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Nightmare! / [N!|97%|YAFW] Promotion!
« on: April 22, 2014, 08:58 »
The noteworthiness of this run was mostly personal; it earned my 7th Diamond badge and thus promotion to Marshall! That'd been a goal of mine for a while, so I was rather excited to finally achieve it.
I was so stinking close to a 100% Nightmare! run until approximately level 4 of Hell. Frankly I'm not sure when I screwed it up; I noticed the problem in Limbo when I checked my kill count to see if I'd gotten them all. I assume that some corpses resurrected on an earlier level right before I descended the stairs. I was trying to be careful but I probably mistook a "real" corpse for a vile corpse. There were a lot of those on level 4 :)
Speaking of Limbo, it was the most challenging level by far due to ammo shortages. I cleared the left side pretty quickly but then starting running out of ammo. As I pushed right I was almost completely unarmed - I was forced to isolate some Nightmare Arachnotrons and farm them for power cells. Definitely would have preferred regular Arachnotrons, but no appropriate corpses were available - whoopsie, killed them too quickly! After 10 farming cycles I felt confident enough to finish clearing the right side of the level.
It turned out to be a good thing than I missed 100% earlier in Hell. I was going for a full win, and if had stayed committed to 100% then I would have had no choice but to attempt the Lava Pits. I had found zero environment suits the entire game. I had similarly poor luck with mod packs; after investing in Whizkid I was afforded few opportunities to make use of it.
I had good luck with level spawns, though. That's usually the way my Nightmare! runs end... spawn on a level and immediately curse, "Oh crap I'm dead."
I was so stinking close to a 100% Nightmare! run until approximately level 4 of Hell. Frankly I'm not sure when I screwed it up; I noticed the problem in Limbo when I checked my kill count to see if I'd gotten them all. I assume that some corpses resurrected on an earlier level right before I descended the stairs. I was trying to be careful but I probably mistook a "real" corpse for a vile corpse. There were a lot of those on level 4 :)
Speaking of Limbo, it was the most challenging level by far due to ammo shortages. I cleared the left side pretty quickly but then starting running out of ammo. As I pushed right I was almost completely unarmed - I was forced to isolate some Nightmare Arachnotrons and farm them for power cells. Definitely would have preferred regular Arachnotrons, but no appropriate corpses were available - whoopsie, killed them too quickly! After 10 farming cycles I felt confident enough to finish clearing the right side of the level.
It turned out to be a good thing than I missed 100% earlier in Hell. I was going for a full win, and if had stayed committed to 100% then I would have had no choice but to attempt the Lava Pits. I had found zero environment suits the entire game. I had similarly poor luck with mod packs; after investing in Whizkid I was afforded few opportunities to make use of it.
I had good luck with level spawns, though. That's usually the way my Nightmare! runs end... spawn on a level and immediately curse, "Oh crap I'm dead."
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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RogerN, level 16 Arch-Vile General Scout,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 220823 turns and scored 834692 points.
He played for 5 hours, 4 minutes and 45 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1175 out of 1209 hellspawn. (97%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 5
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Veteran Diamond Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 42/60 Experience 128476/16
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 1)
Triggerhappy (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 1)
SoB->EE->SoB->Fin->Jug->EE->Int->Int->SoB->HR->Fin->WK->TH->MCe->HR->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered red armor [5/5] (90%)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (10d6) [60/100]
[c] [ Boots ] fireproof plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
[b] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [3/40] (P1T1)
[c] assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1T1)
[d] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
[e] fireproof red armor [4/4] (100%)
[f] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x37)
[i] rocket (x14)
[j] power cell (x70)
[k] power cell (x70)
[l] power cell (x70)
[m] power cell (x70)
[n] power cell (x47)
[o] large med-pack
[p] phase device
[q] fire skull
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Melee - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 50% feet 55%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
90 former humans
113 former sergeants
48 former captains
179 imps
75 demons
157 lost souls
84 cacodemons
43 hell knights
89 barons of hell
55 arachnotrons
27 former commandos
12 pain elementals
31 revenants
36 mancubi
40 arch-viles
9 nightmare imps
9 nightmare cacodemons
26 nightmare demons
45 nightmare arachnotrons
2 bruiser brothers
2 shamblers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- 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 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a fireproof armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 15 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
Level 18 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 18 he assembled a power armor!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 20 he assembled a fireproof boots!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
Level 22 was a hard nut to crack!
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 --------------------------------------------------
The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000!
