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Title: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 16, 2012, 19:48

Have you ever wanted to go through DoomRL without having to worry about classes, or levels, or special floors, or XP?  Well, you're in luck, because that's what this module is all about!  It's the basic DoomRL game where you can't level up, and your trait/class doesn't help you!

The original purpose of this module was as a test for a proposed challenge mode by Game Hunter as described here (http://forum.chaosforge.org/index.php/topic,5326.msg43974.html#msg43974).  This is the fourth version, here are the last 2 difference lists.

Spoiler: List of differences - version 4 (click to show/hide)

- You will still have to select a class and starting trait, but the game won't honor them.
- No experience is awarded for any enemies you defeat, so you can't level up.
- No special levels (red stairs) are generated, but the normal boss levels still exist, including the fortress.
- No exotics will appear, except the chainsaw and the BFG9000.
- No Uniques will appear.
- Weights have been adjusted around the board, but shouldn't be vastly different from the main game.
- Mod Packs will not appear.
- Enemies that normally spawn with weapons have a special version that is identical to the original, so the weapon changes below do not apply to them.
> Enemies can't pick items up.
> Your health doesn't degrade if it's over 100%.
> You can find the Backpack! powerup on a random mid-game level.
- Combat Knife has +4 Accuracy instead of +2
- Combat Knife has 3d5 damage instead of 2d5
- Pistol has 2d5+1 damage instead of 2d4
> Pistol has a fire time of 0.6s instead of 1.0s
> Pistol has a reload time of 0.8s instead of 1.2s
- Pistol accuracy is +3 instead of +2
- Pistol has the Far Hit effect, which ignores distance penalties (a la a 0996 sniper weapon pack)
- Shotgun damage is normal.
- Combat shotgun holds 6 shots instead of 5.
- Double shotgun damage is normal.
- Chaingun damage is now (1d7+2)x5 instead of (1d6)x4
- Chaingun reload time is 1.8s instead of 2.5s
> Chaingun fire time is 0.7s instead of 1.0s
- Chaingun accuracy is +4 instead of +2
- Rocket Launcher accuracy is +6 instead of +4
> Rocket Launcher holds 2 shots, but reloads only 1 at a time.
- Plasma Rifle holds 50 shots instead of 40
> Plasma Rifle damage is (1d10+1)x6 instead of (1d7)x6
- Plasma Rifle accuracy is +4 instead of +2
- Plasma Rifle firing time is 0.8s instead of 1.0s
- BFG9000 costs 30 instead of 40 to fire
- Chainsaw does 5d6 damage instead of 4d6 damage.
- Chainsaw attack time is 0.7s instead of 1.0s
> Green armor has 2 protection instead of 1, 25% melee, bullet, and shrapnel resistance, and has no movement penalty.
- Blue armor has 3 protection instead of 2, 30% plasma, 15% melee, 10% fire, and 10% acid resistance, no movement penalty, and a max durability of 120%
- Red armor has 4 protection as normal, but 35% fire, 10% melee, 10% plasma resistance, -5% movement speed, and 135% durability.
- Steel Boots have 20% dodge bonus, 20% overall speed bonus, and 150% durability (but there's more below)
- Protective Boots have 50% acid resist, 25% fire resist, 10% dodge bonus, 30% overall speed bonus, and 125% durability (but there's more below)
- Plasteel Boots have 60% acid resist, 30% fire resist, and 50% overall speed bonus, and 125% durability, but...
- All boots degrade 1% durability per action while equipped.

> Fixed enemy item names. ("The former human reloads his Former Pistol." D'OH!)
> Pistol IF_FARHIT flag actually works now, you'll notice it this time around.
> Just realized what whole lot of good it does to include Fortress if you can't actually get there!  Fixed.
> Fixed saving/loading bug (0.4.1)
> Fixed starting pistol not having weapon changes applied (0.4.2)

Items marked with > changed between this version and last.

