Hello! I'm a long-time lurker who's played off and on for a few years now, and recently decided to pick the game up again! I'm already fairly competent with the game, but by no means a veteran. I've only ever played with graphics, though I also did play back when the game's name still had vowels.
I've been a competitive gamer for close to 15 years now and always love a good challenge! When I originally started to play and again from a fresh start a couple years later, I wanted to go hard to get as many of the badges as possible, but I never really got around to it between other games, work, school, IRL, and so forth. Lately, I've been in a bit of a rut and interested to start once again and really grind for it this time! I thought it would also be interesting to write about my progress here to share with others, perhaps also motivating more people to play. Kind of like a blog I suppose to also help myself be accountable for not giving up when things get tough. Hopefully it doesn't come off as obnoxious spam or anything. :P
In particular, I remember seeing when Vandam showed off that he had 16 on the Angelic Badges, and I thought it was so cool! In this day and age with the internet and all, it's very rare for a masterfully skilled player/athlete/person/etc to come from out of the blue and re-define what top-level play is like. Almost romantic in a sense. On top, if he was able to do it, then so can I! I'm a pretty smart cookie if I do say so myself, and I'm definitely a grinder when I want to achieve something.
So with all that said, I'll continually post little updates, fire up discussion here, and maybe share some cool post mortems! I'll be starting completely from scratch once again, and will probably need a little derusting, but I'm confident I'll be able to catch up quickly!
I happen to have two post mortems saved from years ago if you'd like to read those too:
My first Angel of 100 completion, back in mid 2013:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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100Again, level 20 Mancubus Warrant Officer Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 333821 turns and scored 545456 points.
He played for 5 hours, 50 minutes and 21 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 1424 out of 1743 hellspawn. (81%)
He was an Angel of 100!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Experience Medal
Centurial Silver Badge
Centurial Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 5)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->WK->WK->Jug->MSh->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Fin->HR->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] cybernano red armor [8]
[b] [ Weapon ] nano combat shotgun (4d3)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus plasteel boots [0/0] (100%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat shotgun (10d3) [6/6] (B1P3T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] super shotgun (10d4)x2 [2/2] (P2)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[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] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] shockwave pack
[s] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
132 former humans
175 former sergeants
141 former captains
78 imps
49 demons
83 lost souls
58 cacodemons
44 hell knights
166 barons of hell
96 arachnotrons
11 former commandos
5 pain elementals
62 revenants
105 mancubi
92 arch-viles
10 nightmare imps
22 nightmare cacodemons
36 nightmare demons
30 nightmare arachnotrons
1 nightmare arch-vile
4 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
4 elite former captains
2 elite former commandos
12 bruiser brothers
2 shamblers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Level 18 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 19 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 23 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 32 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 33 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 36 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 37 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 41 he ran for his life from acid!
He sounded the alarm on level 42!
On level 43 he assembled a hyperblaster!
He sounded the alarm on level 44!
He left level 44 as soon as possible.
Level 46 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 47 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
Level 50 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 50 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 51 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
Level 59 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 60 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 65 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 67 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 73 he found the Malek's Armor!
Level 76 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 80!
On level 82 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 83 he assembled a cybernano armor!
On level 85 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 86 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 90, hell froze over!
He left level 91 as soon as possible.
On level 92 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 94 he found the Trigun!
On level 95 he found the Hellwave Pack!
He left level 97 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 98!
He left level 99 as soon as possible.
He left level 100 as soon as possible.
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There are stairs leading downward here.
Just one more! Just one more! Will you die here? Press <Enter>...
You enter Hell, level 100.
You start running!
You open the door.
You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the baron of hell.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul!
The former sergeant reloads his shotgun. There are stairs leading downward
here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
38 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
23 of those were killed.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
12 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
9 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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And my first Angel of 100 with Max Carnage completion, back in 2015:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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KittySeesChallenge,
level 24 Demon 1st Lieutenant Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 309539 turns and scored 2357040 points.
He played for 6 hours, 37 minutes and 35 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 3818 out of 3818 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of 100!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Medal
Veteran Silver Badge
Veteran Gold Badge
Destroyer Bronze Badge
Centurial Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 173/90 Experience 826195/24
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 4)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->TH->HR->HR->DM->Fin->HR->Iro->Iro->Iro->Jug->SoB->SoB->SoB->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (100%) (APT)
[b] [ Weapon ] burst nuclear plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [48/48]
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nanomachic plasma rifle (1d7)x6
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] energy-shielded vest [3/3] (100%) (NP)
[b] large med-pack
[c] large 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] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] homing phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] homing phase device
[q] homing phase device
[r] homing phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] power mod pack
[u] technical mod pack
[v] agility mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
152 former humans
276 former sergeants
353 former captains
115 imps
86 demons
411 lost souls
64 cacodemons
141 hell knights
535 barons of hell
151 arachnotrons
18 former commandos
68 pain elementals
296 revenants
397 mancubi
342 arch-viles
49 nightmare imps
95 nightmare cacodemons
128 nightmare demons
29 nightmare arachnotrons
8 nightmare arch-viles
5 elite former humans
3 elite former sergeants
4 elite former captains
7 elite former commandos
46 bruiser brothers
15 shamblers
4 lava elemental
15 agony elementals
5 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 16 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
On level 16 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 17 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 17 he assembled a hyperblaster!
On level 20 he assembled a burst cannon!
On level 25 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 28 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 32 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 36 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 36 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 41 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 41 he found the Acid Spitter!
On level 41 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
On level 42 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 43 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 45 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 46 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 48 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 49 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 50 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 51 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 54 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 57 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 60 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 64, hell froze over!
On level 70 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 72!
On level 72 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 74 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 75 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 76 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 79 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 79 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 92 he found the Enviroboots!
Level 93 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 100 he found the Berserker Armor!
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You swap your weapons instantly!
There is 10mm ammo (x36) lying here.
Boom!
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You feel relatively safe now.
There are stairs leading downward here.
There is a Light-Amp Goggles lying here.
You see further!
There is a bulk mod pack lying here.
Your vision fades.
There is a Supercharge Globe lying here.
SuperCharge!
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
41 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
29 of those were killed.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
10 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
9 killed the bitch and survived.
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Day 1:
I had to get used to the controls again, but caught on pretty quickly. Funny enough, I subconsciously knew how to do a bunch of commands just by muscle memory. The brain is really amazing! :P
I played through my first game on wimp mode to get a feel and flow, and it worked out fairly well overall! I had some insane assembly pak luck, getting both a Sniper and a Nano, on top of a pile of others! A total of 12 assemblies! I made it all the way to JC and since I was going for 100% kills and couldn't remember how the final floor worked in terms of kill count, I fired my remaining BFG shot at a Baron, rather than securing the win. Unfortunately, ammo ran low, my armor was destroyed, and I got finished off. :( I'll get him next time!
I won't post every single mortem, only relevant ones. That said, here's the run:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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First2017er, level 11 Human Private Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 106312 turns and scored 55763 points.
He played for 1 hour, 38 minutes and 42 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 605 out of 671 hellspawn. (90%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He saved himself 2 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Explorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Technician Bronze Badge
Armorer Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Silver Badge
UAC Bronze Badge
Lava Bronze Badge
Brick Bronze Badge
Skull Bronze Badge
Arena Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 50978/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Jug->MSh->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/4] (37%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x100)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] high power BFG 9000 (12d6) [25/65]
[b] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] shotgun shell (x70)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] shotgun shell (x17)
[f] homing phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 0% feet 12%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
74 former humans
52 former sergeants
9 former captains
63 imps
46 demons
241 lost souls
24 cacodemons
18 hell knights
21 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
15 pain elementals
18 revenants
7 mancubi
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 4 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he assembled a elephant gun!
On level 11 he assembled a grappling boots!
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 14 he assembled a fireproof boots!
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 15 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 15 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 20 he assembled a ballistic armor!
On level 22 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Necroarmor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
On level 23 he assembled a power armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
freed soul!
You dodge!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...
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Thanks for the welcome!
Yeah, I suppose it's reasonable to be skeptical about Vandam, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. In any case, I'm still going to pursue what he's done. Also I meant I'm more in a gaming rut, rather than a general run, haha. Things are good! :)
Day 2:
After losing to JC last night, I opted to collect some more badges, and did far more than I had expected on an Angel of Berserk run! I gained a huge pile of them, as well as beating the Mortuary for the first time! I got quite a few more assemblies and badges; I reached Sergeant Major after just my 2nd completion! Vampyre with the Angelic set is quite powerful, and I actually forgot that the Angelic Armor can break, ha. I'm used to always using indestructible gear.
Mortem here:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Gameplz, level 11 Former Human Corporal Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 108401 turns and scored 111160 points.
He played for 1 hour, 16 minutes and 16 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 657 out of 657 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
Aurora Medallion
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Gargulec Medal
Heroic Bronze Badge
Veteran Bronze Badge
Reaper Bronze Badge
Reaper Silver Badge
Reaper Gold Badge
Berserker Bronze Badge
Berserker Silver Badge
Longinus Gold Badge
Arachno Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 109/80 Experience 58408/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->TaN->MVm->Bad->TaN->Bru->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [0/11] (0%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] grappling protective boots [3/3] (75%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Berserker Armor [0]
[b] small med-pack
[c] small med-pack
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] envirosuit pack
[i] envirosuit pack
[j] power mod pack
[k] technical mod pack
[l] bulk mod pack
[m] bulk mod pack
[n] shockwave pack
[o] Hell Staff
[p] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[q] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)
-- 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 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
99 former humans
61 former sergeants
29 former captains
91 imps
59 demons
162 lost souls
23 cacodemons
30 hell knights
22 barons of hell
38 arachnotrons
1 former commando
9 pain elementals
7 revenants
4 mancubi
8 arch-viles
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he assembled a grappling boots!
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 9 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 9 he assembled a grappling boots!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he found the Berserker Armor!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 15 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 15 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 17 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
On level 23 he found the Hell Staff!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You stop running.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You are hit!
Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The Spider Mastermind hits you. You are hit! You dodge! You dodge! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! 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 ---------------------------------------------------
4 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2 of those were killed.
2 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
1 killed the bitch and survived.
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Following that, I decided to play another Angel of 100 + Angel of Max Carnage on UV for 100%! I used basically the same build as before, with focus on Cateye and rapid-fire weapons. It's honestly a superb build for the challenge and very fun to play! The entire game is quite easy to execute, but any mistake can be fatal. You dance with death the entire game. Unfortunately, the biggest weakness of the build is overconfidence and I got killed due to some bad luck, but by no means exceptionally bad luck. Entirely my fault for not respecting the danger. If you play intelligently, you basically can't die, just have to respect the danger. Seriously. Respect the danger.
Generally I shoot for getting Cateye as soon as possible, and then work towards Cerberus Boots, Nanomachic Plasma Rifle, and Cybernano Energy-Shielded Vest. I had no luck with getting Nano Packs though and also unfortunately died before reaching the level 51 mark. I also passed on a Dragonslayer spawn to avoid ruining my run; cool to finally know how to pick it up now! ;) I'll revisit this challenge some more later and put focus onto unlocking Angel of Overconfidence and start cheesing to collect a bunch more badges.
Here's the mortem:
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KittySeesChallenge2017,
level 19 Demon Sergeant Major Scout,
rode a mancubus rocket on level 48 of Hell.
He survived 213755 turns and scored 624521 points.
He played for 3 hours, 30 minutes and 17 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 1693 out of 1705 hellspawn. (99%)
He was a real killing machine...
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of 100!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Technician Silver Badge
Armorer Silver Badge
Destroyer Bronze Badge
Centurial Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/70 Experience 259342/19
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->SoB->Fin->SoB->SoB->HR->HR->DM->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [25/88] (B3)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] tactical shotgun (9d3) [5/5] (P1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] burst chaingun (1d9)x6 [80/80] (P1)
[b] blaster (2d5) [10/10] (P1)
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[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] 10mm ammo (x100)
[l] 10mm ammo (x100)
[m] 10mm ammo (x100)
[n] 10mm ammo (x100)
[o] 10mm ammo (x100)
[p] shotgun shell (x50)
[q] shotgun shell (x46)
[r] power cell (x37)
[s] power cell (x50)
[t] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 13% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
152 former humans
159 former sergeants
173 former captains
187 imps
68 demons
206 lost souls
45 cacodemons
65 hell knights
150 barons of hell
44 arachnotrons
21 former commandos
24 pain elementals
73 revenants
129 mancubi
132 arch-viles
27 nightmare imps
1 nightmare cacodemon
29 nightmare demons
2 nightmare arachnotrons
1 elite former human
5 bruiser brothers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
Level 11 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 13 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
Level 17 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 19!
On level 22 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 26 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 27 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He nuked level 30!
On level 33 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 35 he assembled a burst cannon!
Level 45 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 45 he found the Frag Shotgun!
On level 45 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 47 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 48 he finally rode a mancubus rocket.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile. The arch-vile
raises his arms!
The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile. The arch-vile
raises his arms!
The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile
hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the
arch-vile. The arch-vile dies.
The missile hits the arch-vile. You are engulfed in flames!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The missile
hits the mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the
mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The mancubus dies. Boom!
The missile hits the revenant. The missile hits the revenant. You stop
running.
The missile hits the revenant. You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You are hit! Boom! The barrel explodes! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
7 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
5 of those were killed.
2 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
1 killed the bitch and survived.
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Thanks Sereg, but AoB Mortuary wasn't that amazing really. With Vampyre and being Berserk the whole time, I just needed to rush the Archviles. I did still almost die twice, and it was on Hey, Not Too Rough. And yeah, misuse of "break" regarding Angelic Armor, haha.
Day 3:
I spent some time grinding out more of the easy medals and badges, as well as assemblies. My ranking is a bit clogged with needing to Pistol kill Hell Knights, but I've already got a ton of overall kills and melee kills. Reaching the Arch-Vile rank shouldn't be too bad, but needing 100 Cyberdemons, and 50 JCs will take some time to get. I'll slowly grind for them on days when I don't have as much free time.
I've been using Angel of Overconfidence a bunch to cheese out some easy badges and medals. My favorite one in particular was combining it with Angel of Pacifism; fun fact: you don't get a nuke! By dumb luck, I managed to find one anyway:
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rofl, level 5 Demon Warrant Officer Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 3882 turns and scored 11663 points.
He played for 5 minutes and 23 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 5 out of 173 hellspawn. (2%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Pacifist Silver Badge
Pacifist Gold Badge
Daredevil Gold Badge
Scavenger Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 170/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] plasma shield [0/0] (96%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (78%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (79%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (24%)
[c] blue armor [4/4] (55%) (P)
[d] red armor [4/4] (85%)
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 95% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 imps
1 lost soul
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
13 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
10 of those were killed.
3 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
2 killed the bitch and survived.
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Also, I felt like revisiting my Max Carnage/Angel of 100/UV/100% Kills, and got it very easily. My Cateye build is so overpowered once it gets going. Here's the post-mortem to start off with:
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m8, level 24 Demon Warrant Officer Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 334665 turns and scored 2401914 points.
He played for 4 hours, 35 minutes and 33 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 3747 out of 3747 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of 100!
He saved himself 2 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Medal
Veteran Silver Badge
Veteran Gold Badge
Destroyer Silver Badge
Centurial Silver Badge
Centurial Gold Badge
Centurial Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 100/100 Experience 847618/24
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 5)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->SoB->Fin->SoB->SoB->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->TH->Iro->HR->HR->HR->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] cybernano red armor [10] (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] nanomachic plasma rifle (1d8)x6 (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large 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] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] technical mod pack
[q] agility mod pack
[r] agility mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
176 former humans
295 former sergeants
370 former captains
164 imps
55 demons
269 lost souls
67 cacodemons
162 hell knights
561 barons of hell
164 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
45 pain elementals
280 revenants
359 mancubi
390 arch-viles
47 nightmare imps
105 nightmare cacodemons
74 nightmare demons
53 nightmare arachnotrons
4 nightmare arch-viles
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
6 elite former captains
1 elite former commando
57 bruiser brothers
12 shamblers
3 lava elemental
3 agony elementals
3 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
Level 12 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 20 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 21 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 24 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 26 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 29 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
On level 38 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
Level 39 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 40 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 46 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 46 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 47 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 48 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 52 he found the Acid Spitter!
On level 53 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 57 he assembled a energy pistol!
On level 59 he assembled a cerberus armor!
On level 60 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
On level 67 he assembled a fireproof armor!
He sounded the alarm on level 70!
On level 70 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 74 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 75 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 76 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 84 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 86 he assembled a cybernano armor!
On level 89 he assembled a micro launcher!
On level 92 he assembled a assault rifle!
On level 94 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 96 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 99 he ran for his life from lava!
Level 100 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 100 he assembled a environmental boots!
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Modify w eapon, a rmor or b oots? (Escape to cancel) [abw] You use a bulk mod
pack.
Modify w eapon, a rmor or b oots? (Escape to cancel) [abw] Special assembly
possible! Do you want to assemble the environmental boots? [y/n]
You assemble the environmental boots. You use a technical mod pack.
You dropped an environmental steel boots [1/1] (100%). There is an
environmental steel boots [1/1] (100%) lying here.
There is a cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A) lying here.
You picked up a cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A).
You wear/wield : a cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
You swap your weapons.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
20 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
12 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
5 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
3 killed the bitch and survived.
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So basically, I get an infinite ammo Plasma (ideally nanomachic instead of nuclear), and with Cateye, 2x Intuition, 2x Triggerhappy, and 5x Son of a Bitch, I become immortal. You can see so far away, and with Max Carnage, accuracy variance doesn't matter, and damage variance doesn't matter. I point and click at purple Xs, and everything dies. I was even killing Shamblers and Elementals in 2 clicks, with Cyberdemons in 5!
Starting off can be rough, and requires quite a bit of ammo. You're very dependent on finding a Nano Pack, and you still can't be making mistakes. The thing is though, if you aren't getting hit, Max Carnage is all benefits, not disadvantages. On top, the Plasma can pierce through walls for even easier targeting. I still of course used a heavy-duty armor and was loaded on Med Packs, but they weren't really necessary at all. My kill streak was frequently in the multiple hundreds.
The only things that can stop you are potentially Cyberdemons, extremely unlucky starts, and your own overconfidence and impatience. It's easy to fall into the idea of being aggressive when picking up Invulnerability and getting into other advantageous situations, but they should be treated as insurance for mistakes. Nuke levels and hard wall levels are also a bit of a pain, but manageable. Even Shamblers and Elementals couldn't fight meaningfully since they're slow after teleporting. If anything ever did go wrong, I also had Phase Devices. It's seriously very, very easy to complete once you get going!
Here's the worst start that I had, but I still didn't get touched:
(http://i.imgur.com/IaMa93o.png)
Here's my ending main screen. I was very disappointed for not hitting Level 25. I think I'll have to play through 666 to get it, but since I can't combine it with Max Carnage, I might opt for a Shotgun build and PPN+P Super Shotgun instead.
(http://i.imgur.com/1Whm1XI.png)
And here's my in-game stats screen just before I left Level 100:
(http://i.imgur.com/MHXAReN.png)
So all in all, it was a lot of fun! It was great that I could repeat my best feat already and with such ease, as well as collecting several medals and badges (Platinum, woo)! My next couple of goals will be killing 50 Hell Knights with a Pistol, and collecting the rest of the Bronze Badges. I also just need one more basic assembly (Tower Shield), but Onyx Packs are hard to come by.
I'm having a blast and playing well!
Thanks for the U key tip, Tormuse! That's definitely important to know! Awhile back, I actually didn't know you could unload weapons with it, and being a perfectionist and overpreparing, I would manually pick up every weapon, empty it, then toss it on the ground. :P The U key is a savior!
Day 4:
Nothing too exciting post-mortem-wise, but I grinded out a whole lot of the easy stuff to get them out of the way. I've reached the ranking of Hell Baron/Major; glad I don't need to be Pistol killing anything anymore. :P I still need 2000 melee kills, 25000/50000 kills, 100 Cyberdemon kills, and 50 JC kills to finish the ranks! Those honestly aren't that bad and progress naturally, but like I said earlier, 50 JCs will take awhile to finish. I'm content with what I'm at so far for now.
I've found every special item now, and only missing 12 more uniques:
(https://i.imgur.com/oMJDAjG.png)
And I've also made every basic assembly, just missing 5 advanced and 1 master assembly now:
(https://i.imgur.com/519m7bU.png)
I also finished up collecting the rest of the bronze badges I was missing and have all 26 now:
(https://i.imgur.com/EUQzrBS.png)
As well as 18/26 silver badges, missing mostly easy ones too:
(https://i.imgur.com/wuYUAJI.png)
Like I said, mostly just getting the easy stuff out of the way. Next goals will be 26/26 silver, and getting the rest of the assemblies!
One funny post-mortem I had was another round of Angel of Pacifism, this time with Angel of Confidence, and once again, forgetting I don't get a nuke. Fortunately, I found a little helper in the Mortuary to solve my problem. :P I actually didn't realize it at first and ran at the Spider Mastermind to accept death, but fortunately I also had a Phase Device to have enough time to survive.
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fgdsfg, level 7 Mancubus Captain Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 8210 turns and scored 25262 points.
He played for 10 minutes and 22 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 29 out of 366 hellspawn. (7%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Daredevil Bronze Badge
Daredevil Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 2162/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
HR->HR->DM->Bad->Bad->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] acid-proof boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (11%)
[d] blue armor [2/2] (68%)
[e] blue armor [1/2] (49%)
[f] blue armor [2/2] (65%)
[g] blue armor [2/2] (57%)
[h] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[i] red armor [1/4] (24%)
[j] onyx armor [2]
[k] phase device
[l] Hell Staff
[m] plasteel boots [2/2] (63%) (A)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former humans
7 former sergeants
6 imps
1 demon
6 lost souls
2 former commandos
2 mancubi
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
Level 5 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 9 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 11 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 12 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 16!
On level 16 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a lever here.
You pull the lever...
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
77 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
60 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
13 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
10 killed the bitch and survived.
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Another lucky fluke for Pacifism, haha.
That's all for today!
Burst Cannon Nuclear Plasma Rifles are quite good, definitely the best semi-infinite rapid-fire weapon, but because my build is based around Shottyhead, Eagle Eye is blocked. I just used them for when I ran out of shells.
Like I mentioned, I'm not yet a fan of Inquisitor set compared to my usual go-tos, but I also haven't been surrounded by dozens of fire monsters. Keep in mind that this is still just on Hey, Not Too Rough, so I should be fine without. Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but hey, it's a test run after all! I am a huge data, strategy, and optimization junkie, so I'll definitely do more thorough research as my experience with high-level play increases.
Day 6:
At floor 108, I discovered my first special mod pack, being an Onyx! Not exactly what I was hoping for, but I didn't want to complain too much as I do need one of those too. Still, I wanted a Nano Pack and was starting to get a bit more desperate for one. Then on floor 109, two spaces away from me was a Nano Pack! Immediately I finished my Nano-Shrapnel Super Shotgun (P) and have turned the game into Cookie Clicker! :P It's insanely good, even Cyberdemons usually get just 1 (often missed) Rocket in before they get killed by sheer firing speed!
Following that, I also reached Level 25 for my first time ever!
(https://i.imgur.com/29DqYhs.png)
I kind of ran out of useful traits, so I went with Brute and Berserker. I figure that if I'm somehow getting hit hard enough to trigger Berserker, I probably need the +60% Resistances.
So basically, I murdered most everything up to floor 201 where I left off. Nothing too exciting really, haha. I'm on the look out for specials and uniques because I require 3 of each and 1000 total to get some badges, but other than that, all I ever pick up are Large Med-Packs, Phase Devices (mostly homing), Thermies, boosters and health items, and not much more. I'm hoping I can finally find an Energy-Shielded Vest to complete the armor I want (I already have all 5 mods for it), and I also am hoping for Chainsaws to complete my missing assemblies, and a Nuclear BFG wouldn't hurt either to slowly upgrade my current Nuclear VBFG.
My original plan was to botch my run if I stumble upon Dragonslayer, but I'm thinking this opportunity for hunting Cyberdemons as well as massively racking up my kill count is a better idea. I could potentially find a Dragonslayer on any run, but not often do I get to go on a murder spree.
That's all for now! More of this run to come!
I read up on Dragonslayer more carefully and realized what I overlooked. It does an average of 45 damage, which is solid for sure, but my Shotgun is obviously better. However, I forgot to consider that permanent Berserk also means permanent double melee damage! So yeah, Dragonslayer is kind on insane, ha!
And no, I never found any Sniper Packs before tossing them.
Day 7:
Many, many floors of murdering everything, but really nothing too thrilling. Some more uniques, lots of specials to increase my count towards 1000, and many, many kills. Lots of Cyberdemons too, which is good!
Then on floor 286, I finally found an Energy-Shielded Vest! Check it out:
(https://i.imgur.com/i1B2PlJ.png)
It's insanely protective and I usually take 1 damage from everything now! Shortly after that, I found a second Nuclear BFG! Currently it's (BBF), so even just one more Firestorm Pack would be awesome!
So of course, I spent some more time thinking about Dragonslayer, and I've definitely shifted my opinion (back) to picking it up should I find it. I believe now it's the only missing unique besides Azrael's (which I could easily get), and it would be nice to get that badge, as well as work towards getting 3 for another badge in the future. With my Cybernano Energy-Shielded Vest, I should be fine enough to survive everything anyway, especially with +60% more resistances! On top, I'm going to be bottlenecking my ranking until I get more melee kills, so it'd be helpful for that too. The only downside is my armor is stuck to me, so I won't be able to pair up with Berserker's Armor, but that's okay.
I'm just a bit shy from the half-way mark now, and am getting faster at clearing levels. So long as I don't die, I should get this finished sometime during the weekend! It's a lot of fun, but it definitely takes some time, ha. I'm looking forward to going back to more normal games and collecting some more badges!
Day 9:
Mission accomplished!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy666, level 25 Hell Baron Major Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 666 of Hell.
He survived 916200 turns and scored 8305652 points.
He played for 14 hours, 31 minutes and 42 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 18398 out of 22433 hellspawn. (82%)
He was an Archangel of 666!
He saved himself 10 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 100/100 Experience 5900286/25
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 5)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Jug->MSh->Fin->HR->DM->HR->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] cybernano energy-shielded vest [7] (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] nano super shotgun (6d4)x2 (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nuclear VBFG9000 (8d9) [60/60] (P1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [68/68] (B2F1)
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[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
[o] homing phase device
[p] homing phase device
[q] homing phase device
[r] homing phase device
[s] homing phase device
[t] Hell Staff
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 50% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 50% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
739 former humans
1475 former sergeants
2302 former captains
186 imps
46 demons
1429 lost souls
162 cacodemons
663 hell knights
2611 barons of hell
869 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
218 pain elementals
1305 revenants
1701 mancubi
2044 arch-viles
63 nightmare imps
499 nightmare cacodemons
550 nightmare demons
458 nightmare arachnotrons
153 nightmare arch-viles
1 elite former human
2 elite former sergeants
47 elite former captains
56 elite former commandos
397 bruiser brothers
243 shamblers
66 lava elemental
60 agony elementals
49 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 11 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 14 he found the Shielded Armor!
