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Nightmare! / [N!64%|Ao100|YAVP] (Oh yeah!) Demo included
« on: July 29, 2009, 23:43 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zynx, level 19 Mancubus General, killed by something...
on level 100 of the Phobos base.
He survived 171616 turns and scored 3433860 points.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 3674 out of 5680 hellspawn. (64%)
He was an Angel of 100!
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 130/80 Experience 573970/19
ToHit +4 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 3)
SoG->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->Cat->Cat->SoB->Int->Int->Int->SoB->SoB->Iro->TaN->TaN->TaN->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Blaster (2d5) [20/20]
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [4/4] (58%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (M1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] advanced rocket launcher (6d8) [0/1] (D2R2)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] rocket (x10)
[e] rocket (x10)
[f] rocket (x10)
[g] power cell (x50)
[h] power cell (x10)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] phase device
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] phase device
[s] phase device
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
137 former humans
286 former sergeants
235 former captains
145 imps
51 demons
70 lost souls
129 cacodemons
273 barons of hell
113 hell knights
293 arachnotrons
21 former commandos
85 pain elementals
189 arch-viles
112 mancubi
151 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Blaster!
On level 13 he found the Gothic Boots!
On level 16 he found the Phaseshift Armor!
On level 26 he found the BFG 10K!
On level 70 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 83 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 100 he finally was killed by something...
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is power cell (x20) lying here.
You found 20 of power cell.
There is power cell (x20) lying here.
You found 20 of power cell.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the former sergeant. The former
sergeant dies.
There is a shotgun (6d3) [1/1] lying here.
There is power cell (x20) lying here.
You found 20 of power cell.
You close the door.
You close the door.
There is a Computer Map lying here.
Everything seems clear now.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 395 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
354 of those were killed.
6 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 23 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 10 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
8 killed the bastard and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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3 million points! I don't even know how scoring is tabulated...Yet another win with the Blaster - what can I say, ammo-free means that I can store double as many medkits and other lifesavers, and its amazing firing rate is rather beneficial too. Actually I was pretty annoyed that it was another Blaster win that I played a few games with the intent of getting a (non-Ao100) win without the Blaster, which I did achieve.
One really "welp" moment was when I had an advanced rocket launcher and saw the missile launcher on the ground. I had moved right next to the missile launcher, dropped my rocket launcher (to free up inventory space), walked onto the missile launcher, then was hit by a mancubus...destroying BOTH launchers (it was exposed to a corner around which was the unseen mancubus, oops)! So I ended up with no rocket launching capabilities for quite a few floors until I found another one.
By now my build and my strategy for Ao100 is pretty much standard. This time I actually got a unique pistol before even taking dual gunner, so I was able to invest in one more Ironman. I've realized that dealing damage more quickly is even more of a priority than tanking in N! when corpses randomly revive around you so Son of a Bitch comes BEFORE any tanking traits. The tanking traits won't save you in really sticky situations - they only serve to give you a chance to recover from minor mistakes, which are bound to occur in a 5 hour game (shorter than my 8 hour UV Ao100, once again my N! run was faster than my UV run, just like my vanilla wins).
I no longer value phase devices. Even in the past I would only use them if I had 3 or more, so I could use another one immediately after teleporting to a bad situation, I had many N! Ao100 runs where even after using 3-4, I would still be in a worse situation than the one I originally wanted to get out of! There are always crowds of monsters EVERYWHERE! Yet I carried around so many of them, never using one. Homing phase devices, however, are still very nice. Especially when invulnerable.
Pistols are the primary weapons, rockets to create new holes in walls (and that's it - they're way too weak against archvile/mancubi/revenant hordes), and BFG's to clear such hordes - usually required 3 consecutive shots in the same area to really thin them out so I could resume with the pistols.
Doubled powerups and small health recovery helps offset the danger by a lot. Berserking actually lasts a significant while, and having small globes/medkits heal >50% makes them much more worthwhile.
Badass always seems so nice on paper, but choosing between it and any of the traits already in my build? It doesn't help as much. That last level of ironman seems to work out better.
By the time I found the Beretta, there was no point in using it. I bet it'd really kick ass in 6-fire mode with full Son of a Gun/Bitch though.
The BFG 10k is way overrated. Whenever I tried it to use against the 'hordes' I mentioned earlier, the first shot would hit, and knockback, then the subsequent 4 shots wouldn't hit. I ended up ditching it for the trusty regular BFG9000.
I actually was able to keep the Planeshift Armor for many levels, which is rare for me. Usually I get my armor blown off in a few levels at most.
