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0.9.9.1 / [U|AoH|100%|YAAM] Dreams of a Cateye

« on: August 23, 2010, 20:47 »

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 Quick Hunter, level 10 Arch-Vile Mjr General, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 12 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 74878 turns and scored 144686 points. 
 He played for 1 hour, 2 minutes and 58 seconds. 
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 437 out of 437 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Haste!


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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Runner Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 47/60   Experience 43479/10
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

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

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Cybernetic Armor [8/8] (87%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [26/40] (T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (98%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (T1)

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

    [a] modified combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T1)
    [b] modified blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
    [c] shotgun shell (x70)
    [d] shotgun shell (x70)
    [e] shotgun shell (x70)
    [f] shotgun shell (x70)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] power cell (x61)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] power cell (x70)
    [l] phase device
    [m] thermonuclear bomb
    [n] thermonuclear bomb

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

    38 former humans
    42 former sergeants
    9 former captains
    115 imps
    27 demons
    48 lost souls
    34 cacodemons
    32 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    30 arachnotrons
    15 former commandos
    3 pain elementals
    5 arch-viles
    3 mancubi
    17 revenants

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

  On level 5 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 6 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 9 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 12 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 You reload the plasma rifle with power cell.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies.
 You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the

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

 Before him 423 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 355 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 33 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 21 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 17 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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After some unsuccessful UV/N! AoI runs (and there were quite a few), I took a shot at AoH UV/100% after hating it for so long. At the suggestion of a guide contributor, I went for Cateye. While I almost always build EE/SoB for this badge, I doubt I would have finished up the master trait without advice: however, I never got far enough for a master trait before, so no harm in building it.

Beginning was rather nice, combat shotty at the veeeery beginning kept me alive long enough to get a few traits for rapid-fire. For the most part, I was lucky enough for enemy spawns not to be ridiculously stacked against me in the first few levels. A very tense but pretty standard early-game.

Level 5 generated Hell's Armory and, at the same time, two Invulnerability Globes near the stairs. Managed to survive through the whole level without using them, which was not easy in the least (only in that level did I actually find a plasma rifle). That made the Armory a great deal easier, managed to run into the center and go to town on the Cacos and a Rev that came out. Cleaned out the rest with rather little damage.

Next level, Cateye pops...in a maze. Must've spent ten minutes alone on that level, being extremely careful not to die against the Barons and Rev and Mancubus. Early on I saw that The Wall generated: at first I thought it'd be insane to try it, but I did have a nice stash of 40 rockets and cells to spare. In addition to Cateye, it seemed plausible to do so without even taking damage. The end result was that I was only hit three times: one Vile-fire, one Baron-ball, and me accidentally misfiring a rocket. All in all, however, it proved well worth the trouble, what with the extra space and missile launcher and tons and TONS of rockets.

After The Wall, I was hit with nothing but Caves, Cities, and an Arena, coincidentally all the level types you want if you're playing Cateye. Combat shotty was used to lure enemies, plasma for damage, and rockets when I was unsure of the situation. A few rough spots (particularly the Arena, Rev/Vile pack is always rough) but I came out on top in every case. Snagged a Cybernetic Armor in a City, decided to save it for Cybie.

Cyberdemon was pretty straightforward, although it really came down to the wire. I didn't want to nuke if I didn't have to, but he dealt a ton of damage and forced me to use up every med-pack I had. Killed him in a nice, dramatic finish of "after this volley he's gonna nail me".

I'm just glad to get this one off my chest: I'd take Runner Gold over Eagerness Gold any day (the latter will come with time, and maybe together with the Platinum/Diamond).

0.9.9.1 / [U|100%|YAAM] Personal Conqueror attempt

« on: August 22, 2010, 00:39 »

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 Game Hunter, level 15 Arch-Vile Mjr General, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 154067 turns and scored 366374 points. 
 He played for 2 hours, 24 minutes and 19 seconds. 
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 1132 out of 1132 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!


