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Another Journey to 100%
khiijol:
even for a veteran player, this is pretty incredible progress for two weeks
Icy:
Thanks, I've been having a ton of fun with it!
Day 14
Today, I've shifted my focus slightly away from Dragonslayer hunting and playing for JC kills with my somewhat new strategy. I'm now at 30 of them and can get them very consistently. Since I don't have much else to comment on, I'll explain my gameplay a bit more thoroughly.
With Angel of Berserk and Overconfidence, the first two levels tend to be a bit rough, and it's important to not be afraid of using the starting Large Med-Paks. Save the Chainsaw boost though. I usually grab some nearby items, evaluate the situation, then find a door to camp behind and pick away at enemies using Run->Wait. Naturally, the widely varying possibilities for situations calls for widely varying actions, but this is generally my plan. Always skip Unholy Cathedral and Vaults, but exiting through them is fine of course.
After that, I stock up on as many Phase Devices as possible to prepare entering Mortuary/Limbo, ideally with a little extra if possible like Invulnerability and Envirosuits. Limbo is generally better because of the lava separating enemies more, and Phase Devices more likely to be beneficial, but Mortuary can work too. Use Phase Devices before Homing Phase Devices so that if you get unlucky while burning through them all, you can still at least exit alive. The top-right corner is ideal of course since that's where the Nuclear BFG is, but the bottom-right can also work if you can tough out any enemies. On Limbo, the two little islands nearby are also fairly manageable. Be cautious of enemies who can destroy the Nuclear BFG. If you're lucky and got a nuke before entering, always skip this level entirely.
If you have a nuke upon entering floor 5, it may be worthwhile to start seeking out Invulnerabilities or at least buffing up your inventory a little. Floor 6 and 7 are better of course, especially if you have Homing Phase Devices leftover. If you're unlucky, the run ends if you can't get Invulnerability, but I still always skip Lava Pits/Mt Erebus since the gear required is a ton, and time-wise, starting a new run can be close in speed anyway.
Nuke Dis, approach JC on a straight horizontal line a bit past the "d" of "id". Use an Envirosuit if available, drop the Chainsaw and pick it up to boost, then approach in a zig-zag. Play aggressively and always focus on attacking JC, healing only if necessary. I very rarely ever die here. Of course if you're extra lucky, you can just use a second nuke here.
My trait selection is always Brute->Brute->Berserker->Brute. From here, I usually pick Intuition to scout for Invulnerability, or Hellrunner if I think I may need an extra help making it to Dis while invulnerable. If I have no need for either, I go with Finesse.
For mod packs, Agility Packs go into Chainsaw, then Boots, Technical goes into Boots if I have a pair for Grappling Boots, which is very helpful for Revenants, Mancubi, and JC, and Power goes into Chainsaw then Red Armors. Bulks are rarely useful, generally only if there's a lack of everything else. Piercing Chainsaw helps with damage significantly and Red Armor (P), especially with Berserk makes you pretty unkillable.
That's all there is to it! I've tried various other strategies in the past for JC kills, including a different style of Berserk + Overconfidence, but this method has got to be optimal. I can get JC kills at worst once every 20 minutes, I've had 2 kills in a row multiple times, and I've had 3 kills within 20 minutes as well. It's also pretty fun to play. The only major downside is requiring Invulnerability on the last couple floors where some runs do end up immediately dying, but getting a nuke usually isn't a problem.
Some highlights:
A nice Trigun run made quick work of the ending, and the whole run was less than 6 minutes:
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Icy, level 5 Cyberdemon Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 163882 turns and scored 35488 points.
He played for 5 minutes and 36 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 61 out of 176 hellspawn. (34%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 40/40 Experience 7152/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (55%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [40/40]
[b] green armor [1/1] (45%)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (45%)
[d] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[f] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[g] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[h] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[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
[s] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former sergeants
24 demons
14 lost souls
8 cacodemons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
5 revenants
2 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 6 he found the Trigun!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 9!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! Congratulations! You
defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You ingenious son of a gun! You're as smart as
Hell itself! Press <Enter>...
But... something's wrong! You sense a menace, a threat so evil it kills your
mind! Was not all evil destroyed???
You start running!
There are stairs leading downward here.