You prepare the plasma rifle instantly!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
Boom! 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 already have the plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [3/40] (P1T1) in your hands.
You prepare the BFG 9000 instantly!
You reload the BFG 9000. Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the revenant. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear
the scream of a freed soul! John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated
John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
760 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
658 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
12 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 19 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
67 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
56 killed the bitch and survived.
8 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Discussion / Re: Rebalancing barrels?
« on: February 17, 2014, 06:42 »
Choosing to walk near a barrel is always a calculated risk. You [almost] always have the option to blow the barrel from a distance. There may be guaranteed negative consequences (destroying cover, valuable items, or forcing yourself to walk over lava later), but those consequences must be weighed against the worst case scenario of the barrel exploding in your face.
There are items to mitigate the risks: phase devices, fire-resistant armor, rocket launchers for creating your own secondary routes. Games with procedurally generated levels often rely on preparation and creativity by the player to balance the randomized "unfairness." It still ends up being unfair sometimes... fortunately these games have lots of replay value :)
I can remember being killed from 100% a couple of times by barrels. I don't think it's happened while I was wearing good armor, though - not without help from nearby enemies.
There are items to mitigate the risks: phase devices, fire-resistant armor, rocket launchers for creating your own secondary routes. Games with procedurally generated levels often rely on preparation and creativity by the player to balance the randomized "unfairness." It still ends up being unfair sometimes... fortunately these games have lots of replay value :)
I can remember being killed from 100% a couple of times by barrels. I don't think it's happened while I was wearing good armor, though - not without help from nearby enemies.
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General Discussion / Re: Design Rant : Inventory
« on: January 23, 2014, 11:49 »Quote
Here's a biggie -- I think about removing items on floor altogether. Items can be found on (highlighted) corpses, lockers, boxes, etc. Dropped items get destroyed. This would prevent doing tedious stash micromanagement, and increase the pace of the game. Also, it'd work well with the boxes idea -- players wont be tempted to do tedious backtracking to get ammo they left behind and couldn't pick up. This is probably the most controversial decision, but it would (IMHO) benefit the game much.
1) In general I don't like the feel of destroy-on-drop; it feels a little too contrived. I don't find the stash management to be all that tedious personally.
2) I don't think this mechanic would alleviate backtracking much anyway, as players will still backtrack to get at the corpses, lockers, boxes, etc...
3) OTOH, perhaps you could include a scavenger-type enemy or mechanic that eats/destroys items on the floor when the player isn't around? Your stuff wouldn't get eaten 100% of the time but it would always be at risk.
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Discussion / Re: Nightmare Anomaly
« on: November 11, 2013, 09:02 »
I've passed it a few times on N! but am by no means an expert. Here's my 2 cents:
Your build looks slow for N!. No finesse, no hellrunner, and it looks like you're not playing a Scout (technician I presume?). Running is not an option for you, and you fire slowly enough that enemies will get frequent double moves.
There are basically two ways to fight these guys. You'll want to use a chokepoint for either method, so immediately rocket jump to your left or your right. After that you need either shotguns or Berserker+Chainsaw. I find shotguns work better than rapid-fire weapons in this case because the enemies clump up. As they get clogged in the chokepoint they also take friendly fire from cacodemons.
A shell box is very helpful to keep your shotguns running at a good pace. Also, remember that bulk mod packs can significantly reduce reload time for shotguns, double shotguns, and rocket launchers.
Your build looks slow for N!. No finesse, no hellrunner, and it looks like you're not playing a Scout (technician I presume?). Running is not an option for you, and you fire slowly enough that enemies will get frequent double moves.
There are basically two ways to fight these guys. You'll want to use a chokepoint for either method, so immediately rocket jump to your left or your right. After that you need either shotguns or Berserker+Chainsaw. I find shotguns work better than rapid-fire weapons in this case because the enemies clump up. As they get clogged in the chokepoint they also take friendly fire from cacodemons.
A shell box is very helpful to keep your shotguns running at a good pace. Also, remember that bulk mod packs can significantly reduce reload time for shotguns, double shotguns, and rocket launchers.
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Post Mortem / [M|YAVP] Finally, Compet-n Platinum!
« on: October 24, 2013, 19:55 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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RogerN, level 6 Arch-Vile Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 9092 turns and scored 51877 points.
