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[Tormuse]

So, I really wanted to do a challenge that doesn't restrict me from using the master traits, (Why do so many of the Diamond badges require you to play masterless?  Hmph!)  so I decided to try for Blood Diamond.  (Also, I didn't want my game to be interrupted by an update, so I turned off beta testing)  :P  Since Angel of Vampirism theoretically meant my hp would be low all the time, I decided to lean into the strengths of Survivor and Angry MotherFucker traits.

I say "theoretically," because I actually turned out to be too effective a killer, up to the point that my health ended up being high almost all the time.  :P  (Oops!)  I started by going straight to AMF, because of the new 50% damage reduction when you're below 25% health, which...  I guess was helpful at the beginning, but as it turned out, quickly became irrelevant.  I think the re-kills of revived enemies is partly responsible for the fact that my health stayed high.

I didn't quite get Conqueror, because I wasn't able to kill everything at once in Frozen Temple.  (And I only went there to see if I could figure out how to use the "Frozen Heart," but I never did)  :(  I also tried to figure out how to open that mysterious right-most door in Infernal Lock, but didn't get that either.  :|  I did map out which switches open which doors, though, so there's that.

The shotgun with freezing ability you see there was one I got as the reward in Valhalla Command, and it was quite useful for the whole game, including the Summoner battle, especially against those occasional groups of fast-moving melee enemies.  I was able to freeze them and reload while running away.  :)

I'm not wearing any armour in the mortem, because it took a real beating on the second last level, (a hunt level where I got cornered) and got finished off during the Summoner battle, but I was wearing some basic armour I found early on that offered auto-reloading of automatic weapons, which I found quite helpful for the whole game, especially in combination with the automatic amp that gave a nice 20% damage boost to my pierce rifle.  :)

I carried around a storm SMG (or whatever it's called?  The one that fires 11 bullets at a time) for a while in case any enemies ever got too close, but it wasn't really getting very frequent use, so I was content to switch it up for the rocket launcher with the toxic cloud ability for the last few levels.

Tormuse, level 20 Marine, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 18086 turns.
The run time was 6h 7m 5s.
He scored 9470 points.
He opposed the NIGHTMARE!
He was an Angel of Vampirism!

CALLISTO L2 -> Valhalla Terminal L1
Valhalla Terminal L2 - Lockdown
Valhalla Terminal L3 - Low Power
Valhalla Terminal L3 -> Valhalla Command
Valhalla Command - cleared
EUROPA L2 -> Europa Ruins L1
Europa Ruins L1 - The Hunt
Europa Ruins L3 -> Frozen Temple
IO L3 - The Hunt
IO L5 -> Infernal Lock
Infernal Lock - cleared
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
BEYOND L3 - The Hunt

Awards
  CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
   * 25+ kills without taking damage
  Explorer Ribbon (+50)
   * Visited all encountered special levels
  Blood Platinum Badge
   * Complete Angel of Vampirism on UV
  Blood Diamond Badge
   * Complete AoV on Nightmare!

He killed 960 out of 1102 enemies.

  56 archreavers
  18 plasma ravagers
  49 exalted ravagers
  27 fiends
  51 exalted fiends
  2 military bots
  22 turrets
  25 rocket turrets
  1 Summoner
  8 military sentrys
  1 former CRI grunt
  7 security sentrys
  158 exalted reavers
  24 CalSec bots
  1 former CRI soldier
  60 exalted kerbeross
  1 hellish sergeant
  12 ravagers
  11 former soldiers
  13 former guards
  6 siege ravagers
  6 fire fiends
  2 former heavys
  103 exalted soldiers
  8 former sergeants
  16 CRI marines
  1 corrupted heavy
  13 cryobeross
  6 guardian bots
  6 hellish soldiers
  16 former CRI commandos
  2 military drones
  17 corrupted soldiers
  11 ice fiends
  12 toxic reavers
  39 former grunts
  3 hellish commandos
  2 former CRI heavys
  26 armored ravagers
  4 former CRI sergeants
  6 CRI bots
  11 reavers
  9 toxic fiends
  10 corrupted commandos
  17 security drones
  5 cybeross
  57 cryoreavers
  3 kerbeross
  12 CalSec sentrys
  9 former commandos
  2 security bots
  5 toxibeross

Traits
  Skilled L1
  Ironman L2
  Hellrunner L3
  Sustained fire L1
  Tough as Nails L3
  Army Surplus L1
  Bloodhound L1
  Whizkid L3
  Angry Motherfucker L3
  SURVIVOR L1

Trait order
  SF->AMf->AMf->AMf->TaN->TaN->Iro->MSV->
  Hr->Iro->Arm->Whk->Hr->Hr->TaN->Whk->
  Whk->Ski->Blo

Equipment
  Slot #1 : 7.62 pierce rifle BA
   * Critical 25
   * Extended Mag 6
   * Anti-armor
   * Calibrated 2

  Slot #2 : AV3 rocket launcher
   * Calibrated 2
   * Toxic 2

  Slot #3 : AV3 12ga shotgun PBAL
   * Frenzy 8
   * Calibrated 1
   * Autoloader
   * Swap Harness
   * Critical 40
   * Freezing 2

  Body    :  - NONE -
  Head    :  - NONE -
  Utility : AV3 auto AMP
   * Auto accelerator
   * Auto booster


Inventory
  rocket (x4)
  12ga shell (x25)
  7.62 ammo (x100)
  7.62 ammo (x20)
  krak grenade (x1)
  frag grenade (x1)
  smoke grenade (x1)
  CRI phase kit (x3)
  stimpack (x3)
  large medkit
  frozen heart
  red keycard (x2)


[scotherns]

Amazing as always!