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Discussion / Re: New DoomRL guide...
« on: December 31, 2009, 17:28 »
I'd like to say thanks to Sylph for the nice guide, it helped me quite a bit.
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Century Lounge / [M|Ao100|79%|YAVP] New Year's Eve Ao100 win! First one!
« on: December 31, 2009, 05:20 »
Semper Fi demon assholes!
Angel of 100, COMPLETED!
Ammochain may seem overpowered, but it's VERY VERY necessary for Ao100. Fighting the hordes of Archviles and Revenants, especially when 2-3 revenants/barons are being revived at a time, necessitates a constant stream of heavy ordinance, and I think that any other build, even shotguns, would run out of ammo with how many non-ammo dropping monsters show up. Also, ammochain lets you use the rest of your inventory to carry med packs, phase devices, and envirosuits, which coming VERY handy.
I mean, groups of 4-5 mancubi/revenants were very commonplace, and archviles were around every corner in every level, so being crazy prepared was a prerequisite to surviving.
(Yeah, I know it's possible to do Ao100 without ammochain, but it sure doesn't seem like it...)
I like that I still get nukes, and that I can just completely bypass levels if I have invincibility going on. Getting to such high levels was neat, but once you hit a certain point, it's just not that useful to level up, since there isn't anything else that can really help you.
Really though, it got really monotonous at the later levels. It was an exciting, turbulent, unpredictable type of monotony, but it was monotony nonetheless.
What I was worried about most was my supply of armor. I had one really good armor, a agility/bulk/power modded red armor, which was my awesome super red, which I relied on mostly. I also had two other bulk and speed modded red armors to supplement my supply. I used every single armor shard I could find to repair my super red, and it pulled me out of alot of tough situations.
Damn barons though, their acid ball attack drains armor strength like crazy. It shaved off like 25% from my super red with every hit, it was crazy to just get hit once and need to repair it.
The various uniques I picked up weren't really useful. The only one I really used were the phaseshift boots. I carried the Onyx armor and hell staff around with me in case of an emergency, but I never used them.
What I'm very grateful for is that I found an advanced plasma rifle, which, as you can see, I modded quite a bit. I couldn't find any power mods for it though, which was very odd. I find a crapload of advanced combat shotguns, which were always a disappointment since I had no intention of using them.
Though, as the difficulty escalates, you learn to grow out of the habit of "Saving globes for when you really need them". Like, say, if things were easier, and I saw a supercharge, I'd go "I'll save it till the end of the level, when I go down", but when you're on level 80, you see that globe and go "GIMME GIMME GIMME! Even if there's nothing killing me right now, there's bound to be something killing me in a couple seconds!". Serious, that stuff never lasted long.
I had a respectable store of Homing Phase Devices, which I used sparingly and only in emergencies. They got me out of QUITE A FEW tight spots that might have ended in tragedy otherwise. however, in the last few levels, I shot them off one after the other to skip straight to the end, which was, ironically, an arachnotron cave. Arachnotron caves are really hard in normal games, but are actually a step-down in difficulty when a normal Ao100 level entails fighting 4-5+ archviles and 5-7+ revenants.
Jesus Christ, that took awhile, I'm glad I have so much free time.
Also, I wish it gave you a better message than "You were killed by something...". It just doesn't seem appropriate considering the epic accomplishment it entails.
Angel of 100, COMPLETED!
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Dan Long, level 19 Cacodemon Sergeant Major, killed by something...
on level 100 of the Phobos base.
He survived 640137 turns and scored 512215 points.
