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0.9.9.1 / Re: [H|AoMr|81%|25|YAVP] I didn't win this ... the RNG Gave it to me.

« on: November 08, 2010, 09:23 »

To clarify, when I used a power pistol build on this run (Sog->Dg->Sob).

When I refer to a Desperado build, I'm thinking of something weird that I cooked up (a lot of ranting about it on my Wiki userpage).

Fin->Jug->Sob->Sob->Sob->SoG->SoG->EE->SoG

Or, for AoMr, what I call a Gunslinger build:

Fin->Jug->SoG->SoG->SoG->EE->SoB->SoB->SoB

Insert Fin->Wiz as necessary.

I've enjoyed playing with both, working out the kinks, but they're weird builds, the former VERY versitile in normal play.

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0.9.9.1 / Re: [H|AoMr|81%|25|YAVP] I didn't win this ... the RNG Gave it to me.

« on: November 08, 2010, 07:28 »

Quote from: Deathwind on November 07, 2010, 23:03

Only 2 questions:

1. Why can't I ever have luck like that?

2. Why didn't you clear the Mortuary?

My only answer:

Quote from: Game Hunter on November 07, 2010, 20:18

On the other hand, I'm a little superstitious when it comes to odds like that, probabilistic karma an' all. With a run like that, I'd expect a string of bad finds for a looooong time.

This run scared me shitless ... When I entered the mortuary, it spawned three Viles within 'fwoom!' range ... I decided to port and run, I did not want to tempt fate.

Simiarly, later, about level 23, I started to fight a vile pack that started to really shred me. Due to my firing speed and lack of defense, it was either stand and shoot, or homing phase. I took the latter option.

The lesson I learned here is that the only adaquate way to use the Beretta is to stock up on ammo (especially considering I had the backpack) ... I had EE2 ... I did NOT use burst and auto nearly enough to make the most of that pistol, considering it would stack SoG+SoB bonus damage per shot. Had I been doing that from the beginning, I would have been dealing MUCH more damage, even without the Jackal. If I ever get the Beretta again (which I seem to do a lot) ... I'll keep this in mind.

Before I try for UV ... I'm facing the prospect of a Hat Trick on HMP ... I've yet to die on that difficulty, with two wins, an outcome I did NOT expect. Before I unlocked Ao100 ... I had been much more agressive at attempting to clear levels, often suicidally. Ao100 will teach you a lot, both in fighting to conserve, survive, and combat Viles ... almost on a constant basis. I think this alone was the crucible that is helping me to prepare for more difficult challenges, as I know that harder difficulties will be throwing a lot of very ugly stuff at me from earlier on. My closest point to dying came in the Arena ... I almost underestimated the fact that the last round spawned hell-knights rather than tomatoes, I barely survived it, but ended up with the medkits, and one of many power mods.

Another lesson learned is that unless you have invuln and a Nuke, you should NEVER underestimate the Cyberdemon, that fight was closer than I anticipated, and when I finally got a clue and kicked the Beretta into full auto.

I went full Dualgunner power build for this, but I'm finding my Desperado build to be surprisingly effective (my first HMP run). I'm wondering if other people trying it would find it similarly useful, as it depends on using juggler to swap out a lot of normal weapons very quickly, and making the pistol powerful late-game, rather than early game. Admittedly that won't work on AoMr ... but I think that, especially without Dualgunner, it's a first step in preparing for an AoMr Diamond build.

I'm still trying to learn how to effectively fight Vile packs ... harder difficulty levels present a lot more of them, forcing you to conserve your heavy ordinance more for them. With AoMr it's especially challenging, as you can only focus fire one mob at a time, a loosing game if you've got multiple Viles, Mancubi, Revs and or/Baron's slamming you at once. I think that taking SoG+TaN might be a start. Many of my builds focus more on firepower than survivability (DM seems to only go so far, unless you're going Fireangel ... considering how much splash damage you're almost guaranteed to take. in certain enclosed situations, and even in the open, one of those enemies is going to get lucky) ... TaN, Badass and Ironman may give a little tank to balance the damage output, especially if you can use the pistol's speed (despite the lack of SoB for that extra push).