I can't get my >2mb demos to attach to the forum...disappointing.
Demo direct link: http://willhostforfood.com/files4/8/5/1/8517997/winning%20n100.dm2
(http://willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=77208 if direct link doesn't work)
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Nightmare! / [N!|67%|AoMr|YAVP] Demo included
« on: July 29, 2009, 23:43 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zynx, level 13 Mancubus General, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 74481 turns and scored 527760 points.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 929 out of 1384 hellspawn. (67%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 64/80 Experience 76024/13
ToHit +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->EE->EE->Cat->TaN->Iro->Iro->TaN->Fin->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [2/4] (43%)
[b] [ Weapon ] advanced pistol (2d4) [0/8] (R3M1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified protective boots [2/2] (150%) (D)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified pistol (2d4) [0/6] (R1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified red armor [2/5] (39%) (P)
[b] red armor [1/4] (17%)
[c] 10mm ammo (x88)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] phase device
[l] phase device
[m] homing phase device
[n] thermonuclear bomb
[o] thermonuclear bomb
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
110 former humans
73 former sergeants
37 former captains
167 imps
52 demons
66 lost souls
46 cacodemons
25 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
24 hell knights
14 arachnotrons
9 former commandos
13 pain elementals
10 arch-viles
20 mancubi
13 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena before it got too hot.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits
the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits
the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits
the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits
the Cyberdemon.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon fires! You
are hit! Your red armor is damaged!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. 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
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 404 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
362 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 23 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 10 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
8 killed the bastard and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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A no-unique win - I wanted a no-blaster win after all those wins WITH the blaster.Not much to comment on it - except that I was two spaces away from the Anti-Freak Jackal, which I almost never get, and it was blown up...
I also saw the Minigun in a vault of Cacodemons early on, but the 100 100mm ammo it would give me wasn't worth the risk of tackling the vault. N! vaults are jam packed with an outrageous amount on monsters.
A final note - now that I've started playing lower difficulties again (to play chainguns and shotguns), I can't believe how many paranoid behaviors I still exhibit (for N! purposes). Such as closing doors behind areas where I just killed a bunch of dangerous monsters, avoiding revisiting rooms, travelling through a level in certain ways to minimize the probability that I'll need to double back in order to find the stairs.
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Requests For Features / Run 'mode' rather than/in addition run direction
« on: July 29, 2009, 22:47 »
Right now we have a useful 'run in a direction until you hit dangerous terrain/are beside a door/spot a monster' command.
I'd request a further feature in which the player can engage 'run mode' whereby direction inputs would move the player quickly in various directions, as to cover ground quickly (in real life time), but all movement stops when a monster is spotted, and movement into dangerous terrain is also disallowed. When a monster is spotted, I suppose the same command would be inputted to resume normal movement.
This is requested to facilitate going over areas of the level which you think you've mostly cleared out, but there may be a few monsters left. Currently, the player will likely try to move quickly through the area, but if there actually WAS a monster around, the player's keystrokes are buffered and the player will end up doing several movements he/she probably wouldn't have wanted to had he/she realized the monster was there. For me, often I'll take several hits (rather than stopping, picking a good position and firing had I realized the monster was there), and I've had promising games end due to this.
Of course the "lesson" for the player is to always maneuver carefully/slowly - but it's hard to stay disciplined when there's 100 levels to go through...
By the way, is the keystroke buffering a feature of the console, just like the ctrl+c thing? (What I'm referring to is that if a player presses say up left down before even seeing the results of the first up, the left and down movements will be executed no matter what.) Or can this be modified?
I'd request a further feature in which the player can engage 'run mode' whereby direction inputs would move the player quickly in various directions, as to cover ground quickly (in real life time), but all movement stops when a monster is spotted, and movement into dangerous terrain is also disallowed. When a monster is spotted, I suppose the same command would be inputted to resume normal movement.
This is requested to facilitate going over areas of the level which you think you've mostly cleared out, but there may be a few monsters left. Currently, the player will likely try to move quickly through the area, but if there actually WAS a monster around, the player's keystrokes are buffered and the player will end up doing several movements he/she probably wouldn't have wanted to had he/she realized the monster was there. For me, often I'll take several hits (rather than stopping, picking a good position and firing had I realized the monster was there), and I've had promising games end due to this.
Of course the "lesson" for the player is to always maneuver carefully/slowly - but it's hard to stay disciplined when there's 100 levels to go through...