On level 14 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 14 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 15 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 16 he stumbled into a complex full of imps!
On level 16 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 18, hell froze over!
He sounded the alarm on level 20!
On level 21, hell froze over!
On level 24 he found the Enviroboots!
Level 25 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 26 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 32 he ran for his life from acid!
He nuked level 34!
He sounded the alarm on level 37!
He nuked level 42!
On level 43 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 44 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 48, hell froze over!
On level 57, hell froze over!
On level 57 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
Level 58 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
Level 59 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 61 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 62 he assembled a burst cannon!
He nuked level 62!
On level 64 he encountered an armed nuke!
He nuked level 66!
On level 73 he assembled a burst cannon!
On level 75 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
Level 77 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He sounded the alarm on level 79!
On level 80 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 82 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 84 he assembled a VBFG9000!
He nuked level 84!
He sounded the alarm on level 86!
On level 88 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 89, hell froze over!
Level 92 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
Level 93 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 99 as soon as possible.
On level 103 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 104 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 109 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 109 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
On level 110 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He nuked level 111!
Level 112 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 113 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 114 he encountered an armed nuke!
He nuked level 118!
Level 119 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 120 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 122 he ran for his life from acid!
He nuked level 122!
On level 124 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 125 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 131 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 135!
Level 137 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 138 he found the Acid Spitter!
Level 140 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 143 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 144 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 146 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 147, hell froze over!
On level 150 he found the Mega Buster!
He nuked level 154!
On level 159, hell froze over!
On level 165, hell froze over!
He nuked level 167!
On level 168 he was bombarded!
On level 174 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 178 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 180 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 183 he ran for his life from acid!
Level 184 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 186!
Level 190 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 191 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 204 he encountered an armed nuke!
He nuked level 207!
On level 208 he found the Trigun!
On level 214, hell froze over!
Level 222 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 225, hell froze over!
Level 226 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 226 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
On level 227 he was bombarded!
He nuked level 229!
He flooded the entire level 230 with acid!
On level 236, hell froze over!
On level 237 he was bombarded!
Level 241 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 244 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
Level 249 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 249!
On level 251 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 252 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 253 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 257 he found the Mjollnir!
On level 261 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 264 he ran for his life from acid!
Level 273 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 276!
On level 278 he was bombarded!
On level 279 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 283 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 286 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 286 he assembled a cybernano armor!
He sounded the alarm on level 287!
On level 287 he found the Frag Shotgun!
He nuked level 291!
On level 292 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 293 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 298!
On level 303 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 306 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 306, hell froze over!
On level 307 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He nuked level 311!
On level 312 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
Level 317 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 317!
Level 318 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 324 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 328 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 341 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 344 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 345 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 350!
On level 357 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 357 he found the BFG 10K!
He sounded the alarm on level 360!
On level 362 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 363 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 365 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 368 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 368 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 369 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 370 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 397 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 400!
On level 401 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 406 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He flooded the entire level 411 with acid!
On level 412 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
He sounded the alarm on level 421!
Level 422 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 429 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 433 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 435 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 438, hell froze over!
He nuked level 438!
He nuked level 442!
He left level 443 as soon as possible.
Level 446 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 447!
Level 448 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 449 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 457 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 458, hell froze over!
On level 459 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 463 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 467 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 467 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 468!
Level 470 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 476 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 477!
On level 477 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 478 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 481 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 482, hell froze over!
On level 486 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He nuked level 490!
On level 494 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 499 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
On level 504 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
Level 506 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 510 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 511 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 515 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 516 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 516 he assembled a ripper!
On level 519 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 523 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 526 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 528 he was bombarded!
He nuked level 534!
On level 542, hell froze over!
He left level 543 as soon as possible.
On level 544, hell froze over!
On level 545 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
Level 549 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 550 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 554 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 555 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 555 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 556 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 562 he ran for his life from acid!
He nuked level 562!
Level 564 was a hard nut to crack!
He nuked level 565!
On level 566 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 566 he was bombarded!
He left level 574 as soon as possible.
Level 575 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 577 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
He left level 578 as soon as possible.
On level 579 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 581 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He nuked level 582!
On level 586 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 596 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 596 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 601, hell froze over!
He left level 605 as soon as possible.
He nuked level 609!
On level 610 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 614 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 620 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 634 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He nuked level 634!
On level 635 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 636 as soon as possible.
He nuked level 638!
Level 642 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 645 he found the Railgun!
He left level 650 as soon as possible.
Level 652 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 652 as soon as possible.
On level 656 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
Level 658 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 663 as soon as possible.
On level 665 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 666 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You feel relatively safe now.
You don't know how to get there!
There are stairs leading downward here.
There are stairs leading downward here.
There is a Small Health Globe lying here.
There is a small med-pack lying here.
You use a small med-pack from the ground. You feel healed.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You're crazy, you know that, right? Hell, congratulations anyway! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
134 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
105 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
18 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
15 killed the bitch and survived.
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After nearly 15 hours, I finally finished Ao666! Like I had been saying, it was easy, just long. It was a lot of fun and I will definitely do it again on UV for 100% kills in the future!
Along the way on floor 498, I had my first (and only) staircase adjacent to me, and while there was no Compuer/Tracking Map, I decided for whatever reason to look around a bit, and found my first Chainsaw! A number of levels later to collect the mod packs, I made the Ripper with it:
(https://i.imgur.com/tRD9S5d.png)
I figured to make that and leave out Double Chainsaw for another time; it was the obvious choice. Besides that, it was just more slaughtering and stair-diving. Surprisingly, I never found a second Firestorm Pack, so that kind of sucked. Like I've mentioned though, I did nuke a ton of levels as well as started skipping chunks of them later on, but still somewhat unlucky to never find another. I think in total, I found 3 Onyx, 7 Nano, and 3 Sniper. Here's some final screenshots before I completed the run:
(https://i.imgur.com/MxlIv3Q.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/3TW99Ef.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/knRNiUe.png)
So with that completed, I got my Level 25 Medal, and a huge increase to my special/unique count and number of kills!
(https://i.imgur.com/ILbiCSD.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/IqRNSP3.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/KquD5N6.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/yASn9M4.png)
My Cyberdemon kill count is now a decent 61, leaving just 39 more! I was pretty disappointed on never finding any Cyberdemon caves throughout 666 floors. I still need a huge number of kills in general, and about 500 more melee kills, but a very good step forward! During the Ao666, I found every unique except for Dragonslayer :P, Berserker's Armor, and Subtle Knife, of which I only previously had Berserker's Armor, while also missing Azrael's Scythe. My total special/unique count was quite a bit lower than I thought it would be, so it'll still take a long time to reach 1000 with that. At least I have almost 3 of every special and 2 of the ones I don't. Overall, an excellent journey and improvement to getting to 100% in this game.
But, I wasn't yet satisfied and kept going.
The first thing to take care of was getting Double Chainsaw. The most sensical way of doing that was playing a Technician and going through all the bonus levels, as well as getting a guaranteed Chainsaw. I had some bad luck with packs, but I got it and completed my assembly list!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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DoubleChainsawPrettyPlz,
level 6 Hell Baron Major Technician,
was spooked by a lost soul on level 7 of the Deimos base.
He survived 30013 turns and scored 14732 points.
He played for 20 minutes and 23 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 171 out of 268 hellspawn. (63%)
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Technician Platinum Badge
Technician Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 12020/6
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Scavenger (Level 1)
WK->EE->EE->Int->WK->MSc->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] phaseshift armor [2/2] (98%)
[b] [ Weapon ] double chainsaw (8d6)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (74%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100]
[b] blue armor [2/2] (86%)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] red armor [1/4] (8%)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x41)
[g] homing phase device
[h] technical mod pack
[i] agility mod pack
[j] bulk mod pack
[k] bulk mod pack
[l] plasteel boots [2/2] (90%)
[m] shell box (x78)
[n] shell box (x100)
[o] shell box (x100)
[p] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
43 former humans
24 former sergeants
2 former captains
36 imps
22 demons
28 lost souls
8 cacodemons
3 hell knights
1 baron of hell
1 arachnotron
1 pain elemental
2 bruiser brothers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
On level 7 he assembled a micro launcher!
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 14 he assembled a double chainsaw!
Entering level 15 he was almost dead...
On level 15 he finally was spooked by a lost soul.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter Deimos, level 7.
There is a phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%) lying here.
You picked up a phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%).
You wear/wield : a phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
You swap your weapons.
You swap your weapons.
You use a phase device. You feel yanked in a non-existing direction!
There is a homing phase device lying here.
You picked up a homing phase device.
You open the door.
The pain elemental spawns lost souls!
You use a phase device. You feel yanked in a non-existing direction!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies.
The pain elemental spawns lost souls!
The lost soul hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
137 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
108 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
18 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
15 killed the bitch and survived.
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(https://i.imgur.com/f0Zoma1.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/NEPRRag.png)
With that, I got my first diamond badge, my second platinum badge, and no longer need to build unnecessary assemblies! Very nice milestone to hit!
Next was getting Azrael's Scythe. The obvious way of doing this was playing on Ultra-Violence with a dual-angel of Berserk and Overconfidence, along with some good luck. My very first attempt was actually quite close, but the Angel of Death unfortunately barely won. A few tries later and I had an insane start:
(https://i.imgur.com/PahCJQ7.png)
With an Invulnerability 2 steps away, and a huge pack of monsters for experience in the other direction, I flew up the levels quickly, and the floor was cleared with ease! As expected, it was the run that got me Azrael's!
(https://i.imgur.com/REXhNmg.png)
It's ridiculously strong and thought it'd be fun to play out the rest of the run. I tried out Whisper of Death too, which is cool. In fact, I ended up finishing with 100% kills!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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bgxdfg, level 8 Hell Baron Major Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 25123 turns and scored 74822 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 41 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 204 out of 204 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Gargulec Medal
Berserker Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 91/55 Experience 29048/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (21%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (51%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] red armor [1/4] (21%)
[b] red armor [2/4] (46%) (T)
[c] small med-pack
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] phase device
[s] homing phase device
[t] protective boots [2/2] (100%)
[u] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 65% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
17 former sergeants
4 former captains
23 imps
22 demons
71 lost souls
8 cacodemons
2 hell knights
9 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
5 pain elementals
4 revenants
19 mancubi
12 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 5 he found the Frag Shotgun!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Your blue armor is
damaged! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
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 hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
149 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
119 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
19 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
16 killed the bitch and survived.
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I noticed after this run that I had 23 medals; 1 shy of getting a well-needed gold badge, and I figured the easiest one to get would be completing Hell's Armory without damage. Max Carnage+Confidence helped a lot, though I unfortunately got Deimos Anomaly. With some luck with teleporting into a non-attacking Zombieman, an Assault Shotgun waiting for me in the weapon room, a Power Pack, and luck with the Shamblers not hitting me, I managed to earn the medal on the harder of the two levels!
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lol, level 4 Hell Baron Major Scout,
was smitten by a cacodemon on level 4 of the Deimos base.
He survived 9642 turns and scored 9711 points.
He played for 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 58 out of 110 hellspawn. (52%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Shambler's Head
Heroic Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 5132/4
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (55%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (90%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x44)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5]
[b] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x7)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] agility mod pack
[l] bulk mod pack
[m] bulk mod pack
[n] nano pack
[o] onyx armor pack
[p] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
15 former humans
6 former sergeants
2 former captains
11 imps
1 demon
15 lost souls
2 hell knights
4 arachnotrons
2 shamblers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he entered Deimos Lab.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
On level 4 he finally was smitten by a cacodemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You hit the imp. The imp hits you.
The imp dies. You dodge! The missile hits the former human. The former human
dies.
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You open the door. You are hit!
You open the door.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter Deimos, level 4. You sense a passage to a place beyond...
You quickly fully load the assault shotgun.
You open the door.
You dodge!
You are hit!
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
153 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
122 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
19 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
16 killed the bitch and survived.
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And finally, to get my 12th gold badge, I went for completing Angel of Shotgunnery on Ultra-Violence, with the help of Overconfidence! I stumbled onto a Super Shotgun and Hellwave Pack on the first floor, found some life-saving Phase Devices, and just barely survived on two different occasions! On the 7th floor, I started in a room with Archviles and Mancubi, with the staircase in the next room over. I literally was down to 1 HP left before healing. With a ridiculous amount of shells, and a Super Shotgun, I was set to get the badge, so long as I was patient. About two-thirds of my run here was slowly fighting the Spider Mastermind:
(https://i.imgur.com/55eTpUj.png)
As long as you cornershoot, never step into the corners of the pillar, or shoot twice, it's very rare to get hit. I have a huge supply of patience, so I took the time, especially since this opportunity would likely not come back anytime soon. After a long battle, I got an untouched kill and reached the next ranking:
(https://i.imgur.com/Z0SyFQi.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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nydtf, level 5 Hell Baron Major Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 16497 turns and scored 45734 points.
He played for 13 minutes and 39 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 86 out of 210 hellspawn. (40%)
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Shottyman Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 16/50 Experience 9051/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Reloader (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Int->Int->Rel->Rel->SM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] super shotgun (9d4)x2 [0/2] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (89%)
[c] duelist armor [2/2] (65%)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x6)
[j] envirosuit pack
[k] envirosuit pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 former humans
22 former sergeants
2 former captains
16 imps
8 demons
7 lost souls
8 cacodemons
4 barons of hell
12 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
1 revenant
1 arch-vile
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
Level 7 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You open the door.
There is a small med-pack lying here.
You picked up a small med-pack.
You open the door.
The barrel explodes! Boom! The barrel explodes! Boom!
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. Boom! Boom! Boom!
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter the damned city of Dis...
There is a lever (woah!) here.
You pull the lever...
You wear/wield : a blue armor [2/2] (100%)
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
168 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
136 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
20 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
17 killed the bitch and survived.
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Excellent progress and very happy with all of these results! Moving forward will be 39 more Cyberdemon kills, leaving just 20000 more general kills and 50 JC kills to reach the Apostle ranking! I'll also be finishing up some more silver badges, collecting more specials/uniques, and slowly picking away at the more difficult badges! More to come!
Day 10:
I started off grinding some melee runs to finish getting 3 Longinus Spears, and getting to 2000 melee kills, and they came along quite easily. With those runs, I now maxed out my needed melee kills and reached Archvile rank!
(https://i.imgur.com/diIG7CS.png)
I've also got 3 of each super special, except for Azrael's of which I only have 1 of so far. I also have 3 of every special except for Tristar Blaster, which I need just 1 more. Good progress in that area, but I still need a lot of uniques! I'm tempted to do another Ao666... :P
I continued picking away at some of the easier badges and medals, including Conqueror Badge, Lightfoot Badges, and Inquisitor Platinum Badge! One of my Humanity/Overconfidence runs went extremely well actually and I had made it to the Spider Mastermind with 2 Invulnerabilities stacked, and 0 damage prior, all set to get the Untouchable Medal and Cross. I played uncharacteristically risky like a dumbass and approached instead of camping around the pillar. The Spider Mastermind was extremely damaged, but just as I was about to get the kill, my Invulnerability ran out and I was quickly disposed of:
(https://i.imgur.com/AjYsN4p.png)
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fewfew, level 2 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
let the Spider Mastermind pwn him at the City of Dis.
He survived 2806 turns and scored 9998 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 31 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 11 out of 116 hellspawn. (9%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/10 Experience 942/2
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (94%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (8d3) [1/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x45)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [14/15]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[c] shotgun shell (x8)
[d] power cell (x20)
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] power mod pack
[l] technical mod pack
[m] agility mod pack
[n] bulk mod pack
[o] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 demons
6 lost souls
1 pain elemental
1 revenant
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally let the Spider Mastermind pwn him.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Boom!
Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
Boom! Boom! You are hit! Boom!
Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You quickly fully load the assault shotgun. Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
Boom!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You feel
vulnerable again.
You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You die!... Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
179 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
146 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 11 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
20 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
17 killed the bitch and survived.
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So that super sucked. Though I later realized I wouldn't have received the medals anyway. :P Following that, I got another similar run and just went with a nuke to score an easy victory:
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3e434, level 4 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 2757 turns and scored 17756 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 38 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 33 out of 126 hellspawn. (26%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Everyman Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/10 Experience 4094/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (92%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (8d3) [3/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] fireproof steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x67)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] shotgun shell (x35)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] homing phase device
[n] shockwave pack
[o] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 30%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former sergeants
8 imps
3 demons
9 lost souls
1 cacodemon
1 baron of hell
1 former commando
3 revenants
1 mancubus
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he assembled a fireproof boots!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
196 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
160 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 12 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
21 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
18 killed the bitch and survived.
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Following that, I went to complete Angel of Purity on Ultra-Violence with the help of Overconfidence! The run was basically to survive the 7 floors as much as possible and take it super slow with the Spider Mastermind. You start off with enough ammo to kill her if you're patient enough, so I just had to play out enough runs to make it. That said, ammo was still quite tight and the battle was long. I think I spent about 12ish minutes, ran out of shells, and had to attack with the Combat Pistol (more ammo/damage efficiency than Minigun), but it got the job done! I was ready to throw my Combat Knife endlessly if necessary. :P
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tdghdgtyh, level 3 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 20207 turns and scored 29389 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 34 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 19 out of 195 hellspawn. (9%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Purity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Inquisitor Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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Health 11/50 Experience 2544/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (19%)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat pistol (3d3) [13/15]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (86%)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x221)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 3% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 3% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former sergeants
6 imps
1 baron of hell
4 mancubi
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
Entering level 1 he was almost dead...
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
206 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
166 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
24 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
21 killed the bitch and survived.
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Getting my 2nd platinum badge also gave me another rank up!
(https://i.imgur.com/OgovBhn.png)
Next, I played out some Light Travel. I came up with the strategy of going with a Cateye build combined with Max Carnage dual-angel, and used a mix of Shotguns and Chainguns. This sounds contradictory given that I have so little space in my inventory, but because I can see from so far away and always do max damage, I didn't really need to worry about carrying Med-Packs, and could entirely focus on ammo. I mostly used Shotgun/Combat Shotgun/Tactical Shotgun for the bulk of enemies, but had Chaingun/Gatling Gun in reserve for bosses and whenever I lost control of the level. Generally, my inventory would be both weapons, upgraded Red Armor, Boots (A), 1x Large Med-Pack, 1x Ammo Chain, and the rest being Shell Boxes/Shells. It worked wonderfully; the speed really helps a lot!
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MaximumLight, level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 66514 turns and scored 90107 points.
He played for 54 minutes and 28 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 485 out of 485 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Untouchable Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Arena Key
Lightfoot Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 44222/10
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->TH->Fin->Fin->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] gatling gun (1d7)x6 [52/60]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (68%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x128)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
[b] shotgun shell (x22)
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 13% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
82 former humans
68 former sergeants
16 former captains
54 imps
66 demons
115 lost souls
20 cacodemons
7 hell knights
4 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
9 former commandos
9 pain elementals
3 revenants
19 mancubi
5 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 10 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 12 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 16 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a Small Health Globe lying here.
You feel better.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You open the door.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter the damned city of Dis...
There is a lever (woah!) here.
You pull the lever...
You quickly reload the gatling gun.
You quickly reload the gatling gun.
You quickly reload the gatling gun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
209 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
167 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
26 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
23 killed the bitch and survived.
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It's also super fun! So I did the same thing again on Hurt Me Plenty to get the gold badge:
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TravelMePlenty,
level 13 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 81163 turns and scored 203960 points.
He played for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 17 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 894 out of 931 hellspawn. (96%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Lightfoot Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 70692/13
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->TH->Fin->Fin->SoB->HR->Fin->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered red armor [5/5] (66%)
[b] [ Weapon ] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [0/2]
[c] [ Boots ] acid-proof boots [0/0] (86%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] gatling gun (1d7)x6 [4/60]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] 10mm ammo (x88)
[b] shotgun shell (x46)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Melee - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
82 former humans
91 former sergeants
36 former captains
117 imps
63 demons
264 lost souls
34 cacodemons
33 hell knights
36 barons of hell
31 arachnotrons
28 former commandos
17 pain elementals
15 revenants
19 mancubi
22 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a power armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 13 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 16 as soon as possible.
On level 17 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 18 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
Level 21 was a hard nut to crack!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
missile hits John Carmack.
The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. You
are hit!
You swap your weapons. You are hit!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You stop running.
You reload the double shotgun.
You are hit! Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
You reload the double shotgun.
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
210 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
167 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
27 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
23 killed the bitch and survived.
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It went well overall, except for a sketchy moment:
(https://i.imgur.com/AVQtE9l.png)
...and I even cleared out the City of Skulls and the Mortuary! I also had the opportunity to fight JC, but made the mistake of hitting him as a purple X, spawning Barons all over, and quickly getting flooded over by enemies. I think I could have won if not for that mistake, but oh well. Still got the medal and learned a little bit more! Funny that I still have 0 kills on JC since restarting this game. :P
One other little detail is I'm picking up more on advanced gameplay. When I was playing on Light Travel, I had an Invulnerability, Homing Phase Device, and the staircase all scattered throughout the level. Now, obviously I wouldn't be willing to give up one of my precious slots just for an easier next floor, but I realized the power of the U key and setup myself nicely:
(https://i.imgur.com/8259J96.png)
I actually hadn't pieced this trick together before and would normally always carry the Homing Phase Device. In my defense I only had just learned about using U. :P Still, it's nice to see personal improvement in other ways besides badges, medals, etc.
I'm now currently at 26/20/16/3/1/0 for badges, and still slowly picking away at the rest of the silver badges. :P I'll get them done soon. I'm also seriously thinking of doing another Ao666 on Ultra-Violence for 100% kills to work on getting my ranking maxed out and to collect more specials and uniques. I had a lot of fun, and think that having more of a challenge next time would make it even funner! I'm wondering how well a Vampyre build would work?
Thanks for the tip on power-ups, Tormuse, I didn't know that! Very good information to have; I'll have to test it out sometime and get a feel for how much time I have remaining during the colour changes.
Day 11:
So I tried out my Vampyre idea for Ao666 and perhaps expectedly, it didn't pan out well. I also tried a little bit with my usual Shottyhead setup, but didn't get anywhere worth mentioning. After that, I instead turned my attention to collecting some of the more annoying medals and badges.
To start, I got both Malicious Knives Cross and Strongman Silver Badge. Nothing too interesting really; I went with a Vampyre build with a Marine and killed everything with a Combat Knife (B), lol. :P It helped that I could earn both on I'm Too Young To Die, so it wasn't too challenging, but here's the mortem anyway:
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ghfxdghfx, level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 74378 turns and scored 46341 points.
He played for 41 minutes and 48 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 413 out of 413 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Medal of Prejudice
Malicious Knives Cross
Strongman Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 73/60 Experience 45469/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->Bru->MVm->Bad->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] combat knife (3d5) (B)
[c] [ Boots ] grappling plasteel boots [3/3] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5) (A)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] small med-pack
[b] small med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[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
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] phase device
[r] phase device
[s] homing phase device
[t] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
-- 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 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 73% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
79 former humans
34 former sergeants
13 former captains
46 imps
35 demons
134 lost souls
18 cacodemons
4 hell knights
6 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
1 former commando
9 pain elementals
5 revenants
8 mancubi
7 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 10 he assembled a grappling boots!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 13 he assembled a grappling boots!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 18 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
taste blood!
The Spider Mastermind hits you. 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 flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
berserk! 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 need to
taste blood!
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 ---------------------------------------------------
216 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
172 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
28 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
24 killed the bitch and survived.
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Next was Brick Silver Badge. Now, I realized the trick to this was obviously Phase Devices, but I had a different strategy in mind:
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BrickTest, level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
nuked himself on level 3 of the Deimos base.
He survived 16838 turns and scored 35217 points.
He played for 9 minutes and 31 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 140 out of 223 hellspawn. (62%)
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 10910/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Finesse (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (190%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat shotgun (8d3) [5/5] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x40)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] small med-pack
[l] small med-pack
[m] small med-pack
[n] small med-pack
[o] small med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
34 former humans
15 former sergeants
6 former captains
34 imps
7 demons
24 lost souls
4 cacodemons
7 hell knights
7 barons of hell
2 bruiser brothers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
On level 11 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 60 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
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!
Peace comes back to this evil place. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
217 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
172 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 13 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
28 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
24 killed the bitch and survived.
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...unfortunately, it didn't work. :P
So I buckled down and decided to get it done the old-fashioned way. However, in my run, I didn't find any Phase Devices, but was lucky enough to get a Sniper Pack from Hell's Armory to make a Plasmatic Shrapnel. Unfortunately, I had used up my Power Pack earlier on an armor. Then the game decided to just give me the run anyway, despite my embarrassing mistake. On Deimos 2, I found a Shockwave Pack, and then on Deimos 3, I found another one!
(https://i.imgur.com/vDhd9yN.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TH9uSnH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/dgtrA6o.png)
It was just enough to pierce open the wall, and even provided me with a spot to cornershoot from! It took some time to get all the kills, but I played it safely and eventually got the Backpack and badge!
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PhaseDevicePlz,
level 7 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
committed a stupid suicide on level 4 of the Deimos base.
He survived 38473 turns and scored 29959 points.
He played for 21 minutes and 29 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 204 out of 223 hellspawn. (91%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Armorer Badge
Brick Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 16416/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (42%)
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1] (S1)
[c] [ Boots ] grappling protective boots [3/3] (80%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] shotgun shell (x70)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] shotgun shell (x70)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x4)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 10% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
46 former humans
23 former sergeants
9 former captains
36 imps
36 demons
26 lost souls
3 cacodemons
13 hell knights
7 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a grappling boots!
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 12 he finally committed a stupid suicide.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the former sergeant. Boom! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! Boom! You dodge! Boom! The former human dies.
You dodge! The missile hits the former human. The former sergeant reloads his
shotgun. You dodge! Boom!
The missile hits the former human. You dodge!
Boom! There is a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200] lying here.
You picked up a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]. You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
You dodge! The missile hits the former sergeant. The former sergeant dies.
The former human dies. You are hit! You dodge! Boom!
You are hit! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight hits you.
The former human reloads his pistol. Boom! The former human reloads his
pistol.
You dodge! Boom! The former human reloads his pistol.
The former human dies. The barrel explodes! Your blue armor is damaged! You
die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
220 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
172 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 16 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
28 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
24 killed the bitch and survived.
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I also completed my collection of 3 of every special on a run shortly after by getting a third Tristar Blaster:
(https://i.imgur.com/huWLj50.png)
Next, I set my sights on the Gambler's Shield medal. I figured I would need to rely on generated level luck, getting Phobos Lab, Deimos Lab, etc. I also used Hell's Arena, but left before getting the last kill to get some early experience, and to still get three levers in Chained Court. After some runs not being enough, I decided that I should rely on Limbo as well. I should mention that I had never even completed Limbo before, though I have beaten the Mortuary several times and have used a Homing Phase Device in Limbo to escape a couple times too.
