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This took me 20 attempts.  18 of them ended on floor 2 (some in Arena, but mostly not).  One in CC+ (walked into a captain while retreating from Baron post-Master).

I chose Scout with a die roll, and went for Gun Kata.  I remember always liking waiting the extra level to get more SoG rather than beelining for MGK.  Back and forth on Dualgunner at XL 3 or 4, though - this time took it at 4.  I didn't see much point in trying to fit WK in, just took some Iro/Rel/EE and the last SoGs when available.  Intuition also seemed reasonable but I didn't take it here.

I tried to save a Berserk pack in CC+, but that didn't work out - a Baron splatted it.  Early mods led me towards HP + speedloaders.  I like that combination, do a bunch of damage fast but speedload to keep shooting.  For Phobos Lab I had enough speed to lure the nightmare demons out, then close a door and wait.  Phobos Anomaly went awfully.  I let too many demons into the start room and they ate my tac armour while I tried to get from globe to globe.  Finished with 2 medpack I think.

Hell's Armoury was a bit scary - traded an envirosuit for the supercharge after I got plasmaed by a commando.  But the gun room had a combat pistol!  Shambler was easy enough with Dodgemaster, fought in the open on the right.  Wore plasma shield just in case, got hit once.  Rewards included nano pack!  Put it on red armour, and got P mod soon after for Power armour.  The combat pistol became high-powered as well.  That thing tore through Deimos very nicely.  Babel was no problem, just fight in the open and watch the reloads.

Two Hell levels had unholy atmosphere, between envirosuits and supercharge they were not much of an issue.  Limbo felt very tempting but since I had had such trouble passing level 2 I didn't want to risk it.  Some later level produced another combat pistol; I didn't have mods saved so it only got powered once.  Lava Armour/Enviroboots could have been good but I was happier with power Red + fireproof plasteel.  Lava Pits got nuked thanks to an invuln; unfortunately I did not use the element to get a flawless Mastermind kill.

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 Chow, level 14 Hell Baron Lt. Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 141419 turns and scored 297307 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 22 minutes and 37 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 994 out of 994 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 6

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Marksman Gold Badge
  Marksman Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 56/70   Experience 90668/14
  ToHit Ranged +2  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a gun     (Level 5)
    Reloader         (Level 1)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 1)
    Dualgunner       (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Gun Kata         (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->SoG->DG->HR->HR->DM->MGK->Iro->EE->Iro->SoG->SoG->Rel->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   powered red armor [5/5] (96%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   high power combat pistol (3d5) [10/10]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   fireproof plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat pistol (3d4) [15/15] (P1)

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

    [a] phaseshift armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
    [b] plasma shield [0/0] (94%)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x6)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] phase device
    [o] homing phase device
    [p] envirosuit pack
    [q] envirosuit pack
    [r] lava element
    [s] Enviroboots [0]
    [t] 10mm ammo chain (x174)
    [u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [v] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 55% 

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

    115 former humans
    79 former sergeants
    57 former captains
    164 imps
    81 demons
    236 lost souls
    53 cacodemons
    30 hell knights
    43 barons of hell
    14 arachnotrons
    8 former commandos
    39 pain elementals
    24 revenants
    15 mancubi
    17 arch-viles
    12 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  On level 2 he assembled a high power weapon!
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 5 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  On level 7 he assembled a fireproof boots!
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical armor!
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 9 he assembled a high power weapon!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 10 he assembled a power armor!
  On level 12 he assembled a fireproof boots!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  Level 20 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 22 he found the Lava Armor!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He nuked level 22!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Level 23 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 23 he found the Enviroboots!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
 missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
 missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
 missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You dualreload your guns!

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

 235 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 204 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 5 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 13 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 2 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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It's been a while!  Whatever skills I had have felt like they are gone, but eventually I was able to get through a UV game.  I wanted to play a generalist with Malicious Blades.  The early game was fine, lots of shotgunning, except when I did something dumb and died, or couldn't make it through CC+ - this is my first character to get to XL 7.  Amusingly once I did get it, I hadn't been carrying a 2nd knife so had to use the chainsaw in melee.  Deimos Lab awarded PPBBFO mods, which led to some tough choices.  I didn't really want to carry mods around waiting to assemble cerberus etc despite my ballistic vest.  Converting shotgun(P) to elephant gun also tempted, but eventually decided on bulking a knife and finishing tactical shotgun and making OP red armour, protection now is better than resistances later.  Early micro launcher felt like an error, would rather have had the T mods at this point - especially once I found it wasn't breaking walls, fortunately found a missile launcher before the Wall.

I brought some phases planning to try for the lucky vaults clear, but instead I kind of cheated my way through (and Limbo too) (if I had planned on that, I could have dropped Arena Staff earlier!).  Can you see the hint in the mortem?

After getting Malicious Blades and WK2, I alternated between Iro to live (especially when current HP was low) and stuff like Finesse/Brute/Juggler for extra offense.

In the later part of the game the only real problem was Mancubi flinging me (and themselves!) everywhere and destroying all the stuff (many mods, and the double medpack from a HK - I use one of my 2-3 hoarded packs after seeing those drop, step out, and they explode).  Not sure what I'm meant to do about those - maybe assemble some low-knockback boots?