By the way, is the keystroke buffering a feature of the console, just like the ctrl+c thing? (What I'm referring to is that if a player presses say up left down before even seeing the results of the first up, the left and down movements will be executed no matter what.) Or can this be modified?
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Requests For Features / Re-use the position where the player aimed if player didn't aim at a monster
« on: July 29, 2009, 22:36 »
I've mentioned this before, but I'd like to request this again, especially now that I've got a lot of experience playing UV and N!
If the player aims at a position where there is no enemy and fires, then if the player chooses to fire again and has not moved, have the firing reticle appear at the same position, rather than on the player.
In the interests of survival, firing around corners is very important (and sometimes firing beyond sight - this is especially useful in thin corridors just to see if their are monsters further down), and almost always a player needs to fire more than once. This features would greatly simply the amount of player keystrokes required.
Plus, it could be a doomrl.ini option if some people dislike it.
This is by far the interface modification I would appreciate the most to have implemented.
If the player aims at a position where there is no enemy and fires, then if the player chooses to fire again and has not moved, have the firing reticle appear at the same position, rather than on the player.
In the interests of survival, firing around corners is very important (and sometimes firing beyond sight - this is especially useful in thin corridors just to see if their are monsters further down), and almost always a player needs to fire more than once. This features would greatly simply the amount of player keystrokes required.
Plus, it could be a doomrl.ini option if some people dislike it.
This is by far the interface modification I would appreciate the most to have implemented.
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Nightmare! / [N!|94%|26|Ao100|YASD]
« on: July 27, 2009, 15:21 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zynx, level 13 Mancubus General, killed by a arch-vile
on level 26 of the Phobos base.
He survived 164062 turns and scored 211256 points.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 747 out of 794 hellspawn. (94%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of 100!
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health -5/50 Experience 76884/13
ToHit +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 2)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 3)
SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->EE->EE->Cat->Cat->Int->Int->Int->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] modified pistol (2d4) [3/8] (M1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [4/4] (100%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (2d6) [13/18]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified rocket launcher (6d7) [1/1] (D1)
[b] modified red armor [5/5] (69%) (P)
[c] 10mm ammo (x27)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] rocket (x8)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] phase device
[j] phase device
[k] phase device
[l] phase device
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
71 former humans
90 former sergeants
42 former captains
113 imps
17 demons
65 lost souls
47 cacodemons
31 barons of hell
23 hell knights
59 arachnotrons
11 former commandos
12 pain elementals
17 arch-viles
15 mancubi
17 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 7 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 22 he found the Assault Shotgun!
On level 26 he finally was killed by a arch-vile.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You use a phase device. You feel yanked in an non-existing direction!
You reload the pistol with 10mm ammo. You reload the Grammaton Cleric
Beretta with 10mm ammo.
You open the door.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
the arch-vile.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
the arch-vile.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
the arch-vile. The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
the arch-vile.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
the arch-vile. The mancubus fires! Boom! Boom! Boom! The arch-vile
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 373 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
332 of those were killed.
6 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 23 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 10 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
8 killed the bastard and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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Holy hell N! Ao100 is hard... When enemies are resurrecting faster than you can kill them, all you can do is run for the stairs. But this is pretty difficult to do when they're in the middle of a room full of high damage, high health monsters...I just didn't do enough damage per second to keep all the enemies down, and the usual 'close the door behind you' doesn't work when you need to move towards the monster crowd, not away.
The Beretta is better than I give it credit for. Single mode is a decent upgrade compared to the pistol - the 18 shot magazine goes a LONG way, the damage boost is pretty nice too. But now I'm 99% sure that son of a gun does apply with multishot mode, and I've found that triple-shot is a great way to take advantage of it. Six-shot mode drains ammo too quickly, despite hitting really hard (it's accurate enough with a few eagle eyes). Still, it wasn't strong enough to tackle the crowds...BFG would have been handy here!
I have a demo for this but I'll only attach it if someone wants it - I shouldn't use too much server space.
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Requests For Features / Challenge combinations?
« on: July 24, 2009, 09:23 »
Instead of keeping every challenge separate, allow their effects to be combined together. For example, AoI + AoMr. Must use medkits/phase devices on pickup, AND can only use pistols.
Of course some don't work well together, but it can introduce a lot of interesting combinations.
Of course some don't work well together, but it can introduce a lot of interesting combinations.
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Discussion / Differences (and differences in difficulty) in past versions?