This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! Congratulations! You
defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2169 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1663 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
95 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 321 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
83 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
78 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
I had one really unique run where I was very low on health and got a level up. As I was just about to be attacked, I went with Ironman specifically for the immediate health boost, survived, and I went on to kill JC too:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 6 Cyberdemon Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 17000 turns and scored 42414 points.
He played for 9 minutes and 34 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 74 out of 138 hellspawn. (53%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
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 67/60 Experience 12438/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Iro->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (73%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (22%)
[b] combat knife (2d5)
[c] small med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] bulk mod pack
[g] protective boots [2/2] (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 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former sergeants
14 imps
12 demons
8 lost souls
9 cacodemons
5 hell knights
7 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
4 revenants
4 mancubi
3 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He sounded the alarm on level 4!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
taste blood!
The cacodemon hits you. You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. The lost
soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The cacodemon hits you.
The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. You dodge! The missile hits the
lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You are hit! You need to taste
blood!
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. You dodge! The missile hits the
cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. You need to taste blood!
The cacodemon hits you. The missile hits the cacodemon. The lost soul dies.
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. You need to
taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2195 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1677 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
96 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 325 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
90 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
85 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
One time entering Hell Fortress, I used Hell Staff and of the 1367 possible tiles to pick from, I got the absolute best one:
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Here, I had Invulnerability, but needed to exit fast before it ran out. I also needed a nuke since I didn't get the Nuclear BFG. On floor 7, I grabbed a Tracking Map and saw this:
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With a Homing Phase Device, I was able to scoop up the nearby nuke and exit quickly enough, turning what was a run on life support into another JC kill!
Finally, I once had a massive stack of Phase Devices before entering Limbo:
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Funny enough, none of them were Homing Phase Devices, but I still got to the Nuclear BFG after 3 of them.
And that's all for today. I'll keep grinding JC kills to reach 50, which shouldn't take too much longer. Maybe I'll find Dragonslayer too...
Icy:
Day 15
Today I continued with JC kills, now having reached 41/50. The last 9 should come by and then I'll have the Apostle ranking and be done with the grind.
Some highlights:
I was having a relatively weak run, one with no Med-Paks and pretty low health. I found a Tracking Map in this situation:
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As you can see, I had a Baron in basically every direction, with Invulnerability to the left near the door, a Large Health Globe to my right, and the stairs right below me. I decided that the best choice was to dance around and hope that I could approach the Large Health Globe without being spotted.
However, I was not having any luck with the Barons and had to use the Chainsaw boost early and went for Invulnerability:
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After some fighting, I managed to get to the stairs in decent shape:
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It's always fun to be presented with interesting, challenging puzzles like this. Fortunately, use of the Chainsaw boost wasn't a problem because I found a second nuke shortly after:
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And the much needed Invulnerability:
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And a very nice floor 7:
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It's nice that the game rewarded me with good fortune after previously receving bad luck with what I believed was the correct decision. It also shows again that weak runs can still get JC kills.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 4 Cyberdemon Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 122477 turns and scored 32440 points.
He played for 14 minutes and 16 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 47 out of 117 hellspawn. (40%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
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 0/50 Experience 5806/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (18%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (105%) (B)
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] chainsaw (4d6)
[f] small med-pack
[g] envirosuit pack
[h] envirosuit pack
[i] bulk mod pack
[j] shockwave pack
[k] steel boots [1/1] (96%)
-- 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 60% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 80% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 former sergeants
2 former captains
13 imps
8 demons
5 lost souls
6 cacodemons
1 hell knight
2 barons of hell
1 pain elemental
3 revenants
1 mancubus
1 arch-vile
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
Entering level 3 he was almost dead...
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 9!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You wear/wield : a nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle? This will
overload the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle! 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 John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2254 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1709 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
100 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 333 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
105 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
100 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Here's an amusing start. It's actually very nice for a quick kill and easy experience:
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Here was another interesting start:
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The options here are to head up-left, charge the Revenant, charge the Baron, head down-left, or head down-right. I actually decided to wait since there was a good chance the Revenant would blow itself up and then I could charge the Baron with an extra level of Brute. Unfortunately:
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I didn't get the Revenant to fire. I still made it work, but not as optimally as it could have been.