So, I went with Max Carnage + Light Travel dual-angel for maximum offensive power, though still continuing to play safe and slow. I did my usual setup of Gatling Gun + Tactical Shotgun and everything was going swimmingly. No Phobos Lab (I never had this even once on my badge attempts), but I got Deimos Lab, a couple of multi-hit levers with summoning, and healing, and I even got City of Skulls for an extra one. On floor 12, I also got Enviroboots, which are exceptionally helpful, and in Deimos Lab, I got both a Minigun to replace my Gatling Gun, and a Firestorm Pack! On my run, I had the Cyberdemon spawn just a few spaces away from me, but I turned him into swiss cheese!
(https://i.imgur.com/VYkb890.png)
One mistake I stumbled upon later in the run was when I found an armor healing lever, I had both Enviroboots and Red Armor (O), so I couldn't use it. Good mental note to make for sure.
So I got Limbo and I was behind on the required lever count, and decided I didn't have any choice. Given that I have my dual-angel, my insane Minigun, and Enviroboots, I figured I could make it work. In fact, it went so well, that my very first completion of the level also earned me Angelic Badge! It was totally surreal, but I suppose in hindsight, not that surprisingly really. I destroyed the first couple of Archviles before they could do anything, wiped out the right-side, and took out the left. I also grabbed the Nuclear BFG9000 since I figured it's helpful with Max Carnage.
I was getting near the end of the game now and at 21 levers when I got Mt Erebus! At this point, I had to get into a serious mentality because I realized how awful this medal is to get, while I was guaranteed to get it so long as I played well. I wasn't nervous, but I had to make sure I didn't make any mistakes. It went very well, but I had a rough floor 23 and nearly died! Remember that I only had one Large Med-Pack and this was Max Carnage. Naturally, I would have to take the Spider Mastermind slow, though I did find a replacement Med-Pack before entering.
So I'm at the Spider Mastermind now and hit both levers (took awhile to do safely) when I realized that because I still had my Nuclear BFG and a Lava Element, I could take another shot at JC! I made sure that he clearly saw me this time. :P Once again though, the Minigun (F) with 2 levels of Triggerhappy, the dual-angel I was playing, all with an ammo chain to feed it, I swiss cheesed him too and finally got my JC kill! :P
In hindsight, the Enviroboots and Minigun were the MVPs, but I was so ecstatic to get such an insane run when trying for one of the most annoying medals to get, and finishing my collection of standard medals! I got exactly 26 levers pulled, I gained an extra medal with Angelic Badge that I was not in the slightest expecting to get, and I got to kill JC as a lovely bonus! What a fantastic run!
(https://i.imgur.com/7EDt7gP.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/eTz2dcj.png)
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LeversPlz, level 12 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 97057 turns and scored 125291 points.
He played for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 49 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 654 out of 656 hellspawn. (99%)
He was a real killing machine...
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Gambler's Shield
Angelic Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 60812/12
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->TH->SoB->Fin->Fin->HR->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4] (O)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x10 [92/200] (F1)
[c] [ Boots ] Enviroboots [0]
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x44)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] shotgun shell (x4)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
107 former humans
66 former sergeants
18 former captains
92 imps
36 demons
192 lost souls
39 cacodemons
14 hell knights
9 barons of hell
19 arachnotrons
1 former commando
15 pain elementals
7 revenants
11 mancubi
12 arch-viles
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
2 shamblers
1 lava elemental
1 agony 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 fought desperately in the Arena but didn't have what it takes.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he assembled a gatling gun!
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 12 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 16 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 19!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 22 he found the Malek's Armor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
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 --------------------------------------------------
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John
Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies.
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
228 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
176 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 18 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
29 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
24 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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To put lightly, I got ridiculous luck with getting these medals and badges, and glad to be done with them. Now onto more fun challenges!
I'm now at 22/26 silver badges, missing UAC (lol), Lava, Skull, and Arachno. I'm confident I can easily get them all, but they may take some more luck to achieve. I'll try them out today and see how it goes!
Day 12:
I started by getting UAC Silver Badge out of the way. Hurt Me Plenty was pretty easy overall, though I nearly died on Spider's Lair. I camped the upper-left wall, but got surrounded and had to use a Phase Device. I was sent almost directly to the staircase and considered just escaping, but I managed to regain control and grab the BFG. I generally play Shottyhead builds on runs without restrictions, but the Cyberdemon is a bit of a challenge, so getting the BFG was very important. Once I got far enough into the game and comfortable stair-diving, I quickly finished the game.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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HurtYouPlenty,
level 10 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 86128 turns and scored 140798 points.
He played for 1 hour, 5 minutes and 10 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 489 out of 642 hellspawn. (76%)
He saved himself 2 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 5
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
UAC Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 30/50 Experience 47282/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Jug->MSh->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4] (O)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat shotgun (7d3) [4/5] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (91%)
[d] [ Prepared ] BFG 9000 (10d6) [29/100]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x29)
[b] shotgun shell (x70)
[c] shotgun shell (x70)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] phase device
[i] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
76 former humans
48 former sergeants
21 former captains
83 imps
48 demons
90 lost souls
18 cacodemons
13 hell knights
24 barons of hell
24 arachnotrons
5 former commandos
6 pain elementals
10 revenants
3 mancubi
3 arch-viles
5 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
2 elite former captains
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
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 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 20 he was targeted for extermination!
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
He nuked level 23!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You reload the BFG 9000. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You reload the BFG 9000.
You reload the BFG 9000. Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are
hit!
The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You don't have enough ammo to fire the BFG 9000!
You have no more ammo for the BFG 9000!
You swap your weapons instantly!
The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
229 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
176 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 18 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
30 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
25 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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My next target was Lava Silver Badge. I went back and forth on playing through a Technician to get Cerberus Boots by the time I would reach Mt Erebus/Lava Pits, or playing out a Scout on Overconfidence and hoping for lucky item drops.
My first good run was with the Technician strat, and I built the boots on floor 7, which is insanely early! Especially considering the 4th pack must be Power, it was very lucky and I was set to go. Unfortunately though, I was fighting against an Elite Shotgun Guy in Military Base and didn't realize that his blasts can destroy the walls and my cover, which lead to me getting killed.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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CerberusBootsPlz,
level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Technician,
was shot by an elite sergeant on level 7 of the Phobos base.
He survived 30100 turns and scored 17200 points.
He played for 24 minutes and 53 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 173 out of 201 hellspawn. (86%)
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 9120/5
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
WK->WK->EE->EE->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] combat shotgun (7d3) [1/5]
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus steel boots [0/0] (84%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x24)
[d] 10mm ammo chain (x150)
[e] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
66 former humans
24 former sergeants
5 former captains
41 imps
14 demons
9 lost souls
10 cacodemons
3 elite former humans
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he finally was shot by an elite sergeant.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a pistol (2d4) [5/6] lying here.
There is a green armor [1/1] (38%) lying here.
There is 10mm ammo (x48) lying here.
There is a green armor [1/1] (45%) lying here.
There is shotgun shell (x30) lying here.
You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
You pump a shell into the shotgun chamber.
You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
You load a shell into the combat shotgun. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
237 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
183 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 19 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
30 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
25 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Frustrated, I tried a couple runs with the Scout strategy and wasn't having the luck needed. I had one particular run where I was looking set to go, but a Mancubus hit me and I got chained into a series of barrel explosions and died:
(https://i.imgur.com/6Vcldb5.png)
A couple runs later, I wasn't having the luck again, but I happened to stumble upon Grammaton Cleric Beretta, and decided to turn it into a run for killing the Spider Mastermind with it. All was going well, but on floor 7, I got banged up badly with an awkward position in a Cacodemon cave:
(https://i.imgur.com/UdLrqwx.png)
Keep in mind that with this being Angel of Impatience, I had no way of healing. So as usual, I took the Spider Mastermind on very slowly:
(https://i.imgur.com/D3SCL5n.png)
The plan was to damage her enough down to "almost dead", and then finish her off with Grammaton Cleric Beretta:
(https://i.imgur.com/DWLfpBv.png)
Fortunately, it went well and I got a surprise medal instead!
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vbcxbvx, level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 19055 turns and scored 22743 points.
He played for 18 minutes and 15 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 79 out of 173 hellspawn. (45%)
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Grammaton Cleric Cross
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 15/50 Experience 8894/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (79%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (1d7)x6 [12/18]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [4/4] (100%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x208)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blaster (2d4) [10/10]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] assault shotgun (8d3) [4/6] (P1)
[d] minigun (1d6)x8 [128/200]
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] shotgun shell (x15)
[g] shell box (x35)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 imps
7 demons
33 lost souls
11 cacodemons
1 baron of hell
1 arachnotron
2 pain elementals
4 revenants
1 mancubus
2 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 4 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You switch to burst mode.
You switch to full auto mode.
You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
You quickly reload the Grammaton Cleric Beretta.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
243 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
188 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 19 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
31 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
26 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I'll probably try some more for that badge and rotate a bit with other goals!
I definitely will in the future, but like you said, I'd be updating it constantly. Once all the easier badges and medals are all done, I'll start using one.
Day 13:
I decided to put my focus onto getting the Iron Skull medal today and did a little theorycrafting for this, knowing it would be a long grind to get. Given the requirements, I needed both a source of 10000 damage and a source of 10000 healing, and given that I'm restricted to normal games (no Ao100/666), that left Medical Armor and Vampyre for healing. I considered a Medical Armor (N) strategy with jumping in and out of lava/acid, but I wasn't 100% sure if it would like I envisioned it to, and it would also take quite a bit longer, at the trade-off of being significantly easier to execute.
So I went with Vampyre and played around in the City of Skulls. I wasn't too big of a fan of the strategy since I wasn't safe from being swarmed against Lost Souls, and would occasionally need to leave the nearby area to pick off a few at a time to heal back up. On top, the Pain Elemental is always roaming around and attacking. I came up with a better strategy idea and fortunately, I had the perfect setup for it in the same run just a couple floors later.
Essentially, I'd trap a Pain Elemental in a room with a barrel blocking its way, in order to cause it to continually create Lost Souls, without being able to move around, attack, etc, while at the same time, blocking off all walls around me so that only one Lost Soul could hit me if desired.
(https://i.imgur.com/9oFBTlm.png)
I would camp in this position and attack to the left until I reached maximum health before decay (150% since I only had one level of Badass). Then I would run out to get hit repeatedly:
(https://i.imgur.com/RE308IF.png)
Once I dropped to about 50%, I would run back in my hole to regain health. Rinse and repeat. This was much easier to execute, it was safer, and it was much faster too! I peaked around 120 damage a minute when I was clicking my mouse fast, and with some Lost Soul luck of jumping into the hole at a fast rate. After about an hour or so, I met the requirement:
(https://i.imgur.com/hYNLjHV.png)
Following that, I went to clear out the rest of the floor with my Super Shotgun and Invulnerability. There was literally a Lost Soul on every tile possible!
(https://i.imgur.com/fMtmvT3.png)
After all of that, I went on to finishing the run as well to get an easy Cyberdemon kill, as well as more in general too. Another benefit to this strategy compared to using Medical Amor is I increased my general kill count by well over 10000! I'm now about 900 more to reaching 50000 and maxing that statistic out for the rankings!
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IronSkullPlz, level 9 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 213650 turns and scored 79026 points.
He played for 2 hours, 19 minutes and 14 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 10769 out of 10901 hellspawn. (98%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Iron Skull
Hell Armorer Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 33730/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bad->Bru->Ber->TaN->MVm->Bru->TaN->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] piercing chainsaw (4d7)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] super shotgun (8d4)x2 [2/2] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [32/40]
[b] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100]
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x12)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] bulk mod pack
[i] shockwave pack
[j] shell box (x100)
-- 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 73% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
100 former humans
51 former sergeants
11 former captains
68 imps
45 demons
10447 lost souls
8 cacodemons
10 hell knights
5 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
8 pain elementals
3 mancubi
1 arch-vile
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
He broke through the lab.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
He sounded the alarm on level 10!
On level 11 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
He nuked level 13!
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
He sounded the alarm on level 15!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 21 he was bombarded!
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Level 23 was a hard nut to crack!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The Spider Mastermind hits you. 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 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 hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
247 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
191 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 19 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
32 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Following that, I went back to going for the Lava Silver Badge. I used the Scout strategy some more, had a few decent runs where I had no way across (I even tried rocket jumping :P), but then on one particular run...
(https://i.imgur.com/wtzDdui.png)
The single best item I could hope for! All I had to do was survive this floor and make it into the secret staircase! Unfortunately though, I was getting swarmed and had a lot of trouble with Barons. I almost died in a situation where one could have attacked and luckily didn't, just as I ran to hide behind a wall:
(https://i.imgur.com/D7fjONy.png)
Then going into the next floor, I had an Archvile starting with me in a room with no cover, and I just barely killed it!
(https://i.imgur.com/l9u0u2I.png)
And then finally, I was at the staircase down, but with barely any health and the risk of Cacodemons surrounding me upon entry, I went for some healing and ran into an Archvile, who then resurrected a Baron. I ran out of options and...
(https://i.imgur.com/S0zE9qC.png)
Definitely my most heartbreaking death. Getting Enviroboots on a run going for this badge is extremely lucky, but it went to waste. One important note with Angel of Impatience is that it's hard to recharge your running tactics when you can't carry health packs, and it's a very key part of using Shotgun builds.
A little later, I had another run where I scooped up Invulnerability just outside the staircase and actually made it across alive on Mt Erebus! I had a good supply of weapons and ammo, but I got blasted off by a Hell Knight and dunked into lava:
(https://i.imgur.com/aVUF7hE.png)
So no luck yet. It's been a battle so far trying to get this badge, so it'll be my main focus until I get it now. Hopefully soon!
Day 14:
And so was another day attempting to get the Lava Silver Badge. It's honestly not that hard, but I've had a string of bad luck trying to get it. It's been quite elusive compared to everything else I've gone for so far, which has been annoying, but it's also expected as the easiest achievements are all done now.
I tried some more Scout strategy runs but wasn't getting anywhere, so I decided to buckle down with the Technician strategy again. Like last time, I combined Impatience with Light Travel and focused on building Cerberus Boots. Early on, I was close to finishing the boots, but they were starting to get quite damaged:
(https://i.imgur.com/HXciAC2.png)
I entered Hell's Armory for a bunch more useful mod packs, and potentially some specials and uniques since I decided to go with Scavenger for weapon buffs. Lucky for me, the two in the room were Agility and Power, so I finished and maxed out the boots right away:
(https://i.imgur.com/UsuNP4o.png)
After I got the kill on the Shambler, something I hadn't seen before happened! Instead of a special mod pack, I had a Cybernetic Armor waiting for me! I thought it might be because I was using a Technician, but I learned more about how it worked after reading the wiki. I also learned how to get an additional rare mod pack, which is good information for future runs.
(https://i.imgur.com/9Yziiwa.png)
I wasn't certain if I should have worn the Cybernetic or used Scavenger, but ultimately I decided to use it with a Power Pack, along with setting myself up really well for finally getting the badge:
(https://i.imgur.com/f2GJZxe.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/RsxkKb0.png)
Unfortunately...
(https://i.imgur.com/aflALY1.png)
As my Cerberus Boots were already partially damaged, I wasn't receiving 100% resistances and cooked myself in the lava. It took me a moment to figure out what happened, and I was super disappointed with my own mistake. At least I learned a little more!
Not wanting to repeat that effort right away, I grinded some more Scout runs. After a number of them, I had one with Invulnerability right outside of Limbo, so I grabbed the Nuclear BFG9000, and then had 2x to stack them for Mt Erebus. After blowing up the level and still having a close battle with the Lava Elemental, I finally killed it on Angel of Impatience and got out of there! One of the cheesiest ways to get it for sure, but I was getting fed up with awful deaths trying to get it otherwise.
(https://i.imgur.com/vn0loj1.png)
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hgfdhd, level 5 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
let the Spider Mastermind pwn him at the City of Dis.
He survived 10091 turns and scored 18588 points.
He played for 9 minutes and 39 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 83 out of 209 hellspawn. (39%)
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Lava Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 9222/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Badass (Level 1)
Int->Int->TaN->TaN->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [4/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/40]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] tristar blaster (4d5)x3 [0/45]
[d] minigun (1d6)x8 [72/200]
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x10)
[h] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
1 imp
11 demons
31 lost souls
12 cacodemons
7 hell knights
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
5 mancubi
10 nightmare demons
1 lava elemental
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 6!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally let the Spider Mastermind pwn him.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
There is a red armor [1/4] (24%) (A) lying here.
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
272 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
207 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 28 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
32 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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The next target was Skull Silver Badge. I went with a Vampyre build and wiped out the Abyssal Plains, but after hunting down a missing Hell Knight, I ended up getting blown up. The next run, I had the same issue with a missing Imp, but decided to leave and unsurprisingly wasn't rewarded the badge. Though on the positive, I happened to kill JC for a second time on that run:
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rgfa, level 9 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 41846 turns and scored 134152 points.
He played for 28 minutes and 5 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 438 out of 628 hellspawn. (69%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Compet-n Silver Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 36574/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +18 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->Bru->MVm->Fin->Bad->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] energy shield [0/0] (100%)
[b] Berserker Armor [0]
[c] piercing chainsaw (4d7)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x27)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] technical mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
66 former humans
36 former sergeants
8 former captains
50 imps
34 demons
166 lost souls
30 cacodemons
19 hell knights
3 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
6 pain elementals
1 revenant
5 mancubi
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
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 saw, left a present and left.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
On level 12 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 12 he found the Berserker Armor!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He barely escaped the trap set for him.
He left level 14 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. Carmack
raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
The lost soul misses you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
276 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
207 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
7 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 28 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
33 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With having an issue of monsters escaping, I considered grinding for City of Skulls with the same strategy, but decided it might be best to use a Shotgun build instead. I got City of Skulls anyway and easily cleared out the level:
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xzgf, level 9 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 40034 turns and scored 112820 points.
He played for 33 minutes.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 512 out of 639 hellspawn. (80%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Skull Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 36280/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Int->Int->Rel->Rel->SM->Fin->Fin->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x37)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Necroarmor [6/6] (100%)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x7)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
73 former humans
44 former sergeants
14 former captains
71 imps
22 demons
213 lost souls
24 cacodemons
8 hell knights
3 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
16 pain elementals
5 revenants
3 arch-viles
2 elite former humans
1 elite former sergeant
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He saw, left a present and left.
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He left without a fuss.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 20 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There is a lever (woah!) here.
You pull the lever...
You wear/wield : a ballistic shield [0/0] (76%)
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You start running!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
You dodge! Boom!
Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! Boom! Boom!
You start running!
You are hit! Your ballistic shield is completely destroyed! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
279 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
207 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 28 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
34 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
27 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I should mention that I actually was killed on this run, but I guess with the game being on Red Alert, the bomb killed the Spider Mastermind? It actually crashed the game for me and I was worried I'd have lost my badge, but fortunately that wasn't the case. :) Good programming, Kornel! <3
I actually risked this run earlier by being greedy in the Hell's Armory. I was down to 10 seconds and went for both of the mod packs within reach and escaped by the narrowest margin:
(https://i.imgur.com/kUbyMeK.png)
Finally, I decided to go for a faster grind with trying to collect more Azrael's Scythes to hit 3. After a few runs of mostly getting killed immediately, I managed to grab my second one. It was actually an exceptional run too with a Homing Phase Device, and several health packs, which is when I realized, I could go to The Vaults and use the Azrael strategy! So I did that successfully and got a surprise platinum badge I wasn't intentionally going for!
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hgfdhf, level 6 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 8047 turns and scored 47120 points.
He played for 7 minutes and 41 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 103 out of 230 hellspawn. (44%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Scavenger Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 80/40 Experience 14345/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] medical armor [1/2] (29%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (52%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] combat knife (2d5)
[c] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[d] large med-pack
[e] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former sergeants
9 former captains
19 imps
20 demons
20 lost souls
7 cacodemons
4 barons of hell
1 former commando
9 revenants
8 mancubi
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind misses you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! 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 ---------------------------------------------------
288 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
214 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 29 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
35 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
28 killed the bitch and survived.
2 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With that, I'm only missing Archno Silver Badge for silvers, and I'd like to get another platinum for Br. General ranking. I think I'm also going to target Apostle Insignia. The plan will be grinding Ao100 on Hey, Not Too Rough and hoping I get both Dragonslayer and Berserker Armor, likely with using a Vampyre build. Perhaps I can grab some more Cyberdemon kills while doing that too.
As for my overall progress so far:
Rankings: 72/100 Cyberdemon kills, 2/50 JC kills, everything else completed.
Medals: 29/43; all standard ones completed.
Items: 65/67 missing Dragonslayer and Subtle Knife, need 3 of both of those, 2 of Shielded Armor, Mjollnir, Trigun, BFG10K, 1 of Berserk Armor, Revenant's Launcher, Lava Armor, Azrael's Scythe, and I have 439/1000 for a badge.
Assemblies: 100% completed.
Bronze Badges: 100% completed.
Silver Badges: 25/26; missing Arachno Silver Badge.
Gold Badges: 16/26.
Platinum Badges: 4/26.
Diamond Badges: 1/26 (Technician Diamond Badge).
Angelic Badges: 0/17.
The more pages I can completely finish, the better! I'm definitely the type of person who absolutely loves getting those little checks on a checklist of things to do, so I want to finish up some more nearly completed pages and focus entirely on the harder stuff. I've made good progress overall in just 2 weeks, but still have a long way to go for 100%!
Day 15:
My first target this time was Arachno Silver Badge to reach 26/26, and went with Darkness+Confidence to start. I had a couple of early runs with rummaging through Deimos Lab for equipment, but kept getting Halls of Carnage:
(https://i.imgur.com/4kZ81HF.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/8eZ6DDT.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/x1aGVKF.png)
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I eventually got one run with Spider's Lair, but had no Rocket Launcher for destroying corpses and ended up dying. I noticed after a little wiki browsing that regular Arachnotrons have -100% melee resistance, which I didn't know, so I went with a Vampyre build and using Light Travel. I had a long, solid run that was set to go, but again, got Halls of Carnage. Fortunately, my run after was insanely well-prepared and I rolled Spider's Lair:
(https://i.imgur.com/t9j7dsz.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/3zrePrT.png)
As you can imagine, I crushed it:
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bwoot, level 13 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 29012 turns and scored 144128 points.
He played for 25 minutes and 26 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 383 out of 676 hellspawn. (56%)
He was an Angel of Darkness!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Minor Icarus Cross
Compet-n Silver Cross
Arachno Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 74714/13
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +8 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +12
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Brute (Level 4)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Bad->Fin->Fin->Bru->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (69%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] envirosuit 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 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
47 former humans
21 former sergeants
6 former captains
41 imps
17 demons
152 lost souls
21 cacodemons
16 hell knights
6 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
9 pain elementals
11 revenants
7 mancubi
5 arch-viles
3 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 6 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 16 as soon as possible.
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
Level 18 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He left level 21 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the revenant. The revenant dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You need to taste blood! There is rocket (x3) lying here.
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
Next!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
300 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
224 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 30 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
36 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
28 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Another JC kill was nice too! And with that, I've collected all of the silver badges!
(https://i.imgur.com/HuEB38B.png)
Next was getting another platinum badge to reach the next ranking. I tried a few others, but ultimately went for Eagerness Platinum Badge using Impatience+Overconfidence and had a huge stroke of good luck with a pair of Invulnerabilities next to each other on floor 3, and then a second pair on floor 4, so I entered the Mortuary with 4x stacked Invulnerability! I grabbed the Nuclear BFG9000 and did some stair-diving until the end. They finally wore out when I was a few steps away to the stairs on floor 7, but the area was clear. Following that, I blew up the Spider Mastermind and reached Br General!
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fa3aw, level 3 Arch-Vile Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 3399 turns and scored 30774 points.
He played for 4 minutes and 5 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 29 out of 331 hellspawn. (8%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Eagerness Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3127/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (64%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x76)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [1/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] 10mm ammo (x65)
[g] shotgun shell (x40)
[h] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former human
2 former sergeants
4 former captains
3 imps
12 demons
2 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
3 mancubi
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
333 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
253 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 33 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
37 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
29 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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(https://i.imgur.com/LHy6Wk0.png)
To fill in a few more easy medals, I went for Sunrise Iron Fist using a Vampyre build on I'm Too Young To Die, and it was total cake:
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Fist, level 9 Arch-Vile Br. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 40983 turns and scored 38584 points.
He played for 27 minutes and 37 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 232 out of 309 hellspawn. (75%)
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Sunrise Iron Fist
Compet-n Silver Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 71/60 Experience 33070/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] onyx armor [4] (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] small med-pack
[b] small med-pack
[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] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] hatred skull
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
30 former humans
34 former sergeants
9 former captains
47 imps
5 demons
49 lost souls
8 cacodemons
11 hell knights
6 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
5 pain elementals
2 revenants
6 mancubi
5 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! 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 flinched! You're going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
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 flinched! 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. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
344 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
262 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 34 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
38 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
30 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Then finally, I went for Every Soldier's Medal using Humanity+Confidence and played very, very slowly. I found a Missile Launcher and a Trigun in Deimos Lab, so Invulnerability or not, I was set to go. I rolled The Wall, and camped hard until the level was clear. I decided then that I should go for Spider-Killer Cross too if I'm lucky enough to get the level to spawn, and perhaps get Invulnerability just before entering. I actually did find one on floor 5, but it ran out before I could enter Spider's Lair, so I did it slow style with a Tactical Shotgun and careful camping to score the medal! To finish off, I was planning on nuking the Cyberdemon, but I couldn't get the Trigun to work? Was it because my gun was fully loaded? Or is it prevented on Angel of Humanity? Perhaps I just mis-clicked a bunch or something, but I couldn't set it off and died.
So doubling my initial goal, I got both of those Humanity medals, which brought my medal total to 32/43 and thus rewarding me with Heroic Platinum Badge! Very happy with that result!
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as4sf, level 5 Arch-Vile Br. General Scout,
was splattered by a Cyberdemon at the Tower of Babel.
He survived 19245 turns and scored 19696 points.
He played for 22 minutes and 23 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 85 out of 179 hellspawn. (47%)
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Every Soldier's Medal
Spider-Killer Cross
Heroic Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/10 Experience 10568/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->SoB->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (68%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [5/6]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x56)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] chaingun (1d6)x4 [52/52] (B1)
[c] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
[d] BFG 9000 (10d6) [20/100]
[e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[f] 10mm ammo (x140)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] shotgun shell (x18)
[j] rocket (x14)
[k] rocket (x14)
[l] rocket (x11)
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] technical mod pack
[p] agility mod pack
[q] agility mod pack
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[t] shell box (x3)
[u] power battery (x120)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
14 former humans
8 former sergeants
7 former captains
6 imps
6 demons
16 lost souls
8 hell knights
8 barons of hell
10 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 1 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 1 he found the Trigun!
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
On level 3 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 6 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 8 he finally was splattered by a Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Silence rules the spidery lands...
