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Post Mortem / [M|AoLT|97%|YAVP] Still no AoB + Leaky Acid-proof Galoshes
« on: April 08, 2013, 12:11 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Ian McTaggart,
level 12 Hell Knight 1st Lieutenant Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 109583 turns and scored 116424 points.
He played for 1 hour, 45 minutes and 59 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 740 out of 758 hellspawn. (97%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Light Travel!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 10
Levels completed : 9
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Aurora Medallion
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Lightfoot Bronze Badge
Lightfoot Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 104/60 Experience 63436/12
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +8 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +12
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Brute (Level 4)
Berserker (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->Bad->MVm->Bru->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [5/11] (40%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] acid-proof boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] double chainsaw (8d6)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 100%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
114 former humans
78 former sergeants
31 former captains
94 imps
75 demons
190 lost souls
38 cacodemons
27 hell knights
23 barons of hell
15 arachnotrons
1 former commando
13 pain elementals
4 revenants
7 mancubi
9 arch-viles
6 nightmare demons
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
On level 20 he assembled a double chainsaw!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You dodge! Boom!
Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
Your Angelic Armor is damaged!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
20 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
7 of those were killed.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
11 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
8 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
--------------------------------------------------------------I still can't quite wrap my mind around Light Travel being deemed more difficult than Berserk. Right, you have limited space, but who needs space if you have a chainsaw? I generally have no more than 3 medkits on a more or less normal run anyway, which leaves me space for a spare armor and - combined with the prepared weapon slot - some useful stuff for later in the game: a phase or two for the anomaly, a RL plus some ammo for the Wall, a couple of Skulls for Limbo. Did Limbo for the first time on this run, since it seems a lot less daunting than the Mortuary. Maybe I would have been just as succesful in the latter - the nanofiber red I made combined with berzerking works wonders - but had the sign next to the stairs said 'Mortuary' I think I'd have skipped it. Great first run of Limbo though, 4 out of 5 Viles on the center island, with the left one being clear, allowing for a little retreat and regroup. Lava is my new best friend.
Oh and I found the bloody DS on dlev 17, nearly was tempted into spoiling the secret too; had only 15 minutes before I had to shut down and start dinner. Couldn't come up with any good ideas, unfortunately, so I thought I'd just try again another time and beamed out on the stairs to the UC. Next time, Gadget, next time.
So first AoLT run in the new version, immediate win. Contrary to AoB, which I've tried at least half a dozen times now, with no success whatsoever. Dangle.
And possibly a bug here, sadly I forgot to make screenshots: I had acid-proof boots on for a good part of the run, which worked fine most of the time. In one instance, halfway through Hell, I had to squeeze between an acid barrel and lava river to get to a Baron on the other side. The Baron shot and naturally destroyed the acid barrel, and the pool it formed ate right through my boots (then at about 35% durability), taking about 3-4% health per turn. Is this a bug, or does the resistance decrease with the durability?
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Post Mortem / [M|AoMC|87%|7|YASD] How to suck at Angel of Mighty Cheesy
« on: April 08, 2013, 02:42 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Ian McTaggart,
level 5 Hell Knight 2nd Lieutenant Scout,
was shot by an elite sergeant on level 7 of the Phobos base.
He survived 38224 turns and scored 17754 points.
He played for 32 minutes and 49 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 178 out of 203 hellspawn. (87%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Arena Key
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 9618/5
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (134%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] gatling gun (1d7)x6 [60/60]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
[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] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] shotgun shell (x24)
[l] rocket (x10)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x50)
[o] power cell (x40)
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] phase device
[t] phase device
[u] Hellwave Pack
[v] Arena Master's Staff
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
62 former humans
29 former sergeants
11 former captains
32 imps
25 demons
4 lost souls
11 cacodemons
3 elite former humans
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 6 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 6 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he finally was shot by an elite sergeant.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the shotgun.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You reload the shotgun.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You reload the shotgun.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the shotgun.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : an elite former sergeant (unhurt) | 10mm ammo (x48) | floor | [ m
You see : an elite former sergeant (unhurt) | 10mm ammo (x48) | floor | [ m
You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
17 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
7 of those were killed.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
8 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
6 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
--------------------------------------------------------------Being on the hunt for more silver and not having survived the last couple of AoB runs, I thought I'd give AoMC a try again. With Cateye of course, because - let's face it - I'm a very big chicken. All went pretty well, Hell Arena was no problem, and even on CC+ I was under no real threat - although getting blasted by the Arena Master once was more than enough to my tastes.
