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DoomRL => Mortem Archives => Post Mortem => 0.9.9.6 => Topic started by: IronBeer on March 01, 2012, 21:23

Title: [U|94%|YAFW] Can't believe I did it! - Veteran Platinum
Post by: IronBeer on March 01, 2012, 21:23
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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Stubbs, level 14 Hell Baron Major Marine,
 nuked the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
 He survived 141123 turns and scored 336921 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 3 minutes and 35 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 810 out of 857 hellspawn. (94%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

 He saved himself once.

-- Special levels --------------------------------------------

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 5
  Levels completed : 5

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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Armorer Badge
  UAC Gold Badge
  Veteran Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 71/90   Experience 95240/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Marine

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

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

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Necroarmor [6/6] (94%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   VBFG9000 (10d10) [30/150]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] plasma rifle (1d7)x8 [33/40] (A1F1)
    [b] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
    [c] blue armor [2/2] (67%)
    [d] fireproof red armor [2/4] (36%)
    [e] rocket (x2)
    [f] rocket (x10)
    [g] rocket (x10)
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] phase device
    [l] phase device
    [m] homing phase device
    [n] thermonuclear bomb
    [o] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%

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

    109 former humans
    83 former sergeants
    28 former captains
    100 imps
    92 demons
    130 lost souls
    37 cacodemons
    36 hell knights
    70 barons of hell
    19 arachnotrons
    10 former commandos
    12 pain elementals
    18 revenants
    24 mancubi
    35 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    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 witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 10 he found the Enviroboots!
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  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 15 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  He left level 18 as soon as possible.
  On level 20 he stumbled into complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 22 he assembled a VBFG9000!
  On level 22 he found the Necroarmor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. You hear the
 scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 You wear/wield : a power battery (x120)
 You quickly reload the VBFG9000.
 You see : John Carmack (mortally wounded) | blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits John Carmack. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell
 dies. The baron of hell dies. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You are
 hit!
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 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>...
 You feel relatively safe now.
 Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!

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

 42 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 19 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 22 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 17 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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Rejected possible titles: "No f'kin way", "(Any) Armor is for pansies", "PEWPEWPEWPEW".

The mortem dump says a lot, but there are a few things that it won't say, like that I spent about a third each of Deimos and Hell with no armor on my character, and a total of about 5% durability in my pack. I don't know if it's the new version or if my good rolls got spent elsewhere, but I saw very few armor suits or armor shards during the second half of the run. On the other hand, I got pretty good at "active defense", aka pewpewing the ever-living crap out of anything that looked at me funny. The Enviroboots are now one of my favorite things; during the levels where I had no armor, those boots let me conserve my precious health by ignoring the hurty acid or lava tiles. I even pulled a stupid and managed to kill JC after forgetting to switch to my fightin' boots!

The only level that I didn't cleanse of life was Floor 18, which the dump reports me leaving "as quickly as possible". Hah. What it won't mention is that I spawned in range of: a mixed pack of Mancubi and Arch-Viles, and two packs of Barons with Former toadies. Of course, I had no phases and no armor, but I spawned about 3 tiles away from the stairs- "Nothing to do here".

I started off pretty gung-ho about extra levels, particularly early on. But I was barely holding myself together in the later floors, and with my sights set firmly on the Platinum badge, I knew conservative play was in order. As Game Hunter once said, "If you don't die, you have no choice but to win eventually." Somehow I had the amazing good fortune to get a Rocket Box just before The Wall, which I immediately put to good use explode-ifying Barons and Viles. Viles are kind of wimpy when deprived of corpses and faced with brutal knockback.

Equipment-wise, most of my mods went to guns. If I'd known how stingy the RNG would've been with armor and repairs, I might have modded a little differently. All things considered, though, I somehow managed to make it work. Firestorm Plasma Rifle + MAc is wicked; I'd forgotten just how fun a ludicrous spammy rapid-fire build could be. The Missile Launcher is always an all-star in my book. It trivializes the Bruiser Bros, wastes Arachnotrons and Mancubi, and best of all is a guaranteed exotic! Pulled the Necroarmor out of the Lava Pits; honestly would've preferred the Lava Armor, just because the latter is troll-tastic with Enviroboots, but I was still very happy to finally have some material between my squishy important bits and the forces of Hell. Had VBFG9000 schematics on hand, did Whizkid just to build it. I'm pleased with the change, it's freaking brutal!

Ultra-Violence is tough, make no mistake, but I know what the game can throw at me, and I've been playing long enough to make the best of most situations. Here's hoping that this run is no fluke, and that I may finally be getting a little bit good at this whole DoomRL thing.