« on: July 17, 2009, 23:27 »
I was looking at the other Ao100/U and N! wins in the mortems to see how many there were and to feed my ego, and noticed that some things were really different before with past versions of DoomRL...but were wins easier or harder, and in what ways?
In the past you received experience for re-killing resurrected monsters, did that make N! a lot easier? Or were there other factors that made evened things out?
And it seems the rocket did very little damage? How did you kill anything with it?
Son of a gun had +2 damage per level...was there some real handicap to pistols back then? I would love to have +6 bonus damage without needing levels of bitch.
Any other differences between versions which greatly altered the difficulty in getting a win, or generally how one played the game?
In the past you received experience for re-killing resurrected monsters, did that make N! a lot easier? Or were there other factors that made evened things out?
And it seems the rocket did very little damage? How did you kill anything with it?
Son of a gun had +2 damage per level...was there some real handicap to pistols back then? I would love to have +6 bonus damage without needing levels of bitch.
Any other differences between versions which greatly altered the difficulty in getting a win, or generally how one played the game?
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Century Lounge / [U|Ao100|72%|YAVP] - I am the victor! (with demo)
« on: July 17, 2009, 22:31 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zynx, level 19 Cacodemon General, killed by something...
on level 100 of the Phobos base.
He survived 345788 turns and scored 1453780 points.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 3051 out of 4206 hellspawn. (72%)
He was an Angel of 100!
He saved himself once.
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 133/70 Experience 468086/19
ToHit +4 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 2)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 3)
SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->EE->EE->Cat->Cat->Iro->SoB->Int->Int->Int->TaN->SoB->SoB->TaN->TaN->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [4/4] (57%) (D)
[b] [ Weapon ] Blaster (2d5) [20/20]
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [4/4] (100%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] advanced BFG 9000 (11d8) [220/220] (D1M3)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] advanced BFG 9000 (10d8) [0/130] (M1)
[b] Missile Launcher (7d6) [4/4]
[c] modified green armor [1/1] (150%) (D)
[d] modified blue armor [3/3] (89%) (P)
[e] rocket (x10)
[f] rocket (x10)
[g] rocket
[h] power cell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] small med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] phase device
[r] phase device
[s] phase device
[t] phase device
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
130 former humans
261 former sergeants
211 former captains
94 imps
57 demons
64 lost souls
125 cacodemons
249 barons of hell
81 hell knights
234 arachnotrons
11 former commandos
67 pain elementals
214 arch-viles
139 mancubi
146 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 7 he found the Blaster!
On level 19 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 37 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 55 he found the BFG 10K!
On level 58 he found the Missile Launcher!
On level 62 he found the Assault Shotgun!
On level 100 he finally was killed by something...
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
explodes!
You start running!
The arachnotron fires! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! Boom!
You are hit!
The baron of hell fires! Boom!
The baron of hell fires! The arachnotron hits you. You hear an explosion!
You hear the scream of a freed soul! The arch-vile raises his arms!
The former sergeant suddenly rises from the dead!
The arachnotron hits you. You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a
freed soul! There are stairs leading downward here.
Just one more! Just one more! Will you die here? Press <Enter>...
You enter Phobos Hell, level 100. You feel there is something really
valuable here!
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 301 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
263 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 22 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 9 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
8 killed the bastard and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------
I am the victor. I have achieved the victory!Notes:
1 - So many more deaths occurred between this win and my previous landmark (the plain N! win).
2 - It's a bit embarrassing, but yet again the win was with the Blaster. Can't be helped, a pistol build gets a significant boost with that Unique. If I found the Trigun or Beretta on a run I reckon I could probably win with those too. Perhaps I'll try to win without a pistol Unique.
3 - Cateye changes the game once you get it. Pre-Cateye, hide around corners and doors and fire. Post-cateye, try to stay in the OPEN (while avoiding crowds). I noticed from the leaks that this trait is gone in the next version? Kornel do you dislike how this trait plays out? The game doesn't become risk free, just different, after taking Cateye. Perhaps you can turn it into a Master Trait rather than removing it entirely, and use trait restrictions to increase the danger a bit if someone wants to take this.
4 - Cateye + Intuition actually worked really well together. Intuition I think is really valuable in Ao100 because in the last half of the game you're just trying to find the stairs without using up to many resources (or dying) and sensing where enemies are helps with that. Cateye on the other hand helps a lot with the actual shooting. Previously I played with only Intuition and it was really annoying to keep re-adjusting the firing cursor when shooting at intuition-dots. Not to say your accuracy is greatly reduced when doing this without Cateye.
