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Drox:
First off, I'd like to say that I've been playing RL games for quite a while, and have been lurking around here since I first found out about DoomRL. I've become a fan of Mr. Kisielewicz's games, especially Doom, Berzerk!, and now Aliens.

That being said, AliensRL is the first game of this sort I have completed, ever!

--- Code: ----- AliensRL (DAY 7++) Post Mortem ------------------------------------

  Name     : Drox
  Class    : Scout
  Rank     : Veteran
  Result   : Killed the alien Queen and escaped

  Total Experience : 12980
  Experience left  : 360
  Game length      : 206162 truns

  Armor   : Gyro-stabilizer [0]
  Sidearm : M4A3 pistol (12/12)
  Primary : M41-A pulse rifle (60/60)
  Heavy   : M56 smartgun (50/50)
  Medpacks: 0

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

  ....#....#..#.......|.|
  +...#....#..#.*.....#..
  ....#....#..#.......#..
  ....#....#..#.......#..
  ....#..A.#..#.......#..
  ....#....#..#.......#..
  ....#....#..#..A....#..
  .%..#....#..#.......#..
  ....#....#..#.......#..
  ....#....#..#.......#..
  ....#....#..#####-#####
  ....#....#........%....
  ....#....#..#######-###
  -#########..|A.........
  ............#..........
  -#########..#..........
  .........#..#A.........
  .........#..#..........
  .........#..#..........
  ....*....|..#..........
  .........#..#..........
  ##########  ###########

-- Skills ------------------------------------------------------------
  Sidearms      : expert
  Light weapons : advanced
  Heavy weapons : basic
  Technical     : basic
  Medical       : advanced
  Fitness       : advanced
  Perception    : basic

-- Ammunition --------------------------------------------------------

  9mm ammo      : 132/400
  .44 ammo      : 84/150
  M309 ammo     : 110/500
  M250 ammo     : 30/500
  60mm gren.    : 40/40
  12g. shells   : 200/200
  frag grenade  : 5/5
  inc grenade   : 0/5
  krak grenade  : 3/5

-- Kills (836) -------------------------------------------------------

  306 juveniles
  22 workers
  179 warriors
  236 hunters
  92 elites
  1 queen

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

 activate... You close the door.
 You enter the corridor. Entering
 Engineering Tower, level 1... The
 warrior shreds you!
 You enter the corridor. Entering
 Main Tower, level 1...
 Choose direction to open/close or
 activate... You close the door.
 You enter the corridor. Entering
 Civilian Tower, level 1...
--- End code ---

Let's see... I started out with no real strategy, used the M43A and combat shotty with Advanced Sidearms for about the first half of the ascent, until I ran out of 9mm and luckily found a Colt. The run was rather uneventful, I almost starved out of ammo on level 5, however. I couldn't find that darn elevator up!

The RNG seemed to tease me on this playthrough. Tons of .44 ammo, until I started using a Colt, then no more. I found about 5 smartguns (the earliest of which was on Storage or Military 4) before I saw the matching outfit on level 7, just before the top. All of my early xp went into getting Expert Sidearms, then Basic Medical and Light Weapons after that. I got Heavy just before fighting the Queen, and most of the rest were almost randomly chosen on the way down.

Speaking of which, I notice that the aliens seemed to spawn a lot more frequently, and near my position, on the descent. Which is fine, but unlike usual, there wasn't a message alerting me to this occurrance. Bug or feature? Not noticing being hit by Elites and Hunters suddenly getting 1-3 free shots is the reason why I escaped with 0 medkits. There was a scary moment where one such Hunter left me with 0hp on level 2! That is when I used my last medkit, only a minute or perhaps two before I won.

Speaking of speaking of which, there was a rather startling scene I was greeted with when leaving from Engineering to Main on level 4. On the way down and frantically searching for an elevator, I moved into the new corridor and saw enough aliens to completely block off the way ahead for a good five or six spaces. Like the buggers were waiting for me! I turned back. :)

To cap it off, thanks to Kornel for making such entertaining/addictive games, even one that I can win!

Kornel Kisielewicz:
The descent uses separate spawning mechanism.

Good job and congratulations!

Thank you :).

Drox:
Ah, I forgot that I had another question: what exactly is that graphic in the mortem labeled Graveyard supposed to be?

Kornel Kisielewicz:
Ummmm :PPP

Drox:
Prompt AND informative!

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