One challenge I'm finding is that full SoB+SoG has a lot of knockback, which can be useful in some cases, but oftentimes pushes a target out of range before you can effectively kill your target, a dangerous game if you're firing speed greatly outstrips your movement speed, every step you take opens you up to a lot more incoming fire than standing and firing. If I knock an enemy out of range, I've learned to dance (hop back and forth, parrelel to the enemy until he gets in range), hoping to get a sidestep.

Despite the RNG's generosity, I am still learning I lot I still need to learn before I can be truly effective, both in builds, AI, corner tricks and enemy behavior.

That run blew me away ... I needed a ciggarete after it ... I just regret the fact that I lacked the knowledge and the testicular fortitude required to really make the most of the incredible wealth of firepower and utility I was gifted with.

Sidenote: I'm absentminded, and the Necroarmor is a pain in the ass to properly manage without it sucking my HP massively. HP is something I've learned to hoard religiously, saving Medkits as a last resort, hunting for orbs AWAY from the growls of the enemy. Yes, finding excess health is a great way to regenerate the Necroarmor, but I'm getting sick of getting it when I lack the presence of mind to use it effectively (see my screenshot posted of me venting my frustration on that damn armor ... with an invuln and a nuke ... )

I recognize that my string of Lu*candleja* has really outstripped my natural experince/ability with this game, and I'm doing my best to learn from it while it lasts.

I want to try for my Hat trick on HMP, and then I'll go back to Ao100 runs on M. They're hard, but they're fun, especially with the wealth of stuff you find, the lack of limited traits you get with shorter games (allowing for really fun extended builds) ... and just plain freak out factor after level 25. Does M Ao100 approach the insanity that you find on normal UV and N! runs?

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0.9.9.1 / Re: [E|YASD|99%] GOD PLEASE NO

« on: November 07, 2010, 15:50 »

Ouch ... that hurts. I'd call that a YAAM anyway. Damn. Still a nice run.

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0.9.9.1 / [H|AoMr|81%|25|YAVP] I didn't win this ... the RNG Gave it to me.

« on: November 07, 2010, 15:47 »

I'm a bit in awe ... I have yet to die in Hurt me plenty. I don't know what to say but...
In this run, I found the Butcher's Cleaver and the Jackhammer ... in addition to everything else you'll see in the mortem. I'd have to say that the highlight of this run was getting my Brick Silver Badge, with the Jackal.

Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. Peace comes back to this evil place. ############ ######..........####################### ################# ......%....@.............................................# .....%...................................................# ...........#####.........................................# .........## #.........................................# .........# #.........................................# .......## #.........................................# ....%.. #.........................................# .....# #.........................................# .... #......................................... .. #........................................ #....................................... #...................................... #...............................>...... #..................................... #..................................... .................................... ################################## C4Cypher Armor : blue armor [1/2] (13%) Health: 76% Exp: 7/63% Weapon: Anti-Freak Jackal (5d3) [4/6] running The Wall

I can't say that skill got me this run. I'm still trying to sort out my own head. Near the end I just started burning homing phases just to skip past the last few levels to get to Phobos arena. I can't explain this.

I'm afraid.

--------------------------------------------------------------
 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
--------------------------------------------------------------

 C4Cypher, level 10 Cacodemon Sergeant Major, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 98041 turns and scored 138904 points. 
 He played for 2 hours, 29 minutes and 30 seconds. 
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 576 out of 709 hellspawn. (81%)
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!


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

  Grammaton Cleric Cross
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Hell Champion Medal
  Brick Silver Badge

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

  ###########################################################
  #..........................................................
  #..........................................................
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  #......###................|.......###.....###.............#
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  #.....###..###.........................................#>#.
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  #..........................................................
  ###########################################################

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

  Health 32/50   Experience 45233/10
  ToHit Ranged +2  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +1  ToDmg Melee +1

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

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

  SoG->SoG->SoG->DG->EE->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [4] (AOT)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Anti-Freak Jackal (5d3) [3/6]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (100%) (AT)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Grammaton Cleric Beretta (1d7)x6 [0/18]

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

    [a] modified pistol (2d6) [13/13] (B3P2)
    [b] modified pistol (2d6) [9/10] (B2P2)
    [c] Necroarmor [6/6] (100%)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x90)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [l] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [m] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] Hell Staff