Here was another interesting situation, though I'm encountered similar ones many times:
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I had no Phase Devices, and the Invulnerability was too far to make it in time to survive nuking Dis. However, by cutting the door, pushing a barrel towards the Invulnerability and then using my Combat Knife to throw at it, I was able to make it, with 3 turns of Invulnerability to spare. The Combat Knife has come in handy many times actually for other barrel-blasting setups, usually for opening paths.
Another amusing run I had insisted on giving me Bulk Packs:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 7 Cyberdemon Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 290233 turns and scored 51556 points.
He played for 21 minutes and 33 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 110 out of 232 hellspawn. (47%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 44/50 Experience 20082/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->HR->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (94%)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (90%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (76%)
[b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[c] red armor [2/4] (27%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (66%)
[e] red armor [1/4] (14%) (T)
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] phase device
[l] bulk mod pack
[m] bulk mod pack
[n] bulk mod pack
[o] bulk mod pack
[p] bulk mod pack
[q] bulk mod pack
[r] protective boots [2/2] (69%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former sergeants
3 former captains
24 imps
14 demons
14 lost souls
9 cacodemons
2 hell knights
15 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
15 revenants
5 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he stumbled into a complex full of hell knights!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You are hit! That hurt! You'
going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. The lost
soul hits you. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste
blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2272 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1719 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
102 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 334 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
110 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
105 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
And on another run...
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Finally! There were lots of tough monsters and not a ton of help towards it, but I managed to grab it with some careful play:
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I'm very happy I won't need to do another 666 game now, and I finally get Armorer Diamond Badge! Getting this on floor 1 also meant I can skip the Berserker trait, which is now useless. On the next floor, I found the next best unique for this character:
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No Malicious Knives on this run of course though.
I got a little overconfident and fought through Limbo instead of rushing for the Nuclear BFG and got beat up pretty bad for it, but managed to survive:
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On floor 6, I found stacked Invulnerability:
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And another stack on floor 7!
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Except...
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I completely forgot I wouldn't be able to use the Nuclear BFG and needed a regular nuke, oops. Fun fact, you also can't Chainsaw boost, unsurprisingly:
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Knowing that now, it could have been very helpful on the approach to getting Dragonslayer, rather than saving it just before actually picking it up. Anyway, I made short work of the Spider Mastermind in 3 hits and got another Gutts' Heart:
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Icy, level 6 Cyberdemon Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 20304 turns and scored 28007 points.
He played for 12 minutes and 28 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 140 out of 200 hellspawn. (70%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Gutts' Heart
Armorer Diamond Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 89/50 Experience 11596/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Bru->HR->HR->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Dragonslayer (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (97%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [40/40]
[b] blue armor [1/4] (3%) (P)
[c] small med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] phase device
[i] envirosuit pack
[j] envirosuit pack
[k] technical mod pack
[l] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[m] gothic boots [10/10] (200%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 80% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
14 former sergeants
2 former captains
25 imps
1 demon
57 lost souls
5 cacodemons
2 hell knights
3 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
6 pain elementals
4 revenants
6 arch-viles
5 nightmare demons
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Dragonslayer!
On level 2 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
You are hit! 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!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2282 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1724 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
102 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 336 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
113 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
108 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
That's all for now. Once Apostle ranking is done, I will have completed all the major grinds that interfere with runs and can focus entirely on collecting Badges and Medals without being sidetracked. It'll be a breath of fresh air after all this JC grinding for sure.
Icy:
Day 16
After a long grind, I have finally reached 50 JC kills and got Apostle ranking!
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
It's not that hard to get, but it takes some serious time to get all those kills, and I'm glad it's all done now. This also means every major grind is out of the way and I can focus entirely on Badges and Medals now. I'm not sure what I'll go for first.
Some highlights:
This was a crazy room to open, with 16 out of 21 tiles occupied, all by monsters who can't open doors:
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In the same floor, there was a somewhat similar one too:
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On one run, I had my first triple nuke before floor 4, meaning I could blow up an extra floor, in particular, Mortuary/Limbo. I found the necessary Invulnerability right by the start and the stairs too:
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My first run through this grind on grabbing Angelic Armor:
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Floors 5 and 7 were also nice and I was able to actually complete the run:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 5 Cyberdemon Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 129274 turns and scored 36042 points.