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 Lispeth Salander,
 level 16 Hell Knight Captain Technician,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 172997 turns and scored 432765 points.
 He played for 6 hours, 49 minutes and 51 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 1494 out of 1494 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 11
  Levels completed : 11

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Conqueror Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  UAC Gold Badge
  Veteran Gold Badge
  Veteran Platinum Badge
  Elite Platinum Badge
  Scavenger Platinum Badge
  Scavenger Diamond Badge

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

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

  Health 25/50   Experience 133861/16
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Technician

    Ironman          (Level 4)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Malicious Blades (Level 1)

  HR->HR->Fin->Bru->Bru->DM->MMB->WK->WK->Iro->Fin->Iro->Jug->Iro->Iro->Bru->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [6] (AOP)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chainsword (9d2) (B)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   chainsword (8d3) (P)

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5] (T1)
    [b] hyperblaster (2d4)x5 [40/40] (F1)
    [c] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (A1)
    [d] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100] (T2)
    [e] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
    [f] shotgun shell (x26)
    [g] shotgun shell (x70)
    [h] rocket (x3)
    [i] rocket (x14)
    [j] rocket (x14)
    [k] power cell (x70)
    [l] power cell (x70)
    [m] power cell (x65)
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] phase device
    [p] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
    [q] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)
    [r] shell box (x100)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 50% 
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 75%   feet 75% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 75%   feet 50% 

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

    103 former humans
    92 former sergeants
    52 former captains
    101 imps
    114 demons
    637 lost souls
    49 cacodemons
    60 hell knights
    58 barons of hell
    21 arachnotrons
    10 former commandos
    51 pain elementals
    30 revenants
    36 mancubi
    45 arch-viles
    3 nightmare imps
    1 nightmare cacodemon
    1 nightmare demon
    7 elite former humans
    5 elite former sergeants
    5 elite former captains
    2 elite former commandos
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  On level 5 he assembled a micro launcher!
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
  He purified his fellow comrades.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he assembled a hyperblaster!
  On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 14 he assembled a chainsword!
  On level 15 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
  On level 20 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
  On level 22 he assembled a chainsword!
  On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  On level 22 he found the Necroarmor!
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You are hit! The hell knight hits you. You dodge! The missile hits the hell
 knight. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You dodge! The missile hits
 the hell knight.
 You start running!
 You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. You dodge!
 You dodge! You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. You
 dodge! The missile hits the hell knight.
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies. The hell
 knight dies. You dodge! The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies.
 You hit John Carmack. You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket
 launcher.
 You hit John Carmack. You hit John Carmack. You are hit!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 215 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 186 of those were killed.
 5 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 12 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 5 killed the bitch and survived.
 5 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Discussion / AoI Cyberdemon
« on: December 27, 2012, 02:36 »
Does anybody have advice for dealing with the Cyberdemon after Deimos on AoI?  I got what felt like a strong character to that point on HMP with probably 120 HP (iro x3, BA), dodged a lot of rockets and returned fire with missile launcher, but I'd still take a lot of hits.  I really hope dodgemaster/fireangel isn't necessary, as shottyman + survivalist has seemed like a good path otherwise.  I don't remember how I dealt with him in pre-episode versions, probably with BFGs or a nuke since he was at the end and BFGs used to be more common.

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0.9.9.5 / [H|YAAM] Just checking, ammochain is still good.
« on: February 11, 2012, 16:30 »
Finally got around to winning the "unlock stuff" game.  I wanted to get Berserker after Ammochain (and thus Conqueror medal), but decided I was obligated to make good use of the firestorm pack so WK instead.

The Wall was brutal, as it always seems to be for me now.  Missing two rockets in a row resulted in no missile launcher/backpack!.
Of course, right after the Wall comes Anomaly. I was quite greedy and went to around 3% health fighting off the crowd so I could make it back to the start for health instead of using a medpack (the Wall had greatly depleted my supplies, down to 0 or 1 I think).  Rocket Launcher (A) is not a missile launcher but it did a fair bit to the bruisers.

Armory was no trouble, the shambler eventually decided to teleport next to me and be killed by plasma instead of rockets.  The Acid Spitter was great fun, mostly used to deal with Vile groups.

I decided to clear Hall of Carnage the lazy way - stand on the stairs and wait.  Don't do this, as eventually the lava will reveal a Baron who is happy to knock you into the lava.

Spider's Lair was a BFG free-fire zone for a while, then plasma rifle to clear out the rest.  I quickly slapped the firestorm mod onto the nuclear plasma rifle, with agility ready for WK on my next level up.

I mostly traded blows with Cyberdemon, losing half health and half armour, maybe a medpack.

I opened the Vaults with rockets first, and then the centre one.  Revenants were trivial at this point (usually one barrage), and mancubi a bit less so (usually 2 barrages).

Mortuary I had a bit of invulnerability and then a hatred skull to clear one side, the last Vile gave me some grief on the other side but nothing that a BFG couldn't take care of.

Hell 6 was a little startling (crackling flames!) but thankfully there were only viles, no friends.  At this point arch-viles would go down in two blasts.  This level had my first envirosuit, and there was also an invulnerability.  The two together lasted long enough to get the other packs in the Lava Pits.