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

    77 former humans
    76 former sergeants
    37 former captains
    129 imps
    37 demons
    99 lost souls
    21 cacodemons
    25 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    17 hell knights
    30 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    8 pain elementals
    4 arch-viles
    3 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 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 11 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he found the Necroarmor!
  On level 13 he found the Onyx Armor Pack!
  On level 14 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 16 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  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 --------------------------------------------------

 hits the Cyberdemon.
 You use a homing phase device. You feel yanked in an non-existing direction!
 You dualreload your guns!
 You swap your weapon.
 You switch to full auto mode.
 You swap your weapon.
 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.
 Fire -- Choose target...   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 Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe

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

 Before him 99 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 70 of those were killed.
 And 11 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.

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

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Discussion / Re: Screenshots: ASCII and Graphics

« on: November 07, 2010, 13:52 »

Oshit .... hai guys!

You enter Phobos Base, level 8. Where the hell is the way out of here!?! ### #... #h.. #... #...### #i....# #i#i....#.#.### #i.........0hh.s #.@....hhh# #...}......c #......i### #.......s.. ########## C4Cypher Armor : blue armor [2/2] (64%) Health: 50% Exp: 4/97% Weapon: modified pistol (2d4) [8/8] (B1) cautious Phobos Base Lev8

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0.9.9.1 / [H|91%|25|YAVP] Desperado not afraid to be hurt, first attempt.

« on: November 06, 2010, 20:42 »

Okay ... I'd been cutting my teeth on Ao100 runs on M ... and it was getting to be brutally difficult, vile packs almost every level, not to mention the 'hidden fun stuff' ... which wasn't nearly as bad as the viles ...

I figured, if Ao100 is this insane on M, why not try to try a standard H game?

I figured I would die a lot as I learned to transition from M to H. I didn't. Not only that, I did it with my favorite build ... a build that I was still testing, and had no idea whether or not it would be effective at higher difficulties, or if I were just cheesing it on easy games.

Well, I present to you all, humbly, my first attempt at a standard run on Hurt Me Plenty.

--------------------------------------------------------------
 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
--------------------------------------------------------------

 C4Cypher, level 10 Cacodemon Sergeant Major, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 102019 turns and scored 132672 points. 
 He played for 11 hours, 52 minutes and 51 seconds. 
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 502 out of 546 hellspawn. (91%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


 He saved himself 2 times.

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

  UAC Silver Badge

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

  ###########################################################
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  #.........###.........................###......###.........
  #.........###.......###...............###......###.........
  #.........###.......#>#....................................
  #...................###....................................
  #..........................................................
  ###########################################################

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

  Health 33/50   Experience 42190/10
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

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

  Fin->Jug->SoB->SoB->SoB->SoG->EE->SoG->SoG->EE->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified pistol (2d5) [2/6] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat translocator (0d0) [60/60]

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

    [a] modified pistol (2d4) [8/8] (B1)
    [b] modified double shotgun (8d3)x3 [2/2] (B1)
    [c] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A1)
    [d] modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1)
    [e] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
    [f] Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [1/1]
    [g] 10mm ammo (x80)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] shotgun shell (x50)
    [j] rocket (x10)
    [k] power cell (x50)
    [l] power cell (x45)
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] phase device
    [o] phase device

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

    57 former humans
    62 former sergeants
    32 former captains
    104 imps
    58 demons
    69 lost souls
    41 cacodemons
    18 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    10 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    5 arch-viles
    5 mancubi
    10 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers

-- 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 19 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...  
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You wear/wield : a combat translocator (0d0) [60/60] The Cyberdemon fires!
 You are hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You reload the pistol with 10mm ammo.
 You dodge! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated

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

 Before him 98 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 70 of those were killed.
 And 11 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...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 13 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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

Yeah, yeah ... I know ... I wasn't sure what I was thinking with the combat translocator, especially when I had phase devices to spare.

I know I'm not pulling insane stuff like going for Plat and Diamond badges, it just felt really, really good to complete H on my first try. And have the screenshot to prove it.