Spoiler: List of differences - version 3 (click to show/hide)

* You will still have to select a class and starting trait, but the game won't honor them.
* No experience is awarded for any enemies you defeat, so you can't level up.
* No special levels (red stairs) are generated, but the normal boss levels still exist, including the fortress.
* No exotics will appear, except the chainsaw and the BFG9000.
* No Uniques will appear.
* Weights have been adjusted around the board, but shouldn't be vastly different from the main game.
* Mod Packs will not appear.
* Enemies that normally spawn with weapons have a special version that is identical to the original, so the weapon changes below do not apply to them.
* Combat Knife has +4 Accuracy instead of +2
> Combat Knife has 3d5 damage instead of 2d5
* Pistol has 2d5+1 damage instead of 2d4
* Pistol has a fire time of 0.7s instead of 1.0s
* Pistol has a reload time of 0.7s instead of 1.2s
* Pistol accuracy is +3 instead of +2
> Pistol has the Far Hit effect, which ignores distance penalties (a la a 0996 sniper weapon pack.  hopefully it's working -- try it out and see how it goes)
> Shotgun damage is normal.
> Combat shotgun holds 6 shots instead of 5.
> Double shotgun damage is normal.
* Chaingun damage is now (1d7+2)x5 instead of (1d6)x4
* Chaingun reload time is 1.8s instead of 2.5s
> Chaingun fire time is 0.8s instead of 1.0s
* Chaingun accuracy is +4 instead of +2
* Rocket Launcher accuracy is +6 instead of +4
* Plasma Rifle holds 50 shots instead of 40
> Plasma Rifle damage is (1d10+2)x5 instead of (1d7)x6
> Plasma Rifle accuracy is +4 instead of +2
> Plasma Rifle firing time is 0.8s instead of 1.0s
* BFG9000 costs 30 instead of 40 to fire
> Chainsaw does 5d6 damage instead of 4d6 damage.
> Chainsaw attack time is 0.7s instead of 1.0s
* Green armor has 2 protection instead of 1, 20% melee, bullet, and shrapnel resistance, and has no movement penalty.
* Blue armor has 3 protection instead of 2, 30% plasma, 15% melee, 10% fire, and 10% acid resistance, no movement penalty, and a max durability of 120%
* Red armor has 4 protection as normal, but 35% fire, 10% melee, 10% plasma resistance, -5% movement speed, and 135% durability.
> Steel Boots have 20% dodge bonus, 20% overall speed bonus, and 150% durability (but there's more below)
> Protective Boots have 50% acid resist, 25% fire resist, 10% dodge bonus, 30% overall speed bonus, and 125% durability (but there's more below)
> Plasteel Boots have 60% acid resist, 30% fire resist, and 50% overall speed bonus, and 125% durability, but...
* All boots degrade 1% durability per action while equipped.

> Fixed starting as scout still giving 10% speed bonus.
> Fixed bug with starting as technician.

Items marked with > changed between this version and last.

Comments, questions, concerns, and criticism all appreciated.  Enjoy the module!

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: PFL on March 17, 2012, 07:16

Ooh.  This sounds interesting.  Will give it a try right now. :)

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 17, 2012, 12:46

Alright, tweaking wave 1 is available above.  Try it out and see if it's easier/harder/better than/worse than the regular game.

A full list of changes is available in the spoiler below (it's spoiled cause it's massive)

Spoiler: List of differences (click to show/hide)

* You will still have to select a class and starting trait, but the game won't honor them.
* No experience is awarded for any enemies you defeat, so you can't level up.
* No special levels (red stairs) are generated, but the normal boss levels still exist, including the fortress.
* No exotics will appear, except the chainsaw and the BFG9000.
* No Uniques will appear.
* Weights have been adjusted around the board, but shouldn't be vastly different from the main game.
* Mod Packs will not appear.
* Enemies that normally spawn with weapons have a special version that is identical to the original, so the weapon changes below do not apply to them.
* Combat Knife has +4 Accuracy instead of +2
* Pistol has 2d5+1 damage instead of 2d4
* Pistol has a fire time of 0.7s instead of 1.0s
* Pistol has a reload time of 0.7s instead of 1.2s
* Pistol accuracy is +3 instead of +2
* Shotgun damage is reduced to 7d3 from 8d3.
* Combat shotgun damage is reduced to 6d3 from 7d3, although it holds 6 shots instead of 5.
* Double shotgun damage is reduced to 8d3x2 from 9d3x2
* Chaingun damage is now (1d7+2)x5 instead of (1d6)x4
* Chaingun reload time is 1.8s instead of 2.5s
* Chaingun accuracy is +4 instead of +2
* Rocket Launcher accuracy is +6 instead of +4
* Plasma Rifle holds 50 shots instead of 40
* Plasma Rifle damage is (1d8+1)x5 instead of (1d7)x6
* BFG9000 costs 30 instead of 40 to fire
* Green armor has 2 protection instead of 1, 20% melee, bullet, and shrapnel resistance, and has no movement penalty.
* Blue armor has 3 protection instead of 2, 30% plasma, 15% melee, 10% fire, and 10% acid resistance, no movement penalty, and a max durability of 120%
* Red armor has 4 protection as normal, but 35% fire, 10% melee, 10% plasma resistance, -5% movement speed, and 135% durability.
* Steel Boots have 20% dodge bonus, 20% movement bonus, and 150% durability (but there's more below)
* Protective Boots have 50% acid resist, 25% fire resist, 10% dodge bonus, 25% move bonus, and 125% durability (but there's more below)
* Plasteel Boots have 60% acid resist, 30% fire resist, and +50% move speed, but...
* All boots degrade 1% durability per action while equipped.