Very nearly died on Hell 7 from a Vile/Baron pack that destroyed my fireproof red armour, I was overconfident with that armour + enviropack and clowned around with the Acid Spitter (really, don't try to reload it and wait for the enemies to die from the acid pools).

I tried listening to judge when to use the lava element before Spidermom was in sight, gaining her Brain as a reward.  I think I had just enough time, not sure if BFGs with power battery would have been better.

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 Arnie, level 14 Demon Sergeant Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
 He survived 185068 turns and scored 210052 points.
 He played for 5 hours, 45 minutes and 6 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 957 out of 957 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 10
  Levels completed : 10

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

  Mastermind's Brain
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Armorer Badge
  UAC Silver Badge
  Veteran Bronze Badge
  Veteran Silver Badge
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Reaper Bronze Badge
  Reaper Silver Badge
  Reaper Gold Badge
  Scavenger Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 60/60   Experience 83245/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +5  ToDmg Melee +5

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

  Class : Marine

    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 5)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  Rel->SoB->SoB->Rel->TH->TH->MAc->Fin->Fin->WK->SoB->SoB->SoB->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nuclear plasma rifle (1d6)x8 [23/24] (A2F1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Acid Spitter (10d10) [10/10] {a}

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

    [a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A2)
    [b] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [40/40]
    [c] BFG 9000 (10d8) [220/220] (B3)
    [d] BFG 9000 (11d8) [100/100] (P1T1)
    [e] onyx armor [4] (P)
    [f] rocket (x9)
    [g] power cell (x50)
    [h] power cell (x50)
    [i] power cell (x50)
    [j] small med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] phase device
    [q] homing phase device
    [r] homing phase device
    [s] rocket box (x20)
    [t] power battery (x120)

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

    Acid       - internal 25%   torso 25%   feet 75% 
    Fire       - internal 25%   torso 25%   feet 50% 

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

    88 former humans
    114 former sergeants
    27 former captains
    138 imps
    29 demons
    281 lost souls
    38 cacodemons
    33 hell knights
    53 barons of hell
    37 arachnotrons
    38 former commandos
    22 pain elementals
    13 revenants
    19 mancubi
    19 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 10 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  Level 18 blasted him with unholy atmosphere!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 22 he stumbled into complex full of arch-viles!
  Level 22 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
 the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile
 hits the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit!
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
 Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
 the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile
 hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
 You are hit!
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
 Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. You feel relatively
 safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press
 <Enter>...

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

 15 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 12 of those were killed.
 And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 2 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 2 killed the bitch and survived.

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Requests For Features / Chained court (normal) update
« on: January 17, 2012, 04:00 »
Because of:
a) A player with a rocket launcher at this point probably cleared Hell's Arena and is thus not in chained court (normal)
b) the berserk packs no longer make it completely trivial to get in and out of the rooms behind the lava

I think it would be nice to move the mods from the corners into the rooms guarded by caco/HK/Baron.

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I was just killed in the Vaults, and did not get Scavenger Bronze.  I think that's intentional, but if so the description should be changed - "find the vaults" seems to imply no need to exit, same as "enter the mortuary".  "Scavenge the Vaults" is fine for the silver, I think.  Perhaps "visit" or "walk through" - or just grant the badge on entry.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Bug Reports / [0.9.9.5] AI exploit - trees
« on: January 15, 2012, 04:26 »
The former humans aren't used to dealing with the trees on Phobos (I can't blame them, would you?).  They keep trying to shoot at me through the tree and failing, I might try to run them out of ammo.


You see : a former human (unhurt) [m]ore | floor                               
 Targeting canceled.                                                           
                                                           
#####         ###   
                                                         
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...........T..............
                                                     
h.........................
                                                     
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......T................#
                                                       
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                                                              ##############   
 
Ash                        Armor : none                                       
 
Health: 100% Exp:  1/0%    Weapon: pistol (2d4) [4/6]                         
 cautious                                                   
Phobos Base Entry 


edit: changed the screenshot, in this one even the guy on the bottom is joining the others inneffectually.

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 Tony Jaa, level 6 Former Human Private Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
 He survived 8853 turns and scored 26947 points.
 He played for 7 minutes and 52 seconds.
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 88 out of 287 hellspawn. (30%)

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

  Levels generated : 7
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Malicious Knives Cross
  Sunrise Iron Fist
  Minor Icarus Cross
  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Silver Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Compet-n Platinum Cross
  Heroic Bronze Badge
  Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
  UAC Bronze Badge
  Strongman Bronze Badge
  Strongman Silver Badge
  Speedrunner Bronze Badge

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

  ###########################################################
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  ###############........####.....####.....####........######
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  ###########################################################

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

  Health 46/70   Experience 15034/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nothing
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (99%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] chainsaw (4d6)
    [b] 10mm ammo (x20)
    [c] small med-pack
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] large med-pack
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] phase device
    [i] technical mod pack
    [j] bulk mod pack
    [k] shockwave pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    19 former humans
    12 former sergeants
    8 former captains
    9 imps
    22 demons
    3 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    5 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    2 mancubi
    2 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  He left level 13 as soon as possible.
  He left level 14 as soon as possible.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He fled the Lair, knowing how to fear Arachnotrons!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  Level 19 was a hard nut to crack!
  He left level 19 as soon as possible.
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  On level 23 he ran for his life from acid!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind misses you. You need
 to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. You're going berserk! The Spider Mastermind
 hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. You feel
 relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...