5 - Son of a gun + Son of a bitch also actually works pretty well together. Another combination I didn't use before, as it seems that for a Pistol user, Son of a bitch is such a low % boost trait numerically, but having both of these really boosts the chance a pistol hit will knockback, which is pretty darn useful.
6 - There was a really scary situation at around floor 50 where I lost my Malek's Armor to a crowd of strong monsters, when a phase device doesn't move you away from danger things get rather messy.
7 - The biggest (unfair) risk in Ao100 after you've got through the initial weakling-player portion of the game is going down some stairs and finding yourself far from a door with >10 strong monsters in sight.
8 - I could've went for 100% (especially without ammo worries due to the Blaster), but I didn't feel like going through the additional work (and the non-trivial risk) of clearing some of the later floors - I just wanted the win.
There's not much I want to do further with this game for now; I'm not particularly enthusiastic about the other modes, as they seem to be just various hinderences to the player's capabilities. I'm more of a fan of overpowering the player but also upping the danger to match. So I'll probably play a few mundane N! runs while we all wait for the new version. Hopefully that one will be mod-able!
Sidenote - perhaps N! Ao100 should allow saving every 25 floors. That way you could leave the game after 1.5-2 hours rather than having to slog through 6-8 hours in one go.
Thanks Kornel for the game - I enjoyed it a lot. Actually it's inspired me to start rolling my own shooting-focused roguelike. Hopefully I'll have something playable soon.
Demo:
http://willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=75567 Part 1
http://willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=75568 Part 2
Use http://dosrecorder.sourceforge.net/ to play the demo.
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Pre-0.9.9 / [M|AoPc|14%|YAVP] with DEMO!
« on: June 30, 2009, 20:32 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Angel, level 12 Cacodemon General, sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 23691 turns and scored 36651 points.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 78 out of 556 hellspawn. (14%)
Who gave him the ticket to hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health -129/80 Experience 3572/12
ToHit +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Badass (Level 3)
TaN->TaN->TaN->HR->HR->Iro->Iro->HR->Iro->Bad->Bad->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [4/4] (50%) (D)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] [ Boots ] modified protective boots [2/2] (52%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[d] blue armor [1/2] (31%)
[e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[f] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[g] modified blue armor [3/3] (74%) (P)
[h] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[i] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[j] red armor [1/4] (23%)
[k] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[l] small med-pack
[m] small med-pack
[n] small med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] thermonuclear bomb
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
8 former humans
7 former sergeants
4 former captains
39 imps
12 demons
7 lost souls
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He fled the Lair, knowing how to fear Arachnotrons!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He nuked level 25!
On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You start running!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
The Cyberdemon fires! Boom!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
The Cyberdemon hits you. Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You
hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You
hear an explosion! Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 202 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
171 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 17 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 8 souls claim to have killed him...
8 killed the bastard and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------Not much to say - my first pacifism win. It's annoying when an enemy blocks the only door to the rest of the level where the stairs had to be.Demo: http://willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=72579
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Nightmare! / [N!|73%|YAVP] with DEMO!
« on: June 29, 2009, 20:41 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zynx, level 14 Cacodemon General, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 65494 turns and scored 616404 points.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 829 out of 1122 hellspawn. (73%)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 111/80 Experience 93132/14
ToHit +4 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->SoB->TaN->TaN->TaN->Bad->Iro->Iro->Iro->EE->EE->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (53%)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [50/130] (M1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified steel boots [1/1] (100%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] Blaster (2d5) [20/20]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (R1)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (30%)
[d] blue armor [1/2] (46%)
[e] rocket (x10)
[f] rocket (x3)
[g] power cell (x30)
[h] power cell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] small med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] envirosuit pack
[s] armor mobility mod
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
86 former humans
77 former sergeants
27 former captains
113 imps
72 demons
47 lost souls
26 cacodemons
21 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
24 hell knights
68 arachnotrons
11 former commandos
10 pain elementals
17 arch-viles
20 mancubi
17 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he found the Blaster!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 18 he found the Phaseshift Boots!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter a big arena. There's blood everywhere. You hear heavy mechanical
footsteps...
You start running!
You swap your weapon.
You stop running.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
fires! You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
fires! You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 192 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
164 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 17 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 6 souls claim to have killed him...
6 killed the bastard and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------I was really surprised to come upon the Blaster so quickly after finding it in a previous run - but I'm not complaining. It really meshes with my playstyle, and allows me to be a lot more reckless - even standing out in the open shooting (lone) enemies. It also frees up loads of inventory slots that ordinarily would go to ammo.Once again I collected a small stack of mods and ended up ditching them one by one for other things. Advanced weapons are so much more mod-friendly than ordinary ones; but it's rare you get an advanced weapon that matches your already-determined build.
