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AliensRL / [0.8.2|Me|YAVP] Victory! :D
« on: October 21, 2012, 00:57 »
I beat the Queen! Yay! :D
Now that I have a better idea how the game works, I thought I'd try a more challenging class than the HW specialist, and found that the medic turned out quite well! :)
I experienced ammo shortages for 90% of the game because I didn't find any weapons that used anything other than 9mm or 5.56mm ammo until I found the Combat Shotgun on level 7. (The Combat Shotgun made the endgame *possible;* I don't know how I would have dealt with groups of Praetorians at the end otherwise, especially when they started teleporting in next to me) :| At one point, early on, I ran myself completely out of bullets and had to use a stimpack to make a mad dash through the Storage tower and, luckily, gathered enough ammo to reestablish myself. I'm sure I wouldn't have survived if I hadn't found the Compact Pistol. I don't know much about how damage works in this game, but it seems to use ammo much more efficiently than any of the other 9mm weapons, and especially once I got advanced sidearm skill, it became quite an effective weapon that I used right until the end of the game. I mostly used it on enemies at range and I liked to keep the shotgun handy for close encounters. ;)
Now that I have a better idea how the game works, I thought I'd try a more challenging class than the HW specialist, and found that the medic turned out quite well! :)
I experienced ammo shortages for 90% of the game because I didn't find any weapons that used anything other than 9mm or 5.56mm ammo until I found the Combat Shotgun on level 7. (The Combat Shotgun made the endgame *possible;* I don't know how I would have dealt with groups of Praetorians at the end otherwise, especially when they started teleporting in next to me) :| At one point, early on, I ran myself completely out of bullets and had to use a stimpack to make a mad dash through the Storage tower and, luckily, gathered enough ammo to reestablish myself. I'm sure I wouldn't have survived if I hadn't found the Compact Pistol. I don't know much about how damage works in this game, but it seems to use ammo much more efficiently than any of the other 9mm weapons, and especially once I got advanced sidearm skill, it became quite an effective weapon that I used right until the end of the game. I mostly used it on enemies at range and I liked to keep the shotgun handy for close encounters. ;)
-- AliensRL 0.8.2 Post Mortem ----------------------------------------
Name : Tormuse
Class : Medic
Rank : Veteran
Result : killed the queen and escaped
Score : 16436
Total experience : 10875
Experience left : 75
Game length : 194590 turns
Security keycards : 8
Military keys : 0
Armor : Power armor [4]
Sidearm : M4A5 compact pistol (7/7)
Primary : 12g. combat shotgun (5/5)
Medpacks: 5
-- Graveyard ---------------------------------------------------------
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-- Skills ------------------------------------------------------------
Sidearms : advanced
Light weapons : basic
Heavy weapons : untrained
Technical : expert
Medicine : master
Fitness : basic
Perception : basic
-- Ammunition --------------------------------------------------------
9mm ammo : 173/400
5.56 ammo : 400/400
.44 ammo : 150/150
M309 ammo : 500/500
M250 ammo : 5/500
60mm gren. : 24/40
12g. shells : 121/200
napalm cartrid: 20/20
frag grenade : 4/4
inc grenade : 2/4
krak grenade : 1/4
-- Other items -------------------------------------------------------
5 * medpack
5 * painkiller pack
3 * stimpack
4 * multi-tool
5 * armor pack
8 * security key
1 * military medpack
1 * sentry turret kit
-- Kills (676) -------------------------------------------------------
159 juveniles
77 warriors
22 elites
17 praetorians
133 scavengers
107 hunters
19 stalkers
99 drones
38 workers
4 overseers
1 queen
-- Messages ----------------------------------------------------------
You pick up 12x 12g. shells.
You activate the elevator. Entering
Storage Tower, level 1...
There is a medpack lying here. The
hunter slashes you!
You pick up a medpack. The hunter
shreds you!
The hunter dies.
You reload your weapon.
There is 4x 12g. shells lying here.
You pick up 4x 12g. shells.
There is 12x 12g. shells lying here.
You pick up 12x 12g. shells.
You enter the corridor. Entering
Civilian Tower, level 1...
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AliensRL / [0.8.2|HW|7|YASD] Best attempt so far. :)
« on: October 19, 2012, 11:36 »
Well, I haven't had a lot of free time lately, but here's my best attempt at this game so far. After many games in which I mostly only got to level 1 or 2, I managed to get all the way to level 7 and got into the Main tower. :D (I'm guessing that the Queen would be in the top level of the Main tower) The Heavy Weapon specialist definitely seems to have an advantage over the other classes, since having that extra weapon really helps with ammo troubles. (are there even any other heavy weapons besides the HK MG4? I didn't find any)
In the end, I think my problem was that I tried to advance too quickly into the tower and got overwhelmed. (The Praetorian would have been difficult enough to deal with on its own without the other aliens accompanying it; I would have preferred to take them on one at a time) I had a few primary weapons at that point (combat shotgun, 1894 rifle, and M41A pulse rifle; I hope I'm remembering those names correctly) that I had dropped by the entrance of the tower, because I was still making up my mind which one to bring with me. I had the combat shotgun at the time because the spread seemed best for dealing with the groups of aliens attacking me, but the armour-piercing effects of the pulse rifle probably would have been better for dealing with the Praetorian. Oh well...
I really like the atmosphere that this game creates and I look forward to seeing new versions in the future. :)
In the end, I think my problem was that I tried to advance too quickly into the tower and got overwhelmed. (The Praetorian would have been difficult enough to deal with on its own without the other aliens accompanying it; I would have preferred to take them on one at a time) I had a few primary weapons at that point (combat shotgun, 1894 rifle, and M41A pulse rifle; I hope I'm remembering those names correctly) that I had dropped by the entrance of the tower, because I was still making up my mind which one to bring with me. I had the combat shotgun at the time because the spread seemed best for dealing with the groups of aliens attacking me, but the armour-piercing effects of the pulse rifle probably would have been better for dealing with the Praetorian. Oh well...
I really like the atmosphere that this game creates and I look forward to seeing new versions in the future. :)
-- AliensRL 0.8.2 Post Mortem ----------------------------------------
Name : Tormuse
Class : HW Specialist
Rank : Experienced
Result : killed in action
Died on : Main Tower, level 7
Score : 7712
Total experience : 8850
Experience left : 30
Game length : 130064 turns
Security keycards : 9
Military keys : 0
Armor : Power armor [4]
Sidearm : M4A5 compact pistol (7/7)
Primary : 12g. combat shotgun (reload)
Heavy : HK MG4 machine gun (64/80)
Medpacks: 0
-- Graveyard ---------------------------------------------------------
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-- Skills ------------------------------------------------------------
Sidearms : basic
Light weapons : basic
Heavy weapons : advanced
Technical : basic
Medicine : advanced
Fitness : advanced
Perception : basic
-- Ammunition --------------------------------------------------------
9mm ammo : 364/400
5.56 ammo : 109/400
.44 ammo : 140/150
M309 ammo : 175/500
M250 ammo : 3/500
60mm gren. : 16/40
12g. shells : 156/200
napalm cartrid: 20/20
frag grenade : 2/5
inc grenade : 5/5
krak grenade : 0/5
-- Other items -------------------------------------------------------
9 * security key
5 * painkiller pack
5 * armor pack
7 * multi-tool
4 * stimpack
-- Kills (472) -------------------------------------------------------
80 juveniles
38 warriors
24 elites
72 scavengers
112 hunters
14 stalkers
88 drones
40 workers
4 overseers
-- Messages ----------------------------------------------------------
Canceled.
You quickly use a medpack. You feel a
little better. The praetorian slashes
you with his tail! The stalker
slashes you! The stalker slashes you!
You use a stimpack. You feel hyped!
The stalker shreds you!
The stalker slashes you!
The stalker shreds you!
The stalker shreds you!
The stalker slashes you!
You barely scratch the praetorian!