Of note, I found two assault shotguns early on, which did the vast majority of my heavy lifting through the run ... I dropped one pretty late in, and the other on level 24, knowing that it wouldn't be much use in a fight with the Cyberdemon ... not that the combat translocator was helpful ...

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0.9.9.1 / Re: [M|AoMr|100%|YAAM] Got my Marksman Silver and yet another Grim Reaper...

« on: November 05, 2010, 15:39 »

Great job ... that's the one saving grace about Viles ... human/vile packs keep your 10mm stocks replenished, any other pack is a living hell.

I didn't know that phase devices always took you back to the room you entered ... is this in the wiki somewhere?

And ... errh ... how do you even begin to go about taking on the Mortuary in AoMr??

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Discussion / Re: Screenshots: ASCII and Graphics

« on: November 05, 2010, 05:47 »

I was tired, on an Ao100, trying to scrimp on health, and was tired of constantly swapping the damned thing out until I found extra health. I needed something to vent on.

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Discussion / Re: Screenshots: ASCII and Graphics

« on: November 04, 2010, 19:38 »

F**k you Necroarmor!

You dropped a rocket. There is a thermonuclear bomb lying here. You picked up a thermonuclear bomb. ""Handle with care"... WTF?" ############################################################################## #.......................................................=.=..................# #............@^..................................########===##...............# #................................................/......=====#...............# #........0..................%....................#......=..0.#...............# #....;........................}..................#.....==....#........0......# #........|..############+##.%.}%..[.##+=#........#...........#...............# #.0...#####.#.............#..}.|....#...=0.....%.#...........#.....|.........# #.....#.0.#.#.............#.........#...===###/#.#############........##/###.# #.....#...#.#.............#}|#####..#...=.#....#......................#....# # #.....#...#.###############|.# #..#0.=#.#....#...=##+########.......#0...# # #.....##/##........ .}.# #..#====.#....#...=......>...#.......#....# # #.}................ ....# #..#...#==###=====#.0.0......#.......#..&.# # #.................#### ..../ #..#...==......==.#........&.#.......#....# # #................\ ....# ^#..#...# ....==..#..........#.......#....# # #.................# # ..#####..#...# ...==...############.......#....# # #.|.............. # # ...##### ...=........................###### # #................ ##### .... .........[........................ # #............... 0 }..... ^ ..............................0... # ############################################################################## C4Cypher Armor : red armor [4/4] (100%) Health: 100% Exp: 6/27% Weapon: modified pistol (2d4) [8/8] (B1) tired Phobos Base Lev13

*weeps* Why won't it die?

Unknown command. Press "?" for help. There is a Necroarmor [6/6] (100%) lying here. C4Cypher Armor : red armor [4/4] (100%) Health: 100% Exp: 6/28% Weapon: modified pistol (2d4) [8/8] (B1) cautious invulnerable Phobos Base Lev13

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0.9.9.1 / Re: [M|AoLT|95%|22|YASD] I hate my life.

« on: November 01, 2010, 15:32 »

Quote from: Deathwind on October 31, 2010, 23:00

What 2 do you already have?

Quote from: ScouSin on October 31, 2010, 19:01

Despite my own bad experiences with AoMr, I think that one would give you more luck.

My first was Scavenger, back before I could take on HNTR ... I'm a pistol addict, so my second completion of M was a successful AoMr run.

I realize now that my best, easiest bet is grab a homing phase and go for Reaper Silver.

EDIT: I take that back, for some reason, JC ate my AoMr Silver badge, so I had to go back and do it again.

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Requests For Features / Re: A Bunch of Little Stuff

« on: October 31, 2010, 19:25 »

I just changed the color.ini so that power mods were red (to differentiate from exotic mods), and large medpacks/Health globes to bright green (helps to differentiate between the floor and berserk packs). Barons aren't that hard to spot ... for me at least. The only thing I would wish to change would be the dark red lava, sometimes hard to distinguish from bloody floor, with painful results.

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0.9.9.1 / [M|AoLT|95%|22|YASD] I hate my life.

