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0.9.9 / [M|AoH|90%|YAVP] YEAH! My third challenge mode completed!
« on: December 30, 2009, 02:13 »
YEEHAWWW!
So I looked at the list of available challenges, thinking to myself "Which one should be the one to get me to Sergeant Major?" and I chose Angel of Haste, looked easy enough.
It wasn't, I died twice. Very stupidly at that, but third tries the charm, and I nuke the HELL out of the Cyberdemon, killing myself in the process.
There's apparently only 12 levels, but the difficulty escalates crazy fast, which my two deaths taught me. So, to compensate, I found I needed to meticulously kill every enemy for exp and collect any and every item that may have an foreseeable use.
I arrived at Cybie somewhat weaker than I'm used to, and felt a bit unconfident in my combat abilities. Fortunately for me though, I had a best friend, a friend named THERMONUCLEAR BOMB!
I don't know what it is, but there's is something INNATELY HILARIOUS with hugging a thermonuclear bomb as it explodes and completely atomizes you and your enemies. This is the first time I've sacrificed my life to kill Cybie, and it felt oh-so-good. I like to imagine my character with a lit cigar and a giant grin as that bomb hits zero.
What's also funny, is that once I saw my score in the scoreboard, this game had the lowest score of all my games. Though I like the little message "Won by sacrifice", it pleases me greatly.
Now I'm of the Sergeant Major rank, and I have everything in the game unlocked. What next? Probably Ao100.
So I looked at the list of available challenges, thinking to myself "Which one should be the one to get me to Sergeant Major?" and I chose Angel of Haste, looked easy enough.
It wasn't, I died twice. Very stupidly at that, but third tries the charm, and I nuke the HELL out of the Cyberdemon, killing myself in the process.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Speedy, level 6 Cacodemon Sergeant, sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon
on level 12 of the Phobos base.
He survived 137991 turns and scored 1625 points.
He played for 58 minutes and 5 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 190 out of 211 hellspawn. (90%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Haste!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Champion Medal
Runner Bronze Badge
Runner Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health -5951/50 Experience 14822/6
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->EE->SoG->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (91%)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified pistol (2d4) [6/6] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified steel boots [1/1] (74%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] pistol (2d4) [6/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] modified blue armor [2/2] (95%) (B)
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] 10mm ammo (x14)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] 10mm ammo (x100)
[i] 10mm ammo (x100)
[j] 10mm ammo (x100)
[k] 10mm ammo (x100)
[l] 10mm ammo (x100)
[m] 10mm ammo (x100)
[n] small med-pack
[o] small med-pack
[p] small med-pack
[q] small med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] large med-pack
[t] large med-pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
32 former humans
16 former sergeants
11 former captains
42 imps
21 demons
36 lost souls
9 cacodemons
6 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
2 hell knights
10 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
1 revenant
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He nuked level 12!
On level 12 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Are you sure you want activate the thermonuclear bomb? (Y/n) You use a
thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds! Warning!
Explosion in 9 seconds!
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!
You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You
hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You
hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You feel
relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 17 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
7 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 9 souls claim to have killed him...
5 killed the bastard and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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There's apparently only 12 levels, but the difficulty escalates crazy fast, which my two deaths taught me. So, to compensate, I found I needed to meticulously kill every enemy for exp and collect any and every item that may have an foreseeable use.
I arrived at Cybie somewhat weaker than I'm used to, and felt a bit unconfident in my combat abilities. Fortunately for me though, I had a best friend, a friend named THERMONUCLEAR BOMB!
I don't know what it is, but there's is something INNATELY HILARIOUS with hugging a thermonuclear bomb as it explodes and completely atomizes you and your enemies. This is the first time I've sacrificed my life to kill Cybie, and it felt oh-so-good. I like to imagine my character with a lit cigar and a giant grin as that bomb hits zero.
What's also funny, is that once I saw my score in the scoreboard, this game had the lowest score of all my games. Though I like the little message "Won by sacrifice", it pleases me greatly.
Now I'm of the Sergeant Major rank, and I have everything in the game unlocked. What next? Probably Ao100.