He played for 5 hours, 49 minutes and 33 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 1494 out of 1886 hellspawn. (79%)
He was an Angel of 100!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Centurial Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 80/80 Experience 297252/19
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Ammochain (Level 1)
SoB->SoB->Fin->Fin->WK->TH->MAc->WK->SoB->TH->Iro->Iro->Iro->HR->HR->DM->Jug->Rel->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [6/6] (63%) (ABP)
[b] [ Weapon ] advanced plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A3T3)
[c] [ Boots ] Phaseshift Boots [4/4] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] advanced rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (B3T2)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified red armor [4/4] (126%) (AB)
[b] modified red armor [4/4] (129%) (AB)
[c] Onyx Armor [2]
[d] rocket (x7)
[e] rocket (x10)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] Hell Staff
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
80 former humans
203 former sergeants
160 former captains
96 imps
45 demons
65 lost souls
79 cacodemons
229 barons of hell
49 hell knights
136 arachnotrons
5 former commandos
5 pain elementals
101 arch-viles
118 mancubi
123 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 6 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 30 he found the Assault Shotgun!
On level 34 he found the Phaseshift Boots!
He nuked level 41!
He nuked level 56!
On level 73 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 89 he found the Onyx Armor!
He nuked level 95!
On level 100 he finally was killed by something...
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You use a envirosuit pack. You feel protected!
There is a Small Health Globe lying here.
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You
dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom!
Fire -- Choose target...
The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The
missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The
missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile
hits the arachnotron.
Fire -- Choose target...
The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The
arachnotron dies. You feel relatively safe now.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 21 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
9 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? 11 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
5 killed the bastard and survived.
5 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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Ammochain may seem overpowered, but it's VERY VERY necessary for Ao100. Fighting the hordes of Archviles and Revenants, especially when 2-3 revenants/barons are being revived at a time, necessitates a constant stream of heavy ordinance, and I think that any other build, even shotguns, would run out of ammo with how many non-ammo dropping monsters show up. Also, ammochain lets you use the rest of your inventory to carry med packs, phase devices, and envirosuits, which coming VERY handy.
I mean, groups of 4-5 mancubi/revenants were very commonplace, and archviles were around every corner in every level, so being crazy prepared was a prerequisite to surviving.
(Yeah, I know it's possible to do Ao100 without ammochain, but it sure doesn't seem like it...)
I like that I still get nukes, and that I can just completely bypass levels if I have invincibility going on. Getting to such high levels was neat, but once you hit a certain point, it's just not that useful to level up, since there isn't anything else that can really help you.
Really though, it got really monotonous at the later levels. It was an exciting, turbulent, unpredictable type of monotony, but it was monotony nonetheless.
What I was worried about most was my supply of armor. I had one really good armor, a agility/bulk/power modded red armor, which was my awesome super red, which I relied on mostly. I also had two other bulk and speed modded red armors to supplement my supply. I used every single armor shard I could find to repair my super red, and it pulled me out of alot of tough situations.
Damn barons though, their acid ball attack drains armor strength like crazy. It shaved off like 25% from my super red with every hit, it was crazy to just get hit once and need to repair it.
The various uniques I picked up weren't really useful. The only one I really used were the phaseshift boots. I carried the Onyx armor and hell staff around with me in case of an emergency, but I never used them.
What I'm very grateful for is that I found an advanced plasma rifle, which, as you can see, I modded quite a bit. I couldn't find any power mods for it though, which was very odd. I find a crapload of advanced combat shotguns, which were always a disappointment since I had no intention of using them.
Though, as the difficulty escalates, you learn to grow out of the habit of "Saving globes for when you really need them". Like, say, if things were easier, and I saw a supercharge, I'd go "I'll save it till the end of the level, when I go down", but when you're on level 80, you see that globe and go "GIMME GIMME GIMME! Even if there's nothing killing me right now, there's bound to be something killing me in a couple seconds!". Serious, that stuff never lasted long.
I had a respectable store of Homing Phase Devices, which I used sparingly and only in emergencies. They got me out of QUITE A FEW tight spots that might have ended in tragedy otherwise. however, in the last few levels, I shot them off one after the other to skip straight to the end, which was, ironically, an arachnotron cave. Arachnotron caves are really hard in normal games, but are actually a step-down in difficulty when a normal Ao100 level entails fighting 4-5+ archviles and 5-7+ revenants.