You enter Deimos, level 7.
You open the door.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You reach the Tower of Babel.
You start running!
You stop running.
You dodge!
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
351 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
269 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 34 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
38 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
30 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I'm not entirely sure what my next goals will be as everything is getting grindier and more challenging, so I'll likely rotate what I go for and see what happens!
Here's my current checklist of what I'm missing to get to 100%:
Cyberdemon kill x24
JC kill x47
Fallout Platinum Cross
Untouchable Medal
Untouchable Cross
Gargulec Cross
Dervis' Medallion
Thomas's Medal
Chessmaster's Token
Chessmaster's Cross
Hell Arena Pwnage Medal
Gutts' Heart
Apostle Insignia
Subtle Knife x3
Dragonslayer x3
Shielded Armor x2
Mjollnir x2
Trigun x1
BFG10K x2
Revenant's Launcher x1
Lava Armor x1
Berserker Armor x1
Special/Unique Items x522
Armorer Gold Badge
UAC Gold Badge
Strongman Gold Badge
Speedrunner Gold Badge
Marksman Gold Badge
Quartermaster Gold Badge
Hunter Gold Badge
Destroyer Gold Badge
Masochist Gold Badge
Arena Gold Badge
Armorer Platinum Badge
Gatekeeper Platinum Badge
UAC Platinum Badge
Veteran Platinum Badge
Strongman Platinum Badge
Elite Platinum Badge
Demonic Platinum Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
Berserker Platinum Badge
Marksman Platinum Badge
Shottyman Platinum Badge
Lightfoot Platinum Badge
Daredevil Platinum Badge
Quartermaster Platinum Badge
Hunter Platinum Badge
Destroyer Platinum Badge
Masochist Platinum Badge
Everyman Platinum Badge
Arena Platinum Badge
Longinus Platinum Badge
Armorer Diamond Badge
Heroic Diamond Badge
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
UAC Diamond Badge
Veteran Diamond Badge
Strongman Diamond Badge
Elite Diamond Badge
Demonic Diamond Badge
Reaper Diamond Badge
Berserker Diamond Badge
Marksman Diamond Badge
Shottyman Diamond Badge
Lightfoot Diamond Badge
Eagerness Diamond Badge
Inquisitor Diamond Badge
Quartermaster Diamond Badge
Hunter Diamond Badge
Destroyer Diamond Badge
Masochist Diamond Badge
Centurial Diamond Badge
Everyman Diamond Badge
Daredevil Diamond Badge
Arena Diamond Badge
Longinus Diamond Badge
Scavenger Diamond Badge
UAC Angelic Badge
Veteran Angelic Badge
Strongman Angelic Badge
Speedrun Angelic Badge
Elite Angelic Badge
Demonic Angelic Badge
Berserker Angelic Badge
Marksman Angelic Badge
Shottyman Angelic Badge
Lightfoot Angelic Badge
Eagerness Angelic Badge
Inquisitor Angelic Badge
Quartermaster Angelic Badge
Masochist Angelic Badge
Centurial Angelic Badge
Pacifist Angelic Badge
Everyman Angelic Badge
Day 16:
I was very successful and lucky in my play after rotating around and trying for a bunch of different medals and badges!
My first target was Longinus Platinum Badge, which while difficult is pretty reasonable with Berserk+Overconfidence. After many attempts, I rolled an insane floor 1:
(https://i.imgur.com/fiBFjyg.png)
And by a stroke of luck, I was warped just outside the Angel of Death's room with the Phase Device:
(https://i.imgur.com/umwXIGP.png)
With Brute, Invulnerability, and a Chainsaw (T), I was barely able to kill the Angel of Death after countless attacks, and followed that up with clearing the rest of the level!
(https://i.imgur.com/vtRuBGn.png)
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seredzs, level 3 Arch-Vile Br. General Marine,
killed by a arachnotron on level 2 of Hell.
He survived 2518 turns and scored 23831 points.
He played for 2 minutes and 36 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 34 out of 59 hellspawn. (57%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Longinus Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 3724/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 2)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat knife (2d5)
[b] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[c] large med-pack
[d] 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 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 demons
16 lost souls
1 arachnotron
1 Angel of Death
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he finally killed by a arachnotron.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
are hit! You are hit! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits
the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits
the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile
hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The
arachnotron hits you. You are hit! You are hit! The missile hits the
arachnotron. You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The
missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge!
The missile hits the arachnotron. You are hit! The missile hits the
arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits
the arachnotron.
You hit the arachnotron. The arachnotron dies. You feel like a killing
machine! You're going berserk! The arachnotron hits you. You die!... Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
394 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
307 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 38 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
39 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
31 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With that, I was one diamond badge away from another rank increase, so I tried a few and unsurprisingly struggled a lot. I'm not quite at the skill level required for these yet and went with strategy and luck grinding instead. I opted for Marksman Diamond Badge as I could play for getting a nuke on Spider Mastermind, and with some Invulnerability luck, I did just that! It was nice I also received Marksman Gold Badge too, which I was also missing!
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sregse54, level 3 Arch-Vile Br. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1706 turns and scored 60136 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 8 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 42 out of 341 hellspawn. (12%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Marksman Gold Badge
Marksman Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3004/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (58%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
4 former sergeants
2 former captains
1 imp
13 demons
2 cacodemons
2 hell knights
1 baron of hell
3 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
2 revenants
3 mancubi
3 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Level 1 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
412 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
322 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 40 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
40 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
32 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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(https://i.imgur.com/37G8yX1.png)
I'm definitely running out on easy stuff now as I've kept saying, but moreso after every badge and medal! I went for Max Carnage+Overconfidence next and tried to avoid as much damage as possible to get the badge, though realized that this wouldn't work since Untouchable is incompatible with Overconfidence. I decided to play out the run anyway and hey, it turns out it does work! My guess is the Destroyer Badges check for damage itself rather than the medal.
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ersaert, level 3 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 2681 turns and scored 23295 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 31 out of 219 hellspawn. (14%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Destroyer Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 2307/3
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (46%)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [96/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x19)
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] power mod pack
[i] nano pack
[j] shell box (x83)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 10% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
5 former sergeants
2 former captains
15 imps
1 cacodemon
3 barons of hell
1 arch-vile
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. Boom! The missile hits
the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. Boom! Boom! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The
Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The
Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the
Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
417 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
326 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 40 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
41 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
33 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Naturally, I went for Platinum next:
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erwaw34, level 5 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 5982 turns and scored 48781 points.
He played for 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 80 out of 306 hellspawn. (26%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Destroyer Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 40/50 Experience 9504/5
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [176/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x42)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] shotgun shell (x19)
[f] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former sergeants
6 imps
38 lost souls
1 cacodemon
6 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
10 revenants
4 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 1 as soon as possible.
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 6, hell froze over!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched!
You quickly reload the minigun.
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
418 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
326 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 40 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
42 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
34 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Very cool to get it the very next run! And of course, that left the Destroyer Diamond Badge on Nightmare! This one took some effort to get, and I had a few extremely trollish runs:
(https://i.imgur.com/n7tDPAD.png)
But with enough attempts, I got it! I lucked out on a string of Invulnerabilities and not only did I take less than 50, but I actually didn't take a single point of damage!
(https://i.imgur.com/8uWDgdQ.png)
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jhgfg, level 4 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1917 turns and scored 76757 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 36 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 24 out of 211 hellspawn. (11%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Destroyer Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 5328/4
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d7)x8 [24/200] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [2/6]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x44)
[f] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
6 imps
2 lost souls
1 hell knight
1 baron of hell
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
4 revenants
2 mancubi
2 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated
the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
446 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
350 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 42 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
44 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
36 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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With having earned a surprise diamond badge I wasn't anticipating, I just needed another platinum badge to reach yet another rank increase! I went for Shottyman Platinum Badge with the intention of nuking the Spider Mastermind like usual, but instead, I had 2x stacked Invulnerability and just fired point blank until she died:
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gfsder, level 4 Arch-Vile Mjr General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1698 turns and scored 72048 points.
He played for 2 minutes and 43 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 37 out of 282 hellspawn. (13%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Shottyman Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 4460/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x53)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former sergeant
2 imps
22 demons
1 revenant
10 nightmare demons
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
On level 7 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You quickly fully load the assault shotgun. You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
471 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
370 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 46 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
45 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
37 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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So I'm now at Lt. General with my badge count being 26/26/18/9/3/0! With my current struggles for more difficult badges, I'm going to put my focus into reaching Apostle ranking for the next while until it's done. I currently need 22 more Cyberdemon kills to reach Cyberdemon, and then 47 more JC kills to be 100% completed with that section. I've messed with a few strategies, including trying to get another Ao666 going, but I think the most efficient way so far for Cyberdemon killing is Angel of Pacifism and using the nuke on him. I've also messed with mixing it with Masochism for a consistent health boost every few floors, but am undecided which is easiest. I'm also not certain whether Scout or Marine is best for this grind, so I change up how I play frequently. 22 more is peanuts though and I wouldn't mind some more relaxed gameplay for awhile.
After that, I believe the most efficient way of getting JC kills is Berserk+Overconfidence Marine runs. Vampyre is excellent, and getting the Longinus Spear is very consistent and effective. I think fresh runs from the beginning aren't worth the time investment and getting a nuke+Invulnerability can be tricky. Perhaps there's a better method of grinding for JC kills, so I'll experiment a bit more, but these will be my goals for now!
Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what you're trying to complete yourself!
Day 17:
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After some experimentation and research, I'm quite confident I've discovered the absolute best way to farm Cyberdemon kills. It honestly could be faster to use this method from 0 to 100 than even an Ao666 run on Ultra-Violence!
Start with choosing Angel of Pacifism, Hey, Not Too Rough, and Marine. Build your character with Hellrunner->Hellrunner->Tough as Nails->Tough as Nails->Dodgemaster, and then your pick between Badass and Ironman. I think Badass is the better pick, but there's an argument for both, and by the time you're far enough to choose between them, it's pretty negligible overall.
I tried using the Scout with his superior speed and early Intuition to search for Computer/Tracking Maps and Invulnerability, but the Marine's extra beefiness and in particular, extra power-up duration makes him by far the best choice. I was getting a Cyberdemon kill once about every 7-8 minutes, and with close to 95% run completion consistency! The first 4 floors can be a bit tricky to survive since you're quite weak, but on floor 5, you have access to Chained Court. It's definitely worth it to seek out the bonus level, even if the regular staircase starts in plain sight because 5x stacked Berserk Packs with their extra movement speed and resistances is extremely good! So long as you can find the staircases reasonably fast on floors 6 and 7, you'll be well into Deimos before they wear off!
Once you're in Deimos, you have a pile of Large Med-Packs from Phobos Anomaly and hopefully previous floors, nearly full health, and a fresh Red Armor. Most of the levels in this episode also have two sets of staircases, which significantly increases the speed of finishing each floor, and once you have Tough as Nails (received as soon as you finish Phobos), you're significantly sturdier when you're getting pelted by everything, in particular, melee attacks. The only bonus levels in Deimos I would skip are Abyssal Plains (though I did beat it once) and Halls of Carnage.
There's also a very cool trick for Angel of Pacifism. It's not correct to say that you get a level-up every third floor, rather, you get one on floors, 3, 6, 9, 12, etc, even if you enter bonus levels in between. However, if you enter a bonus level on any of these floors, you get an additional level-up as the game still treats you on that number! So for example on floor 9 when you receive a level-up, you can then enter Hell's Armory/Deimos Lab, still be treated as if you were on floor 9, and get an immediate level-up again! This helps a lot with building up your character, and while it's not necessary to go out of your way to find the bonus levels, they only make the run easier for when you do!
I completed nearly every attempt I did with this strategy, only dying to the early floors a few times, and zero deaths after Chained Court! My longest run was also just over 11 minutes, with my fastest being close to under 5 minutes! The speed, the consistency, the ease of execution all make this strategy phenomenal, and when you actually don't get a run, it's often due to a death at the beginning, so no real progress lost!
So with all that, I quickly finished off all the Cyberdemons I needed to get to the next ranking! All that remains now is 47x JC kills. I'll be doing some more research into figuring out the optimal way to grind for these and hopefully get Apostle ranking in a reasonable amount of time. I think Berserk+Overconfidence is the way to go, but perhaps a double nuke strat with Pacifism could be better? I'll have to see.
Here's the post-mortem of my fastest run. I'm very confident much faster can be completed too with good luck and intent to specifically finish as fast as possible:
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ffg, level 6 Arch-Vile Lt. General Marine,
nuked himself at the Tower of Babel.
He survived 4656 turns and scored 21660 points.
He played for 5 minutes and 13 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 17 out of 284 hellspawn. (5%)
My, wasn't he a wimpy chump.
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 3782/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
HR->HR->TaN->TaN->DM->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (62%)
[b] small med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
9 former humans
3 former sergeants
4 imps
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He sounded the alarm on level 11!
He left level 12 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He nuked level 16!
On level 16 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You reach the Tower of Babel.
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!
No way! You're a pacifist! The Cyberdemon is dead! Press <Enter>...
You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
515 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
397 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
24 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 47 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
46 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
6 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
37 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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My guess is the Trigun doesn't work on Angel of Pacifism? Maybe there's a limit to how low your HP can go. I actually was wondering that if you had 12 max HP (Pacifism+Ironman) and used it 3 times, would your maximum HP be set to 0, or is there potential for a glitch due to an oversight and going into the negatives? Kind of wish I had tested it in hindsight.
I actually didn't know about the Chainsaw Berserk trick! That makes a huge difference!
Day 18:
I didn't progress too much as my focus was on theorycrafting an efficient strategy for JC, and I've narrowed it down to 4 different kinds. I still killed JC 5 times though and now at 8 kills, but still a long way to go before hitting 50.
Strat #1: Angel of Berserk + Overconfidence
With massive melee power with semi-permanent Berserk and Longinus Spear, the Mortuary/Limbo are quite easy, though Mt Erebus/Lava Pits can be an issue if you have to wade through lava. The resistances help though. This strategy gives the easiest time fighting JC, but getting started is hard given that you need to wipe out most of floor 1, followed by all of Unholy Cathedral. Not having known the Berserk trick with the Chainsaw though, that changes a lot and perhaps using this strategy will be much better. Before entering Unholy Cathedral, I like to be at level 2 + 44% so that I unlock Berserker just as I reach the Demons. They can be lured out into the lava, but not all of them will chase you into there.
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ddsg, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 17142 turns and scored 51002 points.
He played for 12 minutes and 17 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 153 out of 209 hellspawn. (73%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 108/60 Experience 18398/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Necroarmor [6/6] (97%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (88%)
[d] [ Prepared ] Mjollnir (1d15)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] green armor [1/1] (3%)
[d] red armor [1/4] (4%)
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[g] small med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] phase device
[l] technical mod pack
[m] bulk mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
6 imps
27 demons
64 lost souls
18 cacodemons
16 hell knights
6 barons of hell
2 pain elementals
6 revenants
2 mancubi
2 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
Entering level 2 he was almost dead...
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 6 he found the Mjollnir!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 6 he found the Necroarmor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. That hurt!
You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! John Carmack reloads his rocket
launcher. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You miss John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You
dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. You
dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. You are hit! That hurt! You' going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
531 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
409 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
27 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 47 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
47 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
6 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
38 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Strat #2: Angel of Max Carnage + Red Alert
Instead of relying on finding nukes and going through Mortuary/Limbo, Red Alert provides that for you, so all you need is the Lava Element. Even stacked Invulnerability won't last enough and you can't set a fresh nuke when one is already counting down. Max Carnage is to help speed up the kills so you don't run out of time in each level, as well as making Mt Erebus/Limbo go faster. It's nice that you can skip all the bonus levels and can just play normal floors. For the Cyberdemon, I pick up Dodgemaster early and play it safe, then it's easy.
The downside to this strategy is you have to play through the entire game for each JC kill, so while it's reliable and pretty consistent as long as you don't make any mistakes, it takes awhile for each kill.
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gfdgsd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 36879 turns and scored 114207 points.
He played for 26 minutes and 32 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 304 out of 424 hellspawn. (71%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Compet-n Silver Cross
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 27408/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (82%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
[b] combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T1)
[c] nanofiber red armor [2]
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x24)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] large med-pack
[j] phase device
[k] shell box (x100)
[l] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 30% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 30% feet 25%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 30% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
39 former humans
24 former sergeants
15 former captains
69 imps
33 demons
73 lost souls
13 cacodemons
15 hell knights
3 barons of hell
2 former commandos
1 pain elemental
9 revenants
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He decided to nuke the forbidden Lab.
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 15 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 20, hell froze over!
Level 21 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
On level 23 he found the Malek's Armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
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!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
538 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
414 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
28 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 47 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
48 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
7 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
38 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Strat #3: Angel of Max Carnage + Overconfidence
Being given an Assault Shotgun and Minigun while paired with Max Carnage makes getting kills easy. I get Intuition right away and take my time with each kill. Mortuary/Limbo isn't too bad with Plasma Rifle and Minigun against the Archviles, but if the run ever gets out of hand, it's nearly impossible to get back on track. The other nice thing is with no time limit like with Red Alert, I can camp with Nuclear BFG and kill everything slowly; particularly helpful in Lava Pits/Mt Erebus since Radiation Suits can be hard to find in time.
This is the main strategy I've been using as it's a very good balance of consistency and efficiency. It's also not too uncommon to find an additional nuke for JC, but if I have to fight him, Plasma Rifle and Minigun helps a lot. Fortunately in all of my runs with this strat, I've been able to blow him up right away, but JC is certainly the most dangerous to fight without a nuke when using this strategy, which is the main disadvantage.
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rtew3e4rte3w, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 31006 turns and scored 47955 points.
He played for 18 minutes and 37 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 107 out of 153 hellspawn. (69%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 17206/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [1/4] (22%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (67%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (N1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[b] minigun (1d7)x8 [120/200] (P1)
[c] ballistic shield [0/0] (100%)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x4)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] power cell (x50)
[h] power cell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] lava element
[o] 10mm ammo chain (x81)
[p] power battery (x120)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 6% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former sergeants
11 imps
34 lost souls
9 cacodemons
9 hell knights
8 barons of hell
8 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
2 pain elementals
2 mancubi
6 arch-viles
8 nightmare demons
1 lava elemental
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 9!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
547 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
418 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
32 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 47 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
49 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
7 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
39 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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tgy5rdy5, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 84652 turns and scored 51833 points.
He played for 38 minutes and 51 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 152 out of 286 hellspawn. (53%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 20994/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] energy-shielded vest [3/3] (58%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [22/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] red armor [4/4] (188%) (B)
[e] shotgun shell (x42)
[f] power cell (x50)
[g] power cell (x50)
[h] power cell (x8)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] 10mm ammo chain (x146)
[l] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Fire - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former human
7 former sergeants
3 former captains
33 imps
3 demons
50 lost souls
13 cacodemons
9 hell knights
14 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
1 revenant
4 mancubi
6 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 9!
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?
You swap your weapons.
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
553 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
422 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
32 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 47 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
51 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
40 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Note that in the above run, it took much longer than necessary as I was firing my Nuclear BFG in the Lava Pits forever, not realizing there's a maximum projectile distance and that I wasn't killing all the Hell Knights. :P
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hgfdhrt, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 33862 turns and scored 58205 points.
He played for 24 minutes and 1 second.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 262 out of 271 hellspawn. (96%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 26398/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (184%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [52/52] (B1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (T1)
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [23/200]
[c] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x48)
[g] power cell (x50)
[h] power cell (x12)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] large med-pack
[k] phase device
[l] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
35 former sergeants
6 former captains
36 imps
15 demons
64 lost souls
23 cacodemons
18 hell knights
10 barons of hell
7 arachnotrons
8 former commandos
4 pain elementals
7 revenants
6 mancubi
10 arch-viles
5 nightmare demons
1 lava elemental
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Level 1 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 4 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 6 he found the Shielded Armor!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 9!
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?
You swap your weapons.
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
554 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
422 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
32 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 47 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
52 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
41 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Strat #4: Angel of Pacifism
By grabbing an additional nuke (Nuclear BFG or Thermie) along with Invulnerability before Spider Mastermind, you can double nuke the ending to kill JC. The Marine with this strat is very sturdy because of all the fast level-ups, as well as having a pretty easy start, but the obvious disadvantage is low consistency with relying on good luck towards the end. I tried it a bunch but actually haven't completed a run with this strategy. I definitely don't think it's worth using.
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I'm leaning on using Max Carnage + Overconfidence as the best strat for efficient JC kills, but I'm going to revisit the Berserk strategy now that I know the Chainsaw trick to fix one of the hardest parts of those runs. The big plus is that if I ever am playing poorly or on a bad streak with a strategy I can rotate and use a different one. I'm not sure what strategy my kills will mainly be composed of, but regardless of how I play, I'm keeping my focus on getting those JC kills.
I might not get too many more kills right away as I do more research and testing, and this will all take awhile in any case, but I want to reach Apostle ranking!
Yes, I typo'd and meant Angel of Humanity, not Pacifism, but seems you guys figured that out. Interesting detail on how it works with the Trigun! That would explain why I couldn't get to work. Good to know!
Day 19:
I learned the Chainsaw trick on Angel of Berserk+Overconfidence and tested it a little. I actually forgot that you also get the health boost to 100%, so it's even better than I initially imagined!
I also made the important discovery that it actually adds to your special/unique counter too! In fact, on Angel of Overconfidence when you start with the Combat Pistol, Assault Shotgun, and Minigun, you can add 3 each time by dropping them and picking them back up! So being distracted by that instead of grinding JC kills, I reached 1000!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fefasw, level 1 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
committed a stupid suicide on level 1 of Hell.
He survived 154 turns and scored 1000 points.
He played for 10 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 0 out of 12 hellspawn. (0%)
Poor pacifist, didn't even get a single kill...
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Armorer Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 0/1
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Intuition (Level 1)
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[h] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he finally committed a stupid suicide.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You dropped a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]. There is a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
lying here.
You dropped an assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]. There is a minigun (1d6)x8
[200/200] lying here.
You dropped a combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]. There is a minigun (1d6)x8
[200/200] lying here.
You picked up a minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200].
There is a combat pistol (3d3) [15/15] lying here.
You picked up a combat pistol (3d3) [15/15].
There is an assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6] lying here.
You picked up an assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6].
Argh!!! Lava!
Argh!!! Lava!
Argh!!! Lava!
Argh!!! Lava!
Argh!!! Lava! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
699 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
511 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 101 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
52 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
41 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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That's a big scratch on another page, another platinum badge collected, and this helps significantly in regular games by having less distractions (collecting specials/uniques purely for increasing the counter)! I played on Max Carnage for runs where a unique spawned on floor 1, and I actually grabbed a few additional ones I needed towards getting 3 of each! All that remains now is Subtle Knife x3, Dragonslayer x3, BFG10K x2, Trigun x1, and Revenant's Launcher x1!
(https://i.imgur.com/MAZenfv.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/0T72A1v.png)
So with grinding that, I didn't play out as many JC runs as I was planning to, but still got a couple in and thoroughly tested Angel of Berserk+Overconfidence with my new knowledge. With essentially carrying around a Berserk Pack at the start, killing the Angel of Death to get going is now very common, rather than a grind to get a run! With Berserk's effects, ridiculous killing power, self-healing with Vampyre, and a trivial fight against JC himself, I'm very confident this is the #1 strategy for efficient JC kills! Max Carnage+Overconfidence is a bit too risky, especially when fighting JC, and Max Carnage+Red Alert, while certainly the easiest to play and extremely consistent, is quite a bit slower.
I got 2 more kills and now at 10/50, so still quite a few to go. Now that the research phase is complete though, I'll just be grinding runs and hopefully get my total increasing at a better rate.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fgdsg, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 30603 turns and scored 61529 points.
He played for 22 minutes and 31 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 240 out of 361 hellspawn. (66%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 99/60 Experience 26896/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered red armor [5/5] (88%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/3] (33%) (P)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (82%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (92%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[f] Lava Armor [4/4] (100%)
[g] combat knife (2d5)
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] small med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] technical mod pack
[q] bulk mod pack
[r] blood skull
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former humans
22 former sergeants
12 former captains
10 imps
28 demons
77 lost souls
28 cacodemons
12 hell knights
4 barons of hell
8 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
6 pain elementals
4 revenants
7 mancubi
9 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 5 he assembled a power armor!
On level 6 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you. Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The
lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you.
You are hit! The lost soul dies. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like
a killing machine! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You need to taste
blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul
hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
700 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
511 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 101 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
53 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
42 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Mt Erebus was interesting:
(https://i.imgur.com/Ce1ff7y.png)
Good thing I had a Homing Phase Device! I also got a rather interesting colour aesthetic with the generated items:
(https://i.imgur.com/rsxTt25.png)
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gxsfgdgrfde, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 19628 turns and scored 51833 points.
He played for 15 minutes and 23 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 144 out of 220 hellspawn. (65%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 21184/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered red armor [5/5] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] ballistic shield [0/0] (100%)
[f] Medical Powerarmor [4/4] (100%)
[g] small 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
[o] large med-pack
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] envirosuit pack
[s] power mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
5 former captains
25 imps
23 demons
27 lost souls
11 cacodemons
8 hell knights
10 barons of hell
7 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
6 revenants
6 mancubi
4 arch-viles
3 nightmare demons
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 4 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 5 he assembled a power armor!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 6 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He nuked level 9!
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!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
704 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
514 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 101 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
54 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
43 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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If you are personally interested in hitting 1000 specials/uniques, definitely use the Overconfidence trick, and if you're interested in JC kills, I highly recommend going with Berserk+Overconfidence! I'll be continuing JC runs and perhaps hit 50 within a week to reach Apostle!
I saw your Ao666 completion, very nice! Yeah, I didn't get anywhere close to 1000 after my own Ao666.
I've always been a defensive, low-risk, strategic player, and I always specialize on figuring out every detail about games I play, what I can abuse, and all of what's possible. I have zero problems with cheesing for medals. Some people who have a similar playstyle tend to replace that with actual skill, but I'm very keen on developing that too. To be the best at anything and to reach difficult goals, you must be all encompassing and not restrain yourself over imaginary honor or swag. Optimization is the funnest aspect of gaming to me. <3
Day 20:
Nothing too exciting, just some more JC kills. After spending some more time using the Berserk+Overconfidence strat, it is without a doubt the #1 efficient way to farm runs! I got 6 more kills, bringing my total to 16/50. Still quite a bit to go!
Here's a post-mortem of another very fast run:
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gfsgdf, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 21246 turns and scored 56543 points.
He played for 15 minutes and 18 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 178 out of 345 hellspawn. (51%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 71/60 Experience 23504/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (72%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] Shielded Armor [2]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] small med-pack
[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] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] homing phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] bulk mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
10 former sergeants
1 former captain
17 imps
17 demons
65 lost souls
7 cacodemons
30 hell knights
4 barons of hell
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
11 revenants
5 mancubi
5 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 4 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 5 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 6 he found the Shielded Armor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit the hell knight. The hell knight dies. You're going berserk! You need
to taste blood!