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Bug Reports / "Large Health Globes work like a Berserk Pack!"... No, no they don't...
« on: December 29, 2009, 22:37 »
I'm not sure if this is well-known or not, but I was doing a AoB run on 0.9.9 and while the description says that I can use Large health globes like Berserk packs, but when I actually do pick up a LHG, it just heals me normally. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, if there's some important omitted detail I missed, or if this is a bug and I've been gypped out of berserk by a bug.
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0.9.9 / [M|AoB|77%|YAVP] First AoB win! What's next?
« on: December 29, 2009, 22:07 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Ilikefists, level 8 Cacodemon Sergeant, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 119890 turns and scored 71826 points.
He played for 1 hour, 16 minutes and 36 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 379 out of 492 hellspawn. (77%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Berserker Bronze Badge
Berserker Silver Badge
Berserker Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 34/50 Experience 28610/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->TaN->TaN->Bad->MVm->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
[c] [ Boots ] modified protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified blue armor [2/4] (32%) (P)
[b] modified blue armor [2/2] (59%) (B)
[c] small med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] phase device
[j] phase device
[k] phase device
[l] envirosuit pack
[m] power mod pack
[n] bulk mod pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
64 former humans
36 former sergeants
15 former captains
65 imps
45 demons
92 lost souls
21 cacodemons
4 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
9 hell knights
6 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
3 pain elementals
7 arch-viles
2 mancubi
6 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 6 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he found the Plasma Shotgun!
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your green armor is
damaged! The Cyberdemon hits you.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your green armor is
completely destroyed!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You start running!
You hit the Cyberdemon. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
berserk! The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Cyberdemon. You're going berserk! The Cyberdemon hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 13 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
4 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 8 souls claim to have killed him...
4 killed the bastard and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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Vampyre build, which helped.
Believe it or not, this is my first AoB run. There were alot of chances that I could have died, but chose to hightail it out of the level and just run down as fast as possible. For example, I assaulted the Unholy Cathedral, but I must need more practice, because the berserk status that I needed to kill him ran out mid-fight, and I was forced to retreat with a homing phase device, as he was doing WAY too much damage.
It was GREAT luck to find the Butcher's Cleaver early on, which helped alot. Am I imagining things, or is it special for the BC to give you the message "Next!" whenever you kill an enemy?
Some special highlights: In one of the hell levels, I found an invincibility globe and then bumrushed a group of 2 archviles and 3 revenants, which I then brutalized in my implacable fury. Also, similarly, I found an Invulnerability globe and headed down into the Mortuary, and then proceeded to kill as much as humanly possible, but the Archviles were running away too fast, and the hordes kept growing and growing, and my invulnerability ran out, so I used a homing phase device and got out of there!
Fighting Cybie toe-to-toe is a bit tougher than the usual method, but I had stockpiled so many large med packs that his defeat was inevitable. What's next?
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0.9.9 / [M|AoMr|87%|YAFW] Hecks Yeah! First AoMr Win, Second Full Win!
« on: December 29, 2009, 18:33 »
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
So I thought I'd try one of those challenges, "Oh, Angel of Marksmenship looks nice. I'll try that" and thus an AoMr game begins on medium difficulty... and I end up NUKING JC!
Notch up another full win!
I used a build recommended by Sylph's guide, but I added in a single Eagle Eye to compensate for the pistols' tendency to miss quite often. Worked wonderfully.
So here's the story, with my two power modded pistols, I descend into hell, making mincemeat out of all the barons and knights with my camping method, and the only creatures that gave me trouble were arachnotrons and commandos, if only because they were more apt to catch me unawares.
Throughout my journey, I was lucky enough to find 2 thermies and 3 homing phase devices. On hell level 6 (level 21, basically), I find an invulnerabilty globe right next to the stairs, so I work it out in my head, and I grab the globe, head downstairs, and then use my homing phase devices one after the other to skip levels 7-9 and get to the phobos arena with my invulnerabilty intact. I nuke him handily, and with no more homing phase devices, I'm forced to walk to the exit (all the way across the room) which removes my invulnerability, and I get to JC's lair... I know for a fact that I'm not going to defeat JC with just pistols, not like this, so I just activate my other thermie and blow his ass to kingdom come with me! It's always nice to kill JC, even if I have to go out in a blaze of glory to do it.