Was gearing up for the Anomaly and saw the steps to the Military Base thinking "Ah, fish in a barrel". Sadly, I turned out to be one of the fish when I made one false move: stepped into point blank range of an elite sergeant, who of course happened to be armed with a super shotgun. 100% health, B-modded blue armour - no use. Dead in one shot.
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Play-By-Forum / 1899 - Under the Sign of the Lock and Feather
« on: March 31, 2013, 07:11 »
This thread, named after the pub which will feature in the Hidden Hands of the Aether campaign, is meant for discussion of the campaign, of roleplaying and PBFs, of steam punk, and any other related topics.
Admission is free for everyone, but there's a three drink minimum.
Admission is free for everyone, but there's a three drink minimum.
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Play-By-Forum / 1899 - The Hidden Hands of the Aether
« on: March 31, 2013, 03:33 »
Setup is still in progress; thread has been opened up for the startup of the campaign
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
Welcome to 1899, a steam punk roleplaying game created from all the best elements encountered during and an imagination honed by nearly 20 years of RPG experience.
This thread starts out by explaining the basics of 1899 and is meant for hosting the first story, The Hidden Hands of the Aether. As such, I hereby kindly request anybody that is not a recognized player to refrain from posting in this topic. For any questions, comments or discussion, be it 'out of character' talk by the players or suggestions and queries from non-participants, I hereby direct you to the Lock and Feather Inn, which is set up specificially for this purpose.
The setting used for 1899 heavily borrows from Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy RPG and White Wolf's World of Darkness, in the sense that both are set in a copy of our own world. The latter uses the exact same world, albeit a couple of shades darker; the former uses the same geopolitical basis, which is then rebuilt through the lens of fantasy.
1899 falls somewhere in between: the game is set in 19th century Victorian London, England, and although the country will look more or less the same as it did in our world and the people will sound the same, it's the influence of the Aether that makes the differences so much more striking than the similarities.
Be advised that the title 1899 was chosen to reference to the 19th century as we know it, and to reflect the fact that the world is on the treshold of some big event. The story (or possibly stories) itself doesn't necessarily take place in that year, nor is the year 1899 in the game laced with the same key events as it is in our history.
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
Welcome to 1899, a steam punk roleplaying game created from all the best elements encountered during and an imagination honed by nearly 20 years of RPG experience.
This thread starts out by explaining the basics of 1899 and is meant for hosting the first story, The Hidden Hands of the Aether. As such, I hereby kindly request anybody that is not a recognized player to refrain from posting in this topic. For any questions, comments or discussion, be it 'out of character' talk by the players or suggestions and queries from non-participants, I hereby direct you to the Lock and Feather Inn, which is set up specificially for this purpose.
The setting used for 1899 heavily borrows from Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy RPG and White Wolf's World of Darkness, in the sense that both are set in a copy of our own world. The latter uses the exact same world, albeit a couple of shades darker; the former uses the same geopolitical basis, which is then rebuilt through the lens of fantasy.
1899 falls somewhere in between: the game is set in 19th century Victorian London, England, and although the country will look more or less the same as it did in our world and the people will sound the same, it's the influence of the Aether that makes the differences so much more striking than the similarities.
Be advised that the title 1899 was chosen to reference to the 19th century as we know it, and to reflect the fact that the world is on the treshold of some big event. The story (or possibly stories) itself doesn't necessarily take place in that year, nor is the year 1899 in the game laced with the same key events as it is in our history.
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Requests For Features / Different confirmation keys
« on: March 29, 2013, 13:56 »
I just threw away another perfectly good speedrun on dlev 17. I killed the Cyberdemon and am rushing through the level exit confirmation and little story, after which a level-up screen appears and I select Ironman - I'm furiously jabbing away at the keys of course, trying to get it over with a.s.a.p.
This level of Ironman totally screws up the game, as I'm relying on my Berzerk trait to get me through the final battle. With IRO1, this used to be technically impossible in 0996, and I have no reason to assume it's changed.
Either/or:
* Screw the manual confirmation of leaving levels 8 + 16 - it's not like you have a choice - and make it possible to skip the intermissions as well (same as the SkipIntro value in the config)
* Use different keys to trigger the progression of the 'story elements' and confirming trait choice
Thanks a bundle.