He played for 12 minutes and 4 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 64 out of 160 hellspawn. (40%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Fallout Gold Cross
Grim Reaper's Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 8698/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Int->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (95%)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] [ Boots ] grappling plasteel boots [3/3] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] blue armor [1/2] (20%)
[e] blue armor [1/2] (13%)
[f] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[g] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[h] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[i] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[j] combat knife (2d5)
[k] small med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] protective boots [2/2] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
14 former sergeants
1 imp
6 demons
9 lost souls
5 cacodemons
3 hell knights
3 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
2 revenants
6 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he assembled a grappling boots!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He nuked level 4!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He nuked level 9!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
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 John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2288 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1727 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
102 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 338 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
114 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
109 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
In one scenario, I was able to barricade myself and pick off Arachnatrons. If you weren't already aware, they cannot destroy Napalm Barrels because of the high armor value:
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On one close run, I didn't have an Invulnerability on floor 7 as my current one was almost out, but I rolled this instead:
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And I once killed a Baron who exploded like a pinata:
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And that's it for now!
Icy:
Day 17
One of my current goals now is to re-earn everything I had previously got and the list is getting quite short now. They are as follows:
Medals: Gargulec Cross, Thomas's Medal
Gold Badges: Strongman
Platinum Badges: Reaper, Berserker, Quartermaster, Everyman
Diamond Badges: Gatekeeper, Reaper, Berserker, Quartermaster, Scavenger
Angelic Badges: Veteran, Lightfoot
So far, I haven't earned anything that I didn't before.
I cycled around a bit with different challenges without too much success, and I was attempting a few things that would give me multiple badges in one completion, but after that I decided to just go for some easy stuff.
My first pick was Quartermaster Gold Badge, which I got in one try. It's a pretty easy challenge with the help of Max Carnage, but I had quite a bit of good luck too. On floor 7, I got a very early Assault Shotgun:
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I happened to find another one a bit later too:
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Later on, I also found a relatively early Trigun, which does still work with Red Alert:
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I didn't find much for Invulnerability, but it still got some usage:
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And otherwise, it wasn't very eventful. Very easy to get.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 9 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 39864 turns and scored 108111 points.
He played for 35 minutes and 20 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 394 out of 394 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Untouchable Badge
Quartermaster Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 35/35 Experience 39126/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->Jug->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [28/40] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[b] shotgun shell (x28)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x38)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] large med-pack
[t] shell box (x100)
[u] shell box (x48)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
54 former humans
55 former sergeants
13 former captains
80 imps
28 demons
97 lost souls
5 cacodemons
11 hell knights
9 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
4 former commandos
8 pain elementals
12 revenants
7 mancubi
6 arch-viles
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.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
He sounded the alarm on level 14!
On level 15 he found the Trigun!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 19!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 20!
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 21!
Level 22 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You start running!
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.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
Nothing to swap!
You reload the assault shotgun.
You swap your weapons instantly!
You stop running.
You reload the plasma rifle.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2335 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1752 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
105 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 348 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
123 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
118 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
After that, I played for Daredevil Platinum Badge, which likewise wasn't too much trouble or particularly interesting. I carried two nukes with me and found my first Invulnerability on Hell floor 4:
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I found another on the very next floor, nearby both the start and stairs:
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I tried to make the most of each action of Invulnerability:
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Floor 6 also tried to work with me for another, but I ran out of nukes at that point:
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And near the end, I got slightly reckless with a Mancubus and almost died. It would have been pretty annoying, but it was completely avoidable and my fault:
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And likewise, it was easy overall and nothing too eventful.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 11 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 558050 turns and scored 195344 points.
He played for 44 minutes and 36 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 517 out of 517 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Daredevil Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 59433/11
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->Jug->TaN->TaN->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] high power plasma rifle (1d9)x6 [2/26]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] power battery (x66)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x40)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x10)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
34 former humans
90 former sergeants
36 former captains
52 imps
51 demons
94 lost souls
21 cacodemons
10 hell knights
44 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
16 former commandos
13 pain elementals
18 revenants
10 mancubi
20 arch-viles
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He sounded the alarm on level 5!
On level 6 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
He nuked level 12!
He nuked level 13!
On level 15 he assembled a high power weapon!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 16 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched!
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2350 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1766 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
105 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 348 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
124 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
119 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
That's it for today! I'll continue picking away at some of the easier achievements and see what I end up earning.
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