You barely scratch the praetorian!
The stalker slashes you! You die.
Press < Enter >...
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168
0.9.9.6 / [M|AoRA|YAFW/YAAM/YASD?] Quartermaster Gold Full Win (I think?)
« on: October 06, 2012, 21:40 »
So, I haven't played this game in a while for a variety of reasons, mostly work and school eating up all my time, but I had a bit of free time this long weekend, so I thought I'd give it a whirl for old times' sake. :)
I didn't feel like doing anything *too*strenuous, so I thought I'd go for something moderately challenging, (for me) :P like Quartermaster Gold. The reason I chose this challenge is that, a while back, someone surmised that it's impossible to get a full win in Angel of Red Alert because you can't drop (extra) nukes, but I just thought I'd show that it is possible if you
Just to make things interesting, I thought I'd go for a Gun Kata build, so it was nice to find a Trigun along the way. :) I considered getting Conqueror too, but Gun Kata blocks Brute trait, which makes UC problematic. I decided that I might try it anyway as long as I found a Hatred Skull in City of Skulls, but all I got were two Blood Skulls and a Fire Skull, so I gave up on getting Conqueror and didn't bother with the Mortuary or the Spiders' Lair either.
Unfortunately, I didn't survive the final battle. JC kept teleporting around and I couldn't friggin' find him! :| I was still doing pretty well, though, and I had gotten JC down to "Mortally Wounded," but by that time, there were just too many minions about. Dodgemaster allowed me to dodge JC's shots and the shots of the Barons, Knights, and Cacodemons around, but not the Revenants. Fortunately, after I died, the nuke finished everybody else off and I still got all the medals anyway! :D (Also, I must say that I like the special message you get when you nuke JC; I guess this is the first time I've nuked him in this version)
...Don't ask me why I carried that nuke around with me; I just forgot that I couldn't use it. :P
I didn't feel like doing anything *too*strenuous, so I thought I'd go for something moderately challenging, (for me) :P like Quartermaster Gold. The reason I chose this challenge is that, a while back, someone surmised that it's impossible to get a full win in Angel of Red Alert because you can't drop (extra) nukes, but I just thought I'd show that it is possible if you
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Just to make things interesting, I thought I'd go for a Gun Kata build, so it was nice to find a Trigun along the way. :) I considered getting Conqueror too, but Gun Kata blocks Brute trait, which makes UC problematic. I decided that I might try it anyway as long as I found a Hatred Skull in City of Skulls, but all I got were two Blood Skulls and a Fire Skull, so I gave up on getting Conqueror and didn't bother with the Mortuary or the Spiders' Lair either.
Unfortunately, I didn't survive the final battle. JC kept teleporting around and I couldn't friggin' find him! :| I was still doing pretty well, though, and I had gotten JC down to "Mortally Wounded," but by that time, there were just too many minions about. Dodgemaster allowed me to dodge JC's shots and the shots of the Barons, Knights, and Cacodemons around, but not the Revenants. Fortunately, after I died, the nuke finished everybody else off and I still got all the medals anyway! :D (Also, I must say that I like the special message you get when you nuke JC; I guess this is the first time I've nuked him in this version)
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 12 Cacodemon Major Scout,
defeated the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
He survived 69815 turns and scored 166841 points.
He played for 4 hours, 1 minute and 56 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 777 out of 777 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Red Alert!
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 8
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Gambler's Shield
Aurora Medallion
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Quartermaster Bronze Badge
Quartermaster Silver Badge
Quartermaster Gold Badge
Skull Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 64008/12
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Gun Kata (Level 1)
HR->HR->SoG->SoG->DM->DG->MGK->EE->SoG->Int->Int->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] missile launcher (6d6) [3/5] (B1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x61)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
[b] speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
[c] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/52] (B1)
[d] assault shotgun (8d3) [0/6] (P1)
[e] BFG 9000 (10d8) [22/130] (B1)
[f] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[g] tactical armor [0/0] (100%)
[h] Lava Armor [0/4] (0%)
[i] chainsaw (5d6) (B)
[j] 10mm ammo (x140)
[k] 10mm ammo (x140)
[l] 10mm ammo (x104)
[m] shotgun shell (x70)
[n] rocket (x12)
[o] thermonuclear bomb
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
80 former humans
70 former sergeants
19 former captains
80 imps
65 demons
264 lost souls
33 cacodemons
40 hell knights
35 barons of hell
30 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
13 pain elementals
28 revenants
2 mancubi
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
1 Arena Master
-- 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.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 10 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 10 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 18 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
On level 18 he found the Trigun!
He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
On level 19 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Lava Armor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
On level 23 he ran for his life from acid!
Then at last he found Dis!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You prepare the BFG 9000! You are hit! Your energy-shielded vest is damaged!
You see : a revenant (lightly wounded) | blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the revenant. You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
freed soul! The revenant dies. The revenant dies.
You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. John Carmack reloads his
rocket launcher. You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the revenant. There
is rocket (x3) lying here.
You wear/wield : a missile launcher (6d6) [3/5] (B1) You are hit! You dodge!
Boom! The baron of hell dies. Your energy-shielded vest is completely
destroyed!
You start running!
You die!... Press <Enter>...
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
There is a hatred skull lying here.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
107 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
94 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
12 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
6 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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...Don't ask me why I carried that nuke around with me; I just forgot that I couldn't use it. :P
169
Off Topic / Name my pet!
« on: September 24, 2012, 23:18 »
So, I've been thinking of getting myself a pet snake for a long time, and today I finally did it! :)
Pictures are here and here.
He (she?) is a baby ball python. I couldn't decide on a name, so I'm turning to the power of the internet for help. (And yes, the name "Monty" has already been suggested) :P
EDIT: (Changed the links to Photobucket instead of Facebook)
Pictures are here and here.
He (she?) is a baby ball python. I couldn't decide on a name, so I'm turning to the power of the internet for help. (And yes, the name "Monty" has already been suggested) :P
EDIT: (Changed the links to Photobucket instead of Facebook)
170
Requests For Features / Config.lua options
« on: May 05, 2012, 20:52 »
Can we bring back the option to set "InvMenuStyle" in the config.lua file please? I got spoiled by the ability to set it to "CHOICE" in 0.9.9.5 and I really miss it. I just lost a very promising game, in part, because I wasted my only phase device because I accidentally pushed I and O at the same time. :(
171
0.9.9.6 / [U|AoB|97%|20|YASD] GRRR!
« on: May 05, 2012, 20:05 »
This was a very promising Gargulec Cross attempt, which I'm convinced would have been successful if not for the fact that, in this version, I can no longer set the inventory menu style to "CHOICE" only.
On the level just before I died, I accidentally pushed I and O at the same time and wasted a Phase Device. That phase device would have gotten me out of a tight spot in the Mortuary and saved me from a terrible pounding from Former Commandos and Arachnotrons. As it was, I successfully took out all the Arch-Viles, and the rest was just clean-up, but by then, I was out of med-packs and I died a few steps away from a Supercharge. That Phase Device really did mean the difference between life and death! (And to add insult to injury, on the level that I did use it, it took me into the middle of a group of Arachnotrons)
And yeah, I get that, with this version, the Devteam basically rebuilt the whole game from the ground up and there was bound to be *something* missing, and all things considered, they did a good job and leaving out the InvMenuStyle option was a relatively minor omission... I get that... It still doesn't make it any less frustrating! >:(
Anyway...
Someone suggested recently that it might benefit a Vampyre build to head for Brute 3 before getting Berserker, and after a bunch of failed attempts, heading to Brute 3 first, I came to the conclusion that I prefer getting Berserker first. (especially in light of this attempt) :)
I skipped Hell's Arena because I wasn't prepared enough at the time, even with all my gift-dropping and other melee tactics, so I skipped The Vaults too, since I missed out on the means to reliably open them. Come to think of it, I probably should have skipped the Mortuary too... There was no real need to go down there; it was an unnecessary risk to the run, but I had picked up an Invulnerability beforehand and was carrying 3 Blood Skulls. a Fire Skull, Necroarmor, and Azrael's Scythe. I felt pretty confident about it. Oh well...