He played for 7 minutes and 52 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 115 out of 431 hellspawn. (26%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Platinum Cross
Untouchable Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 76/50 Experience 13156/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
HR->Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (56%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (5d6) (B)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (93%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] pistol (2d4) [0/6]
[b] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] 10mm ammo (x18)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x17)
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
-- 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 85% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
30 former humans
10 former sergeants
1 former captain
18 imps
16 demons
22 lost souls
4 cacodemons
3 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
1 mancubus
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 9 as soon as possible.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
On level 14 he ran for his life from acid!
Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
Level 20 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
615 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
533 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
10 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 12 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
57 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
48 killed the bitch and survived.
6 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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The Compet-n Platinum Badge has been eluding me forever! I much prefer a slower, deliberate pace. I've come close before, though, which both drove me nuts but also convinced me that I had a good shot of eventually making it. My previous best time for a standard game was 10:02; the game must have been literally mocking me at that point, and it's a wonder I didn't need to buy a new keyboard after that :)
But here it is, and with more than 2 minutes to spare! Also, my hands hurt.
The toughest part (other than making really stupid mistakes and double-tapping keys) is making snap decisions regarding what's absolutely necessary for your survival vs. what you ought to just run straight past. In the end I decided that there's not much that's necessary :)
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Post Mortem / Re: [UV|100%|YAFW] MSc sux fix pls
« on: October 24, 2013, 19:40 »
I've had some good luck with it in the Angel of 100 challenge where you have more chances to find uniques. Being able to stack MSc with Int2 is also very, very nice. But yes, the RNG can indeed make it worthless for you.
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Discussion / [0.9.9.3] Enjoying
« on: May 13, 2011, 10:10 »
Just wanted to say that I'm loving the new version. Congratulations on an excellent update! So far I like every change that I've noticed, and that's a rare treat. I especially like the MAc change - requiring Reloader make more sense, and going for Ammochain is no longer a no-brainer. In fact, I just got my Elite Platinum and decided to forgo Ammochain in favor of a Juggler/Whizkid/Berzerker combo. I can still see myself taking Ammochain occasionally, though, especially for Ao100.
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Discussion / Re: Ah, I remember why I don't like AoB...
« on: April 07, 2011, 17:02 »Quote
And what do I do in situations like these?
In that screenshot you're as good as dead. There are a couple faint glimmers of hope, though:
1) There are two fuel barrels in the far southeast room that could be pushed into the room directly to your east side. If positioned against the wall properly and then detonated by throwing your combat knife, these barrels might kill enough enemies to give you a fighting chance. This is not a good chance for survival, but it's better than trying to run 10 tiles to the stairs with two former sergeants gunning for you.
2) With a little more health you could try gift-dropping your green armor 1 tile to the northwest - but you're almost guaranteed to take some damage, so it probably wouldn't work in this case.
AoB is definitely not a "fair" challenge; there are frequent no-win scenarios, especially prior to The Chained Court. On harder difficulty levels it can be a major challenge just to survive past level 2. You need some good luck to make it to The Chained Court on Ultra-Violence or Nightmare. Or at least you need the absence of bad luck.
Once you've got your chainsaw and the Berserker trait then your survivability rate goes up a bit.
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0.9.9.2 / [U|AoMC|83%|YAVP] Gatekeeper Diamond
« on: March 31, 2011, 14:26 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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RogerN, level 12 Mancubus Colonel, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 81168 turns and scored 248920 points.
He played for 1 hour, 42 minutes and 49 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 790 out of 942 hellspawn. (83%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 10
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Skull Silver Badge
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 94/50 Experience 69305/12
ToHit Ranged +16 ToHit Melee +16 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 1)
Fin->Jug->EE->EE->Int->Int->SoB->Fin->WK->SoB->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified blue armor [2/2] (100%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [2/40] (F1P1T1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T2)
[b] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (T1)
[c] modified minigun (1d6)x8 [152/200] (T1)
[d] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [130/130] (B1)
[e] modified blue armor [2/2] (100%) (A)
[f] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[g] 10mm ammo (x140)
[h] 10mm ammo (x14)
[i] shotgun shell (x3)
[j] shotgun shell (x70)
[k] rocket (x6)
[l] power cell (x70)
[m] power cell (x70)
[n] power cell (x70)
[o] power cell (x70)
[p] power cell (x70)
[q] power cell (x70)
[r] power cell (x38)
[s] large med-pack
[t] large med-pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
84 former humans
46 former sergeants
30 former captains
150 imps
65 demons
197 lost souls
34 cacodemons
49 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
24 hell knights
52 arachnotrons
12 former commandos
25 pain elementals
9 arch-viles
7 revenants
1 nightmare imp
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
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.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 8 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
He destroyed the evil withing and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
You see : a Cyberdemon (heavily wounded) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
Cyberdemon.
Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
You see : a Cyberdemon (mortally wounded) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the
Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 159 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
141 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 13 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
9 killed the bastard and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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The entire purpose of this run was to get the Gatekeeper Diamond badge. I was half tempted to just suicide after I'd achieved the objective, but I guess you can't have too many Cyberdemon heads mounted on the wall.
Of all the Diamond badges this is the only one that I feel is consistently achievable, at least for me. No powerups or extreme luck are required, just gotta be careful and take the right traits.
... but HOLY COW was the RNG ever trying to kill me! I got *six* stinking Arachnotron caves. If this hadn't been an AoMC run then I probably would have died; being able to consistently one-shot Arachnotrons is one of the benefits of that challenge mode.
An early minigun was a nice find, but wasn't really necessary since I had gobs of power cells from Arachnotron caves. Got the Firestorm pack from the armory - really wished I had an extra bulk mod to slap on my plasma rifle, 'cuz running out of ammo after just 5 shots sucks!
If you're wondering why I kept the rocket launcher after getting the missile launcher, it's because I love my Juggler trait and (7) happens to be a favorite weapon key. With the backpack for storing big ammo piles I figured I could afford the space.
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0.9.9.2 / Re: [U|100%|YAAM|Conqueror] Elite Platinum! God Damn this was ridiculous
« on: March 31, 2011, 14:07 »Quote
Anyway, woohoo! Sorry if the wall of text is a little excessive.
No apologies needed! A good victory deserves some text to go with it.
Congrats on a well-played run, especially after that huge all-in at the Lava Pits. Platinum never tasted so sweet!
I notice that you took Brute a bit later than I'm usually comfortable with; I'm always afraid that I won't get enough XP to get Berserker before the Unholy Cathedral. Do you remember how far along you were when you finally got Berserker? Typically I go for Juggler ASAP, so that slows down my usual MAc build compared to yours.
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Discussion / Re: Nightmare! Tips
« on: March 26, 2011, 14:52 »
Everything that GameHunter said is good advice. I would also like to mention what I call "Corpse Management":
* If you kill monsters that are standing in water then they cannot respawn because no corpse is created. Therefore it's sometimes worth it to herd enemies into a pool of water.
* Occasionally you'll get a level feeling indicating that there's a lever which can flood the entire level with water. This is a great find on Nightmare, as it means you can clear the entire level without worrying about enemies respawning.
* If you kill a monster which is standing on top of another corpse then a new corpse is not created - you can reduce the potential number of respawns this way.
* Gibbing corpses with barrels / rockets can prevent monsters from respawning, but this is not 100% effective because gibbing is somewhat random
* Acid and napalm barrels are very effective at destroying corpses - napalm is 100% effective, while acid is somewhat less than that
* If you kill monsters that are standing in water then they cannot respawn because no corpse is created. Therefore it's sometimes worth it to herd enemies into a pool of water.
* Occasionally you'll get a level feeling indicating that there's a lever which can flood the entire level with water. This is a great find on Nightmare, as it means you can clear the entire level without worrying about enemies respawning.
* If you kill a monster which is standing on top of another corpse then a new corpse is not created - you can reduce the potential number of respawns this way.
* Gibbing corpses with barrels / rockets can prevent monsters from respawning, but this is not 100% effective because gibbing is somewhat random
* Acid and napalm barrels are very effective at destroying corpses - napalm is 100% effective, while acid is somewhat less than that
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0.9.9.2 / [M|AoB|31%|YAVP] Speed run, berserker-style
« on: March 18, 2011, 06:55 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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RogerN, level 6 Mancubus 1st Lieutenant, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 19922 turns and scored 54373 points.
He played for 15 minutes and 8 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 158 out of 495 hellspawn. (31%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 9
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Berserker Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 65/50 Experience 13830/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [6/6] (78%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (96%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (5%)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (33%)
[d] blue armor [1/2] (10%)
[e] red armor [1/4] (22%)
[f] red armor [1/4] (23%)
[g] combat knife (2d5)
[h] combat knife (2d5)
[i] modified chainsaw (5d6) (B)
[j] phase device
[k] envirosuit pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
31 former humans
17 former sergeants
6 former captains
32 imps
19 demons
28 lost souls
7 cacodemons
6 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
2 hell knights
4 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
1 Angel of Death
1 mancubus
1 revenant
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 16 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe
now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 72 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
60 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 7 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
5 killed the bastard and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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I only had about 20 minutes to play DoomRL, so I started out just messing around - I was not expecting a win! My goal was just to play as fast as possible. I made plenty of near-fatal mistakes just by not thinking about my moves clearly. At one point I was literally running around Phobos Hell with just 1 HP thinking I was a dead man. And then I saw it... the most beautiful Large Health Globe that I'd ever laid eyes on. It was sitting right next to two barrels of Napalm, but with only 1 HP I had very little to lose.
