enviroboots on a run going for this badge is extremely lucky, but it went to waste. One important note with Angel of Impatience is that it's hard to recharge your running tactics when you can't carry health packs, and it's a very key part of using Shotgun builds.

A little later, I had another run where I scooped up Invulnerability just outside the staircase and actually made it across alive on Mt Erebus! I had a good supply of weapons and ammo, but I got blasted off by a Hell Knight and dunked into lava:

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So no luck yet. It's been a battle so far trying to get this badge, so it'll be my main focus until I get it now. Hopefully soon!