Fun challenge! I always wanted to do one of these and finally got around to it. It gets pretty easy after your build is fully decked out and enemies are no longer much of a threat, but it's still pretty enjoyable to go through.
For this game, I opted to go with a masterless Scout as I figure that all the best weapons don't benefit too much from most master traits and Scout is generally the best masterless class. Given that Intuition requires Eagle Eye, Badass requires Tough as Nails, and Whizkid requires Finesse, going Scout means I can skip two traits (Eagle Eye) and have a bit more room for other traits.
I took many screenshots to cover all the highlights.
I was very lucky to find a Laser Rifle, which is one of my ideal weapons. Once made with Nanomanufacture Ammo, and especially with (F), I can melt basically everything and without needing to get Eagle Eye.
Nasty Arachnotron cave early on.
Cute placement of Technical Packs. No, I did not make Grappling Boots or Micro Launcher.
Very nasty start.
Another critical weapon to ease the mid-game. Having a cheap source of semi-infinite ammo helps a ton, especially with UV using up so much more ammo compared to easier difficulties.
More cute item placements.
Dragonslayer! Although I wasn't going to use it, but I couldn't have picked it up anyway.
Somewhat early Onyx Pack is very nice. It would later go into a Cerberus Armor.
Another excellent mid-game weapon, and potentially late-game weapon with a Nuclear BFG!
10 floors later and I found another BFG! I definitely prefer making Biggest Fucking Gun in a regular one for more power and 2.5 shots per clip, but it would require a Nano Pack.
Really rough start here.
Firestorm Pack! I opted to hang onto it for awhile as I may have wanted to use it for Laser Rifle instead of a BFG.
Inventory on floor 71.
Nano Pack! Floor 89 was pretty late in finding one, but the game was about to get significantly easier with an end-game Laser Rifle and no more ammo clogging inventory space.
2 floors later I found another rofl. This one would be save for a BFG.
Yet another Onyx Pack. I used it for a Phaseshift Armor with (PAO).
Another BFG!
And another! I figured having 3 was already likely overkill since each one requires 2 Firestorm Packs. At least Nuclear BFG is usable without them, but a regular BFG is just an ammo drain, which I didn't want to bother with.
Level 25 on floor 108.
Yet another Firestorm Pack!
And also another Onyx Pack lol. This one I left behind.
2 floors later, no seriously, I don't need any more.
I found another Plasma Shield, which I figured might come in handy. They don't get used often, but do tend to break pretty easily.
A somewhat uncommon split island floor.
Or maybe not that uncommon, finding another one 2 floors later lol.
Really rough start.
Finally found a Super Shotgun! Nano Shrapnel Super Shotgun is another excellent weapon for clearing out groups of enemies, while Nanomanufacture Laser Rifle is better for single targets.
And another BFG, jeez.
More useless Onyx Packs.
And a third Nano Pack! This one would go into a regular BFG later.
Giant clog of a start lol.
This was actually the worst start yet and was pretty terrifying to be honest.
After dashing for some coverage, I got pretty dang close to dying!
And after using a Homing Phase Device and going through all 8 of my Large Med Packs...
I managed to just barely survive. I would have been horribly devastated if I died this far in.
My inventory got wiped pretty badly, so it was a good thing I hung onto as many Med Packs as I did.
More BFGs!
And another Dragonslayer lol. Still not picking it up.
More Onyx Packs!
And another Nano Pack!
Since I already had a spare waiting for another Firestorm Packs, I made Antigrav Phaseshift Boots.
My first Sniper Pack, although I didn't have any need for it.
And finally another Firestorm Pack!
With it, I made arguably the single best weapon in the game, at least in terms of clearing out floors of everything. I held onto my other BFGs should I find more packs so that I can rotate between them and effectively give myself 4 such shots.
Another scary Nightmare Arachnotron cave...
...now trivialized!
A Shambler floor!
I overlooked the fact that each action would result in a pile of them teleporting all at once, but fortunately I was Invulnerable.
More Sniper Packs.
And another.
...and another...
Party house of enemies. Glad I wasn't invited.
Horrible start, but again made easy having Biggest Fucking Gun.
On a floor with a rush of lava as well as some teleporters in the level, it seemed like some Cacodemon or something caused this error. Fortunately, it didn't crash my game or anything bad.