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

 4 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 3 of those were killed.

 1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 killed the bitch and survived.

--------------------------------------------------------------

0.995 being a major overhaul of level and badge structure, I decided I should break my plan of keeping player.wad until 1.0 - and now I can stop naming every single Doomperson Rahul.  My first attempt (HMP Conqueror) failed due to the new Chained Court - everybody hanging back means more running to the Master, and berserk ran out.  Decided to switch to ITYTD Sunrise speedrun, splatted vs imp on L2, then won.

Scout is of course awesome for speedy play, I did not quite beeline for all stairs but pretty close.  Stopped to kill stuff as it was convenient, was only level 2 for Bruisers.  Cybie was a bit annoying but the red armour I brought from Hellgate Anomaly was quickly equipped - should have t-modded as well, maybe fireproof if I had the stuff but I didn't remember the assembly and didn't want to look it up at that time.

There was a huge (for ITYTD) mess of Vile-led stuff near the end, probably should have phased but just went through it.
Unfortunately I skipped a blaster, combat pistol, missile launcher, another exotic, and one or two unknown uniques - I'll probably regret that when it comes to filling out the lists for Armorer.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Rahul, level 14 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
 nuked the Cyberdemon. on level 26 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 111717 turns and scored 330368 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 42 minutes and 37 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 1256 out of 1268 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 5
  Levels completed : 5

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

  Fallout Gold Cross
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Shottyman Gold Badge
  Veteran Platinum Badge

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

  ###########################################################
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  ###########################################################

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

  Health 87/110   Experience 90088/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +1  ToDmg Melee +1

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 5)
    Tough as nails   (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 1)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Army of the Dead (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->Bad->TaN->MAD->Iro->TaN->Iro->Iro->SoB->Iro->Iro->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (99%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified double shotgun (8d3)x3 [0/2] (T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x90)

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

    [a]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [6/6]
    [b]   Berserker Armor [0]
    [d]   shotgun shell (x2)
    [e]   large med-pack
    [f]   large med-pack
    [g]   large med-pack
    [h]   large med-pack
    [i]   large med-pack
    [j]   phase device
    [k]   envirosuit pack
    [l]   envirosuit pack
    [m]   envirosuit pack
    [n]   thermonuclear bomb
    [o]   lava element
    [p]   Arena Master's Staff
    [q]   modified acid-proof boots [0/0] (200%) (B)
    [r]   shell box (x100)
    [s]   shell box (x100)
    [t]   shell box (x100)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 25% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   

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

    87 former humans
    76 former sergeants
    80 former captains
    116 imps
    56 demons
    579 lost souls
    20 cacodemons
    66 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    27 hell knights
    23 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    13 former commandos
    36 pain elementals
    27 arch-viles
    24 mancubi
    20 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 lava elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 5 he assembled a tactical armor!
  He left level 10 as soon as possible.
  On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
  He nuked level 12!
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 13 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 14 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 17 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  On level 24 he found the Berserker Armor!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
 The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
 dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
 The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
 dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 John Carmack dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You
 defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...

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

 1194 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 1006 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 105 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 44 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 33 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 26 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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I decided my class with a die roll. Going Marine, the only decision was which order to take Iro/TaN.

The Chained Court is very tough in AoSh with weakened berserk.  I knocked some of the Barons into the lava, but couldn't get the AM into a good position.  I ended up using 2 large medpacks and 3 or 4 small ones. Two berserks were taken at the start (wore off right after killing the AM, at 13% health) and one before the final enemy (a Baron).

I skipped level 10 as it was an Arachnotron Cave, and I didn't feel anything good would come of it (still took a fair bit of damage while running to the exit).  However, it appears that that was the level Hell's Armory was on.  Whoops.  Also, level 9 was my previous best in 0.994, with 11, 12, and 19 in previous versions.

I missed at least one enemy on level 14 with the armed nuke, probably an imp.  that made me feel better about skipping 10.

Hellgate did not go so well either - I had a shockwave pack, and tried to release a Vile but failed.  I ended up moving northwest after the walls came down, past the Vile, into a little alcove where I had some cover.

I had two very close calls: ending up at 1% after a mancubus / vile surprise party; moving onto an invulnerability next to a lava barrel while running from VVRRR and getting the next action to pick it up (I had 150% health and Malek's at that point, so I think I was safe anyway, but it sure made the level easier).  One other Hell level I only cleared half of (a Maze, Hell 7 I think as the Mortuary was there), after dealing with a chest of Barons and some vile packs I thought it was getting out of hand.  judging by the kill count, there can't have been much left so I guess I should have stayed.

a Pain Elemental Cave (Hell 8, I think) was a bit fun - I started in view of 5 or 6 of them, so they were breeding very fast.  I moved onto a supercharge, then accidentally moved off without picking it up - took many turns before I could keep that space free of souls.  Each blast of the double shotgun was clearing 20-30 of them, very satisfying.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to go for the full win and risk Shottyman Gold, but finding invulnerability on Hell 9 gave me a safe option, with my homing phase.  with the Marine bonus, that actually lasted as I walked halfway across Phobos Arena to the stairs, and almost to the 'i' in HF, so I wouldn't even have needed the lava element.  JC was being silly, as discussed elsewhere.  Backing away from him to recharge Malek's wasn't that great of an idea, he and the lost souls kept on hitting me and it took a very long time to get him back in view.  I also completely forgot to use my envirosuits.