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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Explorer Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal

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

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

  Health 40/70   Experience 117054/15
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +6

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

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Brute            (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  Fin->SoB->SoB->Fin->WK->TH->MAc->SoB->Iro->Bru->HR->WK->TH->HR->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (70%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [180/220] (B3)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified missile launcher (6d6) [3/4] (T1)

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

    [a] modified laser rifle (1d8)x5 [40/40] (P1T1)
    [b] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [169/169] (B2)
    [c] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (2d6) [4/18]
    [d] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
    [e] gothic armor [6/6] (200%)
    [f] rocket (x14)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] rocket (x14)
    [j] rocket (x14)
    [k] power cell (x70)
    [l] power cell (x70)
    [m] power cell (x70)
    [n] power cell (x70)
    [o] power cell (x70)
    [p] small med-pack
    [q] small med-pack
    [r] large med-pack
    [s] large med-pack
    [t] large med-pack
    [u] large med-pack

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

    64 former humans
    91 former sergeants
    61 former captains
    164 imps
    84 demons
    237 lost souls
    69 cacodemons
    77 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    34 hell knights
    75 arachnotrons
    46 former commandos
    1 Angel of Death
    31 pain elementals
    35 arch-viles
    24 mancubi
    34 revenants
    2 nightmare imps
    2 bruiser brothers

-- 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 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 9 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered 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 found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  He nuked level 21!
  On level 21 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
  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!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You wear/wield : a modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [220/220] (B3)
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated

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

 Before him 373 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 310 of those were killed.
 33 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 20 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 16 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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Just wanted to check it out, see if I could find any problems with the special levels (see Bug Reports for what I found). Took about 10 tries or so, and just the 2nd attempt past getting MAc (total YASD on that one, lemme tell ya).

Managed MAc before The Wall, made it pretty easy. Everything up to Phobos Hell was pretty straight-forward, no great items yet but nothing to screw me over, either. Somehow managed three bulk mods right before Halls of Carnage, meaning a quick 220-capacity BFG.

This was my first lava-bath of AoD and, damn, he takes a lot of tiles to go down. I should definitely make sure to have HRx2 next time, just the one didn't cut it. Also, I forgot to bring the chainsaw along for the Lost Souls, so I instead crafted an AT combat knife.

On some floor shortly after Spider's Lair, I picked up a laser rifle and gothic armor, both great finds. Someone mentioned that laser rifle wasn't that good for an MAc run, but I have to disagree after this run: infinite ammo AND nigh-perfect accuracy is a combo that can't be beat. Slap on enough mods (I only had P1T1) and you have a wrecking machine.

Had invulnerability going into Vaults, three phases landed me on the left side every time so I nuked the place with the thermo from Spider's Lair. FYI, Grammaton doesn't work with MAc in any of its modes (TH does for sure, though). Mortuary was cake with laser rifle, BFG and missiles, I didn't even bother running through to a corner. Lava Pits was the same (with running, though) because of three envirosuits. (On the level before I found phaseshift boots and scavenged the armor there, so free lavawalk WEEEEEE.)

Really simple run after UC, glad to get a nice victory for my first day playing DoomRL again.

PS: I have a theory that "clearing" and "completing" levels are two different things. Specifically, nuking a level when it only requires a "clear" is fine, but trying that when you need to "complete" it won't work. (That would explain why Vaults/UC/Mortuary Gold aren't given for nuking, but things like Lava Pits can.) If this proves to be the case, it'll be a nice fix for my guide.

Bug Reports / Unfinished Special Levels

« on: August 22, 2010, 00:20 »

There are stairs leading downward here. Unknown command. Press "?" for help. ############################################################################## #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #........................................................................@>..# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# #............................................................................# ############################################################################## Game Hunter Armor : blue armor [2/2] (100%) Health: 100% Exp: 12/22% Weapon: modified plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [40/40] (A1P1T cautious City of Skulls

hits the arachnotron. The arachnotron dies. Suddenly the webs fade. From under the webs, items emerge... ############################# ##################### ...................................................... .........%.......>..................................... .........@.............................................# .............................................#.........# ..............................................#.........# ..............................................#.%.......# ..................*............................#.........# ..........|..................%.....................%.....# .........................................%...............# %.......|....|........%.%............................... ........................................................ .............................................#.%...... .............................................#........ ............................................#....... ...........................................#...... ............................................... ...........>................................ ...................................... ### ############################## Game Hunter Armor : red armor [4/4] (83%) Health: 55% Exp: 13/12% Weapon: modified plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [40/40] (A1P1T cautious Spider's Lair

