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Author Topic: [N|AoMC+AoOC|25%|YAVP] On a roll 3: Phobos Drift (Sereg Destroyer Diamond)  (Read 3129 times)

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Geres, level 5 Arch-Vile General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 4103 turns and scored 87561 points.
 He played for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 74 out of 285 hellspawn. (25%)
 Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Destroyer Diamond Badge

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

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

  Health 57/50   Experience 7326/5
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Scout

    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)

  Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   minigun (1d6)x8 [128/200] (T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x14)

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

    [a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
    [b] assault shotgun (7d3) [3/6]
    [c] combat knife (2d5)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x43)
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] bulk mod pack

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

    None

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

    9 former sergeants
    7 former captains
    8 imps
    17 demons
    22 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    1 baron of hell
    2 arachnotrons
    1 pain elemental
    3 revenants
    1 mancubus
    1 arch-vile
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  Level 6 was a hard nut to crack!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You see : Geres (boosted) | floor | [ m ]ore
 Targeting canceled.
 Modify w eapon, a rmor or b oots? (Escape to cancel) [abw] You use a technical
 mod pack.
 You stop running.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 Targeting canceled.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...

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

 4265 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 3982 of those were killed.
 24 of those were killed by something unknown.
 70 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 139 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 50 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 29 killed the bitch and survived.
 13 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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So this "Next!" took a while, huh? I've been trying a lot of things in my diamond quest - trying to get a Vampyre through the Anomaly, trying to get enough luck for a Centurial Diamond run to do something other than stairdive with a combat knife and pray to never meet an enemy... but reading Icy's thread, as well as inspiring me, tempted me to the dark side - Angel of Overconfidence is a pathway to many badges some consider to be... unnatural. So I decided to try a Sereg Destroyer Diamond run - it starts you with a great rapid-fire weapon and pretty close to game-winning status already. Plus, when you need to keep the damage under 50, health isn't an issue...

This was pretty much the least eventful run imaginable - I met an arch-vile close up on level 1, shortly before grabbing 2 invulnerability globes. I gained several levels by enemy collateral damage while running, and I didn't really do much besides running and grabbing another invuln- my invulnerability started on level 1, ran through a couple of specials and an arachnotron cave and ended after a few volleys into Spidey, at which point I used the ancient art of "stay out of range like a coward and snipe with int2 until target dies" to finish the job. As you'll see in the message log, though, I did grab a tech mod that I didn't remember or bother to apply until close to the end.

I'll probably return someday and try a non-Sereg version of this, as it really feels like the least deserved diamond badge since the days when I earned Gatekeeper Diamond by melting through the walls with plasma - although considering I only played part of level 1 and part of Dis while vulnerable and still took 40 damage, and have never even obtained the untouchable badge, let alone cross, that might be a little ambitious. I guess next up are some platinums to get me to Marshal, and then begins the quest for diamonds, which will require some serious work on my skills in various areas such as stabbing things without getting stabbed, Phobos Anomaly nightmare tactics and a broad variety of general Nightmare skills. (Either that or going hardcore on Sereging...)

Disclaimer: The scout featured in this mortem is entirely fictional. Any similarity to any DoomRL players is purely coincidental.
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