« on: October 31, 2010, 18:45 »

I want my third silver badge so I can rank up and try Ao100 ... cool, I try AoLT ... cool. Ammochain build, get lucky and find a ton of mods I have to lug around until wizkid. Early plasma rifle, sweet! Two agility and a power mod. I get my BFG, plop two bulk mods on it. I'm set to go, one level until Ammochain ... I'm at 86% experience even, bit of a rough scrap with a baron left me without armor ... I go down a set of stairs and ...

You enter Phobos Base, level 14. You hear the trumpets of Jericho echoing in the distance... ss. #OsO. #ss.. . #.... O. ... .... .O. ..... ....... ##.#..#.O## #........... #.@......... #c.......... #.....c.... #.......... #..c...... #......... #...c.... ######## C4Cypher Armor : none Health: 100% Exp: 6/89% Weapon: modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2) cautious Phobos Base Lev14

... shit.

Time to give my new BFG a workout ... and pray.

I was wrong ... I was 86% towards Triggerhappy. I survived the fight ... with barely any cells left. I managed to kill an arachnotron hiding in the same level with my plasma rifle before he could get a shot off ...

Next level was hell's gate ... with enough cells for one BFG shot ... after the fight in the first room, I had 15 cells for my souped up plasma rifle. I decided to run past the bruisers. I made it past them, but the red armor I found along the way got destroyed, and the run cost me two med-packs.

I got into hell with trembling fingers, little cells left, and praying I could earn enough XP to get Ammochain. It gets better from there.

I had just gotten ammochain, yet was hurting for cells for my BFG ... and I ran into this.

here. You dropped shotgun shell (x50). There is shotgun shell (x50) lying here. ############################################################################## # > #..|..............# # # #######+##+#####################..............0..# > # ; # #......................... # #..............0..+ #0 # #............|............ # [ #..............0..# # 0 | # #..................0.......# #.................# # ; # #....@............^........# #.................# # # #....".....................# #.................# 0 + # #........=......|..........# #.................# 0 # + # #........=...............;.+ #.................# # 0 } # ########=#########/#####+###+#######==######/################ ### # # ........................#...=.............#.%...... # # # .........................#........}........#......... # # # 0 .......................}/...........0...../.....|... # + # ############+###########/#######.............=...#.....\... # # # .............%}}#.}..........=....#........ # # # ..............}|#+####+####+#=#+################### # # .............|.#.......... |.. # # # 0 ...............#............... #^ # ############################################################################## C4Cypher Armor : green armor [1/1] (86%) Health: 106% Exp: 7/89% Weapon: modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2) cautious Phobos Hell Lev2

Cheerful, with a regenerating supply of cells (Juggler is so nice, instantly swap to any weapon in my inventory if I have a problem). I was still having a hard time finding decent armor, finally stumbling into a set of blue armor after an eternity in green.

All the while, the RNG was inisitent on making my life miserable.

You enter Phobos Hell, level 3. Twisted passages carry the smell of death... You sense a passage to a place beyond... === ...=== ....== ...== ...== ==== # #==##== ===.= #==# #@.# #### C4Cypher Armor : green armor [1/1] (97%) Health: 186% Exp: 7/98% Weapon: modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [153/169] (B2N1) cautious Phobos Hell Lev3

Not long after, I stumble into a Vile/mancubi pack. The vile's speed made running a loosing proposition, so I unloaded three BFG shots, had to have killed at least two viles (three! I swear) and find that a vile was still standing ... I hate my life.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 C4Cypher, level 9 Cacodemon Sergeant, killed by a arch-vile
 on level 22 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 109019 turns and scored 60184 points. 
 He played for 6 hours, 18 minutes and 34 seconds. 
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 422 out of 444 hellspawn. (95%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Light Travel!