Maybe regular weapons should be allowed 2 mods + 2 more for each level of whizkid?
Useless planeshift boots - I already had some boots that gave me +10% speed (and -10% knockback), using the planeshift boots would have given me 5% more speed but a knockback penalty. I love the boots mobility mod.
Badass worked really well with nightmare - since all the powerups healed double as much, there was a much higher tendency to go >100% health, so slower erosion really allowed you to take advantage of that extra health.
Once again 3 Tan + 3 Iron really rocked, especially when my armor kept getting destroyed very quickly.
A close call on Phobos Hell 7: was a little too greedy for experience and was faced with a mass of archviles, mancubi, barons of hell, cacodemons, and revenants. Even after pasting them with 5 BFG shots and consuming 3 large medpacks - I had to retreat with a homing phase device.
Again I didn't use pistols against Cyberdemon...I probably could have, but whatever, I killed him just the same.
I took a lot fewer turns than my UV win; I'm getting more comfortable playing at high difficulty levels now. Of course part of the reason for the high number of turns in the UV win was because I kept running back and forth in the spider's lair waiting for the Arachnotrons to one by one randomly teleport in front of me at the side of the level.
Oh - and respawning Anarchnotrons supplied a ton of Power Cells.
Replay: http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=72438. Once again use http://dosrecorder.sourceforge.net/ to play.
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Pre-0.9.9 / [U|94%|YAVP] with DEMO!
« on: June 29, 2009, 00:39 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Zynx, level 14 Cacodemon General, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 179237 turns and scored 306540 points.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 899 out of 956 hellspawn. (94%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 80/80 Experience 92765/14
ToHit +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 2)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->SoG->TaN->TaN->TaN->DG->Iro->Iro->Iro->EE->EE->Cat->Cat->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [5/5] (71%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [60/100] (D1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified protective boots [2/2] (100%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] Blaster (2d5) [20/20]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (S1)
[b] green armor [1/1] (57%)
[c] green armor [1/1] (84%)
[d] rocket (x10)
[e] rocket (x10)
[f] rocket (x10)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] rocket (x7)
[i] power cell (x10)
[j] small med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] phase device
[p] homing phase device
[q] boots mobility mod
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
86 former humans
103 former sergeants
39 former captains
122 imps
73 demons
78 lost souls
26 cacodemons
44 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
33 hell knights
42 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
17 pain elementals
26 arch-viles
28 mancubi
18 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he found the Blaster!
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 22 he found the Nuclear Plasma Rifle!
On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter a big arena. There's blood everywhere. You hear heavy mechanical
footsteps...
You start running!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
fires! You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target...
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 190 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
163 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 17 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 5 souls claim to have killed him...
5 killed the bastard and survived.
--------------------------------------------------------------The Blaster is hands-down my favorite Unique - wish I could have it every time! Dual-gunning with the Beretta actually turned out LESS useful than expected - using the Blaster alone was better than pairing it with the Beretta in single-shot mode, and on any of the multiple-shot modes, it went through ammo way too quickly and wasn't accurate enough - I eventually abandoned the thing after running out of ammo, despite having over 800 rounds at one point. I used 3 phase devices in the vaults and still didn't get to enter the middle...and there was a Unique there. There was a Unique in the lava pits too, but my envirosuit ran out before I even got halfway across and I had to abandon my pursuit with a homing phase device. The Nuclear Plasma Rifle is pretty useless for my playstyle - and it recharges so slowly.
The arena is too hard to tackle that early in UV, at least for me, so that greatly reduces the chance of getting a rocket launcher...so I had to skip the wall. I really love the backpack though...
I'm still curious as to whether or not son of a gun bonuses come into play when the Beretta is in multishot mode? I'm guessing it does, but even then the Blaster was better alone. I could've taken a level of Badass instead, which would have been nice to reduce the knockback from all the explosions that hit me.
3 TaN and 3 Ironman are fabulous - you can take so much more damage; a lot of situations are far less dangerous, and even if you don't have enough armor, you can still survive.
First time I seriously used Cateye (rather than Intuition). Since I went for durability first, I couldn't wait 3 levels to get the benefit of 'telepathy'. And it turns out I wouldn't gain 3 further levels in any case.