Another brutal start, but again, BFG saves the day.
Quite the bright light.
Another scary start if not for BFG.
Brutal clog of a start lol.
More Plasma Shields. I'm good on skipping this one.
This was a silly start.
Another split island floor.
Many Pain Elementals on this floor!
I opted to charge into the middle.
And made a big boom!
Another Sniper Pack.
More bad starts.
One particular Baron was seemingly unkillable, which was very confusing until it actually died.
Quite a mosaic of fluids. The Radiation Suit is a nice touch.
Yet another split island.
Another Lava Elemental cave.
I took some nice coverage and lured them all in.
Getting some seriously dense starts.
More split islands.
Insane enemy density.
I entered another Lava Elemental cave and since I had Invulnerability, I decided to let them get close for a big bang.
Except for the floor where I almost died, this was my absolute least favorite floor of the entire game. A maze with unbreakable walls and huge density.
This was another cute layout.
And my final status screen before ending the game. Still quite a bit away from Iron Skull damage lol.
And here's the mortem:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 25 Cyberdemon Chaos Br. General Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 666 of Hell.
He survived 7453153 turns and scored 37250767 points.
He played for 1 day, 41 minutes and 2 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 51257 out of 51257 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Archangel of 666!
He saved himself 21 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 63/60 Experience 14161584/25
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->SoB->SoB->SoB->HR->HR->SoB->SoB->Fin->HR->TaN->Jug->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->DM->TH->TH->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] cerberus gothic armor [2/2] (168%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] biggest fucking gun (20d12) [250/250] (N1)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nanomachic laser rifle (1d7)x7 (F1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nano super shotgun (6d4)x2 (P1)
[b] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [68/68] (B2)
[c] BFG 9000 (10d6) [169/169] (B2)
[d] phaseshift armor [4] (AOP)
[e] cerberus gothic armor [0] (O)
[f] plasma shield [0/0] (100%)
[g] plasma shield [0/0] (100%)
[h] plasma shield [0/0] (100%)
[i] Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] homing phase device
[s] homing phase device
[t] homing phase device
[u] Hell Staff
[v] antigrav phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%) (A)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 70% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 70% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2035 former humans
3889 former sergeants
5702 former captains
203 imps
61 demons
3902 lost souls
303 cacodemons
1982 hell knights
7864 barons of hell
2235 arachnotrons
64 former commandos
746 pain elementals
3780 revenants
4750 mancubi
5917 arch-viles
124 nightmare imps
1763 nightmare cacodemons
1575 nightmare demons
1346 nightmare arachnotrons
428 nightmare arch-viles
8 elite former humans
7 elite former sergeants
155 elite former captains
155 elite former commandos
1131 bruiser brothers
546 shamblers
239 lava elemental
179 agony elementals
168 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 13 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 21 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 23 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
On level 27 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
On level 32 he found the Acid Spitter!
On level 37 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 38 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 39 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 40 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 49 he assembled a cerberus armor!
On level 56 he found the Mjollnir!
Level 57 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 57 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 62 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 64 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 69 he was bombarded!
On level 71 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 74 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 76 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He nuked level 79!
Level 80 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 88 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 89 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
On level 95 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 100 he was bombarded!
On level 103 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
On level 106 he assembled a cerberus armor!
On level 110 he was bombarded!
On level 111 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He sounded the alarm on level 111!
On level 113 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 117 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
On level 119 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 121 he found the Shielded Armor!
On level 123 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 124 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 142 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 145 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 147 he was targeted for extermination!
Level 148 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 151 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 152 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 156 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 158 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 159 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 162 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 165 he ran for his life from lava!
Level 167 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 173 he was walking in fire!
On level 174 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 177 he found the BFG 10K!
On level 180 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 181 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
On level 182, hell froze over!
He sounded the alarm on level 183!
On level 193 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 194 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 199 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 201 he was bombarded!
On level 209 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 212 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 213 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 216 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 220 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 222 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 223 he found the Malek's Armor!
Level 231 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 235 he found the Frag Shotgun!
Level 236 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 239 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 241 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 244!
He nuked level 245!
On level 252 he was bombarded!
Level 254 was a hard nut to crack!
He flooded the entire level 254 with acid!
On level 258 he was bombarded!
On level 262 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 262 he assembled a antigrav boots!