So I thought I'd try one of those challenges, "Oh, Angel of Marksmenship looks nice. I'll try that" and thus an AoMr game begins on medium difficulty... and I end up NUKING JC!
Notch up another full win!
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Ihatepistols, level 8 Cacodemon Corporal, nuked the Cyberdemon.
on level 26 of the Phobos base.
He survived 268972 turns and scored 16152 points.
He played for 1 hour, 55 minutes and 52 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 372 out of 424 hellspawn. (87%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Marksman Bronze Badge
Marksman Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health -5950/50 Experience 24538/8
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Son of a gun (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->EE->SoB->SoB->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified blue armor [2/2] (140%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified pistol (2d5) [6/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [4/4] (90%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified pistol (2d5) [6/6] (P1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified blue armor [2/2] (116%) (B)
[b] modified red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[c] 10mm ammo (x23)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] 10mm ammo (x100)
[i] 10mm ammo (x100)
[j] 10mm ammo (x100)
[k] small med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
76 former humans
38 former sergeants
10 former captains
63 imps
33 demons
93 lost souls
23 cacodemons
4 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
7 hell knights
11 arachnotrons
1 John Carmack
3 former commandos
7 pain elementals
2 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He nuked level 25!
He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
He nuked level 26!
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 activate the thermonuclear bomb? (Y/n) You use a
thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds! Warning!
Explosion in 9 seconds!
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!
You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You
hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion!
You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated John
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 12 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
4 of those were killed.
And 1 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...
4 killed the bastard and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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I used a build recommended by Sylph's guide, but I added in a single Eagle Eye to compensate for the pistols' tendency to miss quite often. Worked wonderfully.
So here's the story, with my two power modded pistols, I descend into hell, making mincemeat out of all the barons and knights with my camping method, and the only creatures that gave me trouble were arachnotrons and commandos, if only because they were more apt to catch me unawares.
Throughout my journey, I was lucky enough to find 2 thermies and 3 homing phase devices. On hell level 6 (level 21, basically), I find an invulnerabilty globe right next to the stairs, so I work it out in my head, and I grab the globe, head downstairs, and then use my homing phase devices one after the other to skip levels 7-9 and get to the phobos arena with my invulnerabilty intact. I nuke him handily, and with no more homing phase devices, I'm forced to walk to the exit (all the way across the room) which removes my invulnerability, and I get to JC's lair... I know for a fact that I'm not going to defeat JC with just pistols, not like this, so I just activate my other thermie and blow his ass to kingdom come with me! It's always nice to kill JC, even if I have to go out in a blaze of glory to do it.
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0.9.9 / [E|94%|YAFW] My first full win!
« on: December 28, 2009, 08:26 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Smash Sledge, level 9 Former Human Lance Corporal, nuked the Cyberdemon.
on level 26 of the Phobos base.
He survived 115164 turns and scored 45748 points.
He played for 2 hours, 38 minutes and 22 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 398 out of 420 hellspawn. (94%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
UAC Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 32997/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Finesse (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Whizkid (Level 1)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Ammochain (Level 1)
Fin->SoB->SoB->TH->Fin->WK->MAc->TH->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Onyx Armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [50/130] (B1)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [4/4] (84%)
[d] [ Prepared ] advanced rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A1B2T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1T1)
[b] rocket (x14)
[c] rocket (x14)
[d] rocket (x14)
[e] rocket (x14)
[f] power cell (x8)
[g] power cell (x70)
[h] power cell (x70)
[i] power cell (x70)
[j] power cell (x70)
[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] large med-pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
43 former humans
50 former sergeants
15 former captains
41 imps
60 demons
108 lost souls
15 cacodemons
20 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
15 hell knights
13 arachnotrons
1 John Carmack
4 former commandos
8 pain elementals
2 arch-viles
1 mancubus
1 revenant
-- 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 10 he found the Onyx Armor!