I had a lot of shell packs (unloaded one and a half), but usually used the shottyman reload instead.  still, no reason not to keep one there for heavy firing - especially with the double, that was very useful in a few places.

I really wanted to make fireproof acid-proof boots :). but no tech mods appeared other than the two for my shotguns.

One really scary moment (in a literal sense, it wasn't actually dangerous in-game): an arch-vile rocketjumping (with Revenant assistance) to appear right next to me.  He died from the blast, but it was really shocking.

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0.9.9.4 / [H|AoLT|YAAM] Posessions are overrated
« on: September 24, 2011, 01:10 »
This badge has been giving me grief for a while (AoLT has been changed so much that I felt I should re-acquire it).  My alternate character was a Techician Sharpshooter.

I went Cateye, with a detour to Whizkid as the assault rifle uses far fewer bullets.  WK2, later on, was a mistake as my primary and secondary weapons were assemblies.  Should have been Juggler or Ironman.  Triggerhappy is a drawback of this build, it made my ammo woes much worse.

My default loadout for a while was chaingun and rocket launcher (needed for the wall), with one medpack and the rest ammo.  Second medpack for some places (Arena, CC, Cyberdemon), though later on I was often carrying more weapons instead (BFG, plasma rifle - that one was a clear mistake, you can't carry enough cells).

2 envirosuits right before Chained Court helped with pre-berserk thinning the herds.

The Armory was nice enough to give me a double shotgun, so one of the arachnotrons could be knocked into the lava.  The other I had to charge at so he could melee me while I shotgunned him.  It was also the final mods for assault rifle, and tactical rocket launcher.  The Shambler didn't even teleport - I killed him with the TRL out of sight.  The reward was a Nano pack! (and one other mod, the second mod was destroyed by my shooting).  I decided to go for gravity boots as I hadn't made them before.  Little was I to know that the final piece was not going to show up until Hell 8, I could have had Power armor within the next few levels...

The Wall was no trouble, with a rocket box and TRL the Barons got blasted into oblivion.

UC, Vaults, Mortuary, and Lava Pits were skipped.  Vaults was tempting as I was short on ammo (due to mucking about with that plasma rifle), but I wasn't sure how well it would work.  I found some captains to fix the problem a bit later.

On Hell 3 I found MMMMMVV in sight - quickdraw the TRL, blast repatedly to kill the viles.

On Hell 8 I finally made the gravity boots.  I am probably not the best at abusing that sort of speed, but it still seemed pretty crazy.  On Hell 9 I had a queue of Barons blocking the viles, they let me safely step to the side and fire without getting hit by everything and knocked away first.  They also practically grant Badass, health depletes pretty slowly when you're at 0.18s movement speed.  And you don't need to run for your life :)

I keep forgetting that Cyberdemon has Cateye himself, so no Head for me.  I brought plenty of heavy weapons but just used the assault rifle.

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 Rahul, level 12 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Cyberdemon on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 110076 turns and scored 167992 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 42 minutes and 50 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 622 out of 622 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 5
  Levels completed : 5

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

  Hell Armorer Badge
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal

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

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

  Health 61/60   Experience 60114/12
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +4  ToDmg Melee +4

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 4)
    Intuition        (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Fin->Fin->SoB->WK->SoB->Int->TH->MCe->SoB->WK->Iro->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [6/6] (78%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   assault rifle (2d5)x2 [18/40]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   gravity steel boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x210)

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

    [a]   tactical rocket launcher (6d6) [5/5]
    [b]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [169/169] (B2T1)
    [c]   rocket (x14)
    [d]   large med-pack
    [e]   large med-pack

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

    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   

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

    80 former humans
    97 former sergeants
    27 former captains
    88 imps
    59 demons
    109 lost souls
    30 cacodemons
    32 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    17 arachnotrons
    8 former commandos
    12 pain elementals
    12 arch-viles
    14 mancubi
    14 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he assembled a assault rifle!
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
  On level 10 he found the Nano Pack!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 19 he stumbled into complex full of revenants!
  On level 22 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 23 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 23 he assembled a gravity boots!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
 missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel
 relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon!
 Press <Enter>...

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

 1160 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 973 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 105 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 44 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 32 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 25 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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11
After accidentally entering the Wall with no rockets, I knew YAAM was out but might as well grab Explorer.  I didn't want the ammochain or melee routes, so I tried Entrenchment - with a detour for WK.  The assault rifle is of course great, saving ammo.  The assault cannon I made mostly to check it off the list, but it's really nice when you can afford to fire it - and made that unthinking Eagle Eye pick not useless.  It also of course carries a lot of spare bullets in only one slot.