The new version is attached to the main post.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Matt_S on March 17, 2012, 13:55

Woo, interesting changes.  But the chaingun's 1d7+2 is better than the plasma rifle's 1d8+1.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 17, 2012, 14:06

Good point, might have to make a change there, although the plasma rifle does deal plasma damage vs. chaingun bullet damage...

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Cotonou on March 17, 2012, 14:21

Why the Shotgun nerfs?  It was pretty much the god-gun in the original Doom.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 17, 2012, 14:52

The intent is to get the other weapons used a little more, so I downgraded the shotguns just a little (at least I think it's just a little, they're still very useful).

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 17, 2012, 20:15

I guess I put up a couple of my own thoughts first, since I've been playing it quite a bit now:

First, the shotgun nerf was a mistake.  I'll be fixing that in an update shortly.

Second, I think I need to improve everything else even more, and I've got a plan for a couple of things.  But I'm not going to make too drastic a change between now and this coming update.

I'll be updating a couple things shortly, so standby.

EDIT: Changes up.  See initial post.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Shinji_Ikari_9th on March 17, 2012, 21:26

looking good so far shark.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: ZZ on March 18, 2012, 04:48

Here is my attempt

Spoiler: Mortem (click to show/hide)

--------------------------------------------------------------
 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump
 Module : The Basic Doom Module (0.3.0)
--------------------------------------------------------------

 Bobby Prince, level 1  Scout, killed by a Spider Mastermind
 in a custom location...
 He survived 41754 turns and scored 13369 points.
 He played for 19 minutes and 5 seconds.
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 197 out of 301 hellspawn. (65%)

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

  ###########################################################
  #####################................................######
  ####################...............####...............#####
  ###################.......####.....####.....####.......####
  ##################........####X....####.....####........###
  #################.........####M....####.....####.........##
  ################..........####..............####..........#
  ###############............................................
  ###############....####............................####....
  ###############...&####............................####....
  ###############....####............................####&...
  ###############....####............................####....
  ###############............................................
  ################..........####..............####..........#
  #################.........####.....####.....####.........##
  ##################........####.....####.....####........###
  ###################.......####.....####.....####.......####
  ####################...............####...............#####
  #####################................................######
  ###########################################################

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 0/1
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Hellrunner       (Level 1)

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   plasma rifle (1d10)x5 [35/50]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   power battery (x70)

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

    [a] chaingun (1d7)x5 [20/40]
    [b] red armor [4/4] (87%)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [j] power cell (x15)
    [k] power cell (x50)
    [l] small med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] large med-pack

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

    None

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

    40 former humans
    33 former sergeants
    9 former captains
    30 imps
    10 demons
    43 lost souls
    8 cacodemons
    5 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    3 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    1 revenant
    4 mancubi
    4 arch-viles
    1 Cyberdemon

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  He left level 15 as soon as possible.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  Then at last he found Dis!

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

 Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
 Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
 Mastermind hits you. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 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 Spider Mastermind hits you. Your red armor is damaged!
 You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
 Your red armor is damaged!
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 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 Spider
 Mastermind hits you. The Spider Mastermind hits you. Your red armor is
 completely destroyed! You die!... Press <Enter>...
 There is a small med-pack lying here.

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


Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Simon-v on March 18, 2012, 05:28

Plays nicely, is fairly challenging due to the apparent need to carry many weapons to use in different situations and adapt tactically to new threats. I'd like to see the backpack appear as a rare powerup, but i'll leave that to the author's discretion.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: PFL on March 18, 2012, 09:08

I've played a little with the older builds and have found it really difficult.  That's partly because I'm generally rubbish at DoomRL anyway but mostly because I tend to rely on the shotty.  I presumed that that would be the weapon of choice as it is in the original Doom but now I realise you have to use a mix of weapons to get the best out of it.