This level of Ironman totally screws up the game, as I'm relying on my Berzerk trait to get me through the final battle. With IRO1, this used to be technically impossible in 0996, and I have no reason to assume it's changed.
Either/or:
* Screw the manual confirmation of leaving levels 8 + 16 - it's not like you have a choice - and make it possible to skip the intermissions as well (same as the SkipIntro value in the config)
* Use different keys to trigger the progression of the 'story elements' and confirming trait choice
Thanks a bundle.
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Bug Reports / [0997] Botched masonry
« on: March 29, 2013, 07:40 »
Found rooms - or rather the lack of rooms - like this on 2 consecutive games; no levers pulled or other demolition activities commited.
Shouldn't there be walls surrounding that puddle of Mountain Dwah?
Shouldn't there be walls surrounding that puddle of Mountain Dwah?
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Century Lounge / [M|A100|98%|YAVP] SOG(5) + SOB(5) = FUN(∞)
« on: March 28, 2013, 02:07 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Rahul Chandra,
level 21 Cacodemon Warrant Officer Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 400346 turns and scored 724399 points.
He played for 7 hours, 29 minutes and 19 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 1762 out of 1787 hellspawn. (98%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of 100!
He saved himself 14 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Experience Medal
Centurial Silver Badge
Centurial Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 132/70 Experience 466518/21
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Son of a gun (Level 5)
Reloader (Level 1)
Juggler (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->SoB->SoB->SoB->HR->Rel->SoG->SoG->SoG->SoG->SoG->SoB->SoB->Jug->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical rocket launcher (6d6) [2/5] (N1)
[c] [ Boots ] Enviroboots [0]
[d] [ Prepared ] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (2d6) [18/18]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [4/4] (200%) (BNP)
[b] red armor [6/6] (200%) (ABP)
[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] 10mm ammo (x100)
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] homing phase device
[o] shockwave pack
[p] Hellwave Pack
[q] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 30% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 30% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
97 former humans
139 former sergeants
175 former captains
89 imps
46 demons
136 lost souls
54 cacodemons
68 hell knights
246 barons of hell
108 arachnotrons
9 former commandos
12 pain elementals
104 revenants
144 mancubi
174 arch-viles
22 nightmare imps
26 nightmare cacodemons
54 nightmare demons
21 nightmare arachnotrons
4 nightmare arch-viles
4 elite former humans
1 elite former sergeant
1 elite former captain
2 elite former commandos
15 bruiser brothers
6 shamblers
2 lava elemental
2 agony elementals
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 6 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 14 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 16 he assembled a hyperblaster!
On level 18 he assembled a storm bolter pistol!
On level 24 he assembled a assault rifle!
On level 27 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
On level 34 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 36 he was bombarded!
On level 39, hell froze over!
On level 43, hell froze over!
On level 44 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 48 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 53 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 57 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 58 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 66 he found the Malek's Armor!
Level 69 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 70 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 75 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 83 he ran for his life from acid!
Level 84 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 89 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 96 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You feel vulnerable again.
You swap your weapons instantly!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
The barrel explodes! Boom!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You feel relatively safe now.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You use a homing phase device. You feel yanked in a non-existing direction!
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
10 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
3 of those were killed.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
5 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
3 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
--------------------------------------------------------------Crap. I wrote a really neat story about this run, then lost it all by clicking the wrong button on my browser. I'll let the mortem speak for itself instead, except for this: the GCB with fire time 0.09 and severe knockback is the ultimate form of combat.
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Post Mortem / [M|100%|YAFW] More Than I Bargained For
« on: March 25, 2013, 05:10 »
Alright, just this one and I promise I'll stop pestering you for a while:
I set out with 2 simple goals:
1) enough melee kills to improve my rank to Demon
2) 100% kill-rate
Since I'd already played MVm before, I thought I'd stick with that, using a shotgun for backup. Relying mainly on the shotgun, all went pretty well until I lost my RL to a fast food franchise in Deimos Lab. The elusive Shambler and its mate were no match for a piercing chainsaw this time around, so that kinda makes up for the nasty surprise I suffered on the first AoSh run of this version.