On Phobos Hell 5 I found the blaster.  At first I decided to replace my (AP) plasma rifle with it, but decided that since I avoided ammochain I shouldn't take the blaster.  but I forgot to recover the rifle, and picked up more bullets instead.  Hell 6 had a V/M surprise in a wide-open area.  I fought a little more than I should have, trying to get to some armour shards (but they were destroyed) and had to use my homing phase (saved for Mortuary) to escape.  There was a water-flood lever, so I decided to finish them off, but had an incident with some barrels that left me quite injured.

My pride intact, but not my body, I chose to enter Mortuary - guaranteed supercharge! and hopefully the BFG would let me get to the exit.  It did not, 4 viles were on the way.  I might have made it if I had run from the start, or gone left - that side looks more clear.  Or rocketjumped repeatedly :).

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 Rahul, level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Technician,
 splayed by a hell knight on level 22 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 115084 turns and scored 108975 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 23 minutes and 20 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 566 out of 693 hellspawn. (81%)
 He was an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 10
  Levels visited   : 9
  Levels completed : 4

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

  Hell Armorer Badge
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Technician Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 47445/10
  ToHit Ranged +2  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Technician

    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Entrenchment     (Level 1)

  SoB->EE->SoB->WK->TaN->WK->TaN->Bad->TH->MSh->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified enviromental steel boots [1/1] (98%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified assault rifle (2d6)x2 [40/40] (P1)

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

    [a]   modified assault cannon (1d8)x10 [260/260] (B1)
    [b]   modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [9/169] (B2P1)
    [c]   10mm ammo (x96)
    [d]   rocket (x6)
    [e]   10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 90% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 90% 

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

    96 former humans
    73 former sergeants
    19 former captains
    115 imps
    38 demons
    76 lost souls
    36 cacodemons
    18 barons of hell
    16 hell knights
    18 arachnotrons
    10 former commandos
    8 pain elementals
    10 arch-viles
    8 mancubi
    21 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he assembled a assault rifle!
  On level 10 he assembled a enviromental boots!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he assembled a assault cannon!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
  He fled the City in terror!
  On level 20 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 22 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  Entering level 22 he was almost dead...
  On level 22 he finally splayed by a hell knight.

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

 The missile hits the arch-vile. The baron of hell fires! You are hit!
 The baron of hell fires!
 You dodge!
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket. The hell knight fires! You are
 hit! You are engulfed in flames!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : an arch-vile (almost dead) [m]ore | blood
 The missile hits the arch-vile. You hear the scream of a freed soul! The
 baron of hell fires! You are hit! Your tactical armor is completely
 destroyed! You are hit! You are hit!
 You start running!
 You dodge! You dodge! You dodge! You dodge! Boom!
 The hell knight fires! You dodge!
 Boom! You dodge! Boom! Boom! Boom! You dodge! Boom!
 The hell knight fires! You dodge! Boom!
 The hell knight fires! You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 1152 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 967 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 105 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 43 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 31 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 24 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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12
0.9.9.4 / [M|AoHu|YAAM] Thomas's Medal
« on: September 19, 2011, 01:51 »
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 Rahul, level 13 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Marine,
 defeated the Cyberdemon on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 157459 turns and scored 126677 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 56 minutes and 26 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 765 out of 765 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Humanity!

 He saved himself 4 times.

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

  Levels generated : 10
  Levels visited   : 10
  Levels completed : 10

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

  Hell Armorer Badge
  Aurora Medallion
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Explorer Badge
  Every Soldier's Medal
  Untouchable Badge
  Cyberdemon's Head
  Conqueror Badge
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Medal of Prejudice
  Thomas's Medal
  Hell Champion Medal
  Everyman Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 24/12   Experience 72170/13
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 1)

  TaN->TaN->Bad->Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Fin->Fin->DM->Fin->Bru->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [11/11] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x40)

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

    [a]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [2/6]
    [b]   modified missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (T1)
    [c]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [130/130] (B1)
    [d]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [130/130] (B1)
    [e]   Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [9/9]
    [f]   modified red armor [6/6] (88%) (P)
    [g]   modified duelist armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
    [h]   Medical Powerarmor [4/4] (100%)
    [i]   shotgun shell (x70)
    [j]   rocket (x14)
    [k]   power cell (x70)
    [l]   large med-pack
    [m]   large med-pack
    [n]   large med-pack
    [o]   phase device
    [p]   phase device
    [q]   thermonuclear bomb
    [r]   blood skull
    [s]   lava element
    [t]   shell box (x100)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 25%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 25%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    86 former humans
    59 former sergeants
    26 former captains
    88 imps
    100 demons
    210 lost souls
    39 cacodemons
    34 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    46 hell knights
    25 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    1 Angel of Death
    15 pain elementals
    11 arch-viles
    6 mancubi
    8 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he found the Jackhammer!
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 9 he assembled a piercing blade!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 16 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 21 he found the Necroarmor!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 23 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 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!
 You need to taste blood!
 You dodge! You hear an explosion! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe
 now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...