You wear/wield : a Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%) There is a plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] lying here. ################################################ ##.#.#....%....%.%.............%.....%..%....%..%. #.......%...%.....%.%...............%.......%...%.. ##.>.#...........%.............%...............%... #...%....%..%........%.%.......%............}}...... ##%#.#....%..%...............%.....%................. #..%..%..%..%.%..........%......|..................... #......%..%........%%%....%....}|.}#}...|}............ #........................%.....||.|[|..|............... #....%.......%.............%...}|}}|||}@.....}......... #..%%.%.......%.....%......%.......|.}}.......}......... #....%...%.......%.....%...%..%......|...%.............. #........%...%%.......%..%.%...........}..|............. #.......%.%.%..%%.%.%.%%.....%....}.................... ##.#.#%...%..........%%..............}................. #.....%........%%%%%%%............%..........}........ ##%>.#.%.%.%...................%.%.................... #...%...........%.%......%..%%......................% ##.#.#%.....%........%%.%%.......................... ################################################# Game Hunter Armor : Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%) Health: 121% Exp: 15/5% Weapon: modified laser rifle (1d8)x5 [40/40] (P1) cautious The Mortuary

missile hits the revenant. The revenant dies. That seems to be all of them... ### ####### === ============ === =========== === #==================== ======= ============= ========= #==========================...==============================. #=========================.....======================..=====%.. #=========================....%=====================....======== #==========================.%.=======================..========== #===========================.==================================== #==...======================.============================...====== #=.....=====================.===========================...|.===== #=..>..=====================.=============...============...======= #=.....=====================%============%....===================== #==...======================%============.....===================== #===========================.=============...========...===========| #==========================...======================|....=@=======|. #=========================.....======================..|===========. #=========================.....===============..=================== #==========================...================..=================== #================================================================= ################################################################## Game Hunter Armor : none Health: 100% Exp: 15/56% Weapon: modified laser rifle (1d8)x5 [40/40] (P1T1) cautious envirosuit The Lava Pits

The name speaks for itself. After going through a Conqueror attempt, I took note of all the levels that didn't become either "relatively safe" or otherwise remained "red" (ie, not officially safe). Of all the levels, these four popped out. To be honest, I may have missed checking The Wall: I'll reply when I figure it out for sure.

If Conqueror Badge isn't procing, it is probably because these aren't going blue.

Nightmare! / [N!|AoRA|54%|YAVP] Why was this so hard?

« on: May 02, 2010, 16:34 »

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 Panic Hunter, level 10 Arch-Vile Mjr General, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 38776 turns and scored 469024 points. 
 He played for 42 minutes and 57 seconds. 
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 578 out of 1056 hellspawn. (54%)
 He was an Angel of Red Alert!


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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Minor Icarus Cross
  Quartermaster Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 59/70   Experience 40628/10
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Fireangel        (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->HR->HR->DM->MFa->TaN->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [4/4] (74%) (A)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1] (B1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T1)

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

    [a] combat translocator (0d0) [0/60]
    [b] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [28/130] (B1)
    [c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [d] onyx armor [2]
    [e] shotgun shell (x42)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] rocket (x2)
    [j] power mod pack
    [k] firestorm weapon pack

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

    79 former humans
    96 former sergeants
    37 former captains
    111 imps
    55 demons
    109 lost souls
    14 cacodemons
    16 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    12 hell knights
    9 arachnotrons
    14 former commandos
    13 pain elementals
    3 arch-viles
    6 mancubi
    3 revenants

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 6 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Warning! Explosion in 3 minutes!
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target...   You hear an explosion!
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket. The Cyberdemon hits you.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon

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

 Before him 339 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 277 of those were killed.
 33 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 19 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 15 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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Man, this shouldn't have taken as many tries as it did. After MFa it's always just a run for the stairs (and yet I somehow managed to collect three levels on the way). Cybie takes a lot, I noticed: DM + MFa makes him cake as long as you have something that deals damage (in my case, a spare RL and three stacks).

And all this for a Gold, too. Bleh. AoLT is going to be even more annoying, I'm sure (which is also a Gold), but at least there I can do Ammochain pretty easily.

Nightmare! / [N!|AoSg|25|YASD] Just a smidge too little too late...

« on: May 01, 2010, 14:00 »

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 Shot Hunter, level 14 Hell Baron Mjr General, killed by a Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 46271 turns and scored 466824 points. 
 He played for 1 hour, 12 minutes and 27 seconds. 
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 1094 out of 1432 hellspawn. (76%)
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!