I had to skip the Wall for lack of firepower, and decided not to risk CoS - I forgot to pack a double shotgun. The difference on HoC is very big, and I would have been in deep shit if it weren't for my lava boots. Since I skipped CoS I decided to leave the BFG be as well; I had no intention of doing the Mortuary, which I'd only done once or twice in the previous version, with mixed results.
Things went wobbly after the Cyberdemon. I lost armour after armour, took a lot of hits, but the lava boots were a freaking lifesaver. At the Vaults, I kinda lost track of things and by the time I was done, I had no armour left - a red on 14% and some other piece of crap. I found another badly damaged armour on the next level, was kinda lost in thought when I left that.... and found myself having descended into the Mortuary.
That turned out to be an amazing rollercoaster: nearly every time I was about to be toast, I stepped on a Supercharge, and with the 2 Reds found at the entrance plus the Nuclear BFG I landed on when I used a homing phase to get out of the only extremely threatening situation, I actually drilled through everything a lot quicker than I expected.
With the Angelic Armour and the subsequent find of an assault shotgun, the rest became a cakewalk, so much so that I decided to go for double or nothing and aim for my first confrontation with JC. Needless to say this proved little difficulty with the Spear and Angelic Armour combined, coupled with MVm.
Result: a bucket load of Badges I never expected to land so soon. Good times, good times....
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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John Romero, level 12 Imp Sergeant Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 148658 turns and scored 128892 points.
He played for 2 hours, 7 minutes and 28 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 768 out of 768 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He saved himself 4 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 9
Levels completed : 9
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Aurora Medallion
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Heroic Bronze Badge
Veteran Bronze Badge
Lava Bronze Badge
Reaper Bronze Badge
Reaper Silver Badge
Reaper Gold Badge
Longinus Gold Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 62216/12
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +8 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +12
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 4)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->Bad->MVm->Bru->TaN->Fin->Fin->TaN->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [11/11] (90%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] lava steel boots [1]
[d] [ Prepared ] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [19/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[b] blue armor [2/2] (70%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (52%)
[d] medical armor [2/2] (50%)
[e] Medical Powerarmor [0/4] (0%)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] shotgun shell (x50)
[l] shotgun shell (x50)
[m] small med-pack
[n] small med-pack
[o] small med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
121 former humans
80 former sergeants
24 former captains
117 imps
77 demons
172 lost souls
54 cacodemons
33 hell knights
35 barons of hell
21 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
7 pain elementals
2 revenants
3 mancubi
8 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
2 shamblers
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
On level 7 he assembled a piercing blade!
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a grappling boots!
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 9 he assembled a lava boots!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 10 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
On level 19 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
Level 22 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul misses you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
6 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
3 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
1 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
--------------------------------------------------------------I set out with 2 simple goals:
1) enough melee kills to improve my rank to Demon
2) 100% kill-rate
Since I'd already played MVm before, I thought I'd stick with that, using a shotgun for backup. Relying mainly on the shotgun, all went pretty well until I lost my RL to a fast food franchise in Deimos Lab. The elusive Shambler and its mate were no match for a piercing chainsaw this time around, so that kinda makes up for the nasty surprise I suffered on the first AoSh run of this version.
I had to skip the Wall for lack of firepower, and decided not to risk CoS - I forgot to pack a double shotgun. The difference on HoC is very big, and I would have been in deep shit if it weren't for my lava boots. Since I skipped CoS I decided to leave the BFG be as well; I had no intention of doing the Mortuary, which I'd only done once or twice in the previous version, with mixed results.
Things went wobbly after the Cyberdemon. I lost armour after armour, took a lot of hits, but the lava boots were a freaking lifesaver. At the Vaults, I kinda lost track of things and by the time I was done, I had no armour left - a red on 14% and some other piece of crap. I found another badly damaged armour on the next level, was kinda lost in thought when I left that.... and found myself having descended into the Mortuary.
That turned out to be an amazing rollercoaster: nearly every time I was about to be toast, I stepped on a Supercharge, and with the 2 Reds found at the entrance plus the Nuclear BFG I landed on when I used a homing phase to get out of the only extremely threatening situation, I actually drilled through everything a lot quicker than I expected.
With the Angelic Armour and the subsequent find of an assault shotgun, the rest became a cakewalk, so much so that I decided to go for double or nothing and aim for my first confrontation with JC. Needless to say this proved little difficulty with the Spear and Angelic Armour combined, coupled with MVm.
