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DoomRL => Post Mortem => Nightmare! => Topic started by: Tormuse on September 04, 2011, 00:12

Title: [N!|AoSH|83%|YAFW] Shottyman Diamond Badge and Veteran Diamond Badge!
Post by: Tormuse on September 04, 2011, 00:12
BOO-YAH!  Two diamond badges in one game!  :D :D :D  (And all 5 Shottyman badges at once!)  :)

It wouldn't have been possible if not for those former human complexes, which helped me replenish my shotgun shells and pad my kill count.  (and were quite noisy when I fired my double shotgun into their midst causing maybe twenty former humans to die at a time; muahahahaha!)  :)  I didn't have enough shells to confidently take on the Lava Pits, but fortunately, there was an invulnerability next to the stairs on level 23 and I started next to the stairs on level 24, so I was able to go for the full win, which was a pleasant surprise.  :)

I didn't actually set out to get any diamond badges; I only intended to test out new features of the new version, namely the "Shottyhead" Master trait.  It's pretty powerful if you have enough ammo for it, (which I did, thanks to the above-mentioned complexes)  :)  but it takes a long time to kill the tougher enemies since you can't get SOB trait.

I probably wouldn't have tried entering the Mortuary if not for the fact that there was an invulnerability sphere next to the entrance.  Even after it wore off, though, I was able to hold my own pretty well with 0.21 seconds per shot and 0.38 seconds per reload with my tactical shotgun, which allowed me to keep encroaching mancubi, arachnotrons, and barons at arms' length, but I was burning through shotgun shells so quickly that I had to make a break for it after all.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tormuse, level 14 Demon Sergeant Major Scout,
 nuked the Cyberdemon. on level 26 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 186177 turns and scored 647440 points.
 He played for 4 hours, 11 minutes and 17 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 1746 out of 2101 hellspawn. (83%)
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 4
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Veteran Diamond Badge
  Shottyman Gold Badge
  Shottyman Silver Badge
  Armorer Silver Badge
  Veteran Platinum Badge
  Gatekeeper Gold Badge
  Shottyman Diamond Badge
  Shottyman Platinum Badge
  Shottyman Bronze Badge

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

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

  Health 54/90   Experience 88630/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 4)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 1)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Shottyhead       (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->Int->Int->Fin->Jug->HR->MSh->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (90%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified double shotgun (8d3)x3 [0/2] (B1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1)

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

    [a]   shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
    [b]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/6]
    [c]   shotgun shell (x42)
    [d]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [e]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [f]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [g]   small med-pack
    [h]   large med-pack
    [i]   large med-pack
    [j]   envirosuit pack

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

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

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

    409 former humans
    365 former sergeants
    130 former captains
    147 imps
    127 demons
    282 lost souls
    19 cacodemons
    40 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    39 hell knights
    14 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    69 former commandos
    24 pain elementals
    20 arch-viles
    35 mancubi
    7 revenants
    3 nightmare imps
    3 nightmare cacodemons
    10 nightmare demons
    1 bruiser brother

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 17 he stumbled into complex full of former humans!
  On level 17, hell just froze!
  On level 17 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 18 he assembled a tactical armor!
  He sounded the alarm on level 21!
  On level 22 he stumbled into complex full of former humans!
  On level 22 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 22 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  He left level 24 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press
 <Enter>...

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

 8 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 5 of those were killed.

 3 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 2 killed the bastard and survived.

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Yay!  :D
Title: Re: [N!|AoSH|83%|YAFW] Shottyman Diamond Badge and Veteran Diamond Badge!
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on September 04, 2011, 00:27
Wow, congratz! Time to update your sig :D.

And Game Hunter, you have a Diamond Hunter update to take care of ^^.
Title: Re: [N!|AoSH|83%|YAFW] Shottyman Diamond Badge and Veteran Diamond Badge!
Post by: Tormuse on September 04, 2011, 00:58
Sig updated!  :)

Also, wow!  I didn't even realize there was a competition going on; this is awesome!  It makes my victory even sweeter!  :D
Title: Re: [N!|AoSH|83%|YAFW] Shottyman Diamond Badge and Veteran Diamond Badge!
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on September 04, 2011, 01:50
Tormuse, you might want to try take part in the current mini-compo also :>
http://forum.chaosforge.org/index.php/topic,4605.0.html
Title: Re: [N!|AoSH|83%|YAFW] Shottyman Diamond Badge and Veteran Diamond Badge!
Post by: Game Hunter on September 04, 2011, 06:21
Also, wow!  I didn't even realize there was a competition going on; this is awesome!  It makes my victory even sweeter!  :D
I wouldn't say that the Diamond Hunters is a "competition" so much as it is a recognition. The most prominent (and unofficially-called) Diamond Hunters prior to me making that sticky tended to keep track of who got what diamonds anyway: this makes it a lot easier to do and gives people a bit of extra reason to try for as many as they can.

Still though, I was NOT expecting a Shottyman Diamond this early. Guess the AI didn't faze you all that much. (Shottyhead might be too strong though, I was able to playtest everything as much as I had wanted before release.) In any case, a job well done on the first double-diamond for this version!

Tormuse, you might want to try take part in the current mini-compo also :>
http://forum.chaosforge.org/index.php/topic,4605.0.html
Indeed, I believe you have an HMP YAAM sitting that qualifies quite nicely for it.
Title: Re: [N!|AoSH|83%|YAFW] Shottyman Diamond Badge and Veteran Diamond Badge!
Post by: Tormuse on September 04, 2011, 10:52
Still though, I was NOT expecting a Shottyman Diamond this early. Guess the AI didn't faze you all that much. (Shottyhead might be too strong though, I was able to playtest everything as much as I had wanted before release.) In any case, a job well done on the first double-diamond for this version!

I didn't particularly notice AI changes.  The biggest things that stand out in my memory as different were that berserk packs don't seem to protect me as much as they used to (almost died a couple times because of that) and mancubi seem more troublesome than usual.  (Though that might be because I was wearing phaseshift boots which caused them to throw me around like a rag doll)  :)

I was skeptical about Shottyhead at first because it blocks SOB; seems like a sure way to run out of ammo in hell.  I was only able to function by hoarding all supplies of shells I could find because I was using hundreds of them on each level.  Still, being able to fire off four shots faster than anyone could react, knocking them out of visual range meant that no one could touch me.  At one point, in the Mortuary, I was completely surrounded on all sides, knocking back anyone who dared come within sight of me, straining to listen for sounds of Arch-Viles getting hurt so that I knew I was making progress.  Intuition 2 was a big help with that and made the UAC gold star easy to get.

Indeed, I believe you have an HMP YAAM sitting that qualifies quite nicely for it.

Ooh!  How do I enter it in the competition?  Should I rename the thread?  Or should I create a new one with the "Compo" title in it?

EDIT:  Never mind, I just changed the thread title and entered it in the competition thread.  :)