The hell knight hits you. The missile hits John Carmack. The hell knight hits
you. The hell knight hits you. The hell knight hits you. You need to taste
blood!
You hit John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. You dodge! The missile
hits the hell knight. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
709 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
517 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 101 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
56 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
45 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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This run was also neat in that I got an early nuke and skipped Mortuary. With that, I was able to get 100% kills:
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fgdfg, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 39251 turns and scored 65407 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 21 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 175 out of 175 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Gargulec Medal
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 29598/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (196%) (B)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] Enviroboots [0]
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (83%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (38%)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (22%) (T)
[d] red armor [1/4] (7%) (A)
[e] red armor [4/4] (72%)
[f] red armor [4/4] (50%) (A)
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] bulk mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 100%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former sergeants
14 imps
13 demons
59 lost souls
26 cacodemons
12 hell knights
4 barons of hell
4 former commandos
2 pain elementals
3 revenants
19 mancubi
8 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 6, hell froze over!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul misses you. You are hit! The lost soul
dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You need to
taste blood! You feel vulnerable again.
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
719 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
523 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
59 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
48 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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More to come!
Day 21:
Still continuing JC kills, now at 20/50! I had a bad streak of games due to poor decision making, terrible luck, and sometimes combinations of both, so I played out some Max Carnage+Overconfidence for a change of pace, and here's how that went:
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zgxfdg, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 29021 turns and scored 61806 points.
He played for 29 minutes and 21 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 270 out of 575 hellspawn. (46%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 29408/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [0/3] (0%)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [83/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] assault shotgun (7d3) [2/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] energy shield [0/0] (36%)
[b] shotgun shell (x24)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 former humans
13 former sergeants
12 former captains
14 imps
19 demons
55 lost souls
73 cacodemons
25 hell knights
6 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
8 revenants
9 mancubi
12 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 6 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 6 he found the Lava Armor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
On level 9 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You dodge! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies.
You are hit! Your Malek's Armor is damaged!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You are hit!
You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! You feel less protected.
You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon.
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. You dodge!
Boom! You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies. You are
hit!
You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! The cacodemon hits you. Your Malek's Armor is damaged! You
die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
733 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
533 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
63 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
52 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Yeah...
This was my first run without having a double nuke and having to fight JC the old fashioned way. Unfortunately contrary to what I thought, the Minigun doesn't immediately tear him apart because of constant spawns getting in the way, him phasing into the dark, needing to heal frequently, and so forth. I eventually tried phasing away myself to regain control, but it turns out he'll endlessly fire rockets and spawn enemies, even from the opposite side of the level. Eventually, I got completely flooded over and started running out of ammo. This strat doesn't work nearly as well as I thought it did.
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uytft, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 24835 turns and scored 52664 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 34 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 166 out of 277 hellspawn. (59%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 92/60 Experience 20060/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] energy-shielded vest [1/3] (19%) (P)
[c] plasma shield [0/0] (90%)
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] bulk mod pack
[h] bulk mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 former humans
26 former sergeants
4 former captains
5 imps
37 demons
42 lost souls
6 cacodemons
4 hell knights
4 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
6 former commandos
1 pain elemental
17 revenants
1 mancubus
7 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 5 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the revenant. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste
blood!
The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul hits you. You are
hit! You dodge! The missile hits the revenant. The revenant hits you. The
revenant hits you. The revenant hits you. You need to taste blood!
The missile hits the lost soul. The revenant dies. The lost soul dies. The
revenant dies. The revenant hits you. You are hit! The revenant dies. You
need to taste blood!
You are hit! The lost soul dies. The revenant dies. That hurt! You' going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
737 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
535 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
35 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
64 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
53 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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This run was pretty standard with the Berserk+Overconfidence strat, but I lucked out with stacked Invulnerability and a Homing Phase Device on floor 6, so I was able to skip the Lava Pits!
One of the big factors with Berserk being so good against JC is how powerful it is without need of Max Carnage, having constant healing through Vampyre, double damage with Berserk, and at least 60% melee resistance, but also frequently 85% fire resistance through stacking any leftover Envirosuits.
I'll need to buckle down and stick with Berserk strat and perhaps use Red Alert instead if I'm not playing particularly well.
That's all for now!
Day 22:
25/50; halfway there! I had a hot streak early on and was hoping for more runs, but things went sour shortly after.
On one run, I had stacked Invulnerability and a Homing Phase Device again to skip Mt Erebus and finished with my fastest run yet for the sub 15!
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kjhggh, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 36529 turns and scored 52941 points.
He played for 14 minutes and 52 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 139 out of 177 hellspawn. (78%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 110/60 Experience 19940/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (89%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (44%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (88%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (52%)
[e] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[f] combat knife (2d5)
[g] chainsaw (4d6)
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] technical mod pack
[p] bulk mod pack
[q] bulk mod pack
[r] bulk mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former sergeants
26 imps
19 demons
43 lost souls
6 cacodemons
5 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
1 former commando
3 pain elementals
14 revenants
1 mancubus
5 arch-viles
2 nightmare demons
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 4 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 5 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 6 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 6 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 6 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! John Carmack reloads his rocket
launcher. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
747 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
540 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
36 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
68 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
57 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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And just two runs after that, I smashed it!
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wsde, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 21950 turns and scored 51833 points.
He played for 12 minutes and 55 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 137 out of 285 hellspawn. (48%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 97/60 Experience 19122/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (84%) (T)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (88%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nanofiber red armor [1]
[b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (62%) (T)
[e] chainsaw (4d6)
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] small med-pack
[l] small med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] 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 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
8 former sergeants
2 former captains
12 imps
32 demons
41 lost souls
4 cacodemons
5 hell knights
9 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
2 revenants
5 mancubi
9 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 5 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
The lost soul dies. That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
749 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
541 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
36 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
69 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
58 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Following these runs was a bad streak of gameplay and luck, and sitting at 24/50, I really wanted to reach the half-way milestone, so I went with the true backup strat that actually works with Max Carnage+Red Alert, but as you can see by the completion time, it's strictly a backup strat:
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hgfdr, level 10 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 57910 turns and scored 140247 points.
He played for 46 minutes and 43 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 481 out of 603 hellspawn. (79%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 43918/10
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Fin->Fin->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] plasmatic double shotgun (9d3)x2 [0/2]
[c] [ Boots ] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [0/5]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Railgun (8d8) [20/40]
[b] shotgun shell (x11)
[c] shotgun shell (x70)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] phase device
[j] phase device
[k] shell box (x100)
[l] shell box (x100)
[m] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 30%
Fire - internal 0% torso 13% feet 30%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
118 former humans
45 former sergeants
22 former captains
80 imps
23 demons
92 lost souls
33 cacodemons
22 hell knights
15 barons of hell
8 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
4 pain elementals
3 revenants
2 mancubi
2 arch-viles
2 elite former humans
1 elite former sergeant
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 saw, left a present and left.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He left without a fuss.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
On level 10 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
On level 22 he found the Railgun!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
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!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
769 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
558 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
70 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
58 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I also had a funny run where I had collected 7 Phase Devices, none of which were Homing:
(https://i.imgur.com/V3BufSR.png)
One detail I forgot to mention for the last few days is the usefulness of Combat Knives. I frequently carry at least one for destroying barrels, mainly for creating a more direct path from Invulnerability to the stairs, but occasionally for attacking monsters too.
I'm going to go beast mode this weekend and hopefully hit 50!
Day 23:
32/50 now! Lots of solid runs and not too much difficulty in getting kills this time. I had one run to Lava Pits where I ran out of health and had to bail in hopes of finding a replacement Invulnerability on floor 7, but it didn't pan out. On a different run, I had Mt Erebus with no Envirosuits and played roulette with a Phase Device and happened to get one of the best possible locations:
(https://i.imgur.com/NKo4caP.png)
Here's some post-mortems for your reading pleasure:
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bncvgfrt, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 26654 turns and scored 53772 points.
He played for 14 minutes and 37 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 217 out of 263 hellspawn. (82%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 78/60 Experience 21076/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [2/4] (40%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] Enviroboots [0]
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] red armor [2/4] (37%)
[c] small med-pack
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small 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
[o] phase device
[p] homing phase device
-- 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 100%
Fire - internal 60% torso 72% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
11 imps
24 demons
93 lost souls
17 cacodemons
9 hell knights
17 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
1 former commando
3 pain elementals
4 revenants
7 mancubi
4 arch-viles
6 nightmare demons
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 5 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The lost soul hits you.
You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. You
need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The baron of hell hits you. You
dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The
lost soul dies. Your red armor is damaged! The lost soul dies. You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
770 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
558 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
71 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
59 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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fgd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 23053 turns and scored 56820 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 11 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 163 out of 242 hellspawn. (67%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 93/60 Experience 23328/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] phaseshift armor [4/4] (83%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] green armor [1/1] (8%)
[d] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[e] blue armor [1/2] (28%)
[f] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[g] red armor [4/4] (66%)
[h] chainsaw (4d6)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] bulk mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former humans
7 former sergeants
9 former captains
11 imps
35 demons
48 lost souls
6 cacodemons
11 hell knights
3 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
3 pain elementals
3 revenants
9 mancubi
6 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
771 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
558 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
72 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
60 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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nhgf, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 27284 turns and scored 52941 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 29 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 199 out of 235 hellspawn. (84%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 116/60 Experience 19800/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (68%) (T)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] Enviroboots [0]
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (14%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (53%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[f] small med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] bulk mod 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 85% torso 85% feet 100%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
12 former sergeants
26 imps
25 demons
55 lost souls
16 cacodemons
12 hell knights
9 barons of hell
5 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
3 pain elementals
13 revenants
3 mancubi
7 arch-viles
6 nightmare demons
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 5 he found the Enviroboots!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul hits you. The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul
hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
You hit John Carmack. You feel like a killing machine! You're going berserk!
You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. That hurt! You' going
berserk! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost
soul dies. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste
blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul
hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste
blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
774 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
560 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
73 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
61 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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btre, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 31045 turns and scored 65130 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 46 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 166 out of 169 hellspawn. (98%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 29444/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (98%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (96%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[b] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] small med-pack
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] homing phase device
[g] agility mod pack
[h] bulk mod pack
[i] bulk mod pack
[j] blood skull
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
10 former sergeants
3 former captains
25 imps
11 demons
45 lost souls
21 cacodemons
7 hell knights
7 barons of hell
5 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
3 pain elementals
2 revenants
13 mancubi
7 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
Level 2 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 5 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 6 he found the Malek's Armor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- 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 are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to
taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to
taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
776 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
560 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 104 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
74 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
62 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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vbfd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 34715 turns and scored 60698 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 42 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 181 out of 261 hellspawn. (69%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 25848/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [4/4] (99%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] combat knife (2d5)
[c] chainsaw (4d6)
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] bulk mod pack
[q] Hell Staff
[r] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[s] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 80% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
20 former sergeants
8 former captains
17 imps
21 demons
55 lost souls
14 cacodemons
7 hell knights
11 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
2 pain elementals
4 revenants
7 mancubi
4 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
Level 3 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 3 he assembled a fireproof armor!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
On level 7 he found the Hell Staff!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
780 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
562 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
75 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
63 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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cd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 22774 turns and scored 55989 points.
He played for 15 minutes and 51 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 154 out of 181 hellspawn. (85%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 74/60 Experience 22964/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (41%) (T)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (60%)
[c] Medical Powerarmor [4/4] (100%)
[d] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] envirosuit pack
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] envirosuit pack
[r] envirosuit pack
[s] agility mod pack
[t] fire skull
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 10% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 former sergeants
8 imps
30 demons
43 lost souls
15 cacodemons
10 hell knights
4 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
2 pain elementals
12 mancubi
3 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
He sounded the alarm on level 6!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 6 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 9!
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?
You wear/wield : a nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle? This will
overload the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle! 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!
You use a lava element. You feel invincible! Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
781 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
562 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
76 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
64 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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jyuft, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 30471 turns and scored 57097 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 41 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 137 out of 137 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Gargulec Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 87/60 Experience 23806/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (98%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (50%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (9%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (79%)
[d] blue armor [1/2] (46%)
[e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[f] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[g] red armor [3/6] (48%) (P)
[h] red armor [1/4] (16%)
[i] red armor [4/4] (99%)
[j] chainsaw (4d6)
[k] small med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] envirosuit pack
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] shockwave pack
[r] acid-proof boots [0/0] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
14 former sergeants
5 imps
36 demons
28 lost souls
14 cacodemons
9 hell knights
2 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
8 revenants
3 mancubi
5 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 6 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to
taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
785 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
565 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
77 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
65 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Then on floor 1 of a run, I found a Trigun!
(https://i.imgur.com/tnRjmpJ.png)
Since it was an early start, I opted to go for Fallout Platinum Cross, I just needed to rely on luck with Invulnerability since there are so few floors on Angel of Overconfidence. Well, with some super appreciated luck, I got one on floor 2, with stairs nearby, and started to nuke everything!
On floor 5 it finally ran out and I started to get a little worried about completing. I was also worried about dying since I wasn't using my standard trait setup, on top of low inventory and low health. I clicked a Computer Map on floor 6 and this was revealed to me:
(https://i.imgur.com/KSkTP8u.png)
I carefully went straight for the Invulnerability and nuked some more floors. I was tempted to grab the Lava Element, but I didn't want to ruin such a rare run. In hindsight, there wasn't any risk, but I figured that I can always get another JC kill and not really another Trigun run. I made it to Dis just as Invulnerability ran out, so I missed out on killing JC, but that's perfectly fine by me.
One other cool thing that happened is with the heavy usage of Angel Arm, my health actually exceeded 200% for awhile:
(https://i.imgur.com/yGeFsyL.png)
I assume this happened since my health was larger than my maximum health and it doesn't scale down. Pretty neat! I used to simplify my thinking in that Badass x2 removes health decay, but since you can go over 200%, that's technically not true!
With that, I scratched another medal, of which is super annoying to get! My original plan was to grind a Scout with Intuition on Angel of Confidence and scouring through Hell's Armory/Deimos Lab until I got a Trigun. I'm very happy I don't have to do that! On top, this was my 3rd Trigun, so now I'm just missing Dragonslayer x3, Subtle Knife x3, and BFG10K x2!
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fsdre, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 7268 turns and scored 43798 points.
He played for 8 minutes and 58 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 139 out of 154 hellspawn. (90%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Fallout Platinum Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/20 Experience 25852/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->HR->DM->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (48%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (99%)
[d] [ Prepared ] chainsaw (4d6)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat knife (2d5)
[b] small med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] homing phase device
[e] envirosuit pack
[f] fire skull
[g] steel boots [1/1] (85%)
-- 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 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
17 former sergeants
6 imps
1 demon
48 lost souls
7 cacodemons
9 hell knights
11 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
5 pain elementals
8 revenants
3 mancubi
6 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Trigun!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 2!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 3!
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 3!
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 4!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
He fled there from the monstrous lava elemental.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 7!
Then at last he found Dis!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! You advance to level 8!
Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
You start running!
You stop running.
You feel vulnerable again.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter the damned city of Dis...
Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! Congratulations! You
defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
788 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
567 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
78 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
66 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Good progress with an extra surprise!
Day 24:
38/50, getting closer to the end of this! I'm really looking forward to moving onto other goals afterwards.
I had one Max Carnage+Red Alert run that I was playing out trying to get 100% kills for the badge, but on one floor, I took one step around a corner and a Former Commando immediately melted me. Pretty crushed about that one, but at least I've seen the challenge is pretty easy and I look forward to trying it again.
Another little detail I've learned a few days ago is when you gib a Pain Elemental, it doesn't produce Lost Soul spawns on death, which is very handy to know! It helps plan out when I want to go Berserk, because they're quite annoying to deal with, and are one of the main causes of early deaths in my runs. I definitely miss having ranged attacks. :P
Also one on of my runs, I got a really cool map unlike one I've ever seen before so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/1YH0ROV.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/a0VmJOL.png)
Really neat how tiny the level was!
All that said, nothing too exciting again. I'm learning a lot of minor details in my play and getting better at my reasoning with the game, so I'm really keen on playing for badges and medals again!
Yeah, not too fascinating with grinding the same thing repeatedly, but progress will be more interesting soon!
Day 25:
45/50 JC kills now and at the home stretch! If my luck pans out well, I'll get this done tonight!
I went for another attempt at Max Carnage+Red Alert for the Quartermaster Gold Badge while getting a JC kill and pulled it off this time:
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abcdefghijklmoqrstuvwxyz,
level 10 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 57539 turns and scored 128059 points.
He played for 45 minutes and 2 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 408 out of 408 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Quartermaster Gold Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 41734/10
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->TaN->TaN->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Cybernetic Armor [1/7] (22%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [1/2] (48%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] red armor [4/4] (100%) (N)
[c] shotgun shell (x2)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] envirosuit pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 0% feet 12%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
61 former humans
30 former sergeants
14 former captains
72 imps
35 demons
114 lost souls
16 cacodemons
17 hell knights
9 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
1 former commando
6 pain elementals
9 revenants
9 mancubi
3 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 18 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 21 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
On level 23 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
Then at last he found Dis!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
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!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
822 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
589 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
38 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 107 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
87 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
74 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I also had another neat level on one of my runs with an island completely detached from any bridges and walkways:
(https://i.imgur.com/daxRMqn.png)
That's pretty much it for today! Apostle soon!
Day 26:
(https://i.imgur.com/2mSwr6r.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/4UBh4Q3.png)
After about a week of grinding for JC kills, I've finally reached 50 and achieved Apostle ranking! :D 100% completion of the ranking, all done forever!
I had a bit of a struggle getting the last 5 runs, but I was very motivated to get it done. After getting a bit annoyed again with Berserk+Overconfidence, I tried some more Max Carnage+Overconfidence and lucked out one run with a second nuke. Another run with it, I had the Jackhammer and yet I was still killed by JC. Once again, this strategy is very inconsistent and very difficult to complete without another nuke. With an extra however, it's very fast and easy.
Another run died to this:
(https://i.imgur.com/qQwoibZ.png)
Funny that it came up after the topic of rare maps.
I also am continuing to develop my gameplay skills and created a nice setup to deal with Cacodemons without putting myself in danger. I thought it was a bit clever. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/gYiLsXG.png)
When I got to 49/50, I had some more unlucky deaths and eventually got another run going where I started off with a nuke on floor 1, allowing me to skip Mortuary/Limbo. However, I repeatedly got into bad situations, had very low gear all throughout, and had to start stair-diving. I got to just outside the Lava Pits, but had no Platsteels, no Phase Devices, no Envirosuits (one on the next floor though :P), nothing, so the only hope left was finding Invulnerability on floor 7.
I step down and see this:
(https://i.imgur.com/37PcBkV.png)
And with that, I was set to fight JC with by far the worst setup I've had compared to all of my 49 kills, making for a very climactic finish. I barely scrapped by with enough health and almost died a couple times, but did indeed secure the win:
(https://i.imgur.com/JL07o1w.png)
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xcsgb, level 6 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 26043 turns and scored 46846 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 8 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 138 out of 150 hellspawn. (92%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 72/60 Experience 15996/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (25%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (92%)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d5)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] small med-pack
[b] small med-pack
[c] small med-pack
[d] steel boots [1/1] (79%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 63% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 63% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
10 former sergeants
5 former captains
27 imps
11 demons
50 lost souls
2 cacodemons
12 barons of hell
11 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
2 revenants
1 mancubus
1 arch-vile
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
Entering level 2 he was almost dead...
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The
lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. John Carmack reloads his rocket
launcher.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The lost soul hits you. The
lost soul hits you.
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You feel like a killing machine!
You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. Carmack
raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
867 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
616 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 112 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
99 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
86 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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So with that, no more JC runs! I'll probably be rotating around again on what to do next with all the badges and medals left! I could continue collecting the rest of the gold badges, or finishing more of the easy medals, or seeking out Dragonslayer, Subtle Knife, and BFG10K, or perhaps earn my first angelic badge! In any case, it'll be far more exciting and fun than what I've been up that last while here!
Very happy with this achievement!
Thanks!
Day 27:
With Apostle now done, I tried out a few challenges and rotated around. I had a few decent runs at some of them, but died repeatedly. Eventually, I decided to try for Masochist Gold Badge, and tried to combine Masochism+Pacifism, given that I'd get a guaranteed health boost every 3 levels. I think it's a decent strategy, but it wasn't working out for me. Instead, I opted for Max Carnage instead and that worked out much better. Since I'm a fairly careful and defensive player, the lack of health wasn't too big of a deal.
I focused a lot on killing everything since I wanted to keep up a flow of healing, and ended up getting 100% kills! I was at the Spider Mastermind and decided to nuke her for fun and continue the run with JC. Until now, I never got a kill on him with Max Carnage, but with more levels, Dodgemaster, and a BFG, it went much better! 51/50! :P
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gfxdsfg, level 11 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 84913 turns and scored 122797 points.
He played for 1 hour, 5 minutes and 26 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 554 out of 554 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Untouchable Badge
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Arena Key
Masochist Gold Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 78/70 Experience 58368/11
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (11d6) [20/100] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] fireproof plasteel boots [2/2] (96%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [214/260] (B1)
[c] phaseshift armor [4/4] (72%) (P)
[d] Lava Armor [4/4] (98%)
[e] shotgun shell (x70)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] shotgun shell (x25)
[j] shotgun shell (x70)
[k] shotgun shell (x70)
[l] shotgun shell (x70)
[m] shotgun shell (x70)
[n] shotgun shell (x70)
[o] shell box (x100)
[p] power battery (x20)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Acid - internal 25% torso 25% feet 75%
Fire - internal 25% torso 25% feet 80%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
84 former humans
64 former sergeants
27 former captains
81 imps
32 demons
80 lost souls
24 cacodemons
39 hell knights
24 barons of hell
32 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
5 pain elementals
14 revenants
13 mancubi
14 arch-viles
1 nightmare demon
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
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 marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 12 he assembled a fireproof boots!
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 18 he stumbled into a complex full of former humans!
On level 19 he was bombarded!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
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 missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The
lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul!
The missile hits John Carmack.
You quickly reload the BFG 9000.
You dodge!
The missile hits John Carmack. Carmack raises his hands and summons
hellspawn!
The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell
dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
You quickly reload the BFG 9000. Your power battery is depleted.
The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You
defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
878 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
625 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 112 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
100 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
86 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Dodgemaster is slowly becoming one of my new favorite traits! Fighting the Cyberdemon with it is a total joke.
After that, I went for Hunter Platinum Badge with Darkness+Overconfidence. Despite it being Nightmare, I figured I could luck out with Homing Phase Devices, Invulnerability, and nearby staircases. I had quite a few games where I got essentially insta-killed, and lots of troll runs too:
(https://i.imgur.com/jTdu70t.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TwfeGvV.png)
Guess I didn't have a choice with the game taunting me. :P
Eventually though, I managed to get a completed run. With Intuition, the Spider Mastermind fight was easy and I went about my usual corner camping to slowly kill her:
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grsee, level 5 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 12420 turns and scored 85899 points.
He played for 13 minutes and 43 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 61 out of 320 hellspawn. (19%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Darkness!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hunter Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 41/50 Experience 7354/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (8d3) [4/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x14)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] laser rifle (1d7)x5 [40/40]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] large med-pack
[f] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
7 former sergeants
9 former captains
21 imps
3 demons
10 lost souls
2 barons of hell
2 former commandos
1 arch-vile
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 1 as soon as possible.
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
908 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
651 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
101 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
87 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Pretty good to get 2 more badges! I can only expect that I'll have days, and eventually even weeks where I won't be earning anything new. It's already getting pretty tough! Hopefully things will keep going well for now!
Day 28:
I went for a variety of badges and medals and actually got quite a few!
To start, my first target was Lightfoot Platinum Badge and figured the easiest way to go for it was Max Carnage+Light Travel. 20000 turns is quite a bit of leeway if you stairdive, and Max Carnage with Shotguns helps cover for a low experience level. It took a couple tries, but easily got it:
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gdfgh, level 6 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 12313 turns and scored 53816 points.
He played for 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 168 out of 423 hellspawn. (39%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 26/50 Experience 15602/6
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (41%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x42)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x18)
[e] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
31 former humans
22 former sergeants
6 former captains
39 imps
6 demons
39 lost souls
5 cacodemons
5 hell knights
4 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
2 former commandos
2 pain elementals
1 revenant
1 mancubus
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
He left level 13 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 15!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 19 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 21 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
913 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
655 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
102 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
88 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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...or so I thought. I thought that maybe there was some additional restriction? I checked in-game and definitely completed what it says to do, so I checked the wiki, and it says the challenge must be done on Ultra-Violence, which I did not do. :/ A little annoyed by that, though it does make sense given it's a platinum badge. I'll go for it again on the correct difficulty in the future.
Next target was Chessmaster's Token which I got in one try!
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hgfhgf, level 3 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
was gutted by a hell knight on level 3 of the Phobos base.
He survived 12026 turns and scored 13862 points.
He played for 6 minutes and 34 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 59 out of 83 hellspawn. (71%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Chessmaster's Token
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3586/3
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
[b] 10mm ammo (x88)
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[d] shotgun shell (x18)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 former humans
6 former sergeants
1 former captain
8 imps
14 demons
5 lost souls
7 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
-- 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 3 he finally was gutted by a hell knight.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
voice booms, "Congratulations mortal! A pity you came to destroy us, for you
would make a formidable Hell warrior!" "I grant you the title of Hell's Arena
Champion!" "And a promise is a promise... search the arena again..."
You reload the shotgun.
There is a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) lying here.
There is a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) lying here.
You picked up a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%).
There are stairs leading downward here.
The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
You enter Phobos, level 3.
The hell knight hits you. The hell knight hits you.
The hell knight hits you.
The hell knight hits you. Your green armor is completely destroyed!
The hell knight hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
914 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
656 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
102 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
88 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Easy stuff with Max Carnage, though I definitely had a little luck on my side as well.
Next were Untouchable Medal and Untouchable Cross. These I was pretty confident I could get without too much trouble since they work well with my playstyle, though I still had to deal with tricky situations. I made a few foolish mistakes in one run, so ended up with just the Untouchable Medal:
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jhjf, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 19019 turns and scored 56864 points.
He played for 18 minutes and 43 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 177 out of 398 hellspawn. (44%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Medal
Shambler's Head
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 17624/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%) (N)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [1/5]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x31)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x50)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
33 former humans
26 former sergeants
6 former captains
33 imps
19 demons
38 lost souls
7 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
1 mancubus
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
926 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
667 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
103 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
89 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Max Carnage+Light Travel is one of absolute favorite ways to play the game however, and since I was fairly close, I gave it some more effort. This time I played far more cautiously than even I would normally do, which was actually a lot of fun! I only got hit by enemies twice, and was forced to cross two acid rivers, but other than that, it was a flawless run:
(https://i.imgur.com/vJbEn20.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fdxsfg, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 19672 turns and scored 56310 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 49 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 175 out of 368 hellspawn. (47%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 17340/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (92%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x29)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x33)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
30 former humans
16 former sergeants
5 former captains
23 imps
23 demons
53 lost souls
8 cacodemons
2 hell knights
1 baron of hell
4 arachnotrons
2 pain elementals
4 mancubi
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
He left level 13 as soon as possible.