Result: a bucket load of Badges I never expected to land so soon. Good times, good times....
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Bug Reports / [0997] Welcome to McDonald's, can I take your order?
« on: March 25, 2013, 01:13 »
Deimos Lab appears to have a drive-thru window. Screenshot was taken afterward, but setting is the same. I'm standing on top of a combat pistol, full inventory. I drop a RL to be able to pick up the pistol for Armorer purposes. The dropped item melts, which means I shoved it through a wall... yeah I kick ass.
Might not be a bug per se, but it should either have landed just west of either chaingun, or John Romero [nice one :)] should have been unable to drop.
Might not be a bug per se, but it should either have landed just west of either chaingun, or John Romero [nice one :)] should have been unable to drop.
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Discussion / Ratatatata: The Joy of Chainfiring
« on: March 24, 2013, 23:37 »
Of all the standard concepts that DoomRL has to offer I've understood at least the basics, except one: chainfiring. I understand the thrill of unleasing an insane amount of bullets into a demon that just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but the whole alternate fire function usually goes right by me. I hardly ever play chain builds, probably for just this reason.
What are preferred tactics? Preferred weapons? Special mentions such as the Mortuary (ick!)?
What are preferred tactics? Preferred weapons? Special mentions such as the Mortuary (ick!)?
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Post Mortem / [M|AoSh|94%|YAVP] AAAARGH THE PRESSURE
« on: March 24, 2013, 12:47 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Stephen Ward, level 10 Imp Corporal Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 90318 turns and scored 96201 points.
He played for 2 hours, 15 minutes and 52 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 587 out of 618 hellspawn. (94%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Armorer Bronze Badge
Shottyman Bronze Badge
Shottyman Silver Badge
Scavenger Bronze Badge
Scavenger Silver Badge
Scavenger Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 49606/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Rel->Rel->SM->Fin->Jug->HR->MSh->HR->DM->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] phaseshift armor [4/4] (94%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasmatic double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x31)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] homing phase device
[l] envirosuit pack
[m] bulk mod pack
[n] blood skull
[o] fire skull
[p] hatred skull
[q] Hellwave Pack
[r] shell box (x100)
[s] shell box (x100)
[t] shell box (x100)
[u] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
105 former humans
67 former sergeants
7 former captains
105 imps
63 demons
129 lost souls
31 cacodemons
11 hell knights
15 barons of hell
23 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
13 pain elementals
2 revenants
2 mancubi
1 arch-vile
2 bruiser brothers
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He fought hard, but decided the reward was not worth it.
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 13 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 15 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 18 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
Level 19 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
On level 23, hell froze over!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a lever here.
You pull the lever...
Are you sure you want activate the thermonuclear bomb? [Y/n]
You use a thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Run - direction...
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
5 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
2 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
1 killed the bitch and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------Shotgunnery, take two. Definitely better, even though I wussed out in the end. Same clean start, same Deimos Lab. Decided to leave the Shamblers be this time.
First time I saw the Containment Area. Since it's paired with the Wall, I should have kinda seen it coming, but running into an immediate dead end was still somewhat of a letdown. First time on the Abyssal Plains, too, which I like better than the City of Skulls. Might be something post-traumatic, though.
It was supposed to be a YAAM run too, and I thought I had been pretty thorough, but when I looked at the char screen at the end of the Vaults -for the first time in this version, nice to see it has been updated to reflect time and kill info - I saw I missed no less than 14 creatures, upon which I decided not to waste much more time. Or effort even, since I could probably have taken the Mastermind head on as well.
Worst point was aiming to having DM before Cyberdemon, then looking at the experience meter after clearing out level 15 and reading "8/98%". Good times, all in all, and nice new insights into 0997.
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Post Mortem / [M|AoSh|99%|9|YASD] Now _this_ is ridiculous
« on: March 23, 2013, 09:12 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Igor Savin, level 7 Former Human Corporal Scout,
was electrocuted by a shambler on level 1 of the Deimos base.
He survived 49758 turns and scored 26903 points.
He played for 59 minutes and 14 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 247 out of 249 hellspawn. (99%)
He was a real killing machine...