On level 264 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 264 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 268 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 271 he assembled a biggest fucking gun!
On level 273 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 273 he was targeted for extermination!
Level 275 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 279, hell froze over!
He sounded the alarm on level 282!
On level 284 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 285 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 288 he was bombarded!
On level 290 he stumbled into a complex full of shamblers!
On level 295 he was bombarded!
On level 297 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 301 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 303 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 306!
On level 308 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 309 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 312 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 320 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 323 he found the Subtle Knife!
On level 324 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 326 he found the Trigun!
On level 328 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He sounded the alarm on level 330!
On level 333 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 337 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 338 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 342 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 347 he found the Railgun!
He sounded the alarm on level 353!
Level 354 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 356, hell froze over!
On level 358, hell froze over!
On level 358 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
He nuked level 366!
He left level 366 as soon as possible.
On level 369 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 372 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 373 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 378 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 379 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 380 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 387 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 392 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 393 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 397 he ran for his life from lava!
Level 399 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
Level 403 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 405!
On level 408 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 409 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 411 he ran for his life from lava!
Level 412 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 413 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 415 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 422 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 423 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 425!
On level 427 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 433 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
He sounded the alarm on level 433!
He sounded the alarm on level 434!
On level 435, hell froze over!
On level 441 he ran for his life from lava!
He nuked level 443!
On level 448, hell froze over!
Level 450 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 451 he stumbled into a complex full of bruiser brothers!
Level 452 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 453 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 454 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 460 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 461 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 462, hell froze over!
On level 463 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 464 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 466 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He nuked level 467!
On level 470 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
On level 471 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 475 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 484 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 488, hell froze over!
He nuked level 493!
On level 498 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 499 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 507 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 510 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 510 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 514!
He left level 514 as soon as possible.
On level 523 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 524 he was walking in fire!
On level 525, hell froze over!
Level 527 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 532 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 533 he found the Berserker Armor!
He nuked level 540!
On level 541, hell froze over!
Level 543 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 545 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 550 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 558 he ran for his life from lava!
He nuked level 560!
On level 562 he was bombarded!
He nuked level 569!
Level 573 was a hard nut to crack!
He flooded the entire level 573 with acid!
He nuked level 575!
On level 587 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
On level 591 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 598 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 603 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 604!
On level 605 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 605 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 607 he was targeted for extermination!
Level 608 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 615 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
Level 616 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 619!
On level 630 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 632 he was walking in fire!
On level 638 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 642 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 646 he was walking in fire!
On level 650 he was bombarded!
Level 656 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 663 he was bombarded!
On level 666 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
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! You hear the
scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You swap your weapons instantly!
You dodge! You are hit! You dodge! You dodge!
The missile hits the former captain. The missile hits the former captain. The
former captain dies. You feel relatively safe now.
You swap your weapons instantly!
Run - direction...
There are stairs leading downward here.
You're crazy, you know that, right? Hell, congratulations anyway! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1390 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1087 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
61 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 161 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
76 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
68 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Overall, this wasn't too hard, just very long. Cerberus Armor (P) in Gothic Armor was excellent and I generally reduced damage enough that it hardly lost much durability and only had to use my backup Cerberus Armor (O) a few times. Phaseshift Armor set was mostly for if I got an awful floor with an auto-nuke, which I only ran into a couple times and they were all fortunately easy, so the set didn't get used at all. One wild thing is I never completed the Inquisitor Set, and actually didn't find quite a few different unique items. I mostly would have only used it for a Cyberdemon floor, but I never had one, and probably would have been fine anyway. Cerberus Armor and Boots did all the work needed.
Once I had assembled Biggest Fucking Gun (N), most floors were reduced to me firing it twice, and then cleaning up with Nanomanufacture Laser Rifle (F) and Nano Shrapnel Super Shotgun (P). Only a handful of times were particularly dangerous and the only concern was if I myself did something dumb. Fortunately, I did fine. I probably could have found a lot more Firestorm Packs to make more BFGs, but I was busy blowing up every floor and it's almost certain that I destroyed some. Having 2 or more Biggest Fucking Guns would have definitely been even more overkill. Finally, Hell Staff and Homing Phase Devices were only needed a few times to escape bad situations, and I honestly used them moreso to enter a floor with Invulnerability, particularly with a nuke for a quick clear.
I genuinely might do this again at some point.