And so I finished the run in 15 minutes, 8 seconds.
Alas, AoB challenge is not eligible for the Speedrunner badges. And I needed those, too :(
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Discussion / Re: Assemblies and game balance
« on: March 18, 2011, 04:54 »The Elephant Gun hits almost as hard (12d3 vs. 16d3 if I'm understanding the double shotgun bug right) at a considerably longer range. Shottyman completely negates the reload issue.
But consider the following: If you take a regular combat shotty and apply a technical mod pack then you can fire in 0.8 seconds and pump in the next shell in 0.2 seconds. That's a total of 1 second per shell, at least for the first 5 shots.
With the elephant gun it'll cost you 1 second to fire plus your movement speed to reload (usually around 0.6 or 0.7 for me since Hellrunner is blocked on MAD runs). Once you factor in the movement time, the DPS of the elephant gun is worse than the modded combat shotgun.
Also, I'm almost always using my shotguns from cover. Shottyman is practically useless in that situation because I don't want to step outside of my cover. If I take a step backwards and then forwards then the sum cost of two steps is just as slow as a regular reload.
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Discussion / Re: Assemblies and game balance
« on: March 17, 2011, 20:06 »
I've completed several runs since 0.9.9.2 was released, so I figured I'd just throw in my $0.02 regarding the basic assemblies. I still don't have much experience with advanced/master assemblies, so I won't comment on those.
Tactical Boots
Of all the assemblies, the tactical boots are the only basic assembly that I think borders on being overpowered. Out of a dozen runs I've only regretted using these boots once (lots of lava to run across), and that was an extreme situation which could have otherwise been mitigated using other means: environment suit, powerups, etc...
If it were up to me I would remove the knockback resistance. Otherwise the only reason I would *not* make these boots is because I want to use the mods on a plasma rifle instead.
Tactical Armor
This assembly is pretty well-balanced IMO. Useful for much of the game, but not overpowered. The level of protection is an obvious drawback, but regen and speed make the assembly tempting anyway.
However, if I have to choose between tactical boots and tactical armor, I'll choose to make the boots every time - and it's pretty rare that I fail to find steel boots before the Chained Court.
Speedloader Pistol
Meh. I'm not crazy about this assembly. If I'm focusing on pistols then I usually go for Gun Kata, which makes reload time irrelevant (except for Cybie - but he's easy to dodge anyway). And if I'm not focusing on pistols then I'm certainly not going to waste mod packs on them.
Elephant Gun
There's almost no reason to make this gun, especially since it uses up valuable power mods that could be applied to armor. Shotty users will usually find a double shotgun long before acquiring two power mods. At short range the double shotgun has a bigger punch, and at long range this gun is practically the same as the combat shotty but with poorer reload time.
Chainsword
No use outside of a Strongman Badge attempt, but that's probably reason enough to leave this assembly alone.
Gatling Gun
This is a great assembly. It's definitely an upgrade to the standard chaingun, but not quite as good as a plasma rifle. It's not a no-brainer either, as you might want to keep the bulk mods around for an eventual BFG upgrade.
Micro Launcher
Why would I want one of my biggest guns to do *less* damage? Seriously, if I want a launcher more suited for combat then I'll probably clean out The Wall and grab a missile launcher. Its 4-rocket capacity is much better suited to heavy combat situations than the negligible speed improvements of the Micro Launcher. Practically speaking, most of my rockets are used for busting walls anyway - so this assembly is a definite downgrade.
Nanofiber Armor
Personally I'll never use it because I hate speed penalties. The assembly might appeal to other players.
High Power Weapon
As other posters have mentioned I think the clip size penalty is too harsh. I've used these with Ammochain (since clip size doesn't matter), but even then it was a tough decision - I'd already invested in Whizkid at that point, and I could just as easily have preferred to stick some agility mods on the gun instead.