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

  UAC Star (gold cluster)

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

  ###########################################################
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  ................###...........XC...........................
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health -7/80   Experience 88648/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Ironman          (Level 3)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 3)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Fireangel        (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->HR->HR->DM->MFa->Fin->Iro->Fin->Iro->Iro->WK->Rel->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (86%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified double shotgun (10d3)x3 [0/2] (P2)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (84%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] modified combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5] (T1)
    [b] Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [0/9]
    [c] green armor [1/1] (20%)
    [d] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [f] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [g] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [h] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [i] phase device
    [j] plasteel boots [4/4] (90%)

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

    137 former humans
    160 former sergeants
    51 former captains
    146 imps
    47 demons
    314 lost souls
    38 cacodemons
    56 barons of hell
    24 hell knights
    31 arachnotrons
    21 former commandos
    26 pain elementals
    19 arch-viles
    7 mancubi
    17 revenants

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered 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 wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 19 he found the Jackhammer!
  He nuked level 21!
  On level 21 he found the Railgun!
  On level 24 he found the Malek's Armor!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally was killed by a Cyberdemon.

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

 You hit the Cyberdemon.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! You hear an explosion!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 You hit the Cyberdemon.
 The Cyberdemon hits you.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon reloads his
 rocket launcher.
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
 You miss the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your Malek's Armor is
 damaged!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You die!... Press

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

 Before him 330 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 273 of those were killed.
 28 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 19 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 15 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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

Was close on both winning at the 80% goal. Jackhammer would've been useful earlier but really helped clean out most of Phobos Hell. On the other hand, it really ate up shells. As much as I prefer having MFa for Nightmare, I think I'm gonna need MAD to pull this off. Losing Finesse AND Hellrunner is really gonna be a problem. Now if Jackhammer were moddable (those power mods on the double were sitting in my inventory until Cybie) then I would have pulled off the Platinum at least. Well, either that or just avoiding level 24 entirely, I had enough shells for the Arena otherwise. Had I known I wasn't going to hit 80% anyway (HINT HINT, make this viewable during the game) I'd have the Plat now.

City of Skulls was great for upping the count, but too many maze levels had to be avoided to make up for the kill%. This loss goes to poor map generation, basically. Getting the Railgun was like a kick in the crotch, and Malek's armor so late could only help so much. However, that + HR(x2) + agi boots + running gave me 0.33 MS, which is completely amazing.

EDIT: Oh right, I also killed just enough to hit Archvile rank. Woo...

Bug Reports / Berserker "zerk armor" bug

« on: April 30, 2010, 11:09 »

I'm just adding this topic because there doesn't actually appear to be a topic for reports on the subject. Although I don't have a complete solution, I have learned a few things regarding the problem:

- The obvious: it only bugs when zerk armor is gained through the Berserker trait. Berserk Packs have not been known to cause this bug.
- Adding to the counter does not resolve the issue as long as your zerk armor is currently bugged. That is, trying to "go berserk" while already berserked (with the bug in play) will not un-bug the armor problem; this includes using Berserk Packs.
- Bugging does not hold for a particular game; berserking on separate occasions through the use of Berserker may or may not bug the armor, regardless of whether or not it has bugged on a previous use.

Things to check:
- Do ANY of the benefits for berserk work under this condition? Unfortunately, berserk speed doesn't actively modify your movement/firing/melee/etc stats to reflect the berserk state, but this can still be verified by comparing the relative action speed of other monsters in your view. Also, berserking massively increases melee damage, so if you aren't one-hitting just about everything, there's a problem.
- What has happened on the same turn as berserking when the bug occurred? Knockback, non-local enemy death (e.g., death by terrain or splash), spawning, loss of health, tactic (cautious etc.), enemy reloading/attacking/moving? Considering no one have really pinpointed where it may be coming from, trying to isolate what can be happening would be a good idea.

Some of the mods are a good place to start: Restless and Invasion carry some powerful melee weapons and fast levels, so it's easy to reach berserk mode in these games.

Bug Reports / Single-load on Double Shotgun costs same as normal

« on: April 23, 2010, 22:45 »

Begins at 30142 turns.
I fire the double shotgun: 30142 -> 30152
I reload the double shotgun: 30152 -> 30172. So far, so good.
I fire the double shotgun again: 30172 -> 30182.
I single-load the double shotgun: 30182 -> 30202.

The Wiki claims this should only take 1.0 second (or 10 turns). I mean, sure, no one ever seems to actually use it, but I'll be damned if someone get punished for trying it out.