On level 14 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
930 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
670 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
104 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
90 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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So with that, I got 3 more medals, now totalling 36/43! My next target is another medal: Apostle Insignia! Time to grind for another kind of Apostle. :P
Strategy discussion time!
Going for this will be tricky since I rely on getting both Dragonslayer, Berserker Armor, and also surviving until the end. The obvious way of doing this is Ao100 or Ao666, of which, I'm leaning on 666 since I'll likely need as many floors as possible. Last time I did Ao666, I got every unique except for the Apostle set and Subtle Knife, so I don't want to be spending time on Ao100.
I also need a solid melee build for this, and I'm not a huge fan of Vampyre for long games. Malicious Blades looks cool, but it doesn't work in full with Dragonslayer, so that leaves Blademaster and it seems wicked! Of the traits available, I'll be wanting: Blademaster x1, Brute x5, Berserker x1, Hellrunner x3, Dodgemaster x1, Finesse x3, Intuition x2, Whizkid x2, and Ironman x5. That leaves 2 extra slots. Since it's also easiest to go from Shotgun->Melee, I'm one trait shy of Reloader x2 and Shottyman x1. Eagle Eye is useless, Juggler isn't really necessary, and the rest are blocked. I'll probably opt to skip Shottyman or Ironman, not sure which yet. Shottyman also becomes obsolete when I get Nano Super Shotgun, so it'll probably be skipped, and I'll temporarily gain from Reloader. If I stumble upon a very early Dragonslayer, maybe I'll go for Eagle Eye over Reloader since it's very mildly less useless.
As for armor and boots, perma-Berserk covers a good chunk of resistances with 60% to all, so I'll likely be more focused on movement speed. Phaseshift Armor (AOP) and Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A) give 40% + 60% movement speed with 4 protection, indestructibility, 90% total resistance to Melee/Bullet/Shrapnel, and immunity to fluids. Pretty awesome! Inquisitor set is also quite nice with 90% total resistance to the other damage types, with total fire immunity and good movement speed too. I recall acid fluid not being a huge deal late into my Ao666, so I can live without needing that. Early on, I'll likely be rocking Cerberus Boots (A) as usual, or possibly Enviroboots if I find them. It's interesting that Cerberus Boots (A) is -20% movement speed, Enviroboots are -25% and Cerberus Boots are -30%. :P (PPTA+A) is an expensive cost for 5% extra movement speed!
Berserker Armor is pretty cool, but is super slow and protects as much as Phaseshift Armor, though the increase of it is an interesting mechanic. I imagine with my massive resistances already though that I'll be reducing a lot of hits down to 1 anyway and the extra bump to Melee/Bullet/Shrapnel probably isn't worth the slow movement speed and the spawning Nightmare Demons. I'll likely leave it in my inventory until just the very end. When I do wear it, I'll definitely be ditching Inquisitor set for Cerberus Boots (A) and Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A), since the boots when solo are outclassed.
As for weapon before finding Dragonslayer, I'll definitely be using Nano Super Shotgun, or if I can't find one, Nano Shotgun. The other Shotguns are weaker and/or have a worse shotgun blast type, funny enough. Tactical Shotgun (P) is definitely the way to go until finding the needed Nano Pack.
It'll be pretty fun to test out all 3 sets that I haven't used before! I'm definitely going to build around using Shotguns until I find Dragonslayer, but I want to make sure I have Berserker early to help with picking it up. Maybe a spare Rocket Launcher and some Hatred Skulls will come in handy too. Scouts are also great with their extra movement speed and stair sense, along with the speedy Phaseshift set that I'll be able to fly through the floors once my build is complete. I'll need to kill most of everything early on to get that experience, but later will just be trying to get to the end without dying. I imagine the Apostle himself is weak though. This will also be a decent warm-up and learning experience for the eventual Ao666 on Nightmare.
With any luck, I can also find Subtle Knife and BFG10K as well to work on finishing my badges around collecting Uniques. I intend to grind for Apostle Insignia until I get it, but I'm also going to repeat this challenge a couple times until I also get 3x of everything. Shottyhead helped a lot last time, but I think with some caution, I'll be just fine without it.
I'm sure most of this strategizing is known and/or obvious, but it's my favorite part about gaming and I can't help but gush about it! <3 I think this grind will be a blast to do!
Thanks, yeah I'm starting to really appreciate extremely high levels of movement speed. It's somewhat like being able to teleport around. I agree that I'll likely be using the Phaseshift set over Inquisitor set since fire immunity isn't that amazing, but I suppose at higher difficulties, taking 1 damage infinite times is far worse than taking 0 damage infinite times. I've also learned to watch the durability when I cooked myself in lava with damaged Cerberus Boots before, but that's nothing like what you did, jeez!
I also imagine Dragonslayer + Phaseshift Armor (AOP) + Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A) is absurdly powerful with Blademaster since I can quickly move to any spot, obliterate an enemy instantaneously, and carry on at the same speed. Sounds like lots of fun!
Day 29:
I started trying some Ao666 after I studied the blade yesterday and got a decent run going, but unfortunately died due to a dumb mistake. Along the way though, I got a pretty cool cave map:
(https://i.imgur.com/uiM0MHa.png)
So I started a new run and got caught up pretty quickly. On one map, I ended up in a really cool tactical spot that only works because I had Cerberus Boots quite early:
(https://i.imgur.com/sO5WpU1.png)
My setup for traits has been Intuition x2, Finesse x2, Whizkid x2, then mixing with Hellrunner, Ironman, Dodgemaster, and Finesse. I'm taking a slight risk by getting Brute, Berserker, and Blademaster later on, but survivability while playing as a temporary Shotgun build is important.
This was my preliminary equipment setup, which is quite cheap to make:
(https://i.imgur.com/ktkQLLg.png)
Not too long after, I found Phaseshift Boots! Unfortunately, I forgot how the Antigrav assembly goes...
(https://i.imgur.com/982l3tx.png)
Whoops. I'll have to find a second pair.
I also got a Nano Pack and Onyx Pack relatively early, the former being very important. I'll be hanging onto it for as long as possible since I need it for Phaseshift Boots, but if ammo gets tight, it'll be used on either a Super Shotgun or a regular Shotgun:
(https://i.imgur.com/jlXY9t5.png)
I later decided to opt for more mid-game survivability and made a Cerberus Ballistic Vest (O), which has 0 armor, but insane resistances with 50% across with 70% for fire and acid! There's actually not enough space to list all 6 resistances in the upper-right corner, which is funny:
(https://i.imgur.com/9FQoFsI.png)
Some more time later, I found Inquisitor Boots and Phaseshift Armor! I've since thrown away the Phaseshift Boots though and used my Onyx Pack, but I can get more so it's not a big deal.
(https://i.imgur.com/ptVuq52.png)
Then on the fairly early floor of 49, I got this:
(https://i.imgur.com/u0agfBg.png)
Very happy to get this so early! As long as I can actually find Dragonslayer now, I should be good to go for killing the Apostle!
So with that, I got to floor 51 and am already quite ahead of pace of where I want to be! The most important item I can find right now is a Super Shotgun to complete my Nano Super Shotgun (P). I'm also on the hunt for Inquisitor Armor, another pair of Phaseshift Boots, Onyx and Nano Packs, and of course, Dragonslayer. Here's my status so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/HEX1aUa.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/1W8onMV.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/aQhdKa5.png)
Funny enough, I haven't accomplished anything yet in terms of actual progress towards 100%. The only useful things that can come from this run are finding Dragonslayer, BFG10K, Subtle Knife, and killing the Apostle, all of which of course haven't happened yet. At this rate though, things are looking good! Hopefully I don't die! :)
Day 30:
Pictures galore today! I've progressed significantly in my run and am totally ready to be finding Dragonslayer!
Continuing from yesterday, I found an extra Nano Pack, which I can use for a Nano-Shrapnel:
(https://i.imgur.com/ZlkQWE0.png)
I held onto my Shotgun for awhile if things got tight with ammo and I couldn't find a Super Shotgun. After awhile of close calls and getting annoyed with carrying ammo, I decided to take the plunge and made a Nano Shotgun:
(https://i.imgur.com/fWzDjWY.png)
My usual progression when I play Shotgun builds is Shotgun->Combat Shotgun->Tactical Shotgun->Nano Shotgun->Nano Super Shotgun. The first two improvements are nice, but not dramatically different, but going to a Nano Shotgun is worlds better! Infinite ammo implies so much more since I no longer need to worry about reloading, picking up items (ammo) on the ground, I have way more inventory space, I don't need to attack in certain ways to conserve ammo, and so much more! I've read around a lot that people believe Ammochain is one of the best master traits, and I'm honestly sure it is, but I just can't stand not having a source of infinite ammo in Ao100/666. I suppose Ammochain's main advantage is not having damage reduction since modding weapons isn't focused on nanomachic/shrapnel, and it's also great for regular games, but it's totally not my style for Ao100/666.
Later on, I got myself into an interesting situation where a Cyberdemon was trying to fire at me, couldn't damage me, but insisted on not moving. Really weird, but also advantageous tactic:
(https://i.imgur.com/ItWSdxT.png)
Further on, I got super lucky and found this, bringing my mission here to 25% completed:
(https://i.imgur.com/vz9Li5n.png)
I'm very happy to have found this! Now whether I get 100% of my goals, or die, at least this run wasn't in vain and I've progressed at least somewhat! Now I only need 1 more BFG10K!
Some more floors later and I found one of my #1 items I was on the hunt for:
(https://i.imgur.com/68H14RI.png)
It's honestly insane the difference between Nano Shotgun (2nd best of its kind) and Nano Super Shotgun! From damage, to knockback, to double firing, it's yet another big step forward in offence!
I had the Power Packs and used my second Nano Pack right away to max it out:
(https://i.imgur.com/6z4Uuu9.png)
You can really see the power difference here:
(https://i.imgur.com/MCWqaSh.png)
Not too much later and I found my third Nano Pack, which is waiting for a fresh pair of Phaseshift Boots:
(https://i.imgur.com/GoCqMUh.png)
Shortly after, I also found a Chainsaw:
(https://i.imgur.com/A5bxP7A.png)
Given that I'm using Blademaster on this run, a Ripper is arguably the next best melee weapon, so I started building towards that. It provides a little bit of practice with the melee style of this character, as well as providing another source of berserk for when I find Dragonslayer.
After several experience levels, I got to this with my traits:
(https://i.imgur.com/pzdwdFd.png)
Anything at this point is no longer useful for a Dragonslayer/Blademaster build, so naturally, I started picking things to help for the pre-Dragonslayer part of this run. Juggler is the obvious pick since I'm rocking a Ripper, but I discovered an amazing purpose for Eagle Eye too! Despite having Brute x5, the Ripper's accuracy goes below the maxed out 98% while running, and is actually off by just 2 accuracy values to max out again, which is where Eagle Eye comes in! An extremely negligible detail really, but it gives a purpose to selecting Eagle Eye over Reloader. It's almost a bit mathematically beautiful how it works out so perfectly!
I started to collect Nano Packs since I kept finding them, since it feels so wrong to throw them away:
(https://i.imgur.com/cxTnxiM.png)
Later on, I found my second Onyx Pack to finish my Phaseshift Armor:
(https://i.imgur.com/ax4k1xn.png)
I also got a second Firestorm Pack, waiting for a Nuclear BFG:
(https://i.imgur.com/63m6tyd.png)
And then I also built possibly my new favorite weapon:
(https://i.imgur.com/3CYtXrg.png)
With this Nanomachic Napalm Launcher, I can do some serious landscaping on each floor! It pairs super well with Cerberus Boots and is yet another handy source of berserk! I usually play with Nano Super Shotgun and Ripper in my direct arsenal, and switch to my launcher if I need it. It helps block off some enemies too when I start to get surrounded, and opens up more direct paths to staircases when there's a nearby Invulnerability. The only disappointing thing was learning it can't be modded with Firestorm, so I went with Power. :P
Later, I also maxed out my experience level:
(https://i.imgur.com/SlJpXPO.png)
This is what my inventory generally looks like right now:
(https://i.imgur.com/4AHWcJP.png)
I found yet another Onyx Pack, but like my Nanos, I started to chuck them. It still feels so wrong, but there's literally no more use for them:
(https://i.imgur.com/XYppmpc.png)
After some more floors, I decided to start stairdiving and skipping enemies too. This was the first floor I started doing it, whereas I had cleared out every monster beforehand:
(https://i.imgur.com/AqKixkI.png)
As cool as it would be to get 100% kills on Ao666, it's not efficient use of my time, it puts my run at slight risk, and they don't do anything towards my goals. I generally hunt for a Computer/Tracking Map if one is around, or otherwise I'll clear the level before jumping down the stairs. The nice thing is that the only other armor I need is Inquisitor, and since that prompts me at the start of the level, I also don't have to worry about killing every enemy that could pick up an armor. I'm thinking I could start using it too:
(https://i.imgur.com/ydp79JC.png)
(Not really, I would rather have Phaseshift Boots)
So that's everything for today! I'm about as prepared as possible now, and I've at least progressed a little with my BFG10K pickup, so here's hoping it continues well and I can get myself the Dragonslayer!
Day 31:
The adventure continues!
Shortly after starting, I came across Inquisitor Armor, giving me the complete set for the first time:
(https://i.imgur.com/aUkZKbu.png)
That 100% fire resistance is pretty awesome, but I was also really happy to see a very high movement speed with the set:
(https://i.imgur.com/5btGfJx.png)
I tried it out a lot and I can definitely appreciate fire immunity, but it's not a total cakewalk. While Archviles aren't a threat, they still need to be killed while reviving everything, and Mancubi and Revenants end up destroying every wall and item. I mostly took the set as insurance for mistakes. I also miss having acid fluid immunity, but I suppose the set would be too broken if it had that too. I noticed that the armor is indestructible, but while the boots have self-repair, they don't specifically say they're also indestructible. Could I potentially destroy the boots if I stand in acid for too long?
All that said though, I discovered a really cool trick that significantly improves use of the Inquisitor set for this type of run. Despite taking no damage from explosions, they can still trigger Berserker trait and with my Nanomachic Napalm Launcher...
(https://i.imgur.com/RFulxer.png)
...I can essentially give myself permanent berserk! After every few floors, I'd blow myself up repeatedly to provide myself a ton of berserk for a speed and resistance boost! I imagine there's some sort of hard cap with how much berserk I can stack, so it's not true permanent berserk, but it's pretty dang close!
(https://i.imgur.com/D4rutpA.png)
Throughout the floors, I found some more interesting layouts and happenings. This island stuck out in particular to me:
(https://i.imgur.com/k7Gzw0f.png)
I also learned on a floor with a flood of acid/lava that also has a flooding lever, you can cut off the area where the incoming flood takes up:
(https://i.imgur.com/WXIorcJ.png)
Pretty cool niche mechanic!
Some more floors later, I hit 50%:
(https://i.imgur.com/tUQPTWP.png)
I finally got my first Subtle Knife, leaving just the legendary Dragonslayer to complete my collection of specials and uniques! For fun, I also pulled a summoning lever, and they get pretty insane on deeper floors:
(https://i.imgur.com/4LF4cVa.png)
At this point, I've collected everything I wanted outside of a pair of Phaseshift Boots, Nuclear BFG, and Dragonslayer of course. Given that I had no problem killing everything, surviving, and I was fast enough with the Inquisitor set, I decided to purely stairdive until I'd get floors that prompt me there's a unique. With my berserk spam trick, tons of health, speed, etc, I was flying through the game. Eventually, near the exit of one of the floors, I found one of the items I was looking for:
(https://i.imgur.com/wug2lT6.png)
With the Firestorm Packs I collected, I built my first Biggest Fucking Nuclear Gun:
(https://i.imgur.com/RUX2o6y.png)
I have to say it was pretty underwhelming based on what I've read about it. It's pretty awesome it completely destroys a section of the map, but it's also destroying all the items, the walls for cover, not necessarily killing everything, and has a big recharge. Of course, there needs to be some limitations to avoid being overpowered, but perhaps I'm spoiled with Nano Super Shotgun. Or perhaps it is insane but just doesn't mesh with my playstyle. In any case, I'm not the hugest fan.
After doing a ton more stairdiving, it happened:
(https://i.imgur.com/sPLpYo7.png)
eeeeeeeeeeee
(https://i.imgur.com/brP5bBV.png)
I finally got the Dragonslayer! I never figured out how to get it back in the day and had some struggle finding it, but I finally got it! This also completes my item collection and sets me up for also killing the Apostle! I also noticed that I could still put an item into my prepared slot, despite not being able to switch, so I imagine Dragonslayer with Malicious Blades. Perhaps mixing it with Butcher's Cleaver would get into some serious insanity. :P The whirlwind alternate fire is also really awesome!
I cleaned out my inventory of weapons and lesser armors for extra space, though I couldn't bare tossing my Cerberus Ballistic Vest seeing those resistances:
(https://i.imgur.com/J86uhQU.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZC66tkm.png)
I tossed my Phaseshift Armor since the Inquisitor set was doing just fine, and I wanted to put my focus into just getting to the end. I found about 8 Phaseshift Armors, but only the one Phaseshift Boots that I busted. I did find a second pair though, but left it behind:
(https://i.imgur.com/S3m2WNM.png)
Having collected all the uniques I wanted, having all the gear I need, and with just one goal left, I started purely stairdiving without restriction. I was healing faster than I could lose health too with the massive movement speed and Soulspheres/Megaspheres everywhere. On floor 650, I decided it was time to put on the Berserker Armor:
(https://i.imgur.com/4JnefIc.png)
I have to say, I don't like it. It's so much slower, it's a big drop in the resistances I had, and the protection is redundant when I was already taking just 1 damage by most things (or 0):
(https://i.imgur.com/SRWsh9Y.png)
I noticed my rate of damage went way up and actually had to focus into playing again, which while not being in danger of death, was a bit scary.
I finally got to floor 666:
(https://i.imgur.com/5OUllV9.png)
Met the Apostle:
(https://i.imgur.com/8XuGK98.png)
And got the kill:
(https://i.imgur.com/10IcVWc.png)
That error message is super scary, but it didn't seem to do anything fortunately. So with that, I completed my goal 100%! I got all 3 uniques I wanted, and got my first Apostle kill!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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ApostlePlz, level 25 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 666 of Hell.
He survived 628043 turns and scored 3934315 points.
He played for 10 hours, 53 minutes and 31 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 8137 out of 20838 hellspawn. (39%)
He was an Archangel of 666!
He saved himself 10 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Cross
Apostle Insignia
Armorer Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 126/100 Experience 2392518/25
ToHit Ranged +2 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +15
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 5)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Brute (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->HR->HR->DM->Iro->Iro->Fin->HR->Iro->Iro->Iro->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->MBm->Bru->Bru->Jug->EE->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Berserker Armor [4]
[b] [ Weapon ] Dragonslayer (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus steel boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] small med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[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
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] phase device
[t] Hell Staff
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 100%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
360 former humans
670 former sergeants
1092 former captains
94 imps
57 demons
662 lost souls
48 cacodemons
320 hell knights
1103 barons of hell
375 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
122 pain elementals
641 revenants
736 mancubi
782 arch-viles
17 nightmare imps
251 nightmare cacodemons
283 nightmare demons
109 nightmare arachnotrons
44 nightmare arch-viles
2 elite former humans
4 elite former sergeants
17 elite former captains
22 elite former commandos
159 bruiser brothers
69 shamblers
31 lava elemental
25 agony elementals
31 Cyberdemons
1 Apostle
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Level 11 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 14 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 18 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 23 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 26, hell froze over!
He sounded the alarm on level 34!
Level 36 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 38 he was bombarded!
On level 38 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 39 he assembled a cerberus armor!
Level 40 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 43 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
On level 49 he found the Berserker Armor!
Level 50 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 51 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 52 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 52 he found the Acid Spitter!
Level 56 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 60 he was bombarded!
On level 64 he found the Shielded Armor!
On level 66 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 69 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 70 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
Level 72 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 73 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 74 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
Level 74 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 78, hell froze over!
Level 79 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 80 he found the Trigun!
On level 82 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
Level 83 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 85 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 89 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 94 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 95 he found the BFG 10K!
On level 96 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 102, hell froze over!
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On level 112 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
On level 121 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 126 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 128 he assembled a ripper!
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On level 146 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
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On level 153 he found the Railgun!
On level 155 he was bombarded!
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On level 167 he found the Frag Shotgun!
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On level 184 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
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On level 190 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 194 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 197 he encountered an armed nuke!
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He left level 205 as soon as possible.
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On level 210 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 217 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
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Level 244 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He flooded the entire level 244 with acid!
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On level 255 he found the Subtle Knife!
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On level 264 he found the Mega Buster!
On level 265, hell froze over!
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He left level 274 as soon as possible.
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On level 394, hell froze over!
On level 394 he assembled a biggest fucking gun!
On level 394 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
He left level 395 as soon as possible.
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On level 495, hell froze over!
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He sounded the alarm on level 566!
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He left level 663 as soon as possible.
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On level 666 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You dodge! The missile hits the nightmare demon. That hurt! You' going
berserk! The revenant dies. You need to taste blood!
The Apostle raises his arms! You need to taste blood!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Apostle. You dodge! The missile hits the revenant. The missile
hits the Apostle. You are engulfed in flames! That hurt! You' going berserk!
You need to taste blood!
You miss the Apostle. You dodge! The missile hits the Apostle. The nightmare
demon dies. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Apostle. You're going berserk! The Apostle hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Apostle. The Apostle dies. Error: beings[apostle].OnDie -- Lua
error : lua\\beings.lua:1541: attempt to read undeclared variable
Error written to error.log, please report! Next!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
932 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
671 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
105 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
91 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I got to learn a lot from this run, did several things for the first time I had never done, and made a great step forward in progressing in this game! After comparing to all the different super weapons, Nano Super Shotgun is definitely my favorite in the game! I just love the control it offers, not needing to worry about accuracy, the spread it has, and just everything about it! Nanomachic Napalm Launcher is also up there too, and is probably ideal for a Nightmare/Angel of Darkness run. I didn't get to try out the Phaseshift set unfortunately, but I imagine it's pretty similar to Inquisitor set, but even more ridiculously fast. The Inquisitor set is also amazing and I love using it to nullify a ton of potential errors I can make, as well as its combo power with launchers!
Dragonslayer is very cool with permanent berserk and whirlwind, but melee just doesn't quite fit my playstyle, and though healing isn't too big of a deal, it can be a bit tricky with certain situations. Lack of wall destruction, damage spread, Intuition, etc are all downsides I don't like. Killing Cyberdemons in 2-3 hits is pretty sick though.
I also really dislike Berserker Armor and don't think I'll ever use it again outside of desire to kill the Apostle again, which I don't think I'll do. It's just way too slow and not that strong relative to other super armors, which is a big hindrance when playing melee. I don't think I'll be using Biggest Fucking Gun again with how costly it is, but I think it'll have its niche on Ao666 on Nightmare because of corpse destruction. With how well this run went, I think once fully geared that I could beat this on Nightmare, but no plans for that for awhile yet.
So what's next? Well, another run of course! I still need 2 more Dragonslayers and Subtle Knives, as well as another BFG10K to finish getting 3 of every special and unique for Armorer Diamond Badge. I'll likely use the same build, but perhaps use another Cybernetic Energy-Shield Vest since I'm not restricted by cursed armors this time. I think I'll go with Shottyhead this time over Blademaster as well since my run will likely end with finding Dragonslayer anyway. Also, should I find all 3 items, I'll be suiciding immediately since completing the full 666 floors isn't helpful for progressing in the game and would just be a slog.
Very happy to have 100%ed my run here and everything that came with it!
Cool. I prefer playing without ASCII or minimap, so I'll just deal with not being able to see them. It's not too important, but perhaps I'll change my settings for more difficult melee runs when going for badges.
Once I've collected all 3 of the uniques I need, I'll bathe in acid while wearing Inquisitor Boots to test their indestructibility.
Day 32:
I didn't play as much after finishing my Ao666 run on the previous day, so not much to update. I played enough to get a new run going, where I've already collected a Napalm Launcher, 2x Nuclear BFGs, a Nuclear Plasma Rifle, Super Shotgun, Hell Staff, and the Inquisitor Set, all along floors 30-60! I've been very lucky with my drops. Still no BFG10K, Subtle Knife, or Dragonslayer yet though, and I could also use a Nano Pack, but my nuclear weapons have me covered if ammo runs out.
I also had a ridiculously good floor 1:
(https://i.imgur.com/aDIhfdI.png)
Not that it matter too much, but it sure was a lucky start before all the additional luck that followed!
As I said, once this run is finished, I'll test out the boots and see if acid destroys them. Even if they do, I can't really imagine that being a realistic situation to happen, and I'd assume most people would have Cerberus Boots as a backup. Maybe on an acid flood, but even then, you can just switch to Cerberus Boots and hide at the edge of the ocean.
One other thing is that Shottyhead + Dodgemaster + Inquisitor Set is ridiculously good at dodging attacks. Most enemies get pulped before they can strike back, and when they are about to, I have so much movement speed and Dodgemaster to avoid most attacks anyway. It's a really great combo! The Blademaster route I took last time is still of course better for a run intending to pick up Dragonslayer, but this is working out very well too!
And of course, once I finish this current run, I'll need to do one more to get a third Dragonslayer and Subtle Knife!
Day 33:
After a very strong start to my run, I continued on mostly stairdiving in hunt for the 3 uniques I was after.
#1:
(https://i.imgur.com/lMsDHyP.png)
#2:
(https://i.imgur.com/KK8q0kF.png)
#3:
(https://i.imgur.com/YzpkSHX.png)
Another successful run! What's interesting is early on, I found a Grammaton Cleric Beretta, despite thinking I had already found one earlier. I was wondering if I somehow misread what the first one was if it were an Anti-Freak Jackal, but also thought that perhaps uniques can re-appear if you don't actually pick them up. After finding my apparently third Grammation Cleric Beretta, indeed that is the case! I had actually skipped a few other uniques which I saw a second time later, so it's fortunate I still found all 3 uniques I needed.
As I also said, I wanted to test the indestructibility of Inquisitor Boots, since the wiki doesn't specifically say they are, just that they self-repair. It was pretty difficult to find some acid so late into the run, but eventually I came across some:
(https://i.imgur.com/N0A0xZf.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/vlo9peH.png)
Mystery solved!
Following that, I suicided as intended:
(https://i.imgur.com/IFj6gAi.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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UniquesPlz, level 25 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
committed a stupid suicide on level 491 of Hell.
He survived 260854 turns and scored 1634967 points.
He played for 5 hours, 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 3856 out of 13379 hellspawn. (28%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Archangel of 666!