On the level just before I died, I accidentally pushed I and O at the same time and wasted a Phase Device. That phase device would have gotten me out of a tight spot in the Mortuary and saved me from a terrible pounding from Former Commandos and Arachnotrons. As it was, I successfully took out all the Arch-Viles, and the rest was just clean-up, but by then, I was out of med-packs and I died a few steps away from a Supercharge. That Phase Device really did mean the difference between life and death! (And to add insult to injury, on the level that I did use it, it took me into the middle of a group of Arachnotrons)
And yeah, I get that, with this version, the Devteam basically rebuilt the whole game from the ground up and there was bound to be *something* missing, and all things considered, they did a good job and leaving out the InvMenuStyle option was a relatively minor omission... I get that... It still doesn't make it any less frustrating! >:(
Anyway...
Someone suggested recently that it might benefit a Vampyre build to head for Brute 3 before getting Berserker, and after a bunch of failed attempts, heading to Brute 3 first, I came to the conclusion that I prefer getting Berserker first. (especially in light of this attempt) :)
I skipped Hell's Arena because I wasn't prepared enough at the time, even with all my gift-dropping and other melee tactics, so I skipped The Vaults too, since I missed out on the means to reliably open them. Come to think of it, I probably should have skipped the Mortuary too... There was no real need to go down there; it was an unnecessary risk to the run, but I had picked up an Invulnerability beforehand and was carrying 3 Blood Skulls. a Fire Skull, Necroarmor, and Azrael's Scythe. I felt pretty confident about it. Oh well...
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 14 Cacodemon Major Marine,
was bruised by a baron of hell on level 4 of Hell.
He survived 141890 turns and scored 208932 points.
He played for 2 hours, 47 minutes and 51 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 1144 out of 1171 hellspawn. (97%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Gambler's Shield
Hell Armorer Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 81794/14
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +10 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +15
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 5)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->TaN->Fin->Fin->Bru->Bru->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (3d5) (B)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%) (A)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (24%)
[d] red armor [1/4] (8%)
[e] gothic armor [6/6] (200%)
[f] Necroarmor [6/6] (100%)
[g] piercing chainsaw (5d7)
[h] envirosuit pack
[i] thermonuclear bomb
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
97 former humans
78 former sergeants
35 former captains
133 imps
96 demons
427 lost souls
41 cacodemons
27 hell knights
37 barons of hell
53 arachnotrons
29 former commandos
32 pain elementals
8 revenants
19 mancubi
26 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 10 he assembled a grappling boots!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he stumbled into complex full of arch-viles!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he finally was bruised by a baron of hell.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
dodge! Boom! You need to taste blood!
The cacodemon hits you. You dodge! Boom! You need to taste blood!
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. You dodge!
Boom! You need to taste blood!
You see : a Supercharge Globe | blood
You are hit! You are hit! Your red armor is completely destroyed! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit! You are hit! The baron of hell hits you. You dodge!
Boom! You need to taste blood!
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. You dodge! The missile hits the
arachnotron. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
The baron of hell hits you. You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the baron of hell. You die!... Press <Enter>...
You need to taste blood!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
99 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
88 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
10 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
5 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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172
Nightmare! / [N!|AoB|62%|YAVP] Berserker Diamond by a whisker!
« on: March 24, 2012, 21:49 »
My goal here was simply to see if I could get the Dragonslayer to spawn like I did in a recent run I did. I could have saved myself the trouble if I had read this thread first! :P (Oh well...)
I wasn't really expecting to get Berserker Diamond, but a Pain Elemental cave on level 19 just barely put me over the top. :)
I wasn't really expecting to get Berserker Diamond, but a Pain Elemental cave on level 19 just barely put me over the top. :)
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Tormuse, level 12 Cacodemon 1st Lieutenant Scout,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 28560 turns and scored 465444 points.
He played for 59 minutes and 19 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 695 out of 1110 hellspawn. (62%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Gambler's Shield
Aurora Medallion
Berserker Bronze Badge
Berserker Silver Badge
Berserker Gold Badge
Berserker Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 23/60 Experience 65750/12
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Bru->MBm->Iro->DM->Int->Int->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [1/3] (22%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
[d] blue armor [2/2] (76%)
[e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[f] combat knife (2d5)
[g] combat knife (2d5)
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] homing phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] technical mod pack
[r] blood skull
[s] blood skull
[t] fire skull
[u] Hell Staff
[v] Enviroboots [0]
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 67% feet 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 67% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 67% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
39 former humans
45 former sergeants
25 former captains
55 imps
40 demons
325 lost souls
15 cacodemons
10 hell knights
21 barons of hell
23 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
42 pain elementals
10 revenants
10 mancubi
14 arch-viles
4 nightmare imps
2 nightmare cacodemons
7 nightmare demons
2 bruiser brothers
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 10 as soon as possible.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 19 he found the Hell Staff!
He sounded the alarm on level 21!
On level 23 he found the Malek's Armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost unhurt) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. Your Malek's
Armor is damaged!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
berserk! The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
You see : a Spider Mastermind (heavily wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
Next! You're going berserk!
You close the door.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
51 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
44 of those were killed.
7 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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173
Nightmare! / [N!|YAFW/YAAM] Opposed the Nightmare!
« on: March 24, 2012, 00:05 »
So, I was inspired by this thread to try for a standard Nightmare game with 100% kills. I've been working on it for the past couple of weeks and I finally achieved it! :D (Conqueror and full win too! WOOOOOOOO!) :D :D :D
It's 3AM right now, and I need to get to bed, but I'll give details of this ridiculous run tomorrow. :)
It's 3AM right now, and I need to get to bed, but I'll give details of this ridiculous run tomorrow. :)
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Tormuse, level 18 Cacodemon 2nd Lieutenant Technician,
nuked the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
He survived 300309 turns and scored 1054078 points.
He played for 1 day, 3 hours, 51 minutes and 42 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1775 out of 1775 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 11
Levels completed : 11
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Aurora Medallion
Conqueror Badge
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
UAC Silver Badge
UAC Gold Badge
UAC Platinum Badge
Veteran Bronze Badge
Veteran Silver Badge
Veteran Gold Badge
Elite Platinum Badge
Elite Diamond Badge
Demonic Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 191/100 Experience 168840/18
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +8 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +14
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Ironman (Level 5)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Brute (Level 4)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Malicious Blades (Level 1)
SoB->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Bru->Bru->MMB->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->HR->Fin->Bru->Bru->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (78%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] chainsword (8d2)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (B1)
[c] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
[d] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
[e] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
[f] BFG 9000 (10d8) [130/130] (B1)
[g] Railgun (8d8) [40/40]
[h] tactical armor [0/0] (100%)
[i] Angelic Armor [1/7] (23%)
[j] shotgun shell (x70)
[k] shotgun shell (x23)
[l] shotgun shell (x70)
[m] rocket (x14)
[n] rocket (x14)
[o] power cell (x70)
[p] small med-pack
[q] small med-pack
[r] lava element
[s] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 50%
Melee - internal 0% torso 75% feet 75%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 75% feet 50%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
199 former humans
214 former sergeants
105 former captains
210 imps
115 demons
371 lost souls
81 cacodemons
53 hell knights
85 barons of hell
73 arachnotrons
28 former commandos
35 pain elementals
42 revenants
78 mancubi
50 arch-viles
12 nightmare imps
5 nightmare cacodemons
8 nightmare demons
3 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 10 he assembled a chainsword!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
On level 19 he found the Railgun!
He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
On level 20 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Shielded Armor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 25!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
You wear/wield : a Azrael's Scythe (9d9) Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
Run - direction...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
46 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
40 of those were killed.