Requests For Features / Clearing Spider's Lair prevents future Arach caves

« on: April 19, 2010, 15:22 »

Currently the rewards for clearing Spider's Lair are quite poor: red armor, plasteel boots, and a nuke? As cool as the guaranteed nuke is, swiping the nuclear BFG in the Mortuary is a lot easier for most players on UV/N! to get a full win. You'll get a bunch of plasma, sure, but that's assuming you can even carry it around (not to mention half of runs that use plasma are MAc and therefore do not need it). I suggest that clearing out the Spider's Lair makes it so that cave levels cannot spawn Arachnotrons, essentially turning the Lair into a gamble on whether or not you expect to see/have trouble with those hellish caves. Either this would remove caves from the roster entirely, or force Cacodemons (and Pain Elementals for UV/N! on the really low floors) where Arachnotrons would normally spawn.

It has plenty of sensibility involved: Spider's Lair is where the Arachnotrons come from, so naturally destroying it would get rid of all their ilk. If possible, the removal of all Arachnotrons entirely (that is, on all subsequent floors) is also an option, though that might be harder to work out. If this reward is TOO good, we could make it so that Arachnotrons have a low chance of being added to the level (only one or two at a time) every minute, making it a semi-Mortuary.

Bug Reports / [0.9.9.1] Enemy telefrag = Me Out of Place?

« on: April 19, 2010, 13:59 »

My guess as to this message is that a monster teleported (note I haven't been anywhere near the only teleporter on the map) and died due to an incompatible teleport (or killed another monster in the process). The fact that "You feel out of place" appears is probably bug-related. After playing through the level, I was able to determine the teleporter output tile, which was not on the same tile as the one I'm on in the picture.

Bug Reports / (0.9.9.1) Sniper mod pack acting like Firestorm mod pack

« on: April 19, 2010, 13:54 »

Just to make sure it has a separate thread, and is as direct as possible.

Plasma rifle clearly displays (and shoots) eight shots per volley, despite the Sniper mod pack being the only mod on it. The ammo depletion from the weapon was caused before the mod pack was added.

0.9.9.1 / [N!|AoMr|74%|YAWTF] Yeah no.

« on: April 17, 2010, 13:13 »

ATTN: Spoiler for people who haven't seen Hellgate on N! yet.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Kata Hunter, level 9 Hell Baron Mjr General, killed by a nightmare cacodemon
 on level 15 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 37215 turns and scored 193008 points. 
 He played for 46 minutes and 4 seconds. 
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 501 out of 676 hellspawn. (74%)
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!


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

  None

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

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

  Health 0/60   Experience 31622/9
  ToHit Ranged +2  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Son of a gun     (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 1)
    Dualgunner       (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->SoG->DG->EE->SoB->Iro->SoB->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified pistol (2d4) [8/8] (B1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   pistol (2d4) [6/6]

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

    [a] pistol (2d4) [6/6]
    [b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [d] blue armor [2/2] (77%)
    [e] red armor [2/4] (48%)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [l] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [m] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [n] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [o] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [p] 10mm ammo (x27)
    [q] envirosuit pack

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

    90 former humans
    48 former sergeants
    24 former captains
    164 imps
    33 demons
    50 lost souls
    23 cacodemons
    13 barons of hell
    25 hell knights
    6 arachnotrons
    12 former commandos
    5 pain elementals
    2 arch-viles
    2 mancubi
    2 revenants
    2 nightmare demons

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 10 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 15 he finally was killed by a nightmare cacodemon.

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

 fires! You dodge! The missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare imp
 fires! You are hit! Your red armor is completely destroyed! The
 nightmare imp fires! Boom! The nightmare demon hits you. The nightmare
 demon hits you. The nightmare demon hits you.
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The nightmare imp fires!
 The missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare imp fires! The
 missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare imp fires! You dodge! The
 missile hits the nightmare cacodemon. The nightmare cacodemon fires!
 The missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare cacodemon fires! The
 missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare demon hits you. The
 nightmare demon hits you. The nightmare demon hits you. The nightmare imp
 fires! You dodge! The missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare
 imp fires! You dodge! The missile hits the nightmare demon. The nightmare
 imp fires! You dodge! The missile hits the nightmare cacodemon. The
 nightmare demon dies. The nightmare cacodemon fires! You are hit! The

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

 Before him 286 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 234 of those were killed.
 23 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 19 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 15 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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

Hellgate on N! either needs a nerf or a headstart or SOMETHING. I was only trying to reach the door using the supplies given at the beginning of the level and I got absolutely slaughtered running it. The only other option I can think of is MGK, but you really want SoaB for knockback and outright damage against all those monsters.