I'm looking forward to trying out the new build and will play around later. :)

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Deathwind on March 18, 2012, 11:26

Looks like we found a new challenge mode, Angel of Doom

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: ZZ on March 18, 2012, 11:42

I'd vote for it remaining as a module. not as a challenge mode, because it's required play style is way too different from the original. Also, the mix of weapons is not crucial, the thing you need to understand is that without experience, you have absolutely no need to kill everything.

Also, the thing that would make it a little easier - disabling enemies picking items up. It's not as it was in Doom, and new buffed armors make it a real trouble to kill ordinary formers.

Another idea would to merge it with AoI, thus making it even more harder, but bringing it even closer to vanilla Doom. And since we're already upgrading weapons, why not upgrade them a little more, and implement this?

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Brewtal Legend on March 20, 2012, 00:39

Quote

the thing you need to understand is that without experience, you have absolutely no need to kill everything.

You can still kill everything just cause you want to and because you need to. Otherwise they will kill you. And they will keep you from reaching the end of the level. Just like in the original Doom. You didn't get any xp, but you still tried to kill everything, or most everything because you either wanted to or they threatened your chance of survival.

If you also added point scoring somehow to the kills, that might give more reason to kill everything. Kinda like Basic Doom meets Arcade Doom.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Ander Hammer on March 20, 2012, 07:21

Health above 100% still decays... intended?

I'm up for preventing enemy item use as long as Doom turns into AoI.

Maybe remove health packs completely and ramp up health spawns?

Maybe remove ammo packs?

(Except I needed both of those things to kill Cybie...)

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 20, 2012, 10:16

I'll weigh in on the proposed suggestions:

Backpack as a rare powerup:  I've decided to add it as a bonus on a mid game level.  Which level?  I don't even know!

Make enemies stop picking up items: This is actually a little harder to do than it first looks, since it involves a re-write of the former and baron ai scripts.  I'll have to get my hands on those scripts first before I'll be able to change them.

Score counter: The game already has a built in score counter system, although how it works is mysterious and most sources of score aren't tallied until the end of the game.  It sounds like it would take a lot of code.  I'll think about it.

Add AoI restrictions: Surprisingly, that's an easy one line toggle.  Sure, it can be done.

Upgrade weapons even more: ... alright, I can do that, although I don't know in what ways I should improve them.

Stop >100% health decay: Also a one line change, and would probably be a fair change.

Keep suggestions coming!  I'll post an update once I can change the AI scripts properly.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Klear on March 20, 2012, 10:20

I don't like the score idea. I mean, we are trying to make it more like doom, not less like doom, right?

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Matt_S on March 20, 2012, 10:42

Quote from: Brewtal Legend on March 20, 2012, 00:39

You can still kill everything just cause you want to

Hell yeah!

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Pricklyman on March 20, 2012, 14:01

Quote from: Klear on March 20, 2012, 10:20

I don't like the score idea. I mean, we are trying to make it more like doom, not less like doom, right?

For the sake of clarification - are we talking a score counter - or a kill counter?

(Seeing as there was a kill counter in original Doom.)

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Klear on March 20, 2012, 14:20

Score counter. I think it's unnecessary to give players this weak motivation to 100% clear all levels. From what I read, a lot of people are going for YAAM even when it's not a very good tactical decision.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Matt_S on March 20, 2012, 15:00

Quote from: Klear on March 20, 2012, 14:20

From what I read, a lot of people are going for YAAM even when it's not a very good tactical decision.

No sacrifice, no victory.
Screwed up the quote tags and just noticed...

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Ander Hammer on March 28, 2012, 04:35

Now that I think about it, AoI restrictions with DoomRL's bosses and no traits sounds like it might be iffy.

Maybe some health spawns in boss arenas?

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 29, 2012, 19:08

Posting update. One moment...

Update posted, but first a couple notes.

Considering the difficulty of the module already, I decided not to include the AoI restriction at the moment.  But I did improve a couple weapons just ever so slightly more.

Rest of the changes are in the change log, see the opening post for details.  Enjoy!