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He saved himself 2 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 16586/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Fin->Jug->MSh->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (71%)
[b] [ Weapon ] double shotgun (10d3)x2 [2/2] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (60%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tristar blaster (4d5)x3 [45/45]
[b] blue armor [2/2] (81%)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x20)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] phase device
[l] technical mod pack
[m] Arena Master's Staff
[n] shell box (x73)
[o] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
81 former humans
37 former sergeants
14 former captains
24 imps
13 demons
50 lost souls
12 cacodemons
2 hell knights
4 arachnotrons
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 9 he finally was electrocuted by a shambler.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : a shambler (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
You are hit! You dodge! Boom!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a shambler (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
You dodge!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You are hit! There is a green armor [1/1] (100%) lying here.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a shambler (wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
There is a green armor [1/1] (100%) lying here.
You are hit! You dodge! There is a pistol (2d4) [6/6] lying here.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a shambler (wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
There is a pistol (2d4) [6/6] lying here.
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
4 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 killed the bitch and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------Ok, so allowed myself 1 more Too Young To Die run to firmly re-establish my grip, and then went on to HNTR with the Angel of Shotgunnery. Nice chance at a shiny new badge, and I like shotguns anyway, so why not. Even though I took several moderate beatings throughout Phobos, it went pretty well, Anomaly was a cakewalk. On Deimos 1 I encounter stairs to the Deimos Lab, and - hungry for experience as I am - I descend.
First impressions: nice new level, nice touch with the teleporters. I can hear Arachnotrons running around, but with a P-modded double shotgun and a tactical (and lotsa cover), I shall know no fear. Right. Until I pull the four levers I find where the Arachnotrons used to live.
Lotsa screaming, and a Shambler appears. "Hmmm", goes I, "I've seen these before, I still have lotsa cover, should be a piece of cake." Then a second one appears. I swallow hard as my sphincter contracts, then quickly decide to roll with it and make use of cover as much as possible, eventually running off of the little island in the acid lake since I got shot into it a couple of times, only speeding my defeat.
Here's the kicker: I had 3 armours, 5 large medpacks and enough shells to arm a moderately sized African country. I could not kill one single shambler. I got one on mortally wounded and got at least 5 more relatively close-ranged shots with the P-modded in and still it refused to die. What the HELL??
These bastards must have taken at least 150 shells, no way did I ever need this much ammo for the Shambler in the 0996 Armory, which I virtually always used to kill in the same fashion: cornershooting with a double shotty.
In hindsight, maybe the Tristar I found would have made a difference (though I seem to recall it packs cells, which I naturally didn't have), but by then I was too flabbergasted to even want to win anymore. It'll be awhile before I'll be pulling those levers again. Poor Igor.
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Bug Reports / [0997G WinXP] Lag due to sound/music hiccups
« on: March 23, 2013, 06:03 »
At totally random points on totally random levels, the sound/music engine runs amok (affects both). Everything starts stuttering, as if all sounds are played twice instead of once, the latter coming out with a slight delay, almost sounding like an echo. Not running anything parallel to DRL, except the usual background noise. Basic sound settings.
Sometimes it's fixed when loading a new level, sometimes it isn't. Any clues? Thx.
Sometimes it's fixed when loading a new level, sometimes it isn't. Any clues? Thx.
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Play-By-Forum / Who's up for...?
« on: March 22, 2013, 09:51 »
Having very much enjoyed the PBF experience as a player and having a lot of time on my hands, currently, I'm thinking of opening a thread as GM/DM/ST/Big Kahuna myself. Point is: I can't or won't decide yet on what type of game this should be. I've seen various good ideas floating around here, and I have experience with a number of settings/systems from the pen&paper scene, but I think I'd most like to try something new.
Please, anyone who is interested in playing, respond and let me know what kind of game you're looking for. I want to hear general descriptions (eg. 'dungeoncrawling', 'steampunk', 'postapocalyptic'), not brands/systems. We'll see what evolves.
Shoot!
Please, anyone who is interested in playing, respond and let me know what kind of game you're looking for. I want to hear general descriptions (eg. 'dungeoncrawling', 'steampunk', 'postapocalyptic'), not brands/systems. We'll see what evolves.
Shoot!