That ridiculously high kill percentage is due, in part, to my inability to ever find the stairs on maze levels. Had to kill 'em one and a half times through before I got to that one blank tile I missed. All in all in was a good run, but without a homing phase you're as good as dead at Hellgate.

0.9.9.1 / [M|AoRA|100%|YAAM] Quartermaster Platinum

« on: April 16, 2010, 21:55 »

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Panic Hunter, level 10 Hell Baron Br. General, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 55117 turns and scored 129998 points. 
 He played for 1 hour, 7 minutes and 55 seconds. 
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 632 out of 632 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Red Alert!


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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Quartermaster Bronze Badge
  Quartermaster Silver Badge
  Quartermaster Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 47002/10
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)

  HR->HR->Rel->Rel->SM->Fin->Fin->WK->Jug->DM->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [4/4] (53%) (A)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified plasma shotgun (8d3) [36/39] (B1P1T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (100%) (AT)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [129/220] (B3)

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

    [a] modified combat shotgun (9d3) [5/5] (P2T1)
    [b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
    [c] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [40/40]
    [d] red armor [4/4] (89%)
    [e] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
    [f] shotgun shell (x42)
    [g] rocket (x10)
    [h] rocket (x10)
    [i] rocket (x3)
    [j] power cell (x4)
    [k] small med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] homing phase device
    [q] homing phase device
    [r] envirosuit pack
    [s] thermonuclear bomb

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

    101 former humans
    80 former sergeants
    33 former captains
    84 imps
    60 demons
    133 lost souls
    41 cacodemons
    18 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    23 hell knights
    26 arachnotrons
    5 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    7 arch-viles
    5 mancubi
    7 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers

-- 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 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  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!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...  
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...  
 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...   The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon reloads his
 rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...  
 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...   The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...   The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe

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

 Before him 284 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 233 of those were killed.
 23 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 18 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 14 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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

A pretty easy Platinum if you ask me. Could have just been some really good luck, but I found that a speed-shotty build kills everything rather quickly. Plus, instead of having MAD for damage you can just mod your gun (since Finesse is a must anyway). There were several occasions that I wanted to test if having an invuln globe lets you survive through the 5-minute nuke: I assume you do, but after the first 10 floors I didn't want to risk it.

Don't ask me why I did the Mortuary, it wasn't a very good idea. There was BFG but I only came in with about 5 shots' worth. I burned a lot of large med-packs to meet the five minute limit.

Plasma shotgun kills Cybie surprisingly quickly, only took about 15 shots in total. To be honest, I almost died at one point (54% -> 6%) but at that point I just played it safe; there's really no reason to die if you have DM. I can write up the Quartermaster badges (B/S/P at least) with confidence now.

EDIT: Holy shit, I accidentally put "Diamond" in the title instead of "Plantinum." Good thing I caught it quick.

Nightmare! / [N!|AoPc|12%|YALV] Pacifism Diamond

« on: April 16, 2010, 19:41 »

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 Peace Hunter, level 9 Hell Baron Br. General, sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 14380 turns and scored 223044 points. 
 He played for 36 minutes and 7 seconds. 
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 114 out of 891 hellspawn. (12%)
 Who gave him the ticket to hell, anyway?
 He was an Angel of Pacifism!


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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Major Icarus Cross
  Pacifism Platinum Badge
  Pacifism Diamond Badge

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

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

  Health -5942/80   Experience 16684/9
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Ironman          (Level 3)
    Tough as nails   (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)

  TaN->TaN->Bad->Iro->Iro->Iro->TaN->EE->EE->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [9/9]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (89%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] blue armor [1/2] (5%)
    [c] chainsaw (4d6)
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] large med-pack
    [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] envirosuit pack
    [m] protective boots [2/2] (100%)

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

    15 former humans
    14 former sergeants
    2 former captains
    41 imps
    10 lost souls
    3 cacodemons
    1 baron of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    7 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    6 arch-viles
    3 mancubi
    7 revenants
    1 nightmare demon

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

  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 8 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 19 he found the Jackhammer!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon.