6 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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174
Nightmare! / [N!|93%|AoMC|YAFW] *Sigh* What could have been...
« on: March 08, 2012, 14:27 »
I haven't posted any mortems in a while, so I wanted to re-establish myself here on the forums by achieving the new Destroyer Diamond! :) (A badge that requires more patience than I figure most people are willing to muster) ;) And along the way, I got the idea of getting Conqueror badge too, to make for a truly spectacular run! Alas, I failed at both goals. :( But I think the run turned out at least a little bit spectacular nonetheless. :) (You are all welcome to make fun of me for getting four Diamond badges in one game, but being disappointed because I didn't get a fifth) :P
Funnily enough, the biggest hurdle to my attempt to get Destroyer Diamond was getting past level 1! (Or rather getting to character level 2 without taking any damage) I must have start-scummed about a hundred times before I had a game in which I managed to pass the Phobos entryway without taking damage. My favourite strategy here was to hide behind the Phobos trees and let the Former Humans run themselves out of ammo, shooting at me. I would count the bullets, and then run out from behind cover when they were empty and shoot them while they were reloading. Sometimes, I would drop med packs in front of the trees to lure them into a suitable position for this strategy. Once I had Intuition 2, things became a fair bit easier, but I still needed to be very, *very* careful to not ever let anyone into my visual radius and I spent the whole game plodding around slowly, taking frequent breaks so I wouldn't get bored or impatient. (I was planning to jokingly refer to the game as the "Angel of a Buttload of Patience") :P Still, there were five occasions that I took damage:
Two of them were on level 12. I played this game in the console version, (because I'm traditional like that) ;) and I always get messed up when I get a Tracking Map because I can't tell whether the enemies are in my visual radius or not. In this case, an imp hit me for 10 damage. I got so irritated at this, my first damage of the game, that I got careless and stupidly let a Demon get close enough to bite me for another 8 damage.
The next occasion was the City of Skulls. Since wall-busting is no longer an option, I thought that if I phased away from the opening ambush, I could escape taking damage there. Unluckily, I teleported right next to three Lost Souls who did 20 points of damage before I could kill them.
On level 15, (Deimos level 7) I was corner-shooting a Baron and a Knight with my shotgun and an exploding barrel propelled the Knight into my view and he hit me for another 12 damage. At this point, I had taken 50 damage, so I had lost the Untouchable Cross, and thus lost the Destroyer Diamond. :(
The last occasion I took damage was in The Vaults, when I walked through a square of lava to get to the teleporter in the central room. I took 6 points of damage, bringing the grand total to 56 damage.
Some notes from the run:
Hell's Arena: Getting Hellrunner helped me outrun Demons, which made it easier to maneuver them into corpse-stacking positions, but the new AI made it trickier than I expected. ("That's it. One step closer... Wait! Where are you going? Come baaaaack!") :P
I got lucky at Hellgate; I only had one phase device, but it took me past the first ambush, so I could take out the Nightmare creatures from a distance. I then destroyed the bodies. It turns out that that's good enough for Gatekeeper Diamond! (Since I took out the Cyberdemon using Dodgemaster to dodge his rockets)
The point where I really decided to go for Conqueror was at Hell's Armory. I was considering skipping it, because it wasn't worth the risk of having the Shambler teleport next to me and screw up the Destroyer Diamond, but as luck would have it, there was an invulnerability near the entrance and I took advantage of that, using a phase device to get me close to the switch that releases the Shambler so that I could kill him first while still invulnerable. It's a good thing I did, because he actually *did* teleport next to me and start clawing at me! After Chainsawing him to death, I proceeded to flip the switch another 25 times to exploit the Gambler's Shield bug. :P I probably should have used the Revenant's Launcher I found there to help me destroy bodies in the Mortuary later, but I was trying to keep my weapon complement to numbered weapons so I could take full advantage of Juggler ability.
I was invulnerable, going into the Spider's Lair, so I was able to rocket jump around, both for purposes of destroying bodies and for propelling myself toward the next Arachnotron to be chainsawed. Fun! :D
By the time I got to Unholy Cathedral, I had Hellrunner 2 and Tactical Armour and Boots and a Tech-modded Chainsaw with two levels of Finesse. I was walking at 0.46 sec/move and Chainsawing at 0.4 sec/move. I was actually almost able to outrun the Lost Souls, so it was easy enough to maneuver them into positions where I could strike them first without them doing any damage to me. The Demons were even easier to dispatch, since I just lured them into the lava. :P And I was so much faster than the Angel of Death, that timing my Chainsaw strikes so he didn't hit me back wasn't even difficult! When I made my decision to go for Conqueror, I thought this was going to be the biggest challenge to that, but it was a lot easier than I expected.
The funny thing with the Vaults is that I actually got lucky twice. I had brought three phase devices along and the second one of them took me into the middle vault where I found myself between two Revenants and two Arch-Viles, one of each on either side of me, and I was greeted by the message, "The Arch-Vile raises his arms. The Arch-Vile raises his arms." My first thought was, "Oh crap! I don't know if I'll be able to escape dying here, let alone taking any damage." But then I insta-switched to my BFG9000, and two blasts later, I had taken all of them out without them having a chance to return fire! Then, I used an envirosuit to walk over the lava leading to the teleporter and proceeded to break into the other vaults, taking advantage of the envirosuit to allow me to stand in the pools of lava for a better position for hitting their break points. After I cleared all of them, I discovered that I had seriously jeopardized my Scavenger Diamond by stupidly neglecting to destroy the Revenant bodies in the central vault! But then luck was on my side again, because I used my third phase device and it took me into the central vault again! (That's when I took the 6 damage by stepping into the lava a second time)
The Mortuary wasn't *too* difficult... A couple of hatred skulls took out a majority of the bodies, and then I juggled between my Nuclear Plasma Rifle and my Nano-modded Plasma Rifle, occasionally switching to the Rocket Launcher to destroy bodies, or swooping in on Mancubus corpses to replenish my rockets. Incidentally, there were some "interesting" finds in UC and the Mortuary for this version. I have no idea what I did to trigger them. :)
By the time I got to the Lava Pits, I had Son of a Bitch 4, and my Plasma Rifle was capable of knocking the Lava Elemental back so it couldn't get a shot at me, but I still had to use a Homing Phase Device to escape it once, when it teleported next to me.
After all that, JC was a piece of cake. Dodgemaster to avoid his rockets, drilled him with plasma fire and delivered a BFG9000 coup de gras. :D He didn't even have a chance to summon any minions!
EDIT: Oh, and I have no idea why I didn't get Conqueror. I thought I was careful to make sure all of the enemies stayed dead at the end of each of the special levels, but there must have been something left alive at the end of one of them, maybe something in the Mortuary, or even one of the Former Humans in the Chained Court. Who knows?
Funnily enough, the biggest hurdle to my attempt to get Destroyer Diamond was getting past level 1! (Or rather getting to character level 2 without taking any damage) I must have start-scummed about a hundred times before I had a game in which I managed to pass the Phobos entryway without taking damage. My favourite strategy here was to hide behind the Phobos trees and let the Former Humans run themselves out of ammo, shooting at me. I would count the bullets, and then run out from behind cover when they were empty and shoot them while they were reloading. Sometimes, I would drop med packs in front of the trees to lure them into a suitable position for this strategy. Once I had Intuition 2, things became a fair bit easier, but I still needed to be very, *very* careful to not ever let anyone into my visual radius and I spent the whole game plodding around slowly, taking frequent breaks so I wouldn't get bored or impatient. (I was planning to jokingly refer to the game as the "Angel of a Buttload of Patience") :P Still, there were five occasions that I took damage:
Two of them were on level 12. I played this game in the console version, (because I'm traditional like that) ;) and I always get messed up when I get a Tracking Map because I can't tell whether the enemies are in my visual radius or not. In this case, an imp hit me for 10 damage. I got so irritated at this, my first damage of the game, that I got careless and stupidly let a Demon get close enough to bite me for another 8 damage.