Tactical Boots
Of all the assemblies, the tactical boots are the only basic assembly that I think borders on being overpowered. Out of a dozen runs I've only regretted using these boots once (lots of lava to run across), and that was an extreme situation which could have otherwise been mitigated using other means: environment suit, powerups, etc...
If it were up to me I would remove the knockback resistance. Otherwise the only reason I would *not* make these boots is because I want to use the mods on a plasma rifle instead.
Tactical Armor
This assembly is pretty well-balanced IMO. Useful for much of the game, but not overpowered. The level of protection is an obvious drawback, but regen and speed make the assembly tempting anyway.
However, if I have to choose between tactical boots and tactical armor, I'll choose to make the boots every time - and it's pretty rare that I fail to find steel boots before the Chained Court.
Speedloader Pistol
Meh. I'm not crazy about this assembly. If I'm focusing on pistols then I usually go for Gun Kata, which makes reload time irrelevant (except for Cybie - but he's easy to dodge anyway). And if I'm not focusing on pistols then I'm certainly not going to waste mod packs on them.
Elephant Gun
There's almost no reason to make this gun, especially since it uses up valuable power mods that could be applied to armor. Shotty users will usually find a double shotgun long before acquiring two power mods. At short range the double shotgun has a bigger punch, and at long range this gun is practically the same as the combat shotty but with poorer reload time.
Chainsword
No use outside of a Strongman Badge attempt, but that's probably reason enough to leave this assembly alone.
Gatling Gun
This is a great assembly. It's definitely an upgrade to the standard chaingun, but not quite as good as a plasma rifle. It's not a no-brainer either, as you might want to keep the bulk mods around for an eventual BFG upgrade.
Micro Launcher
Why would I want one of my biggest guns to do *less* damage? Seriously, if I want a launcher more suited for combat then I'll probably clean out The Wall and grab a missile launcher. Its 4-rocket capacity is much better suited to heavy combat situations than the negligible speed improvements of the Micro Launcher. Practically speaking, most of my rockets are used for busting walls anyway - so this assembly is a definite downgrade.
Nanofiber Armor
Personally I'll never use it because I hate speed penalties. The assembly might appeal to other players.
High Power Weapon
As other posters have mentioned I think the clip size penalty is too harsh. I've used these with Ammochain (since clip size doesn't matter), but even then it was a tough decision - I'd already invested in Whizkid at that point, and I could just as easily have preferred to stick some agility mods on the gun instead.
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0.9.9.2 / [M|AoHu|74%|YAVP] One small step for man...
« on: March 16, 2011, 10:03 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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RogerN, level 8 Mancubus Warrant Officer, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 97659 turns and scored 63239 points.
He played for 2 hours, 6 minutes and 17 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 360 out of 486 hellspawn. (74%)
He was an Angel of Humanity!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Untouchable Medal
Everyman Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 14/14 Experience 22238/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
TaN->TaN->Bad->HR->HR->DM->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [3/6] (48%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (10d8) [20/100]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nuclear plasma rifle (1d6)x6 [24/24]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (T1)
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] modified missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (T1)
[d] modified red armor [6/6] (74%) (P)
[e] shotgun shell (x25)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] rocket (x3)
[i] power cell (x30)
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] phase device
[n] envirosuit pack
[o] thermonuclear bomb
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
76 former humans
68 former sergeants
11 former captains
70 imps
37 demons
60 lost souls
9 cacodemons
7 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
4 hell knights
7 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
4 pain elementals
3 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (wounded) [m]ore | blood
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (heavily wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
The Cyberdemon fires! You dodge! Boom!
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket
launcher. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit! Your red armor is damaged!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (severely wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You
defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 54 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
44 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 5 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
3 killed the bastard and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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Woohoo! I thought I was going to have much more trouble with this badge, but I guess luck was on my side. This was my second attempt (first ended rather abruptly).
There were a couple of close calls (although I suppose with only 10 HP the whole game is a close call):
- I finished clearing a cave-like level at one point, only to find the stairs behind 3 tiles of lava. No environment suit. Fortunately there was a Invulnerability Globe on the level. It was so far away that if I hadn't removed my armor before attempting the run then I might not have made it.
- For more than half of the game I was relying almost exclusively on a combat shotgun for scouting and killing stuff (chaingun too unreliable due to poor accuracy and no damage buffs). At about level 13 I was down to my last 10 shells when the RNG was merciful and gifted me with 3 former sergeants. Back in the game!
- Encountered two Arachnotron caves; had to use a homing phase for one of them, and the last one probably would have killed me if the stairs hadn't been within running distance.