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

 You start running!
 Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! Boom! Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. Warning! Explosion in 5
 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds! The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. Warning! Explosion in 2
 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
 The Cyberdemon hits you.
 You wear/wield : a Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [9/9] You hear an explosion! You hear
 an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear
 an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion!

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

 Before him 278 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 228 of those were killed.
 23 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 17 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 14 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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This is yet another lucky victory, brought to you by the players of Angel of Pacifism. Chained Court kept me alive a while, and a few floors later I found double invulns. I was rarely not powered by one or the other at any point in the run.

Funny stuff:

- Berserking through (yes, THROUGH) four Viles and six Revs. Tried to kill as many through splash at the same time.
- Hellgate's a REAL pain, man. Though I was smart not to use my phase there, it really came in handy two levels later.
- Three caves at the end in a row: two arach (not TOO bad, the stairs were relatively accessible and Iro3 TaN3 keeps one alive fairly well) and a pain elemental. The last one in particular I was really sweating, 'cause there's no way to kill lost souls in a Pacifism run, but the stairs were close enough before the level was flooded.

Yeah, I found a Jackhammer, go figure. I also found a Cleaver on an earlier run, as the RNG refuses to break the standard of me finding weapons when they're impossible to use.

Discussion / Badges Guide

« on: April 14, 2010, 19:53 »

Welcome to the Badges Guide thread! This is where I post the latest version of my guide (currently v2.1) so that players can understand the various underpinnings of the many, many badges that exist in DoomRL. Beginners and veterans alike may realize a thing or two after looking through it (and it is quite a read), so if you're having any trouble with badges at all, take a look.

If you find that some of the information is lacking or inaccurate, please post in the thread and let me know what the issue is. I'll be happy to make any corrections and attribute those who point them out.

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Version history:

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(04/14/10) 1.0:
- First draft
- Bronze Badges (probably the quickest ones to do) are complete
- currently have corner-shooting in the strategies appendix

(04/18/10) 1.1:
- new sections: Silver Badges, UAC Silver, Veteran Silver, Strongman Silver,
Berserker Silver, Brick Silver, Skull Silver, Reaper Silver, Scavenger Silver, Arena 

Silver, Arachno Silver
- fixed some typos
- added comment for Destroyer Bronze (and future Destroyers) by Passionario
- included note about attaining several badges of the same name in a single run
- added note on corner-shooting with shotgun and how to use barrels in the strategies 

appendix

(04/27/10) 1.2:
- new sections: Marksman Silver, Shottyman Silver, Lightfoot Silver, Eagerness
Silver, Runner Silver, Lava Silver
- new appendicies: Using Doors, Radar-shooting/Scouting, A2 Ammochain Running, Lava-

walking

(05/08/10) 1.3:
- new sections: Inquisitor Silver, Quartermaster Silver, Destroyer Silver
- fixed acid/lava explosision diagram in A.2.6- plenty of errors removed
- orginally "standard game" victories (such as UAC and Strongman badges) mentioned 

that partial victories could not earn the badge: this has been corrected to say that 

all victories are allowed for such badge completions

(08/04/10) 1.4:
- new sections: Gold Badges (and all subsections) Platinum Badges, UAC Platinum
- fixed several typos and inconsistencies in previous sections
- added a diagram to clarify "visual" scouting 
- added Acknowledgments section: all contributions by others will be mentioned there

(08/10/10) 1.5:
- new sections: Veteran Platinum, Elite Platinum, Demonic Platinum, Berserker
Platinum, Quartermaster Platinum, Reaper Platinum, Scavenger Platinum, Arena
Platinum, Longinus Platinum, Diamond Badges, UAC Diamond, Veteran Diamond, Berserker
Diamond, Centurial Diamond, Longinus Diamond
- Pacifism Gold erroneously mentioned problems in Phobos Base Entry, when in fact
AoPc does not contain that floor: this has been removed and revised into the AoB
badges
- Brick Bronze/Silver, thanks to Fanta Hege, has a much safer strategy of completion
- plenty of typos are fixed

(08/19/10) 1.6:
- new file history format, updated to previous histories
- new sections: Strongman Platinum/Diamond, Elite Diamond, Demonic Diamond, Shottyman
Platinum, Destroyer Platinum, Pacifism Platinum, Marksman Diamond, Shottyman Diamond,
Destroyer Diamond, Pacifism Diamond, Scavenger Diamond, Arena Diamond
--- Marksman Diamond currently references the Platinum of the series, which has yet
to be written (though I doubt few are interested anyway)
- fixed wording on Elite Platinum when referring to Explorer and Conqueror Badges
- added diagram for doors, showing visibility from direct and diagonal approaches