He saved himself 6 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
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-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Cross
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Health 0/80 Experience 1082200/25
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +10 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +15
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Brute (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Jug->MSh->Fin->HR->DM->HR->Iro->Iro->Iro->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bru->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Dragonslayer (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[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
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] homing phase device
[r] homing phase device
[s] homing phase device
[t] Hell Staff
[u] cerberus steel boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
224 former humans
345 former sergeants
523 former captains
44 imps
35 demons
484 lost souls
58 cacodemons
104 hell knights
490 barons of hell
147 arachnotrons
6 former commandos
71 pain elementals
188 revenants
354 mancubi
390 arch-viles
20 nightmare imps
64 nightmare cacodemons
121 nightmare demons
33 nightmare arachnotrons
12 nightmare arch-viles
3 elite former humans
1 elite former sergeant
10 elite former captains
11 elite former commandos
45 bruiser brothers
30 shamblers
15 lava elemental
15 agony elementals
13 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 15 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 17 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 20 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 21 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
Level 26 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 32 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 33, hell froze over!
On level 34 he found the Malek's Armor!
Level 44 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 47 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 51 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 54 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 56 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
On level 60 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 64 he was bombarded!
He nuked level 68!
On level 69 he assembled a burst cannon!
On level 70 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 75 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 75 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
On level 77 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
Level 83 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 84 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 92 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 98 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
Level 99 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 100 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 102 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 104 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 107 as soon as possible.
He left level 108 as soon as possible.
On level 109 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 109 as soon as possible.
Level 111 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 114 as soon as possible.
He left level 115 as soon as possible.
He left level 117 as soon as possible.
He left level 118 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 119!
On level 122 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 123 as soon as possible.
He left level 124 as soon as possible.
He left level 126 as soon as possible.
On level 127 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 127 he found the Berserker Armor!
On level 128 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
He left level 129 as soon as possible.
Level 130 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 130 as soon as possible.
He left level 132 as soon as possible.
He left level 133 as soon as possible.
Level 134 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 134 as soon as possible.
He left level 135 as soon as possible.
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On level 139 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
He left level 139 as soon as possible.
On level 140 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 140 as soon as possible.
On level 141, hell froze over!
On level 142 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 142 as soon as possible.
He left level 143 as soon as possible.
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On level 147 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 147 as soon as possible.
On level 149 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He left level 149 as soon as possible.
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On level 158 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 158 as soon as possible.
He left level 160 as soon as possible.
On level 164 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 165 as soon as possible.
He left level 167 as soon as possible.
Level 168 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 169 as soon as possible.
He left level 170 as soon as possible.
On level 171 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He sounded the alarm on level 171!
He left level 172 as soon as possible.
He left level 175 as soon as possible.
Level 176 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 176 as soon as possible.
On level 178 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
He left level 179 as soon as possible.
On level 181, hell froze over!
He left level 181 as soon as possible.
He left level 183 as soon as possible.
On level 185 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 185 as soon as possible.
Level 186 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 188 as soon as possible.
On level 189 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 189 as soon as possible.
On level 191 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 191 as soon as possible.
He left level 192 as soon as possible.
On level 195 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
He left level 196 as soon as possible.
On level 199 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 199 as soon as possible.
He left level 200 as soon as possible.
On level 201 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 201 as soon as possible.
He left level 202 as soon as possible.
He left level 203 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 204!
He left level 204 as soon as possible.
He left level 206 as soon as possible.
He left level 207 as soon as possible.
He left level 208 as soon as possible.
On level 209 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 209 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 209 as soon as possible.
He left level 210 as soon as possible.
He left level 211 as soon as possible.
He left level 213 as soon as possible.
He left level 214 as soon as possible.
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On level 217 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 217, hell froze over!
He left level 217 as soon as possible.
He left level 218 as soon as possible.
On level 219 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
On level 221 he found the Acid Spitter!
He left level 223 as soon as possible.
Level 224 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 224 he found the Trigun!
He left level 226 as soon as possible.
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He left level 228 as soon as possible.
He left level 229 as soon as possible.
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On level 234 he found the Necroarmor!
He left level 235 as soon as possible.
He left level 237 as soon as possible.
He left level 238 as soon as possible.
On level 239 he found the Shielded Armor!
He left level 242 as soon as possible.
He left level 243 as soon as possible.
He left level 244 as soon as possible.
He left level 245 as soon as possible.
He left level 247 as soon as possible.
On level 249, hell froze over!
He left level 249 as soon as possible.
He left level 250 as soon as possible.
On level 251 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He left level 251 as soon as possible.
He left level 253 as soon as possible.
He left level 254 as soon as possible.
He left level 255 as soon as possible.
On level 256, hell froze over!
He left level 256 as soon as possible.
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He left level 259 as soon as possible.
On level 260, hell froze over!
He left level 260 as soon as possible.
He left level 261 as soon as possible.
Level 264 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 264 as soon as possible.
He left level 265 as soon as possible.
He left level 266 as soon as possible.
On level 268 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 269 as soon as possible.
On level 270 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
On level 271 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 271 as soon as possible.
Level 272 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 272 as soon as possible.
Level 273 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 273 as soon as possible.
He left level 274 as soon as possible.
On level 275 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 275 as soon as possible.
He left level 276 as soon as possible.
He left level 278 as soon as possible.
He left level 279 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 281!
He left level 281 as soon as possible.
Level 283 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 283 as soon as possible.
He left level 284 as soon as possible.
On level 285 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 287 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 287 as soon as possible.
He left level 289 as soon as possible.
He left level 290 as soon as possible.
On level 291 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 291 as soon as possible.
On level 292 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 292 as soon as possible.
Level 293 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 293 as soon as possible.
He left level 294 as soon as possible.
He left level 296 as soon as possible.
On level 297 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 297 as soon as possible.
On level 298 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 300!
He left level 301 as soon as possible.
Level 302 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 303 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 303 as soon as possible.
He left level 304 as soon as possible.
He left level 305 as soon as possible.
On level 306 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 306 as soon as possible.
On level 307 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 307 as soon as possible.
He left level 308 as soon as possible.
He left level 309 as soon as possible.
He left level 310 as soon as possible.
He left level 311 as soon as possible.
On level 316 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 316 as soon as possible.
On level 317 he was bombarded!
On level 317 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 320 he was bombarded!
He left level 321 as soon as possible.
He left level 322 as soon as possible.
He left level 323 as soon as possible.
He left level 325 as soon as possible.
He left level 326 as soon as possible.
On level 327 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 328 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 328 as soon as possible.
He left level 329 as soon as possible.
He left level 331 as soon as possible.
Level 333 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 334 he found the Hellwave Pack!
He left level 337 as soon as possible.
On level 339 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
He left level 341 as soon as possible.
He left level 345 as soon as possible.
Level 346 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 347 as soon as possible.
Level 348 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 348 as soon as possible.
He left level 349 as soon as possible.
Level 350 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 350 as soon as possible.
On level 351 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 351 as soon as possible.
On level 353 he found the BFG 10K!
He left level 354 as soon as possible.
He left level 355 as soon as possible.
On level 356 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He left level 356 as soon as possible.
On level 357 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 358 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 358 as soon as possible.
He left level 361 as soon as possible.
On level 362 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 362 as soon as possible.
He left level 363 as soon as possible.
Level 364 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 364 as soon as possible.
Level 365 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 365 as soon as possible.
He left level 366 as soon as possible.
On level 367 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 367 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 368 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 368 as soon as possible.
He left level 369 as soon as possible.
He left level 370 as soon as possible.
On level 371 he found the Dragonslayer!
He left level 374 as soon as possible.
He left level 375 as soon as possible.
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He left level 377 as soon as possible.
He left level 378 as soon as possible.
Level 379 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 379 as soon as possible.
On level 380 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 380 as soon as possible.
He left level 381 as soon as possible.
He left level 382 as soon as possible.
Level 384 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 384 as soon as possible.
On level 385 he was bombarded!
He left level 385 as soon as possible.
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He left level 387 as soon as possible.
He left level 388 as soon as possible.
Level 389 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 389 as soon as possible.
He left level 390 as soon as possible.
On level 391 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
He left level 391 as soon as possible.
He left level 393 as soon as possible.
He left level 395 as soon as possible.
On level 396, hell froze over!
He left level 396 as soon as possible.
On level 398 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 398 as soon as possible.
He left level 399 as soon as possible.
He left level 400 as soon as possible.
He left level 401 as soon as possible.
Level 402 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 402 as soon as possible.
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Level 404 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 404 as soon as possible.
He left level 406 as soon as possible.
He left level 407 as soon as possible.
He left level 410 as soon as possible.
On level 411 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 411 as soon as possible.
On level 412 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 412 as soon as possible.
He left level 413 as soon as possible.
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He left level 415 as soon as possible.
He left level 416 as soon as possible.
He left level 417 as soon as possible.
He left level 418 as soon as possible.
He left level 419 as soon as possible.
On level 422 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 422 as soon as possible.
On level 423 he found the Lava Armor!
He left level 424 as soon as possible.
He left level 426 as soon as possible.
He left level 427 as soon as possible.
Level 428 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 429 as soon as possible.
Level 430 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 431 as soon as possible.
He left level 432 as soon as possible.
On level 433 he found the Railgun!
He left level 434 as soon as possible.
On level 436 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He left level 436 as soon as possible.
He left level 437 as soon as possible.
On level 438 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 438 as soon as possible.
He left level 439 as soon as possible.
On level 440, hell froze over!
He left level 440 as soon as possible.
He left level 441 as soon as possible.
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On level 452 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
He left level 452 as soon as possible.
He left level 453 as soon as possible.
He left level 454 as soon as possible.
Level 455 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 455 as soon as possible.
He left level 456 as soon as possible.
He left level 457 as soon as possible.
He left level 458 as soon as possible.
On level 459 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
He left level 459 as soon as possible.
He left level 460 as soon as possible.
On level 461 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 462!
On level 463, hell froze over!
He left level 463 as soon as possible.
He left level 466 as soon as possible.
He left level 467 as soon as possible.
He left level 468 as soon as possible.
On level 469 he found the Subtle Knife!
On level 470 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
Level 471 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 472 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 472 as soon as possible.
He left level 474 as soon as possible.
He left level 475 as soon as possible.
He left level 476 as soon as possible.
He left level 479 as soon as possible.
He left level 481 as soon as possible.
He left level 482 as soon as possible.
He left level 487 as soon as possible.
He left level 488 as soon as possible.
Level 489 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 489 as soon as possible.
On level 491 he finally committed a stupid suicide.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter Hell, level 491. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
933 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
671 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 116 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
105 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
91 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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It wouldn't have been very difficult to finish the run, but I'd gain nothing from it so there was no point. Hopefully that decision doesn't break too many hearts. :P I honestly find Ao100/666 games very easy and I imagine most veterans here would too.
With that, I need just one more Dragonslayer and one more Subtle Knife to gain Armorer Diamond Badge and to complete yet another page on my player stats! It'll be very nice because I'll no longer have to put runs at risk when a needed unique appears and I go out of my way to get it. The only exception is a Dragonslayer run for killing the Spider Mastermind, but I'll be working on getting that at some point too.
I already started my 3rd unique hunting run and got an insanely early Super Shotgun:
(https://i.imgur.com/cV7nBHQ.png)
However, this time I'm struggling a lot more with ammo and lack of Nano Packs. Even a Blaster or Nuclear Plasma Rifle/BFG would be appreciated. Hopefully, I can complete my run!
Day 35:
More stairdiving and more struggling. I didn't find any Nano or Onyx Packs again, so I just had to keep running for the stairs, collecting health, and conserving ammo. Still was hoping for Inquisitor Armor too. I had some pretty fast floors with Phaseshift Set though, which is very nice. I also learned that you can click over fluids and the in-game movement doesn't get restricted with it, which is cool!
Fortunately, I got a different form of luck:
(https://i.imgur.com/08Z6KTv.png)
And that luck continued:
(https://i.imgur.com/dKKN4R2.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/6IkDg6M.png)
So despite my run not being ideal, I still completed my goals again! And with that, I now have collected 3 of every special and unique, giving me Armorer Diamond Badge!
(https://i.imgur.com/b34AY6X.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ioa1nR0.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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LastUniqueRunPlz,
level 21 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
committed a stupid suicide on level 294 of Hell.
He survived 267925 turns and scored 750188 points.
He played for 4 hours, 39 minutes and 54 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 1844 out of 6455 hellspawn. (28%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Archangel of 666!
He saved himself 6 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Experience Medal
Armorer Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/80 Experience 421944/21
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Brute (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Rel->Rel->SM->Jug->HR->MSh->HR->DM->HR->Fin->Iro->Iro->Iro->Bru->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Dragonslayer (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
[b] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x8 [24/24] (F1)
[c] nanofiber red armor [4] (P)
[d] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
[e] shotgun shell (x7)
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] power mod pack
[l] Hell Staff
[m] cerberus steel boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[n] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
[o] shell box (x100)
[p] shell box (x100)
[q] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
149 former humans
226 former sergeants
255 former captains
99 imps
34 demons
88 lost souls
60 cacodemons
89 hell knights
193 barons of hell
109 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
6 pain elementals
111 revenants
117 mancubi
128 arch-viles
24 nightmare imps
28 nightmare cacodemons
72 nightmare demons
7 nightmare arachnotrons
4 nightmare arch-viles
2 elite former humans
1 elite former sergeant
4 elite former captains
4 elite former commandos
20 bruiser brothers
5 shamblers
4 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 13 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 17 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 19 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 25 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 30 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 30 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
On level 31 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 33!
Level 37 was a hard nut to crack!
Level 38 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 40 he found the Enviroboots!
On level 41 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 43 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 44 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 53 he found the Hell Staff!
He sounded the alarm on level 57!
He left level 66 as soon as possible.
On level 68 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
Level 73 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 73 as soon as possible.
On level 74 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
Level 75 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 80!
On level 81 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 86 as soon as possible.
On level 87 he found the Railgun!
On level 88, hell froze over!
On level 89 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 90 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
He left level 93 as soon as possible.
On level 95 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
On level 100, hell froze over!
Level 101 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 103, hell froze over!
He left level 103 as soon as possible.
On level 105 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 106 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 106 as soon as possible.
He left level 107 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 110!
He left level 111 as soon as possible.
He left level 112 as soon as possible.
He left level 113 as soon as possible.
On level 114 he found the Lava Armor!
He left level 117 as soon as possible.
On level 119 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 120 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
Level 122 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 122 as soon as possible.
On level 129 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He left level 132 as soon as possible.
Level 133 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 133 as soon as possible.
Level 134 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 135, hell froze over!
He left level 135 as soon as possible.
Level 136 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 137 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 138 as soon as possible.
Level 139 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 139 as soon as possible.
He left level 140 as soon as possible.
Level 141 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 143 as soon as possible.
He left level 145 as soon as possible.
He left level 146 as soon as possible.
On level 147 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
He left level 147 as soon as possible.
He left level 148 as soon as possible.
He left level 149 as soon as possible.
He left level 151 as soon as possible.
He left level 155 as soon as possible.
He left level 156 as soon as possible.
He left level 157 as soon as possible.
He left level 158 as soon as possible.
He left level 159 as soon as possible.
He left level 160 as soon as possible.
Level 162 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 167 as soon as possible.
Level 169 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 169 as soon as possible.
He left level 170 as soon as possible.
He left level 172 as soon as possible.
On level 175 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 175 as soon as possible.
On level 177, hell froze over!
He sounded the alarm on level 178!
Level 181 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 183 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 189 as soon as possible.
On level 190 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 191 he found the Trigun!
On level 192 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 192 as soon as possible.
On level 194 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 194 as soon as possible.
On level 200 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 201 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 202 as soon as possible.
Level 204 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 204 he found the Mega Buster!
He left level 205 as soon as possible.
He left level 206 as soon as possible.
He left level 209 as soon as possible.
On level 210 he was bombarded!
On level 215, hell froze over!
On level 218 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 218 as soon as possible.
Level 220 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 221 as soon as possible.
On level 223, hell froze over!
He left level 223 as soon as possible.
Level 227 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 227 as soon as possible.
On level 228 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 228 he found the Shielded Armor!
On level 229 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
He left level 230 as soon as possible.
He left level 232 as soon as possible.
He left level 234 as soon as possible.
He left level 237 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 239!
On level 240, hell froze over!
He left level 240 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 241!
He left level 241 as soon as possible.
He left level 242 as soon as possible.
He left level 243 as soon as possible.
He left level 244 as soon as possible.
He left level 245 as soon as possible.
He left level 246 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 248!
He left level 248 as soon as possible.
On level 250 he was bombarded!
He left level 251 as soon as possible.
On level 253 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He left level 253 as soon as possible.
He left level 254 as soon as possible.
On level 256, hell froze over!
He left level 256 as soon as possible.
On level 257 he ran for his life from acid!
He left level 257 as soon as possible.
He left level 258 as soon as possible.
He left level 259 as soon as possible.
He left level 261 as soon as possible.
Level 262 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 263 as soon as possible.
Level 264 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 265 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 265 as soon as possible.
On level 267 he found the Jackhammer!
He left level 268 as soon as possible.
He left level 269 as soon as possible.
He left level 271 as soon as possible.
On level 273 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
He left level 273 as soon as possible.
He left level 274 as soon as possible.
He left level 275 as soon as possible.
On level 276 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
He left level 276 as soon as possible.
He left level 277 as soon as possible.
He left level 278 as soon as possible.
He left level 279 as soon as possible.
He left level 280 as soon as possible.
He left level 282 as soon as possible.
He left level 283 as soon as possible.
On level 289 he found the Subtle Knife!
He left level 290 as soon as possible.
He left level 291 as soon as possible.
He left level 292 as soon as possible.
On level 293 he found the Dragonslayer!
On level 294 he finally committed a stupid suicide.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit! Argh!!! Lava! You need to
taste blood!
Boom! You are hit! Boom! Boom! Boom! Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Argh!!! Lava! You
need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
Boom! Boom! Boom! You are hit! Boom! Argh!!! Lava! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Argh!!! Lava! You
die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
935 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
672 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 117 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
105 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
91 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Next, I started going for Gatekeeper Platinum Badge. I figured Angel of Pacifism would be easiest since I could rely on either Invulnerability + Nuke, or use a Phase Device and hope for the best. Early on, I had two Phase Device runs and was inside the teleporter room, but was hit by splash damage both times. Very troll. I also tried a bit of Max Carnage + Light Travel, but the room before the Bruisers is way too insane to not be getting hit in.
I'm really curious what higher level skill is like in this game. A badge like Arena Diamond Badge (complete Hell's Arena on Nightmare on Angel of Berserk) seems ridiculously impossible to get. Like, certainly after a number of games it would eventually get completed, but I'm curious about consistency. I recall 2Dev claiming he could regularly get Dragonslayers from Unholy Cathedral, or Vandam's achievement of Demonic Angelic Badge, which seems totally fucked.
A higher skill level from what I'm aware of would involve things like knowing the math at a deeper level, planning movements of all enemies simultaneously, optimizing each decision based on probability, and so forth, but with the sheer luck and variance in the game, I don't see any way to complete difficult badges with ease, and not relying on countless attempts on top of great skill. I'm slowly starting to hit that point now that many of my remaining goals require playing on Nightmare, but I'm also a grinder and willing to play repeatedly. I'd just like to know if I should focus on personal gameplay improvement, or pumping out a large number of runs.
Any tips, advice, or wisdom is appreciated. :)
Cool, nice to hear. I just wasn't sure if my struggling is a result of bad skill or if that's normal and expected given how difficult the game is.
Day 36:
I rotated around again, but mostly went for Gatekeeper Platinum Badge some more. I can tell most of the story in a few pictures:
(https://i.imgur.com/yhxXGYz.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/vcvui9r.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/G3NunQR.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/HHfZQ8E.png)
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jhgf, level 4 Apostle Lt. General Marine,
was bitten by a demon on level 3 of the Deimos base.
He survived 3544 turns and scored 56268 points.
He played for 6 minutes and 56 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 40 out of 385 hellspawn. (10%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Gatekeeper Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 1902/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
HR->HR->DM->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] thermonuclear bomb
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former humans
5 former sergeants
2 former captains
19 imps
4 demons
1 lost soul
1 cacodemon
1 former commando
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
Entering level 8 he was almost dead...
On level 11 he finally was bitten by a demon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You open the door.
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You open the door.
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
The baron of hell hits you.
You use a homing phase device. You feel yanked in a non-existing direction!
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter Deimos, level 3. Where the hell is the way out of here!?! You sense
a passage to a place beyond...
You start running!
You stop running.
There is a green armor [1/1] (100%) lying here.
You picked up a green armor [1/1] (100%).
The demon hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
998 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
728 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 123 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
105 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
91 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I hope this kind of luck isn't always necessary! :P
After that, I didn't get too far in other challenges. I think I'm going to put focus on finishing up the last 5 remaining gold badges to complete that page. In total, I only have 64 remaining medals and badges left to collect, and I'm confident I can get many of them still. I intend to keep going as long as I can continue to achieve more.
Day 37:
Today's target was Arena Gold Badge, one of the five missing gold badges, and it was very challenging and often unforgiving! I tried many runs going into Hell's Arena and did fine with circling the pillars, but the moment I had 2 or more enemies targeting me, it was over. Demons also outsped me, so my strategy was to take pot-shots from a distance, run and hide, then let them stop chasing and repeat. Unfortunately, this was difficult when Demons would group up with each other or other enemies.
I always went with Marksmanship+Light Travel and almost always went with Intuition x2, but changed strategies a few time for the third trait I'd gain part way into the Arena. I started with Son of a Gun for the extra damage and reload speed, but it didn't help too much since the extra damage likely didn't save me an extra shot too often, and I would already reload quickly with the Ammo Chain. I also tried Tough as Nails since I would always enter with very little healing, but again, it didn't really solve my problems.
One thing I started to adapt to was using more aimed shots with the pistols. Initially, I figured taking twice as long to fire offsets the missed shots I would otherwise likely hit with the accuracy bonus, but there are some subtle details that make aimed shots significantly better. For starters, the consistency goes way up, which allows for stronger planning of how to move around and firing. The other thing is if there were nearby enemies that were nearly dead, I would occasionally miss each shot and take unnecessary damage. I've used aimed shots before, but now I've started using them constantly, and it helps a lot!
Another more indirect detail with using aimed shots is avoiding the case where I miss my target and hit something else, leading to more enemies after me. I had a really great run in Hell's Arena where I missed a Cacodemon, hit another Cacodemon instead, and unfortunately got swarmed. To be fair, this is more my mistake and is an important part of the game I should pay more attention to.
With that in mind, I also tried using Eagle Eye for my third trait, especially when taking my shots at Demons, but they would still often get to me before dying and a guaranteed 6+ damage per hit by them stacks up way too quickly. So after some more attempts, I ultimately decided that Hellrunner would be the best trait to go with. In combination of Scout+Light Travel+Hellrunner, I was fast enough to start circling Demons too, which is significantly easier to deal with.
Once I had my gameplan on lock, I still lost a couple runs due to bad spawn luck and enemy movement luck, where I would be forced to hide behind a pillar in dire hopes that one of them would run away somewhere else.
Eventually though, I finally got my completion:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fdsd, level 3 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
committed a stupid suicide on level 3 of the Phobos base.
He survived 18257 turns and scored 13031 points.
He played for 23 minutes and 36 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 49 out of 86 hellspawn. (56%)
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Champion Medal
Arena Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3074/3
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (14%)
[b] [ Weapon ] pistol (2d4) [1/6] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] 10mm ammo (x58)
[b] 10mm ammo (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 3% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 3% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
10 former humans
7 former sergeants
1 former captain
11 imps
8 demons
3 lost souls
7 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
-- 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 3 he finally committed a stupid suicide.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire ( aimed ) -- Choose target...
You see : a baron of hell (mortally wounded) | blood | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the baron of hell.
Fire ( aimed ) -- Choose target...
You see : a baron of hell (almost dead) | cacodemon corpse | [ m ]ore
The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The crowds cheer!
"Blood! Blood!" The voice booms, "Congratulations mortal! A pity you came to
destroy us, for you would make a formidable Hell warrior!" "I grant you the
title of Hell's Arena Champion!" "And a promise is a promise... search the
arena again..."
There are stairs leading downward here.
The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
You enter Phobos, level 3. You feel excited!
The barrel explodes! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1017 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
746 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 124 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
105 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
91 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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This was very difficult and rewarding! I'm happy to finally get it! I learned a lot through playing and have shifted some minor details in my mindset and playstyle because of it. I'm a little disheartened that in Papillo's difficulty rating thread that he rates this as a 9/30 skill challenge, but I suppose I could repeat this challenge now that I know what I'm doing. Still, I find it hard to believe that there's a solution to runs where you start in the centre of Hell's Arena and surrounded by Demons and Cacodemons. I also don't yet see how players do these kinds of things without Intuition x2.
I got over a plateau I had and feel ready for more!
You know it's funny, I couldn't get a run with Son of a Gun, mistook what the trait did, and managed to rationalize why it wasn't great. :P Definitely meant firing speed, lol.
I did consider and try out Son of a Gun x2 + Dualgunner, but I really wasn't a fan of playing blindly without Intuition. Perhaps that'll be a big skill improvement for me in the future where it isn't used as a crutch and I can build up other traits earlier.
Day 38:
Feeling rejuvenated, I went hard for some more gold badges and my first target was Speedrunner Gold Badge. I tried a few Intuition/Shotgun builds, and abused Dodgemaster against the Cyberdemon, but even though I wasn't taking any damage, I really couldn't kill him in a decent pace. So, I opted for a Vampyre melee build instead.
None of it was necessary, but I had some really good luck on this run. I Phase Deviced past all the enemies in Phobos Anomaly right by the Bruisers, had just enough Large Med-Packs for the Cyberdemon, found Malek's Armor nearby the staircase on one of the floors (which I almost missed since I was berserk), and then had an Invulnerability just before the Spider Mastermind!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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hgfghdf, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 20984 turns and scored 92320 points.
He played for 12 minutes and 31 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 199 out of 540 hellspawn. (36%)
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Minor Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Speedrunner Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 19859/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] piercing chainsaw (4d7)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x50)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x18)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] small med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] phase device
[k] agility mod pack
[l] agility mod pack
[m] shell box (x100)
[n] shell box (x100)
-- 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 90% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
52 former humans
29 former sergeants
11 former captains
26 imps
13 demons
26 lost souls
4 cacodemons
8 hell knights
4 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
1 pain elemental
1 revenant
14 mancubi
5 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
He left level 13 as soon as possible.
He left level 14 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 19 he ran for his life from lava!