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Shinji_Ikari_9th on March 29, 2012, 21:00

you need to change the version number in the files so that it reads right.  other then that it's good so far.

here's a screen shot from the last level i reached this time.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 29, 2012, 22:12

Quote from: Shinji_Ikari_9th on March 29, 2012, 21:00

you need to change the version number in the files so that it reads right.  other then that it's good so far.

Whooooooops!  Fixed.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

What about setting every reload time to 0, like it was in the original?

Also, green armor outperforms blue on formers. I suppose it should be fixed, because in the original, next tier was always better than the previous.

Also, disable phase devices please. And tracking maps.
Edit: Oh, sorry. The mod seems to stop working after save/loading. If that's not author's fault, I'll post this as a bug.

And make the walls (and possibly items) indestructible.

Also a good idea as for me would be to implement juggler trait bonuses.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on March 30, 2012, 13:49

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

What about setting every reload time to 0, like it was in the original?
Also, green armor outperforms blue on formers. I suppose it should be fixed, because in the original, next tier was always better than the previous.
Also, disable phase devices please. And tracking maps.
And make the walls (and possibly items) indestructible.
Also a good idea as for me would be to implement juggler trait bonuses.

Comment responses deferred for later.

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

Edit: Oh, sorry. The mod seems to stop working after save/loading. If that's not author's fault, I'll post this as a bug.

Fixed.  My fault.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Styar on April 24, 2012, 08:03

I am playing your mod now, and a start pistol has 2d4 D, not 2d5+1 and fire time of 1. Enemies pistol has 2d5 dam and less fire time. Is it right?

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Kg on April 24, 2012, 10:08

Also, items were indestructible in original Doom. I wonder if it's possible to adapt constant weapon change time, like in Doom. So unequipping would take 0s, while equipping item would take 1s, or so. Or make it 0.5 / 0.5 ?

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: shark20061 on April 26, 2012, 10:38

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

What about setting every reload time to 0, like it was in the original?

I think that would make this way too easy, and I'm not exactly going for a perfect recreation of Doom in DoomRL.

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

Also, green armor outperforms blue on formers. I suppose it should be fixed, because in the original, next tier was always better than the previous.

I think I'll leave the armors alone for now.

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

Also, disable phase devices please. And tracking maps.

... probably.

Quote from: Kg on April 24, 2012, 10:08

Also, items were indestructible in original Doom.

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

And make the walls (and possibly items) indestructible.

I'll probably do that too, at least the items.

Quote from: ZZ on March 30, 2012, 01:48

Also a good idea as for me would be to implement juggler trait bonuses.

That doesn't make sense, because it took time to switch weapons, and you didn't automatically get to use a chainsaw if you had, say, your pistol out.

Quote from: Styar on April 24, 2012, 08:03

I am playing your mod now, and a start pistol has 2d4 D, not 2d5+1 and fire time of 1. Enemies pistol has 2d5 dam and less fire time. Is it right?

Nope, that's not right.  Fixed.

Quote from: Kg on April 24, 2012, 10:08

I wonder if it's possible to adapt constant weapon change time, like in Doom. So unequipping would take 0s, while equipping item would take 1s, or so. Or make it 0.5 / 0.5 ?

That seems hard to code.

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Equality on November 20, 2012, 09:59

hey, the game quite playable :) but...

DoomRL - Fatal Error!

DoomRL crashed!
Reason: LuaError: basicdoom.OnWinGame -- Call(basicdoom.OnWinGame) not found!

It's ok?

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: tylor on March 03, 2013, 18:14

Wouldn't it be simplier to just give player fixed traits across the board (Badassx2, EE1, SoB2 etc), instead of changing every weapon?
Also, what about replicating levels from original doom (even if very roughly)

Title: Re: The "Basic Doom" Module
Post by: Evilpotatoe on March 04, 2013, 04:19

Quote

What about replicating levels from original doom (even if very roughly)

I think it depends on the possibility to exploit the limited level size. In "inferno" module, Hell keep is rather good... but it's a small level, and it takes most of available room. I'd be in favor of bigger levels, but considering console version.. I doubt it's possible to implement.
Also, this might be too repetitive, but original doom didn't have random levels after all, so why not ?

Quote

instead of changing every weapon

In "Basic doom", I'd be tempted to remove exotics & uniques. Isn't it what is planned here ?

I want to upvote ideas like making the game AoI, prevent enemies from picking things up, etc.
Also, all both armors should be... cursed, and possible to override with a better/newer one ?
Anyway, I read about new armors, so I guess you put more than just green & blue armors.