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the Onyx Armor Pack!
On level 15 he found the Nuclear Plasma Rifle!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire -- Choose target...
The missile hits John Carmack. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. Carmack raises his hands and
summons hellspawn! John Carmack fires! The missile hits the baron of
hell. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target...
The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. John Carmack
fires! You are hit!
Fire -- Choose target...
The missile hits John Carmack. You hear the scream of a freed soul! John
Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press
<Enter> You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed
soul! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear the
scream of a freed soul! You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 2 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1 of those was killed.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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This was a little while ago, but I'm pretty proud of the fact that I finally killed JC, even if it was only on easy.
EDIT: Mortem tags added. I didn't even know they existed.
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Requests For Features / Thermie made into a special level reward?
« on: December 28, 2009, 08:04 »
You know, I really like my thermies. For lots of reasons: their icon uses a bright blue which is appealing to the eye, they have a nifty 'are you sure' message before use, and make a BIG BANG!
...but they're quite rare, don't ya think?
Ignoring the occasional fluke where they're abnormally abundant, I usually only see one every other game. This is bothersome to me, because I like blowing things up, so I was thinking, couldn't there be a special level that gives a guaranteed thermie as a reward?
It could be called "The Factory" or "Demonic Battlefield" or something similar, and have a thermie as a reward for completing it.
Seems like a good idea to me.
...but they're quite rare, don't ya think?
Ignoring the occasional fluke where they're abnormally abundant, I usually only see one every other game. This is bothersome to me, because I like blowing things up, so I was thinking, couldn't there be a special level that gives a guaranteed thermie as a reward?
It could be called "The Factory" or "Demonic Battlefield" or something similar, and have a thermie as a reward for completing it.
Seems like a good idea to me.
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Requests For Features / Purpose of Unlockables
« on: September 22, 2009, 05:35 »
Now, I'm pretty new around here, and so my opinion of this game isn't as full as most of the vets around here, but even with my inexperience, I have to ask, what's the purpose of all these unlockables?
What I mean is, when you first start the game, all the challenges and the upper tiers of difficulty are locked until the player completes some arbitrary goals beforehand. These goals are both difficult and time consuming and I see no reason this feature in the first place.
Yes, I know these can be construed as rewards for playing the game well, but I'm of the philosophy that games shouldn't limit the player on what type of fun they want to have, that it's the game's job to provide the fun, and nothing else.
Now, I'm not bashing the 'rank' system entirely, I think it's very nice. It gives a little title to the players to make them feel good, and neatly falls into what I'd call a 'bragging rights reward'. It's aesthetic, it doesn't serve a practical purpose, but gives the player a reward for their hard work.
It's just that I don't think a player's rank should prohibit him from playing the game the way he wants to play.
Now, DoomRL is a roguelike, a genre I'm familiar with. Now, I'm of the opinion that a problem that a lot of roguelikes share is accessibility. New people have a hard time picking them up for any number of reasons. If someone that had never played a roguelike before were to download this game, and saw that most of it's challenges and difficulty were locked, and then upon doing more research (assuming he had the patience) to see what it takes to unlock them, and then found that he would have to do any number of difficult and time-consuming things, there is the very real possibility of him being turned off from the game, and just refusing to play it.
I really like DoomRL, and while I'm sure Mr. Kornel put thought into the system he's made, I think it would be for the best if the game gave all it's features to the player on startup, rather than expecting him to work for them.
What I mean is, when you first start the game, all the challenges and the upper tiers of difficulty are locked until the player completes some arbitrary goals beforehand. These goals are both difficult and time consuming and I see no reason this feature in the first place.
Yes, I know these can be construed as rewards for playing the game well, but I'm of the philosophy that games shouldn't limit the player on what type of fun they want to have, that it's the game's job to provide the fun, and nothing else.
Now, I'm not bashing the 'rank' system entirely, I think it's very nice. It gives a little title to the players to make them feel good, and neatly falls into what I'd call a 'bragging rights reward'. It's aesthetic, it doesn't serve a practical purpose, but gives the player a reward for their hard work.