The next occasion was the City of Skulls. Since wall-busting is no longer an option, I thought that if I phased away from the opening ambush, I could escape taking damage there. Unluckily, I teleported right next to three Lost Souls who did 20 points of damage before I could kill them.
On level 15, (Deimos level 7) I was corner-shooting a Baron and a Knight with my shotgun and an exploding barrel propelled the Knight into my view and he hit me for another 12 damage. At this point, I had taken 50 damage, so I had lost the Untouchable Cross, and thus lost the Destroyer Diamond. :(
The last occasion I took damage was in The Vaults, when I walked through a square of lava to get to the teleporter in the central room. I took 6 points of damage, bringing the grand total to 56 damage.
Some notes from the run:
Hell's Arena: Getting Hellrunner helped me outrun Demons, which made it easier to maneuver them into corpse-stacking positions, but the new AI made it trickier than I expected. ("That's it. One step closer... Wait! Where are you going? Come baaaaack!") :P
I got lucky at Hellgate; I only had one phase device, but it took me past the first ambush, so I could take out the Nightmare creatures from a distance. I then destroyed the bodies. It turns out that that's good enough for Gatekeeper Diamond! (Since I took out the Cyberdemon using Dodgemaster to dodge his rockets)
The point where I really decided to go for Conqueror was at Hell's Armory. I was considering skipping it, because it wasn't worth the risk of having the Shambler teleport next to me and screw up the Destroyer Diamond, but as luck would have it, there was an invulnerability near the entrance and I took advantage of that, using a phase device to get me close to the switch that releases the Shambler so that I could kill him first while still invulnerable. It's a good thing I did, because he actually *did* teleport next to me and start clawing at me! After Chainsawing him to death, I proceeded to flip the switch another 25 times to exploit the Gambler's Shield bug. :P I probably should have used the Revenant's Launcher I found there to help me destroy bodies in the Mortuary later, but I was trying to keep my weapon complement to numbered weapons so I could take full advantage of Juggler ability.
I was invulnerable, going into the Spider's Lair, so I was able to rocket jump around, both for purposes of destroying bodies and for propelling myself toward the next Arachnotron to be chainsawed. Fun! :D
By the time I got to Unholy Cathedral, I had Hellrunner 2 and Tactical Armour and Boots and a Tech-modded Chainsaw with two levels of Finesse. I was walking at 0.46 sec/move and Chainsawing at 0.4 sec/move. I was actually almost able to outrun the Lost Souls, so it was easy enough to maneuver them into positions where I could strike them first without them doing any damage to me. The Demons were even easier to dispatch, since I just lured them into the lava. :P And I was so much faster than the Angel of Death, that timing my Chainsaw strikes so he didn't hit me back wasn't even difficult! When I made my decision to go for Conqueror, I thought this was going to be the biggest challenge to that, but it was a lot easier than I expected.
The funny thing with the Vaults is that I actually got lucky twice. I had brought three phase devices along and the second one of them took me into the middle vault where I found myself between two Revenants and two Arch-Viles, one of each on either side of me, and I was greeted by the message, "The Arch-Vile raises his arms. The Arch-Vile raises his arms." My first thought was, "Oh crap! I don't know if I'll be able to escape dying here, let alone taking any damage." But then I insta-switched to my BFG9000, and two blasts later, I had taken all of them out without them having a chance to return fire! Then, I used an envirosuit to walk over the lava leading to the teleporter and proceeded to break into the other vaults, taking advantage of the envirosuit to allow me to stand in the pools of lava for a better position for hitting their break points. After I cleared all of them, I discovered that I had seriously jeopardized my Scavenger Diamond by stupidly neglecting to destroy the Revenant bodies in the central vault! But then luck was on my side again, because I used my third phase device and it took me into the central vault again! (That's when I took the 6 damage by stepping into the lava a second time)
The Mortuary wasn't *too* difficult... A couple of hatred skulls took out a majority of the bodies, and then I juggled between my Nuclear Plasma Rifle and my Nano-modded Plasma Rifle, occasionally switching to the Rocket Launcher to destroy bodies, or swooping in on Mancubus corpses to replenish my rockets. Incidentally, there were some "interesting" finds in UC and the Mortuary for this version. I have no idea what I did to trigger them. :)
By the time I got to the Lava Pits, I had Son of a Bitch 4, and my Plasma Rifle was capable of knocking the Lava Elemental back so it couldn't get a shot at me, but I still had to use a Homing Phase Device to escape it once, when it teleported next to me.
After all that, JC was a piece of cake. Dodgemaster to avoid his rockets, drilled him with plasma fire and delivered a BFG9000 coup de gras. :D He didn't even have a chance to summon any minions!
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 17 Demon Sergeant Major Scout,
nuked the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
He survived 103665 turns and scored 929150 points.
He played for 1 day, 8 hours, 30 minutes and 58 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1576 out of 1679 hellspawn. (93%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 11
Levels completed : 10
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Gambler's Shield
Aurora Medallion
Explorer Badge
Untouchable Badge
Untouchable Medal
Grim Reaper's Badge
Angelic Badge
Hell Arena Pwnage Medal
Shambler's Head
Heroic Silver Badge
Gatekeeper Gold Badge
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
Veteran Platinum Badge
Veteran Diamond Badge
Destroyer Bronze Badge
Destroyer Silver Badge
Destroyer Gold Badge
Destroyer Platinum Badge
Lava Bronze Badge
Reaper Bronze Badge
Reaper Silver Badge
Reaper Gold Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
Scavenger Diamond Badge
Longinus Platinum Badge
Longinus Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 145370/17
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->HR->Fin->Jug->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->SoB->HR->SoB->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] tactical armor [0/0] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (11d8) [60/100] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [23/24]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
[b] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (B1)
[d] gatling gun (1d7)x6 [60/60]
[e] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [12/40] (N1)
[f] Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
[g] Berserker Armor [0]
[h] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[i] 10mm ammo (x140)
[j] shotgun shell (x67)
[k] rocket (x14)
[l] rocket (x11)
[m] rocket (x14)
[n] small med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] Arena Master's Staff
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[t] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 25% torso 25% feet 25%
Fire - internal 25% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
188 former humans
128 former sergeants
94 former captains
234 imps
109 demons
300 lost souls
65 cacodemons
46 hell knights
83 barons of hell
71 arachnotrons
54 former commandos
40 pain elementals
40 revenants
58 mancubi
39 arch-viles
4 nightmare imps
4 nightmare cacodemons
9 nightmare demons
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 10 he assembled a tactical armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he stumbled into complex full of arch-viles!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he found the Berserker Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Malek's Armor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : John Carmack (severely wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
Targeting canceled.
You prepare the BFG 9000 instantly!
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You
defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
The missile hits the cacodemon. The missile hits the cacodemon. The missile
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
12 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
10 of those were killed.
2 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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EDIT: Oh, and I have no idea why I didn't get Conqueror. I thought I was careful to make sure all of the enemies stayed dead at the end of each of the special levels, but there must have been something left alive at the end of one of them, maybe something in the Mortuary, or even one of the Former Humans in the Chained Court. Who knows?
175
Nightmare! / [N!|26%|YAFW] Next! (UAC Diamond)
« on: February 14, 2012, 12:08 »
This took a bunch of tries to get right, but I finally succeeded! :D I eventually just had a lucky game in which I got 3 consecutive invulnerabilities leading up to the Cyberdemon which helped me breeze through several levels. Of course, the scout is an obvious choice for any speedrun and I used a Blademaster build so I wouldn't have to do much thinking. I just charged the stairs and anything that got in my way got a Chainsaw up the butt. :P
I used the Shotgun for the first few levels, (rapidly tapping F and R) ;) and after Chained Court, I pretty much used the Chainsaw for the whole thing, except for one point when my berserk ran out and I had to corner shoot an Arachnotron with my Shotgun. Having to stop to aim in the middle of a speedrun feels like it takes an eternity, so I'm thankful I only had to do that once.