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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Lightfoot Bronze Badge

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

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  ...............................=/....#.#...#..#......#..#..
  #######..............M...............#.#...#..#......#..#..
  ......#......#####...................#.#...#..#......#..#0.
  ......#......#......%...V.......#....#.#...#..#......#..+..
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  ......#......#..........M.......#....#.##/##..#.....=#.....
  ....0}#......#####......#.......######........#....=.+.....
  ......#.......................................######===....
  #######............................................===.....
  ..................................................=.=.+....
  ###########################################################

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

  Health -8/50   Experience 35568/9
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

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

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

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [20/169] (B2N1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [40/40] (A2P1)

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

    [a] double shotgun (8d3)x3 [2/2]
    [b] modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2)
    [c] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A1B1)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] rocket (x10)
    [f] rocket (x10)
    [g] thermonuclear bomb

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

    57 former humans
    61 former sergeants
    13 former captains
    105 imps
    37 demons
    73 lost souls
    20 cacodemons
    9 barons of hell
    9 hell knights
    26 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    3 pain elementals
    2 arch-viles
    2 mancubi
    1 revenant

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 9 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encoutered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 17 he found the Nano Pack!
  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 managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
  On level 22 he finally was killed by a arch-vile.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...   The missile hits the arch-vile. You hear the
 scream of a freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...   You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 Fire -- Choose target...  
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The arch-vile raises his
 arms! You are engulfed in flames! The mancubus fires! Boom!
 You swap your weapons instantly!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The arch-vile raises his
 arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 You start running!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames! Your blue
 armor is completely destroyed!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You dodge! The mancubus fires! Boom!

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

 Before him 92 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 66 of those were killed.
 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? 16 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 13 killed the bastard and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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I just want to try Ao100 ...

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Discussion / Re: Screenshots: ASCII and Graphics

« on: October 31, 2010, 16:50 »

I want my third silver badge so I can rank up and try Ao100 ... cool, I try AoLT ... cool. Ammochain build, get lucky and find a ton of mods I have to lug around until wizkid. Early plasma rifle, sweet! Two agility and a power mod. I get my BFG, plop two bulk mods on it. I'm set to go, one level until Ammochain ... I'm at 86% experience even, bit of a rough scrap with a baron left me without armor ... I go down a set of stairs and ...

You enter Phobos Base, level 14. You hear the trumpets of Jericho echoing in the distance... ss. #OsO. #ss.. . #.... O. ... .... .O. ..... ....... ##.#..#.O## #........... #.@......... #c.......... #.....c.... #.......... #..c...... #......... #...c.... ######## C4Cypher Armor : none Health: 100% Exp: 6/89% Weapon: modified combat shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (B1T2) cautious Phobos Base Lev14

... shit.

Time to give my new BFG a workout ... and pray.

Edit:

I was wrong ... I was 86% towards Triggerhappy. I survived the fight ... with barely any cells left. I managed to kill an arachnotron hiding in the same level with my plasma rifle before he could get a shot off ...

Next level was hell's gate ... with enough cells for one BFG shot ... after the fight in the first room, I had 15 cells for my souped up plasma rifle. I decided to run past the bruisers. I made it past them, but the red armor I found along the way got destroyed, and the run cost me two med-packs.

I got into hell with trembling fingers, little cells left, and praying I could earn enough XP to get Ammochain.

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Requests For Features / A couple of small UI suggestions, tweaks.

« on: October 30, 2010, 15:04 »

Not really gripes so much as convenience factors.

It would be nice if the drop menu 'd' had something in the header inventory menu 'i' to equip or used had something to distinguish itself, so that you don't accidentally use the Translocator that you really meant to drop.

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

----------------------- Drop --------------------------

It is VERY convenient to view the trait menu, 'T' ... yet you can't get out of the menu if a 'grayed' trait is selected'

And finally, Is it possible to implement toggling music ')', screenshotting 'F10' and bbcode screenshotting 'F9' in any view other than the actual game view? It would be nice to screen shot or toggle music while first starting the game, or in the inventory menu, traits menu, or something else to that effect. I realize that the engine/codebase may not be easily extensible in that manner, or simply more effort than it is worth to change just for a simple convenience factor, but I figured I'd throw it out there.

Thanks for the invite to provide input on the next version.

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Requests For Features / Re: Keycards

« on: October 30, 2010, 14:30 »

I really do see this more along the lines as to make maps with vaults more interesting, with keys being random drops along the lines of mods. The higher level the key (blue, yellow, red), the better the gear found in said vault. This might also be facilitated with unbreakable walls with the vaults, as well as unbreakable locked doors. I'm sure that the dev can make up his own mind about this, I just thought it would be an interesting concept in the spirit of Doom nostalgia.

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