It's just that I don't think a player's rank should prohibit him from playing the game the way he wants to play.
Now, DoomRL is a roguelike, a genre I'm familiar with. Now, I'm of the opinion that a problem that a lot of roguelikes share is accessibility. New people have a hard time picking them up for any number of reasons. If someone that had never played a roguelike before were to download this game, and saw that most of it's challenges and difficulty were locked, and then upon doing more research (assuming he had the patience) to see what it takes to unlock them, and then found that he would have to do any number of difficult and time-consuming things, there is the very real possibility of him being turned off from the game, and just refusing to play it.
I really like DoomRL, and while I'm sure Mr. Kornel put thought into the system he's made, I think it would be for the best if the game gave all it's features to the player on startup, rather than expecting him to work for them.
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Pre-0.9.9 / [E|YAVP] This is my first victory!
« on: September 21, 2009, 04:30 »
I just recently beat this game on easy, and I'm pretty proud of myself.
I really like going the way of the shotgun, but I'll try other builds in the future I guess.
The Invisible Mod Hand strikes... mortemtagged!
I really like going the way of the shotgun, but I'll try other builds in the future I guess.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Crag Bullet, level 10 Human Soldier, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 83445 turns and scored 44639 points.
He was too young to die!
He killed 413 out of 442 hellspawn. (93%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 11/60 Experience 42770/10
ToHit +0 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Rel->Rel->SM->HR->HR->SoB->HR->SoB->SoB->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (58%)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (10d8) [20/100]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [4/4] (98%)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (A1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified double shotgun (7d3)x3 [2/2] (D1)
[b] BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
[c] shotgun shell (x25)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] rocket (x8)
[f] rocket (x10)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] power cell (x20)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] small med-pack
[m] small med-pack
[n] small med-pack
[o] small med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] phase device
[t] thermonuclear bomb
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
73 former humans
34 former sergeants
18 former captains
58 imps
60 demons
90 lost souls
17 cacodemons
10 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
9 hell knights
8 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
3 pain elementals
3 arch-viles
6 mancubi
6 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 9 he found Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he found the Minigun!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 19 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 19 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 --------------------------------------------------
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter a big arena. There's blood everywhere. You hear heavy mechanical
footsteps...
You wear/wield : a BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
You are hit!
You start running!
The Cyberdemon fires!
Fire -- Choose target... The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
fires! You are hit! The Cyberdemon dies. Congratulations! You
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...
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The Invisible Mod Hand strikes... mortemtagged!
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Discussion / I'm pretty new here.
« on: September 21, 2009, 04:26 »
How is everyone? I just recently beat this game on easy, and it was alot of fun.
Reading around here though, there are some things I'm not aware of.
Like, in the post mortem section, I see that some people have traits I've never heard of, and aren't detailed in the wiki. Like "Blademaster" or "Army of the dead" and this is probably just me being naive to the modding community around here, but I'm curious as to what they are.
Reading around here though, there are some things I'm not aware of.
Like, in the post mortem section, I see that some people have traits I've never heard of, and aren't detailed in the wiki. Like "Blademaster" or "Army of the dead" and this is probably just me being naive to the modding community around here, but I'm curious as to what they are.
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Bug Reports / Sound Bug Crash
« on: September 20, 2009, 22:24 »
It's my understanding that allowing the music to reach it's end on any level will make the game crash.
I really don't like this, what with it being turn-based, it's kind of like a timer. I don't think well when on a time limit, which makes me make bad choices. That's just me.
Also, I like exploring each level thoroughly, to see if I can grab any special items which may be laying around.
So my question is: how do I fix this? If possible, in layman's terms. Thank you very much.
I really don't like this, what with it being turn-based, it's kind of like a timer. I don't think well when on a time limit, which makes me make bad choices. That's just me.
Also, I like exploring each level thoroughly, to see if I can grab any special items which may be laying around.
So my question is: how do I fix this? If possible, in layman's terms. Thank you very much.
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