Since I was invulnerable on Hell level 1, it would have been easy to get the Longinus Spear, but I decided to skip it, because I figured it wouldn't have been enough of an improvement on my bulk-modded Chainsaw to make it worth it to use up all of that precious invulnerability running to the end of the Cathedral and back.
I stumbled into the Mortuary by accident, but took advantage of it by going for the nuclear BFG, which I planned to use to nuke the Mastermind, and then I happened to find an invulnerability sphere and decided to go for the full win. It could have ruined the speedrun, but I was making good time, so I figured I could risk it. (especially considering all those medkits I had accumulated while invulnerable!) It was fun for a time to take advantage of the Blademaster trait to rapidly clear JC's minions, but once he started teleporting around, I figured I should stop fooling around and finish him off. :P
I used the Shotgun for the first few levels, (rapidly tapping F and R) ;) and after Chained Court, I pretty much used the Chainsaw for the whole thing, except for one point when my berserk ran out and I had to corner shoot an Arachnotron with my Shotgun. Having to stop to aim in the middle of a speedrun feels like it takes an eternity, so I'm thankful I only had to do that once.
Since I was invulnerable on Hell level 1, it would have been easy to get the Longinus Spear, but I decided to skip it, because I figured it wouldn't have been enough of an improvement on my bulk-modded Chainsaw to make it worth it to use up all of that precious invulnerability running to the end of the Cathedral and back.
I stumbled into the Mortuary by accident, but took advantage of it by going for the nuclear BFG, which I planned to use to nuke the Mastermind, and then I happened to find an invulnerability sphere and decided to go for the full win. It could have ruined the speedrun, but I was making good time, so I figured I could risk it. (especially considering all those medkits I had accumulated while invulnerable!) It was fun for a time to take advantage of the Blademaster trait to rapidly clear JC's minions, but once he started teleporting around, I figured I should stop fooling around and finish him off. :P
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Tormuse, level 8 Hell Knight Major Scout,
nuked the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
He survived 12434 turns and scored 329990 points.
He played for 13 minutes.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 276 out of 1050 hellspawn. (26%)
Who gave him the ticket to hell, anyway?
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
UAC Gold Badge
UAC Platinum Badge
UAC Diamond Badge
Speedrunner Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 43/50 Experience 27114/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Bru->MBm->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (63%)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (5d6) (B)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] pistol (2d4) [6/6]
[b] napalm launcher (7d7) [1/1]
[c] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[d] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[e] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[f] 10mm ammo (x36)
[g] shotgun shell (x18)
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] small med-pack
[l] small med-pack
[m] small med-pack
[n] small med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] technical mod pack
[r] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 25% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 25% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
31 former humans
34 former sergeants
18 former captains
30 imps
16 demons
76 lost souls
17 cacodemons
5 hell knights
7 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
3 pain elementals
5 revenants
8 mancubi
9 arch-viles
1 bruiser brother
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
He left level 15 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You dodge! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You dodge! You need to taste blood!
You dodge! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit the revenant. The revenant dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You hit the revenant. The revenant dies. Next!
You hit the revenant. The revenant dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You miss the revenant. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>... Next!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
136 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
119 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 5 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
10 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
4 killed the bitch and survived.
5 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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176
Nightmare! / [N!|AoLT|85%|YAFW] Light, fast, and sharp (Lightfoot Diamond!)
« on: February 06, 2012, 04:15 »
I had an easier time achieving this badge than I expected. (It only took three attempts!) I went for a Sharpshooter build to maximize ammo efficiency and the lucky find of GCB helped me kick much ass for the rest of the game. :D (An evil laugh may have escaped my lips when I first found it) :P
I probably wouldn't have been confident enough to attempt Hell's Arena if not for the fact that I found an ammochain just before going in. As it turned out, I didn't even need it, really, because the 20% speed boost conferred by Angel of Light Travel turned out to be a much bigger advantage! Being able to outrun the Demons made it easier to maneuver them into corpse-stacking positions to help me get rid of the Cacodemon and Baron bodies. The ammochain I got as a reward was a big help to tide me over until I got the Speedloader Pistol later on.
Once I got the Grammaton Cleric Beretta, things became fairly easy, especially once I got Intuition 2, but once I found the Nano pack in the Armoury which I used to make Gravity Boots, things just became ridiculous! By the end, I had a walking speed of 0.12 seconds per move and a firing speed of 0.08 seconds per shot! (which meant that in Autofire mode, I was firing off a full clip of 18 bullets in less than a quarter of a second!) The only thing I was doing that took any significant amount of time was reloading, but with 18 bullets per clip, I didn't have to do that too often and reloader skill helped take the edge off of it.
I used the single shot mode most of the time for ammo-saving reasons, and also because, with Sharpshooter, each shot consistently knocked enemies back which made it easy to get Shambler's head, knocking enemies out of my visual range before they could fire. (or sometimes into lava, muahaha!) :)
Attempting the City of Skulls was probably foolish for this build, considering the abundant bullet-resistant Lost Souls, but I still very nearly pulled it off, bringing the Agony Elemental down to "almost dead" before being forced to retreat from overwhelming forces. (If only I had been able to fire a couple more shots!)
I was surprised to see Angelic Badge on my medal list because I wasn't even trying to get it! :o I happened to pick up Light Amp goggles just before entering the Mortuary, so I was able to gun down most of the enemies before they saw me. When I started the level, five of the Arch-Viles started in my visual range which, under other circumstances, would have been friggin' scary, but with my ridiculously fast firing rate, I was able to cut them down before they could react.
Not much else to say except that I entered the UC and The Vaults for no other reason except that I wanted to get the Explorer Badge. I still failed to get it, though, because I didn't realize that I had missed The Wall. :( Oh well...
One other thing: I notice that I didn't get the Veteran Diamond Badge. Is that an bug? Does it have to be a standard Nightmare game to get that one now? In the previous version, I achieved it by getting a full win in Angel of Shotgunnery.
EDIT: One other other thing: Was I supposed to get the Arachno Silver Badge? The description says I'm supposed to get that for Angel of Darkness! (I guess this version still has some bugs to work out!) :|
EDIT2: Typos and punctuation errors. :P
I probably wouldn't have been confident enough to attempt Hell's Arena if not for the fact that I found an ammochain just before going in. As it turned out, I didn't even need it, really, because the 20% speed boost conferred by Angel of Light Travel turned out to be a much bigger advantage! Being able to outrun the Demons made it easier to maneuver them into corpse-stacking positions to help me get rid of the Cacodemon and Baron bodies. The ammochain I got as a reward was a big help to tide me over until I got the Speedloader Pistol later on.
Once I got the Grammaton Cleric Beretta, things became fairly easy, especially once I got Intuition 2, but once I found the Nano pack in the Armoury which I used to make Gravity Boots, things just became ridiculous! By the end, I had a walking speed of 0.12 seconds per move and a firing speed of 0.08 seconds per shot! (which meant that in Autofire mode, I was firing off a full clip of 18 bullets in less than a quarter of a second!) The only thing I was doing that took any significant amount of time was reloading, but with 18 bullets per clip, I didn't have to do that too often and reloader skill helped take the edge off of it.
I used the single shot mode most of the time for ammo-saving reasons, and also because, with Sharpshooter, each shot consistently knocked enemies back which made it easy to get Shambler's head, knocking enemies out of my visual range before they could fire. (or sometimes into lava, muahaha!) :)
Attempting the City of Skulls was probably foolish for this build, considering the abundant bullet-resistant Lost Souls, but I still very nearly pulled it off, bringing the Agony Elemental down to "almost dead" before being forced to retreat from overwhelming forces. (If only I had been able to fire a couple more shots!)