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

 1144 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 960 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 104 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 43 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 31 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 24 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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AoHu is a challenge that I've always struggled with, even on HNTR.  Tried so many strategies, and classes seemed like they would help - tech or scout for WK/Int with an assault rifle ready to go was my go-to, but it was so easy to instantly lose when I got careless, which was inevitable. New Berserker seems tailor-made for this, as you get extra protection.

I picked Marine intending to take Vampyre, but feared that I couldn't slog it out with the AoD even berserked, and berserk might not trigger.  I changed my mind as I didn't like the blocked traits, and figured most kills would not be melee.  Tough as Nails is not necessary for Vampyre, but I needed it as I couldn't P-mod the starting armor.
Scout might be a better choice with the same traits, though I'm pretty sure the extra 2 HP saved me a few times.  Hard to evaluate the extra pack length, but seemed useful.

The Chained Court is tough on AoHu.  Keep the red armor on, even with berserk.  I charged the Master with the chainsaw, using rockets a little first.

Jackhammer (from Armory) made things much easier.  It chews through so much ammo (especially at a distance), but I started carrying fewer medpacks (often only 1); Globes were usually enough health.  The knockback makes the enemies rarely return fire, and helps put them into lava/acid.

Hell's Armory is mostly easy, but the arachnotrons are a pain.  I tried to open the north-east corner of their rooms, and wait nearby with the jackhammer.  worked well with one, the other managed to shoot but was not lethal.  Shambler was fought with the chainsaw, as Jackhammer is still only a shotgun.

Unholy Cathedral - A duelist armor gave increased confidence, and I planned to use the strategy I found in my last AoMC run - outspeed the angel and make him let you hit & run.  A piercing chainsaw was very useful in shortening the fight (essentially +10 damage, I think), but I had berserk from the demons/souls so it was no problem.

City of Skulls was tougher than it should have been - I tried to melee one of the middle rooms; even with berserk there's just too many souls to try it as they all hit for around 8% anyway.  Shotguns for the normal enemies, added missile launcher for the boss.

For the Vaults, Barons are no problem but the new sneaky Arachnotrons are.  They refused to cooperate with my BFGs, and made me use my medpacks.  This is not the challenge for Necroarmor, I'm pretty sure.

Mortuary I was fortunate enough to enter invincible.  I cleared two Viles in melee and phased to the other side to lay waste with the BFG - unfortunately destroying the nuclear BFG.  Jackhammer and missile launcher finished it off.  At one point I was running out of berserk, but a hatred skull fixed that.

A moderately convenient Berserk Pack on floor 24 made the cyberdemon trivial - dodge once, stab-stab-stab.

And I got a rank up! :)

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 Rahul, level 12 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
 nuked the Cyberdemon. on level 26 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 122024 turns and scored 133327 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 33 minutes and 12 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 659 out of 659 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 9
  Levels completed : 9

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

  Hell Armorer Badge
  Shambler's Head
  Angelic Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Explorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Arena Key
  Conqueror Badge
  Medal of Prejudice
  Aurora Medallion
  UAC Star (silver cluster)

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 66074/12
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Running Man      (Level 1)

  Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Jug->HR->HR->DM->MRM->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified tactical armor [1/1] (26%) (A)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [82/220] (B3)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified tactical boots [1/1] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x91)

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

    [a]   modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1T1)
    [b]   high power blaster (2d7) [10/10]
    [c]   modified missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (T1)
    [d]   modified nuclear BFG 9000 (8d9) [40/40] (P1)
    [e]   Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [0/9]
    [f]   Acid Spitter (10d10) [10/10] {a}
    [g]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
    [h]   modified ripper (12d6) (T)
    [i]   shotgun shell (x22)
    [j]   rocket (x14)
    [n]   lava element
    [o]   gothic boots [10/10] (200%)
    [p]   rocket box (x20)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 15%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 15%   feet 0%   

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

    88 former humans
    56 former sergeants
    19 former captains
    126 imps
    71 demons
    128 lost souls
    43 cacodemons
    25 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    28 hell knights
    21 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    3 former commandos
    1 Angel of Death
    3 pain elementals
    14 arch-viles
    15 mancubi
    11 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 6 he stormed the Chained Court.
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 6 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 8 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he found the Nano Pack!
  On level 9 he assembled a ripper!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 16 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he stumbled into complex full of imps!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 19 he found the Jackhammer!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 22 he assembled a high power weapon!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed
 soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed
 soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
 freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : floor
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed
 soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed
 soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
 freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : floor
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You feel relatively safe now.
 Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...

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

 1123 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 941 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 104 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 43 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 29 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 22 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------
edit: mortem tags

Yes, that is two powerful unique weapons + the artifacts,  and a blaster,  and the Nano Pack.  I really wish this wasn't my AoMC medal hunting attempt (didn't have shambler's head or angelic badge), as those were not really necessary.  For example, there are around 35 better uses of the Nano pack than the ripper - but I liked the idea of 1-shotting Viles in melee without Brute, and it was an assembly to check off the list.  Phaseshift armor was also around, but it was too late to make it speedy for even more speed.