(11/19/10) 1.7:
- new sections: Marksman Platinum, Inquisitor Platinum, Centurial Platinum, Corpse
Revival and Destruction, Rocket-jumping, Gift-dropping
- Rearranged strategies section, renamed to Specific Tactics
--- Corner-shooting with a Shotgun is now a subsection of Corner-shooting
- Revised Berserker series to accomodate gift-dropping tactic
- Various minor changes and fixes

(3/17/11) 2.0:
- new badges! Includes Speedrunner series, Masochist Bronze/Silver, Everyman series,
Gatekeeper series
- changes to existing badges:
--- Berserker Bronze/Silver level requirement increased to 7/16 (from 5/15)
--- Masochist Gold difficulty requirement increased to HMP
--- Centurial Platinum/Diamond requirements changed to UV/N clear (thank goodness)
- new format! Badges are categorized first by badge type, then by difficulty
--- plenty of redundant information removed as a result
- tons of rewrites for other badges, typos fixed

(8/06/11) 2.1:
- new badges! Includes Technician series, Armorer series, Heroic series
- new sections: Everyman Platinum/Diamond
- new appendix! Nicknames
- tweaks on sections to account for new bosses, new rewards
- lots of small changes for miscellaneous game updates

Nightmare! / [N!|AoMC|70%|YAVP] Destroyer Diamond + Reaper Plat

« on: April 13, 2010, 20:51 »

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Max Hunter, level 13 Hell Baron Lt. Colonel, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 38400 turns and scored 516680 points. 
 He played for 1 hour, 32 minutes and 25 seconds. 
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 923 out of 1318 hellspawn. (70%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!


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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Minor Icarus Cross
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Destroyer Platinum Badge
  Destroyer Diamond Badge
  Reaper Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 74138/13
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  Fin->Fin->SoB->SoB->TH->WK->MAc->TH->HR->HR->DM->SoB->Jug->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [6/6] (82%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [51/68] (B2)

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

    [a] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (B2)
    [b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
    [c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [d] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [e] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] rocket (x5)
    [j] rocket (x10)
    [k] power cell (x50)
    [l] power cell (x50)
    [m] power cell (x50)
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] large med-pack
    [r] large med-pack
    [s] large med-pack
    [t] large med-pack

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

    84 former humans
    110 former sergeants
    111 former captains
    166 imps
    53 demons
    61 lost souls
    61 cacodemons
    31 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    37 hell knights
    26 arachnotrons
    42 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    22 arch-viles
    79 mancubi
    23 revenants
    1 nightmare imp
    1 nightmare cacodemon
    6 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 9 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  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 decided it was too hot there.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! You hear an explosion!
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies.

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

 Before him 245 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 198 of those were killed.
 23 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 14 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 11 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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Sweet, sweet victory. A lot of it went rather well...plenty of fortunate stair-finds, some less fortunate. As it is, however, Ammochain keeps you alive without the worries of ammo, so you can wait until there's an opening.

- Hellgate started with half a berserk left, so I simply shot the door down on the other side and bolted it; killed everything near the door, opened the second wall, and spammed plasma into the cubby holes. Worked out really well, my red armor was only half-dead at the end.
- Surprisingly, only three caves: two Cacos at the very beginning (JUST after Chained Court, woo) and one Arach on 24, at which point I had DM and plenty of survivability.

Mortuary...oh man, what a nightmare. I had no idea the corpses that spawned with the level ALSO respawned like normal. That's the only reason I have 70%, by the way...should probably be more like 45-55. I was lucky enough to have a near-full berserk going on, so I managed to clear the right side and grab the nuclear BFG (Halls of Carnage...shottys hurt way too much to get through there) and spent a good ten minutes carefully trying to clear out as many corpses as possible with BFG/RL while still keeping myself alive with plasma volleys. Manucbi shots still hurt 60% through red armor, so it's dangerous, but eventually I managed to finish up, grab the armor (RIGHT next to me, thank God) and get the hell outta there before they kept respawning. And they DO keep respawning even after it's over there.

Anyway, just happy on my first Diamond. In my opinion, this is one of the...um...less impossible ones due to relying less on luck and more on sound planning and tactics.