I was surprised to see Angelic Badge on my medal list because I wasn't even trying to get it! :o I happened to pick up Light Amp goggles just before entering the Mortuary, so I was able to gun down most of the enemies before they saw me. When I started the level, five of the Arch-Viles started in my visual range which, under other circumstances, would have been friggin' scary, but with my ridiculously fast firing rate, I was able to cut them down before they could react.
Not much else to say except that I entered the UC and The Vaults for no other reason except that I wanted to get the Explorer Badge. I still failed to get it, though, because I didn't realize that I had missed The Wall. :( Oh well...
One other thing: I notice that I didn't get the Veteran Diamond Badge. Is that an bug? Does it have to be a standard Nightmare game to get that one now? In the previous version, I achieved it by getting a full win in Angel of Shotgunnery.
EDIT: One other other thing: Was I supposed to get the Arachno Silver Badge? The description says I'm supposed to get that for Angel of Darkness! (I guess this version still has some bugs to work out!) :|
EDIT2: Typos and punctuation errors. :P
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Tormuse, level 17 Hell Knight 1st Lieutenant Technician,
nuked the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
He survived 68373 turns and scored 944108 points.
He played for 4 hours, 57 minutes and 16 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1357 out of 1596 hellspawn. (85%)
He was an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 10
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Aurora Medallion
Angelic Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Shambler's Head
Lightfoot Silver Badge
Lightfoot Gold Badge
Lightfoot Diamond Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
Arachno Silver Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 85/70 Experience 148692/17
ToHit Ranged +6 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Ironman (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 5)
Reloader (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 1)
Sharpshooter (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->EE->SoG->EE->EE->MSs->Int->Int->WK->Rel->Rel->SoG->SoG->Iro->Iro->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] duelist armor [4/4] (56%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (2d6) [17/18]
[c] [ Boots ] gravity steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] 10mm ammo (x100)
[b] 10mm ammo (x43)
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
116 former humans
136 former sergeants
110 former captains
148 imps
112 demons
327 lost souls
57 cacodemons
30 hell knights
75 barons of hell
52 arachnotrons
36 former commandos
40 pain elementals
29 revenants
39 mancubi
37 arch-viles
1 nightmare cacodemon
4 nightmare demons
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
1 Arena Master
-- 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 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 4 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He sounded the alarm on level 10!
On level 10 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he found the Nano Pack!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he assembled a gravity boots!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
On level 21 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Level 23 blasted him with unholy atmosphere!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the revenant.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the revenant. The revenant dies.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits John Carmack.
There is rocket (x3) lying here.
You reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta. There is rocket (x3) lying here.
There is rocket (x3) lying here.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You
defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
91 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
76 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 4 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
9 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
4 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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177
Nightmare! / [N!|AoOC|95%|YAVP] Daredevil Diamond
« on: January 25, 2012, 00:14 »
The funny thing about this run is that I didn't even mean to start it. I pushed the "Challenge game" button by mistake when I meant to exit because I had to leave home, but then I shrugged my shoulders and figured I'd play a quick Angel of OverConfidence game, figuring I'd probably die in a few minutes, just like all my other attempts... (Incidentally, on one such attempt, I started in an Arachnotron cave and died before I even got a move!) :P but then it was going so well, that I ended up leaving the game running all day and I came back and finished it this evening. Ta da! Daredevil Diamond! :D
I played it with my favourite build, Vampyre. :) Killing the AoD was the first big challenge that I failed in most of my other attempts, but this time, I got lucky and found an invulnerability next to the entrance to the UC. Once I had the Longinus Spear, it made it fairly easyish to get up to Vampyre trait and the rest of it was smooth sailing, exploiting Pain Elemental farming to its fullest. ;) (I should probably stop doing that, but it's so much fun!) :P
I played it with my favourite build, Vampyre. :) Killing the AoD was the first big challenge that I failed in most of my other attempts, but this time, I got lucky and found an invulnerability next to the entrance to the UC. Once I had the Longinus Spear, it made it fairly easyish to get up to Vampyre trait and the rest of it was smooth sailing, exploiting Pain Elemental farming to its fullest. ;) (I should probably stop doing that, but it's so much fun!) :P
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Tormuse, level 11 Hell Knight 1st Lieutenant Marine,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 23000 turns and scored 300580 points.
He played for 16 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 686 out of 719 hellspawn. (95%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Daredevil Gold Badge
Daredevil Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 31/90 Experience 50520/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Iro->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Necroarmor [6/6] (85%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x98)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] pistol (2d4) [6/6] (T1)
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[e] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[f] blue armor [2/2] (82%)
[g] Cybernetic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[h] 10mm ammo (x96)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] homing phase device
[o] envirosuit pack
[p] agility mod pack
[q] firestorm weapon pack
[r] shockwave pack
[s] lava element
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 25% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 25% torso 85% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
12 former sergeants
7 former captains
17 demons
537 lost souls
5 cacodemons
4 hell knights
21 barons of hell
21 arachnotrons
1 former commando
8 pain elementals
24 revenants
15 mancubi
11 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 4 he stumbled into complex full of mancubi!
On level 4 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 6 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
Boom!
You miss the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. The Spider
You see : a Spider Mastermind (scratched) [m]ore | pool of blood
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. The Spider
Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You feel like a killing machine! You're
going berserk! The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
You see : a Spider Mastermind (heavily wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
82 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
69 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 4 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
7 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
4 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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178
Nightmare! / [N!|AoMr|74%|YAVP] Treading on their dreams (Marksman Diamond)
« on: January 22, 2012, 13:10 »
Since 2DeviationsOut got Marksman Diamond with a Sharpshooter build, I figured I'd try for the Gun Kata build for mine. :) I was also (incidentally) ;) lucky enough to find a Grammaton Cleric Beretta! Grammaton Cleric using Gun Kata = Epic! :D I just wish I'd had presence of mind to swap the Beretta into my primary slot at the end, so I could get the Grammaton Cleric Cross. (Assuming I get it for killing the SMM now) I only had it in my prepared slot because I can't dualreload when it's in my primary slot.
I really like the new Marksman Diamond requirements. Funnily enough, I've never really tried a "proper" pistol build in a Nightmare game. It's challenging, without totally crippling the build like in previous versions. It's a very different style of play where I have to be more creative about how to destroy bodies, since I can't blow them up with a rocket launcher or gib them with a berserk chainsaw/spear. :P
I only had one med-pack and one suit of armour going into Hell's Arena, so I wasn't feeling confident enough to try to complete it. By Hell's Armory, though, I had Gun Kata, so I gave it a try and had an easier time of it than I expected. I was able to corner-shoot the Shambler a fair bit and he very obligingly died in a doorway for easy body disposal. :P Despite what the mortem says, I didn't flee from the Lava Elemental. I killed him and took the Lava Element, but it didn't count as complete because one of the Revenants respawned before I got to the stairs. (Speaking of which, beating the Lava Pits on Nightmare AoMr should be worthy of a medal just for all those bullet-resistant enemies! I used far too many bullets on that level)
Not much else to say except that it didn't actually take 15 hours; I just left the game on overnight and did other stuff like watch a movie while the game was running because I can't save it on Nightmare difficulty.
I leave you with my favourite fight scene from the movie Equilibrium. (Warning: contains spoilers)
I really like the new Marksman Diamond requirements. Funnily enough, I've never really tried a "proper" pistol build in a Nightmare game. It's challenging, without totally crippling the build like in previous versions. It's a very different style of play where I have to be more creative about how to destroy bodies, since I can't blow them up with a rocket launcher or gib them with a berserk chainsaw/spear. :P
I only had one med-pack and one suit of armour going into Hell's Arena, so I wasn't feeling confident enough to try to complete it. By Hell's Armory, though, I had Gun Kata, so I gave it a try and had an easier time of it than I expected. I was able to corner-shoot the Shambler a fair bit and he very obligingly died in a doorway for easy body disposal. :P Despite what the mortem says, I didn't flee from the Lava Elemental. I killed him and took the Lava Element, but it didn't count as complete because one of the Revenants respawned before I got to the stairs. (Speaking of which, beating the Lava Pits on Nightmare AoMr should be worthy of a medal just for all those bullet-resistant enemies! I used far too many bullets on that level)
Not much else to say except that it didn't actually take 15 hours; I just left the game on overnight and did other stuff like watch a movie while the game was running because I can't save it on Nightmare difficulty.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 14 Mancubus 2nd Lieutenant Scout,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 80774 turns and scored 570983 points.
