Someone told me that the "Endless" trial actually does have an end on level 666, so I decided to see for myself, and confirmed that to be true. :) (With 100% kills on Inferno difficulty!) :D Endless Diamond badge too! WOO! :D
I've been working on this particular run since... Mid-March, I think? It took just over four months from beginning to end, playing a few levels at a time each day. I did it with a Survivor build, which wouldn't have been my first choice, but it's the first one that took off after a whole bunch of failed attempts with other classes and builds. (Most of which didn't get further than level 2)
I was helped from the beginning by Inferno difficulty randomly giving me the "lethal" buff, which gave me a 50% damage bonus for the entire game. (I haven't seen Kornel comment on that, but I suspect it might be unintended; I sure took advantage of it, though) :P
The other big help was the AV2 grenade launcher you see in slot 3 which kept me alive in the early game, since it has a "haze" modifier on it, which basically acted as unlimited smoke grenades, for keeping enemies from shooting at me, and was useful enough that I kept it around for the entire game.
My real workhorse weapon, though, was that "Git Gud" rifle (okay, the AWP long rifle, if you prefer) :P which I found on level 20 and gets a bonus for each kill, so in a game with as long a timeline as this one, it got up to almost 30,000% crit bonus, and I spent a majority of the game being able to one-shot anything, including charging archmedusae.
I also had a super shotgun with second chambre as backup, which was pretty nice. Once I got all the damage bonuses from low health, (including a damage bonus from the Kerberos' Heart relic) very little could survive two shots from it, so it was good for getting enemies that were around corners or hiding in smoke or otherwise couldn't be hit reliably with the GG rifle. :)
I also streamed myself live playing the last six levels, as you can see
here. :)
I've noted before that you have to get really good at killing medusae in this challenge, as evidenced by the fact that it was the number one most common enemy. This frequently meant I had to tank at least one hit from each of them, so I could do a wait action to guarantee a hit from the GG rifle, but it was very doable. Other things I noticed: I found 8 Mk3 manufacturing stations in the whole game, 7 of which were before level 364, and the last being on level 660. Also, I found 6 uniques in the whole run, all of which were after level 400. (Gives some interesting insight into RNG distribution)
I'm sure there's plenty more to say about this run, but I can't think of it right now, so I'll just say... yay! I've finally finished this thing! :D
Tormuse, level 122 Marine,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 184583 turns.
The run time was 50h 44m 45s.
World seed was 92869.
He scored 305250 points.
He challenged the INFERNO!
He challenged the Endless trial.
Endless L30 - Exalted Curse
Endless L31 - Infestation
Endless L36 - Secure Vault
Endless L38 - Secure Vault
Endless L50 - The Hunt
Endless L68 - Exalted Summons
Endless L72 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L83 - The Hunt
Endless L98 - Lockdown
Endless L100 - Exalted Summons
Endless L107 - Secure Vault
Endless L110 - The Hunt
Endless L119 - Exalted Summons
Endless L125 - Low Power
Endless L127 - The Hunt
Endless L131 - Exalted Curse
Endless L135 - Secure Vault
Endless L173 - Exalted Summons
Endless L178 - Low Power
Endless L182 - Lockdown
Endless L194 - The Hunt
Endless L200 - Exalted Curse
Endless L203 - The Hunt
Endless L209 - The Hunt
Endless L215 - The Hunt
Endless L222 - Exalted Summons
Endless L233 - Lockdown
Endless L237 - The Hunt
Endless L239 - The Hunt
Endless L266 - The Hunt
Endless L272 - Exalted Curse
Endless L283 - Exalted Curse
Endless L287 - Lockdown
Endless L295 - Secure Vault
Endless L305 - Exalted Summons
Endless L312 - Exalted Summons
Endless L313 - The Hunt
Endless L319 - Low Power
Endless L323 - Volatile Storage
Endless L327 - Exalted Summons
Endless L333 - Lockdown
Endless L340 - Lockdown
Endless L344 - Exalted Summons
Endless L354 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L355 - Secure Vault
Endless L359 - The Hunt
Endless L363 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L367 - The Hunt
Endless L375 - Secure Vault
Endless L392 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L400 - Secure Vault
Endless L400 - found BFT 10K
Endless L405 - Lockdown
Endless L407 - Secure Vault
Endless L417 - Lockdown
Endless L420 - The Hunt
Endless L444 - Secure Vault
Endless L447 - The Hunt
Endless L456 - Exalted Summons
Endless L463 - Exalted Summons
Endless L479 - The Hunt
Endless L484 - Exalted Curse
Endless L491 - Infestation
Endless L497 - Secure Vault
Endless L497 - found Shadowhunter
Endless L502 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L508 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L524 - Secure Vault
Endless L529 - found Void
Endless L530 - Infestation
Endless L532 - Exalted Summons
Endless L538 - Infestation
Endless L541 - found Wavedancer
Endless L551 - The Hunt
Endless L553 - Exalted Summons
Endless L560 - Exalted Curse
Endless L574 - Exalted Curse
Endless L584 - Low Power
Endless L588 - The Hunt
Endless L596 - Exalted Summons
Endless L609 - Secure Vault
Endless L620 - The Hunt
Endless L623 - Low Power
Endless L634 - found Death
Endless L636 - Exalted Curse
Endless L638 - Exalted Curse
Endless L643 - found Avalanche
Endless L648 - The Hunt
Endless L664 - The Hunt
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (silver cluster) (+100)
* 50+ kills without taking damage
Blind Luck Star (+50)
* Won despite getting down to 1hp at some point
Endless Silver Badge
* Reach L25 in the Endless Trial
Endless Gold Badge
* Reach L50 in the Endless Trial
Endless Platinum Badge
* Reach L30 in the Endless Trial on UV+
Endless Diamond Badge
* Reach L30 in the Endless Trial on Nightmare!