Armory's greatest difficulty was the same as non-Carnage HNTR mode - the arachnotrons, especially with their new AI.  Intuition 2 let me cheat them with rockets, but I'm not sure how I would have dealt with them without it, since they can be anywhere in their rooms.  The shambler fell to 4 missiles fired due west, though that did also destroy one of my mod rewards.

I was trying to make a hyperblaster for Mortuary, holding the needed mods at all times (hence the late tactical gear), but by the time I reached UC I despaired of ever finding the plasma rifle.  I also brought only 1 medpack, so I figured I needed every edge against the Angel possible - so I tech modded the ripper.  I can't tell if it made a difference, but he only hit me once.  I walked away from him and whenever I was 2 tiles away used 'wait' - he'd either step once or twice, if twice I'd hit him and walk off.  one of those times I hit him and he hit back.  I did find the plasma rifle afterwards, but never another tech mod.

In Mortuary, Jackhammer was a fine substitute for hyperblaster.  3 viles were killed before they took more than one total action with BFG blasts, and Jackhammer helped clear the place out.

JC was quite annoying - I didn't remember he had Cateye, I was quite worried he'd kill me.  I also forgot that I could nuke him, I was focused on trying to phase near the stairs while still invulnerable on 25.

Running Man was a complete waste of a trait.  Not because it's bad, but because I completely forgot about it at all times (I hadn't even planned to take it, just saw an unexpected master trait available), and there were not many places where I was planning to get shot at anyway.  I should have picked some reloader.

I did a lot of self- and armor- damage to use medical/armor levers, and summoned many enemies (the ripper likes that they start next to you, even VAAM) but it was not enough for the Gambler's Shield.  I'm wondering how possible that is to get, even assuming multiple-use levers count for each use.

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0.9.9.4 / [E|97%|YAVP] Sunrise Conqueror
« on: September 13, 2011, 00:15 »
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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Rahul, level 10 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Marine,
 defeated the Cyberdemon on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 84361 turns and scored 44501 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 24 minutes and 59 seconds.
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 401 out of 411 hellspawn. (97%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

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

  Levels generated : 6
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 6

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Sunrise Iron Fist
  Explorer Badge
  Conqueror Badge
  Hell Champion Medal

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

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

  Health 121/70   Experience 40542/10
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->TaN->Iro->TaN->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (90%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nothing
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a]   micro launcher (5d5) [1/1]
    [b]   modified red armor [4/4] (84%) (B)
    [c]   nanofiber ballistic vest [0]
    [d]   Medical Powerarmor [4/4] (100%)
    [e]   piercing chainsaw (4d7)
    [f]   rocket (x14)
    [g]   large med-pack
    [h]   large med-pack
    [i]   large med-pack
    [j]   large med-pack
    [k]   large med-pack
    [l]   large med-pack
    [m]   phase device
    [n]   homing phase device
    [o]   fire skull
    [p]   lava element
    [q]   Arena Master's Staff
    [r]   fireproof plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 25%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 25%   torso 95%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    71 former humans
    61 former sergeants
    11 former captains
    56 imps
    26 demons
    96 lost souls
    21 cacodemons
    9 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    17 arachnotrons
    2 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    6 mancubi
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 lava elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 5 he assembled a piercing blade!
  On level 9 he assembled a micro launcher!
  On level 10 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 14 he assembled a fireproof boots!
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 17 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 19!
  He nuked level 20!
  On level 22, hell just froze!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 23 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Level 24 was a hard nut to crack!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 You hit the Cyberdemon. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
 berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe
 now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...

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

 1121 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 940 of those were killed.
 6 of those were killed by something unknown.
 104 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 43 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 28 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 21 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------

I'm not actually a huge fan of Vampyre for ITYTD fist - I'd prefer Blademaster.  But the Marine's pack duration is really nice, and once you're Marine melee you might as well take Badass and Vampyre.  It's possible that Hellrunner instead of Vampyre makes sense.

This took a few more tries than I thought it would, since the Arena is tough and you don't have many options.  But even past that, I twice accidentally killed something while holding a chainsaw or BFG.  This time I left the BFG behind.  The chainsaw is to open doors in Halls of Carnage, and perhaps to use against bosses if you need to - if that trick works.  Micro Launcher for the Wall and just in case a level looks impassable, including rocket jumping.

I had to leave a room by phasing as I spawned next to 5 revenants. The room wasn't set up for friendly fire, and they didn't trigger berserker.  I found a tracking map which showed 2 arch-viles next door to them ... so long YAAM.  Left 3 Bs of some sort on the same level.  I could have fought them, but YAAM was already gone.

Spider's Lair was not good, they pummelled me even berserked.  I did a lot of damage with Staff-medpack-repeat.

Nanofiber ballistic vest is only OK, I was probably better off leaving it with one power mod and using the armor shards.

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Bug Reports / [0.9.9.4] firing without enough ammo takes time
« on: September 09, 2011, 23:28 »
Attempting to fire a weapon that uses multiple pieces of ammunition per shot without enough (for example, a BFG with 20 cells in it) takes up time. It takes the same time as firing it, I believe - 10 turns for my unenhanced Marine's BFG.  Firing a completely empty weapon does not take time.  (I have EmptyConfirm on, if that matters).

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