He played for 15 hours, 49 minutes and 13 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1005 out of 1356 hellspawn. (74%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Marksman Bronze Badge
Marksman Silver Badge
Marksman Gold Badge
Marksman Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 65/70 Experience 85776/14
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 4)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Gun Kata (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->EE->HR->HR->DM->MGK->SoG->Int->Int->Iro->Iro->SoG->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] tactical armor [1/1] (97%)
[b] [ Weapon ] speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (1d8)x3 [18/18]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [4/4] (94%) (P)
[b] red armor [4/4] (200%) (B)
[c] red armor [6/6] (57%) (P)
[d] plasma shield [0/0] (100%)
[e] 10mm ammo (x24)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] homing phase device
[m] envirosuit pack
[n] technical mod pack
[o] Enviroboots [0]
[p] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[q] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
145 former humans
116 former sergeants
92 former captains
222 imps
92 demons
126 lost souls
47 cacodemons
30 hell knights
41 barons of hell
19 arachnotrons
16 former commandos
15 pain elementals
21 revenants
8 mancubi
9 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
On level 15 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 19 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 20 he stumbled into complex full of mancubi!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He fled there from the monstrous lava elemental.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
the Spider Mastermind.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You
defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>... You dualreload your guns!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
52 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
44 of those were killed.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
6 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
3 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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I leave you with my favourite fight scene from the movie Equilibrium. (Warning: contains spoilers)
179
Requests For Features / Empty ammo pack message
« on: January 19, 2012, 23:07 »
I recently lost a Nightmare Marksman game because I didn't realize the ammochain that was in my prepared slot was empty and it took me two seconds to reload my Trigun instead of "quickly" reloading. Finishing off an ammo box doesn't happen very often, so unless you're checking your inventory every few seconds, the above scenario could be fairly common and fairly deadly.
My suggestion is to have an eye-catching message appear when an ammo box runs out of ammo. (Perhaps in another colour?) Even something simple like, "Your ammochain is empty!" would be a big help.
My suggestion is to have an eye-catching message appear when an ammo box runs out of ammo. (Perhaps in another colour?) Even something simple like, "Your ammochain is empty!" would be a big help.
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Nightmare! / [N!|AoMr|81%|15|YASD] New AI! ARGH! :(
« on: January 09, 2012, 02:11 »
This should've been a Marksman Diamond badge, except for a careless error at the end...
Normally, if I want to heal myself while there are enemies facing me, I'll step behind cover first, if possible, so they can't shoot me while I'm using the med-pack. Sometimes, this is a risky move, but it often saves health in the long run.
In this case, I got hit by a Mancubus barrage which wounded me, but didn't kill me. There was some convenient cover one square away, so I stepped behind it, forgetting that with the new AI, Mancubi fire off a second barrage, even if they can't see you. The explosion radius from one of the Mancubus rockets was enough to finish me off, even though it missed me. :( Come to think of it, there really was no reason for me to seek cover, considering I was a technician and could use med-packs instantaneously; I just did it out of force of habit. If I had taken a moment to think, I probably would have healed first and then sought cover.
It was a very promising game, considering that I had Sharpshooter ability and I was lucky enough to find a Trigun! (Not to mention 4 ammo chains!) The knockback from the Trigun kept anything from getting close enough to significantly damage me and once I had Intuition 2, the rest of the game should've been a cakewalk. The only reason I got hit by that Mancubus barrage mentioned above was that I didn't realize that I had emptied my ammochain, and so the last time I reloaded the Trigun, it took the full 2 seconds instead of instantly reloading. (Hmm... There should probably be a different message displayed if you use the last of the ammo in an ammo pack; something eye-catching)
The other thing that's noteworthy about this run is that it's the first time I've conquered the Arena in a Nightmare Marksman game! Every other game in which I won Hell's Arena at Nightmare was either Max Carnage or Berserk. (the latter, only once) Having a speedloader pistol at the beginning of the game was a huge help! :) (though I just barely survived HA with 8% health) After taking down the Arena Master, I briefly considered going for the Conqueror badge, but then it occurred to me that I would have to beat Unholy Cathedral and the Mortuary and I thought better of it. :P
Normally, if I want to heal myself while there are enemies facing me, I'll step behind cover first, if possible, so they can't shoot me while I'm using the med-pack. Sometimes, this is a risky move, but it often saves health in the long run.
In this case, I got hit by a Mancubus barrage which wounded me, but didn't kill me. There was some convenient cover one square away, so I stepped behind it, forgetting that with the new AI, Mancubi fire off a second barrage, even if they can't see you. The explosion radius from one of the Mancubus rockets was enough to finish me off, even though it missed me. :( Come to think of it, there really was no reason for me to seek cover, considering I was a technician and could use med-packs instantaneously; I just did it out of force of habit. If I had taken a moment to think, I probably would have healed first and then sought cover.
It was a very promising game, considering that I had Sharpshooter ability and I was lucky enough to find a Trigun! (Not to mention 4 ammo chains!) The knockback from the Trigun kept anything from getting close enough to significantly damage me and once I had Intuition 2, the rest of the game should've been a cakewalk. The only reason I got hit by that Mancubus barrage mentioned above was that I didn't realize that I had emptied my ammochain, and so the last time I reloaded the Trigun, it took the full 2 seconds instead of instantly reloading. (Hmm... There should probably be a different message displayed if you use the last of the ammo in an ammo pack; something eye-catching)
The other thing that's noteworthy about this run is that it's the first time I've conquered the Arena in a Nightmare Marksman game! Every other game in which I won Hell's Arena at Nightmare was either Max Carnage or Berserk. (the latter, only once) Having a speedloader pistol at the beginning of the game was a huge help! :) (though I just barely survived HA with 8% health) After taking down the Arena Master, I briefly considered going for the Conqueror badge, but then it occurred to me that I would have to beat Unholy Cathedral and the Mortuary and I thought better of it. :P
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 10 Demon Warrant Officer Technician,
rode a mancubi rocket on level 7 of the Deimos base.
He survived 68161 turns and scored 268191 points.
He played for 3 hours, 30 minutes and 37 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 620 out of 759 hellspawn. (81%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Technician Silver Badge
Arena Silver Badge
Arena Gold Badge
Arena Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 49354/10
ToHit Ranged +6 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Ironman (Level 1)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Sharpshooter (Level 1)
SoG->EE->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->MSs->Int->Int->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] tactical armor [1/1] (29%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] pistol (2d5) [6/6] (P1)
[b] speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
[c] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x96)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] 10mm ammo (x100)
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] homing phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] power mod pack
[r] shockwave pack
[s] Arena Master's Staff
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
105 former humans
47 former sergeants
60 former captains
106 imps
98 demons
52 lost souls
55 cacodemons
26 hell knights
27 barons of hell
15 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
3 pain elementals
2 revenants
9 mancubi
1 arch-vile
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 1 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
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 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 4 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he found the Trigun!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 15 he finally rode a mancubi rocket.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : a mancubus (unhurt) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the mancubus.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a mancubus (wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the mancubus.
You see : floor
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a mancubus (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the mancubus. The mancubus dies.
You see : rocket (x3) | mancubus corpse
There is rocket (x3) lying here.
You reload the Trigun.
There is rocket (x3) lying here.
Boom! Boom!
The demon dies. You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
10 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
7 of those were killed.
3 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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