He killed 33900 out of 33900 enemies.
189former grunts 160fire fiends
64 former grenadiers 418ice fiends
343corrupted grenadiers 195toxic fiends
48 hellish grenadiers 129CalSec sentries
80 former CRI grenadiers 1290security sentries
104CRI grenadiers 225military sentries
94 former soldiers 59 CalSec bots
1995corrupted soldiers 630security bots
153hellish soldiers 127military bots
150former CRI soldiers 22 guardian bots
356CRI soldiers 715reavers
43 former sergeants 1871cryoreavers
426corrupted sergeants 865toxic reavers
39 hellish sergeants 1816archreavers
75 former CRI sergeants 510kerberi
168CRI sergeants 360cyberi
163former guards 842cryoberi
172CRI guards 409toxiberi
86 former commandoes 2846medusae
1136corrupted commandoes 2092archmedusae
99 hellish commandoes 1309ravagers
172former CRI commandoes 1183armored ravagers
318CRI commandoes 191siege ravagers
19 former heavies 560plasma ravagers
373corrupted heavies 1144CRI marines
36 hellish heavies 510CRI bots
34 former CRI heavies 487warlocks
37 CRI heavies 4 archwarlocks
35 fanatics 25 watchers
15 security drones 202cryowatchers
983fiends 42 pyrowatchers
Traits
Skilled L3
Ironman L3
Furious L3
Hellrunner L3
Son of a Gun L3
Reloader L3
Sustained fire L3
Tough as Nails L3
Rip and tear L3
Army Surplus L3
Cover Master L3
Gunslinger L3
Bloodhound L3
Field Medic L3
Whizkid L3
Angry Motherfucker L3
Running L3
SURVIVOR L3
Trait order
Hr->AMf->AMf->TaN->MSV->AMf->Iro->Fur->
MSV->TaN->Arm->Cov->Cov->Whk->Fur->RaT->
TaN->Iro->Iro->FMc->FMc->FMc->Whk->Whk->
Arm->Arm->Ski->Blo->Blo->Blo->Rel->RaT->
Rel->Fur->Rel->MSV->Hr->Hr->Run->SF->
SF->SoG->Run->Cov->RaT->Run->SoG->SoG->
SF->Gsl->Gsl->Gsl->Ski->Ski
Equipment
Slot #1 : AT AWP 7.62 long rifle BA
* Hunter 6
* Balanced 1
* Speed-loader
* AsterTech
* Git gud
* Scope
Slot #2 : MDF 12ga super shotgun +B
* Auto-calibrated
* Swap Harness
* Mimir Defence Force
* Second chamber
* Rinse, Repeat
Slot #3 : AV2 grenade launcher +AC
* Calibrated 1
* Freezing 2
* Auto-calibrated
* Haze
* Barbed 6
Body : MDF necrotic armor B2A
* Compartments
* Padded
* Fire-resistant
* Metabolic boost
* Mimir Defence Force
* Necrotic
Head : AV3 combat helmet PAO
* Target tracking
* Crit Enhancer 25
* Aim assist
* Onyx
* Filtered
Utility : AV2 auto AMP
* Automatic reloader
* Auto gyro-stabilizer
Relic : kerberos's heart
* Kerberos's Rage
Inventory
12ga shell (x50)
12ga shell (x48)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x26)
40mm grenade (x15)
40mm grenade (x14)
plasma grenade (x3)
gas grenade (x3)
CRI phase kit (x3)
multitool (x3)
stimpack (x3)
small medkit (x3)
small medkit (x3)
Author
Topic: [1.6a|I|Endless|Ma|YAAM] I guess there's an end after all. :) (Endless Diamond) (Read 3969 times)