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Post Mortem / [E|92%|YAVP] Feeble Redemption
« on: March 22, 2013, 00:35 »
I almost didn't post this, but since I had my pride surgically removed recently, I figured 'what the hell':
Although I was a far cry from a good player before, it took quite some getting used to the feel of it again, even on entry level. I banked on Cateye being a lot of help there, which turned out to be a good choice - it compensated for a lot of sloppiness on my part. Doing the Anomaly without taking damage - not being pestered by Lost Souls and Cacos - was a lot easier than I recalled, and with invuls before both the Cyberdemon and the Mastermind both turned out to be trivialities.
Finding the Wall on 11 instead of 7 makes an incredible difference (even though I prayed for a missile launcher to use against the Brothers); previously, this was a point at which a lot of my runs failed, since I didn't want to skip it, but was often too easily overrun by the Knights. These couple of levels of experience will make all the difference for me.
The Military Base is awesome: this comes out of the original as well, right, or Doom2? I couldn't complete it though, since some critters were stuck in the bottom right corner which I couldn't blast myself into. What's up with that?
I tried all the other special levels I found as well, actually more or less hoping to die and see how well I did, but they were all easier than I expected. The new Spider's Lair is definitely an improvement, with lots of cover to make use of. The Phaseshift armor I found before made a huge difference there too, especially combined with INT2/MCe. I skipped the Lava Pits since I finally wanted the run to be over. Oh and not die sinking into the muck on the floor, since I had nothing to protect me.
Having taken this hurdle, it's on to HNTR and a string of casualties on my part. Having scored this many awards in one run will make it worth it though. Don't think that happened before and it won't be again any time soon.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Rahul Chandra,
level 11 Human Private FC Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 98312 turns and scored 50220 points.
He played for 2 hours, 8 minutes and 19 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 440 out of 476 hellspawn. (92%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He saved himself 2 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 5
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Explorer Badge
Untouchable Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Technician Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Silver Badge
UAC Bronze Badge
Brick Bronze Badge
Skull Bronze Badge
Arachno Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 60/60 Experience 51574/11
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->HR->HR->DM->EE->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] phaseshift armor [2/2] (200%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (11d6) [20/100] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [19/40] (P1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] high power chaingun (1d8)x4 [26/26]
[b] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (A1)
[c] red armor [4/4] (200%) (B)
[d] 10mm ammo (x76)
[e] 10mm ammo (x140)
[f] 10mm ammo (x140)
[g] 10mm ammo (x140)
[h] rocket (x14)
[i] rocket (x14)
[j] rocket (x13)
[k] power cell (x70)
[l] power cell (x70)
[m] power cell (x70)
[n] power cell (x70)
[o] power cell (x37)
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] rocket box (x20)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
95 former humans
72 former sergeants
25 former captains
45 imps
45 demons
75 lost souls
13 cacodemons
17 hell knights
6 barons of hell
13 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
3 pain elementals
12 revenants
7 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 6 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 6 he assembled a ballistic armor!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he assembled a high power weapon!
He left without a fuss.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000!
You reload the BFG 9000. You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit!
You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1 of those was killed.
1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 killed the bitch and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------Although I was a far cry from a good player before, it took quite some getting used to the feel of it again, even on entry level. I banked on Cateye being a lot of help there, which turned out to be a good choice - it compensated for a lot of sloppiness on my part. Doing the Anomaly without taking damage - not being pestered by Lost Souls and Cacos - was a lot easier than I recalled, and with invuls before both the Cyberdemon and the Mastermind both turned out to be trivialities.
Finding the Wall on 11 instead of 7 makes an incredible difference (even though I prayed for a missile launcher to use against the Brothers); previously, this was a point at which a lot of my runs failed, since I didn't want to skip it, but was often too easily overrun by the Knights. These couple of levels of experience will make all the difference for me.
The Military Base is awesome: this comes out of the original as well, right, or Doom2? I couldn't complete it though, since some critters were stuck in the bottom right corner which I couldn't blast myself into. What's up with that?
I tried all the other special levels I found as well, actually more or less hoping to die and see how well I did, but they were all easier than I expected. The new Spider's Lair is definitely an improvement, with lots of cover to make use of. The Phaseshift armor I found before made a huge difference there too, especially combined with INT2/MCe. I skipped the Lava Pits since I finally wanted the run to be over. Oh and not die sinking into the muck on the floor, since I had nothing to protect me.
Having taken this hurdle, it's on to HNTR and a string of casualties on my part. Having scored this many awards in one run will make it worth it though. Don't think that happened before and it won't be again any time soon.