Jesus Christ, that took awhile, I'm glad I have so much free time.
Also, I wish it gave you a better message than "You were killed by something...". It just doesn't seem appropriate considering the epic accomplishment it entails.
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Requests For Features / Change "It" to "Him" in Mortem display.
« on: December 30, 2009, 17:21 »
So I noticed when you kill the cyberdemon by sacrificing youself, aka suicidal Thermie explosion, the game recounts this every mortem by saying "1 sacrificed itself for the greater good" or somesuch. This seems grammatically awkward since the line is supposed to be an extension of "Is he immortal? X souls claimed to have killed him".
Now, I know it's supposed to be referring to the player, and the game can't know the gender of who's playing, but this just seems like a heavy-handed way of dealing with that. I'd appreciate it if the mortem display just went by the gender of the player character, which I'm presuming is male, and just change "It" to "Him".
What do you guys think?
Now, I know it's supposed to be referring to the player, and the game can't know the gender of who's playing, but this just seems like a heavy-handed way of dealing with that. I'd appreciate it if the mortem display just went by the gender of the player character, which I'm presuming is male, and just change "It" to "Him".
What do you guys think?
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0.9.9 / [M|AoMC|95%|YAFW] Max Carnage is a fun land!
« on: December 30, 2009, 05:37 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Murderface!, level 10 Cacodemon Sergeant Major, nuked the Cyberdemon.
on level 26 of the Phobos base.
He survived 215067 turns and scored 100362 points.
He played for 1 hour, 49 minutes and 9 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 461 out of 482 hellspawn. (95%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Destroyer Bronze Badge
Destroyer Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 43/50 Experience 40052/10
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Finesse (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Ammochain (Level 1)
SoB->SoB->TH->Fin->Fin->WK->MAc->SoB->TH->WK->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (52%)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [89/169] (B2P1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified steel boots [1/1] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified plasma rifle (1d10)x6 [0/40] (P3)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] advanced BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
[b] modified green armor [1/1] (100%) (A)
[c] modified green armor [1/1] (76%) (A)
[d] Angelic Armor [3/7] (32%)
[e] power cell (x15)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
44 former humans
57 former sergeants
15 former captains
98 imps
44 demons
34 lost souls
30 cacodemons
90 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
20 hell knights
7 arachnotrons
1 John Carmack
3 former commandos
2 pain elementals
8 arch-viles
2 mancubi
5 revenants
-- 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 8 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He nuked level 25!
He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
explosion! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
Fire -- Choose target...
You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear an
explosion! 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 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 freed soul!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter> You hear an
explosion! You hear an explosion! 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 an explosion! You hear
the scream of a freed soul! You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a
freed soul! You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of a freed
soul! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear the scream of
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 18 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? 10 souls claim to have killed him...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
5 killed the bastard and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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So, after just becoming a Sergeant Major, I thought I'd try out one of the new challenge modes and just have fun with Ammochain. After gaining a whole new respect for my shotgun, I get ammochain, mod out my new plasma gun, and then go to town on everything.
I had the fortune of finding 2 homing phase devices (items I like to hoard more than any other), I found a Thermie on hell level 8 along with an invulnerability globe right next to the stairs. Destiny was DEMANDING that I kill JC again, a request that I'm happy to oblige.
Needless to say, I take the orb, head down, zip to the next exit with my HPD, and then nuke Cybie.
I then discover that homing phase devices don't work in the phobos arena, but I head down to JC's lair regardless.
Armed with one modded out BFG, and a less impressive second BFG I got from the Mortuary, I wait for JC to summon barons, then fire into the dark, hoping that it'll it one in the crowd. It sure does, and EXPLOSIONS! I rinse and repeat and JC never gets a shot off. I got lucky though, I was nearly out of cells!
THIRD Full Win!
Also, is it just me, or does the BFG work MUCH MUCH better against groups of enemies than it does against solitary ones?