Also - I almost never run into thermonuclear bombs - and never with an invulnerability on floor 24 (although I did get the latter alone this time - first time that happened to me, made Cyberdemon a snap). Wish I could take a crack at JC.
Next up - U/Ao100! I'm going to start tackling that again. Most of the other challenge modes don't particularly interest me.
Use http://dosrecorder.sourceforge.net/ to play the demo.
Edit: Uploaded! Get the demo here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zufo2mqi4qn
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Discussion / Protip: Not sure if there's lava or acid underneath that item?
« on: February 14, 2009, 01:07 »
I figure the experienced players knew this already, but I thought I'd throw this out to those who are still frustrated by this. Use run (comma key) to try to run into the item. Run won't let you step into hazardous terrain, so if you cannot run to the spot where the item is, there's lava or acid underneath.
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Century Lounge / [U|Ao100|72%|90|YASD] (Damnit...)
« on: February 14, 2009, 00:39 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Z, level 19 Cacodemon General, killed by a arch-vile
on level 90 of the Phobos base.
He survived 359461 turns and scored 1008858 points.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 2641 out of 3619 hellspawn. (72%)
He was an Angel of 100!
He saved himself 4 times.
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health -4/70 Experience 404712/19
ToHit +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 2)
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 3)
Whizkid (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->Int->Int->Int->Fin->EE->Jug->TaN->TaN->TaN->Fin->WK->DG->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Blaster (2d5) [20/20]
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [4/4] (94%) (M)
[d] [ Prepared ] Nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [9/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[b] Missile Launcher (7d6) [4/4]
[c] Gothic Armor [7/7] (200%)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] 10mm ammo (x100)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] rocket (x10)
[k] rocket (x10)
[l] rocket (x10)
[m] rocket (x10)
[n] rocket (x10)
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] thermonuclear bomb
[t] Hell Staff
[u] modified plasteel boots [8/8] (74%) (P)
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
149 former humans
253 former sergeants
189 former captains
93 imps
63 demons
76 lost souls
108 cacodemons
283 barons of hell
52 hell knights
217 arachnotrons
17 former commandos
15 pain elementals
182 arch-viles
101 mancubi
98 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he found the Blaster!
On level 18 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 21 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 27 he found the Baron Armor!
On level 28 he found the Gothic Armor!
On level 31 he found the Trigun!
On level 36 he found the Missile Launcher!
On level 51 he found the Railgun!
On level 68 he found the Nuclear Plasma Rifle!
On level 89 he found the Nuclear BFG 9000!
On level 90 he finally was killed by a arch-vile.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell. You hear the
scream of a freed soul! The baron of hell hits you. The baron of hell
hits you. The baron of hell hits you.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of
hell dies.
The baron of hell fires! The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of
hell dies. The baron of hell hits you. The baron of hell fires! The
missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell
fires! Boom! The arch-vile dies. The baron of hell dies. The
arch-vile raises his arms! The baron of hell suddenly rises from the dead!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 150 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
126 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 14 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 5 souls claim to have killed him...
5 killed the bastard and survived.
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!@#$^$%^#@#$#$%^&... If only I had done things differently (i.e. medpack -> hellstaff), or at the very least, put on that gothic armor I had been saving!I had an amazing run. The blaster early on helped me out a lot. (I always choose pistols regardless, so it was a huge boost.) For those of you who don't think much about the blaster compared to other uniques, look at its firing speed! You have the firing rate of two pistols in one weapon (and no dualgunner 20% penalty at that). And you never need to stop to reload (unless berserk), can save perhaps up to 6 inventory slots for ammo, and +1 accuracy to boot. With the blaster I could forgo dualgunner and get intuition one level earlier.
Hell staff - I didn't use it that often at first, but once I got below floor 50, it became a staple. Once I teleported into the midst of 5 mancubi though, that was almost an early death (floor 70 or so?). I tended to avoid using the unique slow armors - if I moved around in them, I'd get pegged by lots of shots. Any other armor evaporated very quickly - tough as nails was really helpful.
Whizkid - I regret taking it. But I suppose I had no idea I would come upon the missile launcher - before picking it up, I had a S3R3D1 advanced rocket launcher. Actually that made me hesitate to take the missile launcher but the accuracy (for firing with intution and hoping for a hit) and 4-clip magazine convinced me, even though my firing rate would be slower overall, and my damage and splash lower. Juggler is much better than I initially thought; it turns it it's very useful to switch between your bread and butter weapon and a rocket launcher without giving the enemy a turn.
