I haven't played DoomRL much for the last year and recently got into playing again. While the new version is exciting, I definitely feel like I have unfinished business with 0.9.9.7 and wanted to get some more badges. Tonight, I decided to try for Strongman Platinum Badge, one of my two missing Platinum Badges. I've always sucked with Fist runs, but the game insisted on handing me the victory.
To start, I had this nice setup and took a gamble with the lever:
And it worked out!
With some stair diving, I got to Deimos for my first time attempting this badge:
I got this very bad Deimos floor 4, but I did have a Phase Device:
After some slight exploring, I used it, and got really lucky to land by the stairs, there seemed to be no enemies, and there was even an armor!
I figured to look around a bit and also got a Berserk Pack!
And then also found Invulnerability! Very lucky!
I had this nice setup on the next floor with a Power Mod Pack, Berserk Pack, and a pool of lava for quick experience by cooking Demons. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to grab the Power Mod Pack.
I had an Invulnerability laying around on Deimos floor 6, and thought to explore a bit before grabbing it since I could take some damage and it could heal me as I would exit after:
Turns out it was a good idea!
I took a risk to grab the first, go for the second, and ideally use a Phase Device out, wanting to rush the Cyberdemon. Unfortunately, there was a Revenant just as I went for it and didn't get it, wasting both only to get some experience.
Deimos floor 7 didn't have Invulnerability or Berserk Packs, and I honestly wasn't sure if the double Supercharge would be helpful enough.
I did find Phaseshift Boots though:
And also a nuke! Should I make it to the end, this trivializes the Spider Mastermind, or otherwise can help with a nasty floor and switch to Shotgun camping in Dis.
Seemingly though, I greatly underestimated Berserker and Chainsaw combo. I hit the Cyberdemon down to Mortally Wounded and was scared to attack again, so I flipped back to Fist and killed it after only a couple hits from there.
Hell floor 1 gave me an Invulnerability near an exit:
And there was a second one under a Cacodemon!
And then Hell floor 2 gave me game-winning luck! There were 4 Invulnerabilities, all within a short range, and not too much in the way of them. Out of all the floors I've ever played, 4 Invulnerabilities ties the most I've seen, but I've never had them so close together like this. I believe in terms of Invulnerability luck, this is the single luckiest floor I have EVER had!!! I was able to grab 3 of them and head on after.
Hell floor 3 gave me another at the start:
And another on Hell floor 5:
Hell floor 6 was a maze, but I was fortunate to have the stairs nearby:
And that easily sealed the deal! Intuition 2 was intended for using Shotgun against the Spider Mastermind, but I clearly didn't need it with the absurd stack of Invulnerabilities.
Being a bit rusty, I couldn't remember if fighting JC would mess up the challenge, so I just went for a sacrificial nuke.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 5 Cyberdemon Chaos Br. General Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 38631 turns and scored 65449 points.
He played for 18 minutes and 50 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 105 out of 501 hellspawn. (20%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Sunrise Iron Fist
Minor Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Badge
Strongman Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 8146/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Brute (Level 2)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Int->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (74%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] chainsaw (4d6)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x47)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] small med-pack
[l] small med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] phase device
[p] phase device
[q] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[r] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (T)
-- 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 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
24 former humans
21 former sergeants
6 former captains
17 imps
18 demons
8 lost souls
1 cacodemon
2 hell knights
3 former commandos
1 pain elemental
2 revenants
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
Entering level 4 he was almost dead...
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He flooded the entire level 6 with lava!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 10 as soon as possible.
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
On level 23, hell froze over!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You feel vulnerable again.
Are you sure you want activate the thermonuclear bomb? [Y/n]
You use a thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Run - direction...
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 the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1871 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1428 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
94 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 245 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
99 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
85 killed the bitch and survived.
5 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With this, I now have just Demonic Platinum Badge remaining, which I think shouldn't be too terrible to get. I definitely have a huge incentive in going for it, even if it turns out to be a nasty grind for it. Very happy to earn this badge, and doing it quickly like this helps make me not be indecisive with attempting for 100% kills early for Strongman Diamond Badge. I'm honestly not sure if I'll be able to get that one down the road, but we'll have to see.
Very happy!
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