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Requests For Features / Re: Combined Challenges!
« on: December 30, 2009, 03:18 »
Ha, I forgot the possibility for paradoxes, such as having Marksmenship and shotgunnery together, which both restrict eachother's weapon. Maybe it be that if you choose one, you can't choose another that contradicts it.
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Requests For Features / Combined Challenges!
« on: December 30, 2009, 02:28 »
After completing 3 challenge modes (one with a full win), I got to thinking, you know what would make these really interesting? Combined Challenges.
By that, I mean that there could be an option somewhere in the main menu, and selecting it would allow you to choose 2 different challenges, and then you'd play a game with BOTH challenge's rules enforced.
I think it'd be really fun, and would provide for more interesting Mortems to see from the community. There probably wouldn't be any special badges for combined challenges, but there could probably be a score modifier or something.
What do you guys think?
By that, I mean that there could be an option somewhere in the main menu, and selecting it would allow you to choose 2 different challenges, and then you'd play a game with BOTH challenge's rules enforced.
I think it'd be really fun, and would provide for more interesting Mortems to see from the community. There probably wouldn't be any special badges for combined challenges, but there could probably be a score modifier or something.
What do you guys think?
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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.
--------------------------------------------------------------
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 / Re: [M|AoMr|87%|YAFW] Hecks Yeah! First AoMr Win, Second Full Win!
« on: December 29, 2009, 21:46 »
Gunkata's nice, but I'm not into dodgey characters. I mean, I can appreciate it, I just do better with camping. Camping, where I find a good spot and abuse the 'wait' feature, nets me alot of easy kills. The most dangerous enemies, Archviles and revenants, can't even be dodged anyway, so it seems like a waste when I can invest in MORE POWER and do just as well anyway.
I think dodgeyness and speed would be better with shotguns, actually, since shooting around corners is flawed due to some odd bugs with aiming, and that shottyman functions by moving, and that you need to get close to enemies in order to deal significant damage anyway.
I think dodgeyness and speed would be better with shotguns, actually, since shooting around corners is flawed due to some odd bugs with aiming, and that shottyman functions by moving, and that you need to get close to enemies in order to deal significant damage anyway.
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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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Requests For Features / Re: New enemies
« on: December 28, 2009, 22:28 »
No love for my favorite fodder enemy?
Terror Elemental
appearance: O
speed: 180%
HP:40
armor: 1
Melee: 0
range: 0
accuracy: 0
"Pain Elementals? That's kiddy stuff boy, these are terror elementals. A living breathing gate into the underworld, these will zip about and spawn demons like crazy.
So they're like pain elementals, except that they spawn demons instead of lost souls. I think it would be more appropriate if it they spawned them more aggressively than pain elementals, since they're kind of pushovers as is.
Terror Elemental
appearance: O
speed: 180%
HP:40
armor: 1
Melee: 0
range: 0
accuracy: 0
"Pain Elementals? That's kiddy stuff boy, these are terror elementals. A living breathing gate into the underworld, these will zip about and spawn demons like crazy.
So they're like pain elementals, except that they spawn demons instead of lost souls. I think it would be more appropriate if it they spawned them more aggressively than pain elementals, since they're kind of pushovers as is.
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Requests For Features / Re: Thermie made into a special level reward?
« on: December 28, 2009, 09:22 »Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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Requests For Features / Re: Thermie made into a special level reward?
« on: December 28, 2009, 08:57 »
Odd, the wiki entry for the Spider's Lair doesn't mention that you get a thermie.
Also, I've never actually SEEN the the entrance to the Spider's Lair, and this is odd since I've beaten the game about 5 times. Do I have to do something to gain access to it, or is it just random?
Also, I've never actually SEEN the the entrance to the Spider's Lair, and this is odd since I've beaten the game about 5 times. Do I have to do something to gain access to it, or is it just random?
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0.9.9 / [E|94%|YAFW] My first full win!
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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.