I'm just a moderate player who has repicked up DoomRL in the last month (previously played fifteen or twenty years ago upto HNTR). I've played about 25 games so far and haven't taken on a HMP game yet. However after this run I'm now at 2|9|0|0|1. My badges are 20|12|7|1|1|0.
After reading a post about someone's only diamond badge being Ao100 on Nightmare, I realised this it could be a very achievable challenge compared to others.
My first two games perished on level 1. However after getting a bit of luck on the first few levels, I made it to Vampyre and never looked back. I think I used one large health kit from that point, might have touched the chain gun and shotgun a few times (but it wasn't necessary). I didn't bother with any rocket launchers, plasma guns or the BFG 10K that I found. The key pieces of equipment that were useful were the phase devices (might have used 5) and the Hell Staff (lev 58 and maybe 3 times) just to escape trouble.
My chief regret was wasting a nano mod. I couldn't work out whether to take a powered armor, or to nano a cerberus red. In the end I went down the cerberus path and watched in horror as it got demolished. However it really didn't matter as I played nearly all the game with no armor on. The great part with Ao100 is that if you don't like a level, you can drop down without feeling like you're missing a key treasure. There are plenty of levels to get something better.
The hardest levels were nightmare arachnotron caves. They tend to deal so much damage even in berserk mode. Most other damage types can be shrugged and the health recovered.
As I noted above. I had no victories above HNTR so I'd really recommend this for anyone who wants a moderate challenge.
The forum help file suggested I post my victory. I found the file but couldn't work out how to make it look schmick like @Tormuse does.
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DRL (0.9.9.8a) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Kantarza, level 23 Mancubus 1st Lieutenant Marine,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 116222 turns and scored 3950897 points.
He played for 2 hours, 48 minutes and 14 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 2904 out of 5051 hellspawn. (57%)
He was an Angel of 100!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster) 25+ kills without taking damage
Experience Medal Reach experience level 20+
Dervis' Medallion Win Angel of 100 on Nightmare!
Centurial Platinum Badge Complete Ao100 on UV
Centurial Diamond Badge Complete Ao100 on N!
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 87/60 Experience 678566/23
ToHit Ranged +6 ToHit Melee +16 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +15
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Brute (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
TaN->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->TaN->Bru->Bad->Fin->Fin->WK->TaN->Fin->WK->Bru->Bru->EE->EE->Int->Int->Jug->EE->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (37%)
[ Weapon ] chainsword (8d3) (P)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] BFG 10K (6d4)x5 [50/50]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] napalm launcher (7d7) [1/1]
cerberus red armor [0/0] (98%)
[c] rocket (x10)
[d] power cell (x50)
[e] power cell (x50)
[f] power cell (x50)
[g] power cell (x50)
[h] large med-pack
large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] homing phase device
[l] homing phase device
[m] thermonuclear bomb
[n] technical mod pack
- bulk mod pack
[q] shockwave pack
[r] hatred skull
[t] gothic boots [10/10] (200%) (A)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 80%
melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 80%
shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 80%
acid - internal 80% torso 80% feet 100%
fire - internal 80% torso 80% feet 100%
plasma - internal 80% torso 90% feet 90%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
104 former humans
180 former sergeants
200 former captains
76 imps
95 demons
726 lost souls
113 cacodemons
119 hell knights
287 barons of hell
101 arachnotrons
8 former commandos
88 pain elementals
137 revenants
162 mancubi
229 arch-viles
12 nightmare imps
25 nightmare cacodemons
81 nightmare demons
38 nightmare arachnotrons
7 nightmare arch-viles
15 elite former humans
11 elite former sergeants
6 elite former captains
3 elite former commandos
41 bruiser brothers
11 shamblers
21 lava elemental
3 agony elementals
5 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Entering level 3 he was almost dead...
On level 17 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 20 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 21 he was bombarded!
On level 22 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 23 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
Level 26 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 27 as soon as possible.
On level 31 he assembled a fireproof armor!
On level 33 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 35 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 36 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 36 he assembled a cerberus boots!
He left level 39 as soon as possible.
On level 40 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 41 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 43 he found the BFG 10K!
On level 45 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 46 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 48 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 56 he was stumbling in the dark!
On level 58 he assembled a cerberus armor!
On level 58 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 66 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
On level 67 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
On level 68 he was bombarded!
On level 78 he was walking in fire!
On level 79 he was bombarded!
He left level 82 as soon as possible.
On level 83 he assembled a cerberus armor!
On level 84 he was stumbling in the dark!
On level 92 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 96 he was stumbling in the dark!
On level 100 he was stumbling in the dark!
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood! There is power cell (x20) lying here.
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
There are stairs leading downward here. You need to taste blood!
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
24 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
12 of those were killed.
12 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
6 killed the bitch and survived.
5 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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