Any time a crowd of enemies had a few arch-viles around, it was really painful. I would fire a dozen rockets into the crowd and hope that I took out the arch-vile before attempting pistol kills. There were more than enough rockets to go around though, with revenants and mancubi aplenty.
I hit xp level 19 on floor 41 - lots more floors to just slog through without any incentive to kill unless it was in my way. Nonetheless, very often enemies WERE in my way, so I had to kill most of them anyways. Ended up taking dualgunner really late as I found the Trigun. After this run I'm not that enamoured of it, actually - the 2 second reload time is a lot.
Tough as nails is very nice for survival, and paired with ironman, can really stretch your health out a long way, when medpacks or powerups are scarce.
Arena levels became very very scary, especially after floor 80. As you can see, I was killed in one (one step away from the stairs...).
Trait-wise, though, I'm mostly happy about what I picked. In hindsight I'd probably forgo 1 finesse and the whizkid, in favor of one more ironman and one reloader. Reloader mainly for rocket launcher use, but in this case it would have been useful for the trigun as well.
I don't particularly like the Nuclear weapons - especially the plasma rifle. They recharge so slowly! At least the BFG you can use it in a pinch for a big punch. I didn't find the Railgun particularly useful - rockets (or missiles) could hit multiple enemies in far more situations than the railgun could, and even when there was a line of enemies down a narrow hallway, I would need 3 railgun shots to kill a bunch of them (out of sight, using intuition). The first two levels of intuition are still useless though, but I still prefer 3 trait cost for intuition over 2 trait cost for cat's eye...
Finally, thanks to Xael for sharing your player.dat - I probably wouldn't have unlocked this even now on my own.
I actually got up to 19/2% experience - too bad all those kills after level 19 didn't contribute anything.
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Requests For Features / Backpack for Ao100?
« on: February 09, 2009, 22:44 »
If there's any mode where the player could use more ammo storage, Ao100 would be it. Could we start with the backpack or somehow be able to obtain one?
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Pre-0.9.9 / [H|98%|YAVP] First win on hard for me - pistols!
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DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Z2, level 12 Cacodemon General, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 189518 turns and scored 171732 points.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 626 out of 634 hellspawn. (98%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 42/50 Experience 62303/12
ToHit +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 3)
SoG->SoG->SoG->DG->EE->EE->Int->Int->Int->EE->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Necroarmor [1/6] (22%)
[b] [ Weapon ] fastload rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [8/8] (80%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [20/100] (D1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] advanced pistol (2d4) [8/8] (S2M1A1)
[b] modified pistol (2d4) [6/6] (S1)
[c] 10mm ammo (x73)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] rocket (x4)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] rocket (x10)
[k] power cell (x5)
[l] small med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] Gothic Boots [10/10] (200%)
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
58 former humans
78 former sergeants
28 former captains
110 imps
47 demons
75 lost souls
36 cacodemons
20 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
22 hell knights
21 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
8 pain elementals
12 arch-viles
22 mancubi
18 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 20 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 21 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 23 he found the Gothic Boots!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
fires! You are hit! Your Necroarmor is damaged! The Cyberdemon
reloads his rocket launcher.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You reload the rocket launcher with rocket. You are hit! Your Necroarmor
is damaged!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
Fire -- Choose target... You hear an explosion! You are hit!
You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
Fire -- Choose target... You hear an explosion!
You use a phase device. You feel yanked in an non-existing direction!
You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed.
Your rocket launcher is already loaded.
Fire -- Choose target... You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 139 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
119 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
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? 4 souls claim to have killed him...
4 killed the bastard and survived.
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My first win on hard, once again with my beloved pistols. Numerically I still think max trait pistols are better dps/hitrate than max trait chaingun? The only downside is you can't keep another weapon in the prepared slot.
Also, I didn't get any unique pistols, which usually make a huge difference in a pistol marine's power. Lava pits at lev 23 were pretty useless, I should have just skipped it. Chickened out and used a few shots of BFG/rockets on Cybie - how would you deal with him with pistols? Plus his sight range seems to be 9 or something...hiding around corners doesn't help that much?
I think intuition's pretty useful - you can fire around corners without being spotted - the only pain is always having to re-aim the firing reticle/cursor after each shot. You need to keep a lot of ammo in reserve to do this though; lots of missed shots: I usually try to keep 600 rounds all the time, didn't see the wall this game so it took a lot more space. It's doubly annoying when you realize you're not making any progress because an arch-vile is resurrecting what you just shot ("Hey, how come the number of dots is still the same!").
I've never seen an invul globe on the 24th floor! Hrmmm....