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 Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
hit! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! You're going berserk! 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 hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! 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 flinched! You're going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
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 ---------------------------------------------------
1023 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
751 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 124 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
106 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
92 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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My next target was UAC Gold Badge, which is just beating a standard game on Ultra-Violence. Since re-adjusting my playstyle, I decided to focus on early Hellrunner, and it's SO helpful! I'm really starting to appreciate stronger evasive tactics and the extra movement speed is amazing! I also used Tactical Boots to build on it some more. Of course though, Intuition came first, but Hellrunner was next. I honestly didn't struggle that much at all until I ran into some bad luck:
(https://i.imgur.com/66wxqbv.png)
Just as I decided I was ready to fight the Spider Mastermind and stopped killing everything in favor of stairdiving, the game gave me a triple stacked Invulnerability right by the stairs:
(https://i.imgur.com/qFQz2sF.png)
The good luck continued:
(https://i.imgur.com/HX9gL4x.png)
Then on Hell 7, I had a really nice setup for cleaning out enemies. I made the mistake of letting an Archvile have a chance to attack though:
(https://i.imgur.com/inN9Vcs.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/YOpnOh3.png)
But with enough healing and luck, I managed to dash and survive!
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i7rf56t, level 10 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 68397 turns and scored 187611 points.
He played for 1 hour, 9 minutes and 35 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 530 out of 821 hellspawn. (64%)
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
UAC Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 46991/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] laser rifle (1d7)x7 [33/40] (F1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [31/31] (B1)
[b] medical armor [2/2] (77%) (A)
[c] shotgun shell (x70)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] shotgun shell (x70)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x2)
[i] shotgun shell (x70)
[j] shotgun shell (x70)
[k] power cell (x54)
[l] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 13% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
88 former humans
47 former sergeants
17 former captains
107 imps
57 demons
79 lost souls
36 cacodemons
12 hell knights
28 barons of hell
21 arachnotrons
8 former commandos
5 pain elementals
10 revenants
6 mancubi
4 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he found the Jackhammer!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 10 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 11 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You swap your weapons.
You reload the laser rifle.
You reload the laser rifle.
You reload the laser rifle.
You reload the laser rifle.
You reload the laser rifle.
You reload the laser rifle.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1025 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
752 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 124 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
107 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
93 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Now that I'm greatly appreciating movement speed, I'm having to also re-adjust how I play. When I would use a slower style, I would take a lot less risks and play a campier game. Being much faster early on has lead to me making dumb risks and mistakes I wouldn't otherwise make, so I have to change that a bit as I play more. I'm really starting to think Hellrunner is one of the best traits! The only that I'm a bit hung up on is I still love using the power of infinity with an early game Nanofiber Red Armor, which is -20% movement speed. In the same way, I'm also thinking that Inquisitor Armor (and the set) are ridiculously good more and more.
Obviously with a game as detailed and complex as DoomRL, claiming a single trait path is the best in all cases is wrong, but I think for most of my usual Scout runs, I'll be doing Intuition x2 -> Hellrunner x2 -> Dodgemaster, before putting focus into a master trait. I think the last two gold badges won't be too difficult for me to get now, but might take some luck. Then I'll be ready for lots of Nightmare come collecting platinum badges!
Good progress today and great skill development!
Tormuse, that screenshot you were confused about shows a level where I had both an acid flood ("You feel the sudden need to run!") and a lever to flood the whole floor with water ("The air is really humid"). After the acid flood fills part of the level, you can hit the lever to revert some of the acid to water behind the "wave". Potentially, you could undo the entire flooding of acid.
Also, that's interesting about the berserk limit! I wonder if there are any hypothetical situations where it would be best to have the Dragonslayer's effect run out. Perhaps if you're on the final level of Ao100/666, have a distant and stranded group of Chaingunners you need to get past, it would be best to use the running tactic for extra dodging percentage. I'm sure there's some sort of mathematical situation where it would be desired, but it would never happen in a real game nor would anyone actually wait out the berserk's effect. :P
Day 39:
My targets this time were my last two gold badges. I started with Hunter Gold Badge and initially thought it would be best to do a full game run for more kills available and to make use of the doubled experience, but I decided to try mixing it with Overconfidence first. I had a pretty nice setup on floor 4 where I blew up every corpse except for one remaining Zombieman, which I killed repeatedly. I figured with a rough high of 20ish monsters per remaining floor (for 60ish total), I could kill the Zombieman enough times to allow me to stairdive through the remaining floors, so I did just that! It took awhile, but that's the power of patience!
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fr432, level 8 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 43001 turns and scored 59864 points.
He played for 38 minutes and 7 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 247 out of 289 hellspawn. (85%)
He was an Angel of Darkness!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hunter Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 37/50 Experience 22246/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (91%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [5/6]
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] minigun (1d6)x10 [200/200] (F1)
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x26)
[j] rocket (x10)
[k] rocket
[l] power cell (x20)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x50)
[o] power cell (x50)
[p] power cell (x50)
[q] power cell (x50)
[r] large med-pack
[s] phase device
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
87 former humans
34 former sergeants
24 former captains
15 imps
3 demons
40 lost souls
16 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
10 former commandos
3 pain elementals
6 revenants
2 mancubi
4 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You reload the assault shotgun.
You reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You reload the assault shotgun.
You reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You reload the assault shotgun.
You reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1039 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
763 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
108 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
94 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Along that run, I was also curious about the "relatively safe" message that comes up when everything is dead. Obviously with respawning monsters, it'd never be the case that you'd be relatively safe, but wondered if on top you disposed of all the corpses if you would then get it. Nope! It never comes up!
That left Strongman Gold Badge and it was quite tough to get! Being that I was only allowed Fists and Knives, it's easy to assume Malicious Knives is the way to go, but it takes awhile to get started with that strategy and after many attempts, I changed course and went with a Scout for the extra speed and knowing where the stairs are. I figured Blademaster would be useful enough too.
I was pretty well set to beat the game with this challenge, but I ended up unncessarily luckboxing it anyway! :) I found a nuke early on in Deimos, some conveniently placed Invulnerabilities, and Hell floors 4 through 7 had the stairs about 50ish tiles total away from the starting point across all four floors. From there I did a nuke sacrifice against the Spider Mastermind and completed 26/26 gold badges!
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fdsg, level 6 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 14745 turns and scored 72098 points.
He played for 15 minutes and 12 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 154 out of 599 hellspawn. (25%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Malicious Knives Cross
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Strongman Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 11496/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] piercing combat knife (2d6)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (93%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat knife (2d6) (P)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (21%) (A)
[c] small med-pack
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] phase device
[m] envirosuit pack
[n] technical mod 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 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
31 former humans
25 former sergeants
3 former captains
31 imps
29 demons
16 lost souls
4 cacodemons
8 hell knights
1 baron of hell
2 former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
He left level 15 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
Level 17 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
He left level 21 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1061 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
784 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
109 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
11 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
94 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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One of the challenges with this badge is I wasn't sure exactly what the restrictions were. I did a little reading but still have some questions about challenges like this: 1) Do all blades count as knives (Dragonslayer, Butcher's Cleaver, etc), or just Combat Knives? 2) If I damage an enemy with a Pistol or any other weapon, but get the kill in melee, does that count? 3) If I have a non-Knife/Fist in my main slot and an enemy dies by suicide or friendly fire, does that count? 4) Same as #3 but in my prepared slot? 5) What about Trigun's Angel Arm?
Anyway, here's some updated status screenshots!
(https://i.imgur.com/AjFFSod.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/quhHsR8.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/GvZiCxe.png)
The unseen missing platinum badge is Arena Platinum Badge.
(https://i.imgur.com/A6ScnIw.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/XDqNDia.png)
Pretty good! Looks like I have a gold badge that Tormuse doesn't! ;)
Next up will be more picking away at badges and rotating on what I go for! Hopefully I don't get stuck with progress for too long!
Thanks for the responses and information, Tormuse! I'm always happy to read long posts, so if you have more walls of text to share, please do! :)
Referring to my 4th question about Knives/Fists challenges, I was asking if I have a Knife/Fist in my main slot and have a Shotgun in my prepared slot, would that mess with getting the badge? It'd be ideal if I can just set my damaging weapon in my prepared slot, rather than pulling from my inventory each time I need to prep for a kill. That Juggler/Chainsaw trick sounds cool, but I assume it's been corrected now?
Day 40:
Off to Nightmare! I've been a little reluctant to playing Nightmare, not so much because of the difficulty, but moreso because of the lack of feeling of completion when playing. In actual Doom and Doom 2, I never really enjoyed Nightmare mode because there are literally an infinite number of monsters via respawning, and there's no sense of accomplishment or getting that mental checklist check when only temporarily killing a monster. I usually opted to play UV with the -fast parameter because of that.
However, I've come to realize in DoomRL, this isn't a big deal since corpses when destroyed are no longer active. Simply by changing my mentality towards Nightmare to needing to kill and dispose of corpses has actually made the difficulty more playable and more importantly a lot more fun! The tricks with using staircases, fluids, corpses on top of each other, and so forth adds more room for ingenuity in the game, which I like! The other thing is Nightmare offers some player advantages over Ultra-Violence through more experience points, double effect bonuses (I particularly like the Small Health Globes), and extra ammo. Stocking up on Shotgun Guys and Zombiemen is also fun!
One question I had about Nightmare is how the Marine's effect bonus works since the writing is slightly unclear. Is the bonus 25% or is it 50%+25%=75%? I'm assuming the former.
Anyway, I figured the best way to practice and learn would be going for the Hell's Arena related badges and medals. With abuse of Max Carnage+Light Travel, I got Arena Platinum Badge on my first try:
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lol, level 4 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
was spooked by a lost soul on level 3 of the Phobos base.
He survived 7632 turns and scored 30760 points.
He played for 9 minutes and 25 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 81 out of 99 hellspawn. (81%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
Arena Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 4354/4
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [16/40]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x40)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
33 former humans
8 former sergeants
1 former captain
6 imps
13 demons
5 lost souls
13 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
-- 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 3 he finally was spooked by a lost soul.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell. The
baron of hell dies. You advance to level 4! Press <Enter>...
The crowds cheer! "Kill! Kill!" The voice booms, "Congratulations mortal! A
pity you came to destroy us, for you would make a formidable Hell warrior!"
"I grant you the title of Hell's Arena Champion!" "And a promise is a
promise... search the arena again..."
Too tired to do that right now.
There are stairs leading downward here.
The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
You enter Phobos, level 3. Twisted passages carry the smell of death...
The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1062 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
785 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
109 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
11 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
94 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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This is also nice to get since I can show off all my missing platinum badges in one screenshot now. :P
Following that, I figured I could do it again, just that I would need to avoid taking damage for Hell's Arena Pwnage Medal, and after a couple tries and careful play, I got it pretty easily:
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hgfdrtf, level 4 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
was burned by an imp on level 3 of the Phobos base.
He survived 7866 turns and scored 32699 points.
He played for 7 minutes and 48 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 82 out of 118 hellspawn. (69%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hell Arena Pwnage Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 4882/4
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40] (A1)
[b] shotgun shell (x37)
[c] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
19 former humans
8 former sergeants
6 former captains
9 imps
22 demons
2 lost souls
14 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
-- 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 3 he finally was burned by an imp.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
The cacodemon dies. The crowds go wild! "BLOOD! BLOOD!" The voice booms,
"Congratulations mortal! A pity you came to destroy us, for you would make a
formidable Hell warrior!" "I grant you the title of Hell's Arena Champion!"
"And a promise is a promise... search the arena again..."
There are stairs leading downward here.
The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
You enter Phobos, level 3.
You dodge! The missile hits the imp. The imp dies. The imp dies. The imp
dies.
You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight.
You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight.
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1065 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
788 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
109 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
11 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
94 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I dropped it on the ground in favor of ammo, but I had a rare Phobos 2 Rocket Launcher pick-up for Hell's Arena, which helped!
Following that, I grinded for Chessmaster's Cross, but haven't been able to get it yet. I learned a lot about knockback control by mixing up with Chaingun and Shotgun, but my skill with it is still improving. On my last run though, I did get to the third wave, but had extremely bad luck with a Baron being revived immediately after killing him, along with a Cacodemon right behind me. I did learn from this though in that, I should try to time my kills to skip over respawn cycles, which is a very important mechanic to control.
So I'm enjoying learning on Nightmare now and things are going well! I'm going to continue grinded for Chessmaster's Cross and maybe a few more easier badges and medals!
Oh, one more thing I found while Code Diving (TM): It appears that there's a medal missing from the wiki, so if you're looking for 100% completion you'll have a hard time getting it. It's incredibly hard to get unintentionally, so I'll just tell you the name of it and put the conditions to earn it in a spoiler. If you read the name it should be fairly obvious how to get it, though. Happy hunting!
Medal: Gutts' Sorrow
Awarded for dying with the Dragonslayer
Interesting discussion! The extra medals must be dummied out as BBHood said, I would have achieved "Gutts' Sorrow".
Day 41:
After previous struggles, I tried some more for Chessmaster's Cross and got it pretty quickly. Getting better! I was more patient with each wave to wipe out as many Cacodemon corpses as possible before summoning more enemies.
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gf43wg4, level 4 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
was burned by an imp on level 3 of the Phobos base.
He survived 15680 turns and scored 32145 points.
He played for 11 minutes and 42 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 130 out of 172 hellspawn. (75%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Impatience!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Chessmaster's Token
Chessmaster's Cross
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 4758/4
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [32/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (72%)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] 10mm ammo (x100)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x78)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x10)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
30 former humans
9 former sergeants
3 former captains
21 imps
41 demons
3 lost souls
19 cacodemons
1 hell knight
3 barons of hell
-- 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 3 he finally was burned by an imp.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There are stairs leading downward here.
There are stairs leading downward here.
The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
You enter Phobos, level 3.
You are hit! The imp dies. The imp dies. You dodge! The missile hits the hell
knight. You dodge! Boom! You dodge! The missile hits the imp. The imp dies.
You are hit! You are hit!
You are hit! The imp dies. Your blue armor is damaged! You are hit!
You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight hits you. You
are hit!
You dodge! The missile hits the imp. The imp dies.
You are hit!
You are hit! Your blue armor is completely destroyed! The hell knight dies.
You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1091 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
814 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
40 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
109 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
11 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
94 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Next, I decided I was going to get my 5th diamond badge to reach the next ranking. I figured that Gatekeeper Diamond Badge would be pretty easy, but wasn't 100% sure about the wording around "clear". I was planning on using a Phase Device in Phobos Anomaly as anyone would, but wanted to know if I would need to kill all the rest of the enemies, so I watched Sereg's video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce9kuVcWJ0k) of him earning the achievement.
The first thing that caught my eye was his method of doing Phobos 1, in that, he would stand at a corner and force a monster to instantly appear. It dawned on me that I was unaware of the Run->Wait trick. Usually when I would wait for enemies to approach, I would just mash Wait, or if I was feeling bold and careless, hold it. I never knew you could do Run->Wait! So +1 for watching the run. I also watched Phobos Anomaly of course and was curious about his off-corner position, but it makes sense with Run->Wait since the trick ignores Intuition, the one downside. This will help my gameplay out a bit more, rather than recklessly approaching enemies, though I suppose having done that all this time, my combat positioning is probably a lot better than it could be.
So I started my run. On Phobos 2, I got insane luck:
(https://i.imgur.com/WyanamD.png)
First time ever seeing one so early! Then on the floor before Phobos Anomaly:
(https://i.imgur.com/TnO0aIX.png)
On that note, I was wondering exactly how the damage from a massacre lever works? It gibs weak enemies, but doesn't kill Lost Souls or Demons, so I'm guessing it does 15-20 fire damage?
Anyway, I wasn't 100% sure if nuking Phobos Anomaly would count for the badge, but I had no Phase Device and figured it would be a good learning experience. Except...
(https://i.imgur.com/3hrDMw9.png)
:(
On the next run, it went a lot more regularly, and I got a lucky Phase Device positioning; almost the exact same as Sereg had! ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/J76rycp.png)
From there, I tried out my first major usage of Run->Wait, which helped a lot. Unfortunately, it was still defaulted to 20, which I've since raised to 10000, so it still took awhile. After clearing Phobos Anomaly, I stairdived to Babel and very carefully took out the Cyberdemon with Dodgemaster abuse.
(https://i.imgur.com/UP3JQgp.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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ghdfgh, level 8 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
let an arachnotron get him on level 1 of Hell.
He survived 62812 turns and scored 84544 points.
He played for 34 minutes and 5 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 366 out of 509 hellspawn. (71%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 23517/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->Jug->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [3/6] (47%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x36)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
46 former humans
23 former sergeants
11 former captains
112 imps
37 demons
82 lost souls
11 cacodemons
13 hell knights
5 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
6 pain elementals
3 revenants
1 mancubus
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
Entering level 8 he was almost dead...
He left level 10 as soon as possible.
On level 12 he assembled a tactical boots!
He left level 15 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he finally let an arachnotron get him.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
the arachnotron. You are hit! The missile hits the arachnotron. The
arachnotron dies. You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron.
The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You
dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the
arachnotron.
You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the
arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The arachnotron
dies. You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron.
You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the
arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The arachnotron
dies. You are hit!
You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the
arachnotron. You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The arachnotron
dies. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
Your red armor is damaged! You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1096 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
818 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
109 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
11 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
94 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Another diamond badge down and another rank up! I'm excited to get closer to that "Chaos" prefix for my ranking to flaunt!
I also noticed a "Klear Cross" - those who remember Klear as a forum member might guess what the medal is awarded for, and others can, well, guess too (or code-dive for it).
Hehehe... this will most likely have something to do with
nuking at least n levels, where n is somewhere between 10 and 24? :D
Interesting bit on RunDelay. I did some testing myself and couldn't find any difference either, but that's likely because I play on tiles. I never used the Run command since I can just move the way I want to myself and figured it was just a convenient movement option for ASCII players. Also good to better understand actions/turns/seconds, etc. One minor thing I did in the floor above Phobos Anomaly was switch to a Blue Armor when I grabbed the Invulnerability, which may have been enough to make the difference. More importantly though, I learned a valuable lesson in a scenario where nothing major was at stake.
Also really cool to see the Apostle's colour! I assume he looks like a regular Archvile with tiles then? Congrats on your run there, Tormuse!
Day 42:
I actually didn't play as much since I got way too interested in digging through the source code. :D I'm not a professional by any means, but I've done some programming before and could figure out most of what's going on while I was reading through.
Some things I figured out:
The massacre/damaging levers do 20 fire damage. This is enough to gib Zombiemen, Shotgun Guys, Chaingunners, and also kill Imps, while everything else just gets damaged. Armor should be applied to this damage too.
On the wiki, Lost Souls' speed value is listed as "varies". When moving normally around, they have 100% speed, and when attacking, they technically don't change speed value and instead move in a pre-set charging manner. I didn't dig into the fine details of exactly how it works, though deeply analyzing the enemies' AI might be a good investment in the future when going for the ridiculous angelic badges.
Bonus levels that have randomly spawned weapons (Hell's Armory, Deimos Lab, Vaults) always spawn ranged weapons, so no melee ones.
When generating items in a level, the full list of uncollected uniques is added into total weight, which I believe would imply that as you continue to gain uniques, the chances of getting a certain other one improves. In other words for example, finding a Dragonslayer is easier if you've already collected several other uniques.
With the above two in mind, it's very useful to collect all uniques, even if you don't intend to use them so that you can remove their weight values from the item generation list. On top, if you're seeking a Dragonslayer, or other unique melee weapon, it's recommended to enter all these bonus levels to try and force out some of the ranged uniques. Lava Pits and Mt Erebus are good too to try and spawn unique armors and boots.
Deimos Lab's special mod packs are a pairing of Firestorm, Nano, and Sniper. If I'm understanding it correctly, you can't get Onyx from this level.
Hell's Armory spawns a random pair of regular mod packs, and then one of Firestorm, Nano, and Sniper. If you clear the level damageless, one of the regular mod packs is then replaced by a Nano Pack, unless the spawned special mod pack is another Nano Pack, in which case the bonus one is an Onyx Pack. In simpler terms, you're guaranteed a Nano Pack, and have a uniform distribution of the others (all 1 in 3).
Angel Arm doesn't work when your health is 10 or less (as mentioned before in this thread), but the game also won't prompt you when you try:
if being:is_player() and being.hpmax > 10 then
This also explains why I couldn't get it to do anything on my Angel of Humanity run awhile back.
Interestingly, Azrael's Scythe has its coding done a little differently:
OnAltFire = function(self,being)
if being.tired then
ui.msg("You are too tired to invoke the Scythe!");
else
being.hpmax = math.max(being.hpmax - 5,5)
The game will only check if you're tired or not, but will not decrease your max HP below 5. In other words, you can use Whisper of Death indefinitely. With enough Med Packs, you can pseudo-nuke a floor (I used this strategy for clearing the vaults by luck awhile back).
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I'm pretty sure I've analyzed everything above correctly, but if anyone notices mistakes, let me know!
Following that, I did still play a bit and went for Reaper Platinum Badge. The plan was to grab the Nuclear BFG which took care of both my ammo and my corpse problems. I had one good run with triple Invulnerability before the stairs, but rolled Mortuary and lost control. Limbo is better as the enemies are more stranded.
On my next good run, I had a great start:
(https://i.imgur.com/fMCIF9F.png)
And before the stairs, I had my first ever quadruple Invulnerability! Really insane! One of them was blown up, but I grabbed the other three, and fortunately also rolled Limbo! You can barely make out all four of them in my screenshot:
(https://i.imgur.com/b7dWigZ.png)
I made it to the Nuclear BFG without it being destroyed, and started firing away:
(https://i.imgur.com/vgKUkmI.png)
This badge is honestly really easy once you're properly setup. The only thing extra you'll need is some Med Packs when crossing the lava, but since there's one by the Nuclear BFG, it's not a big deal. The other nice thing is the distance from the switches to the far corners is short enough for the BFG shots to reach, so you never have to put yourself in danger. After patient killing, I cleared out Limbo on Nightmare!
(https://i.imgur.com/70PbRL2.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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kihuy, level 8 Apostle General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 24877 turns and scored 190885 points.
He played for 15 minutes and 54 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 165 out of 403 hellspawn. (40%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 39/50 Experience 28314/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (60%)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d7)x8 [80/200] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (41%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] nuclear BFG 9000 (9d6) [40/40] (P1)
[d] red armor [4/4] (76%)
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] 10mm ammo (x42)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x31)
[i] rocket (x3)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
8 former humans
9 former sergeants
15 former captains
11 imps
11 demons
4 cacodemons
7 hell knights
10 barons of hell
7 arachnotrons
1 former commando
10 revenants
20 mancubi
24 arch-viles
9 nightmare imps
1 nightmare cacodemon
7 nightmare demons
10 nightmare arachnotrons
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated
the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1108 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
829 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 126 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
110 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
11 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
95 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Nice to get another badge without too much time spent playing.
More to come as always!
Sure thing Tormuse, I'll just nab a few angelic badges, don't mind me. ;)
I'm not sure what would cause a melee weapon to spawn in those bonus levels:
register_item "ubutcher"
{
name = "Butcher's Cleaver",
color = LIGHTGREEN,
sprite = SPRITE_CLEAVER,
psprite = SPRITE_PLAYER_CLEAVER,
level = 1,
weight = 2,
desc = "Now that is a BIG cleaver. Butcher them!",
firstmsg = "Aaaah, fresh meat!",
flags = { IF_UNIQUE, IF_HALFKNOCK, IF_CLEAVE, IF_BLADE },
type = ITEMTYPE_MELEE,
damage = "5d6",
damagetype = DAMAGE_MELEE,
group = "weapon-melee",
}
local vault_weapon = { level = 20, type = ITEMTYPE_RANGED, unique_mod = 5 }
['a'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['b'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['c'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['d'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['e'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['f'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['g'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['h'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['i'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
['j'] = { "floor", item = level:roll_item( vault_weapon ) },
Most of every other weapon is itemtype_ranged except the melee weapons of course. Did you perhaps get one on an older version?
Also, I made an embarrassing mistake regarding the rewards on Hell's Armory and Deimos Lab. Onyx Packs can appear just like the others, just that they were listed last and past where I could see on my screen. :P I didn't notice the horizontal scrollbar and overlooked that bit.
The corrected information is Deimos Lab gives a random pair of regular packs and a random pair of special packs, all with equally probability. Hell's Armory gives a pair of regular packs and one random special pack. If you complete Hell's Armory without damage, one of the regular packs is replaced by a Nano Pack, unless the original special pack is already a Nano Pack, in which case, the extra is an Onyx. In simpler terms, you have a 50% chance of Nano+Onyx, 25% chance of Nano+Firestorm, and 25% chance of Nano+Sniper. That should be correct. :P
Schematics of course change the results, but they're not really important information once you've got all the assemblies anyway.
Another interesting piece of code I noticed was in Phobos Lab:
OnTick = function ()
if level.status == 1 then
if player.x < 12 then
ui.msg("The walls lower!")
generator.transmute( "wall", "floor", level.data.trap11 )
generator.transmute( "wall", "floor", level.data.trap12 )
------------------------------->player:remove_affect("enviro")
player:play_sound("door.open")
level.status = 2
end
elseif level.status == 2 then
if player.x > 30 then
ui.msg("The walls lower!")
generator.transmute( "wall", "floor", level.data.trap21 )
generator.transmute( "wall", "floor", level.data.trap22 )
------------------------------->player:remove_affect("enviro")
player:play_sound("door.open")
level.status = 3
end
end
end,
I always wondered why that would happen.
Day 43:
I put my attention on Lightfoot Platinum Badge, and started grinding for it on the correct difficulty this time. :P It's pretty straight-forward; play with Max Carnage+Light Travel, get Dodgemaster before reaching the Cyberdemon, hold onto enough Shells, and stairdive away. I had a lot of great runs die though, some to silly mistakes, others to bad luck. In particular, I was getting killed by the same thing repeatedly:
(https://i.imgur.com/RrYWMtb.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/g0UWFIN.png)
Funny enough, on my completed run, I found Acid-Proof Boots very early, though they didn't see any use.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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gfdsfh, level 7 Apostle General Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 11082 turns and scored 116142 points.
He played for 14 minutes and 52 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 194 out of 693 hellspawn. (27%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Badge
Lightfoot Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 19646/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (60%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] acid-proof boots [0/0] (88%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x50)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
17 former humans
24 former sergeants
4 former captains
50 imps
30 demons
26 lost souls
8 cacodemons
4 hell knights
3 barons of hell
3 former commandos
2 pain elementals
13 revenants
6 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
He left level 12 as soon as possible.
He left level 15 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 17 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter the damned city of Dis...
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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1120 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
839 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 127 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
111 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
95 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Next up will be more rotating on a few challenges. I also noticed that some of my remaining medals are carbon copies of platinum badges. I would like to finish off my medals page at some point, and I've been thinking of tackling Gutts' Heart, and I've got three strategies in mind:
1) Hell Arena Pwnage: This is the only way to guarantee a Dragonslayer, but requires beating Hell's Arena with 0 damage, surviving the rest of Phobos and Deimos, and then killing the Angel of Death, all on Nightmare. I'm not exactly keen on trying this strategy out.
2) Angel of Berserk+Overconfidence: I get a Chainsaw, have many extra sources of Berserk, and start on the first floor that the Dragonslayer can actually spawn on. The drawbacks is it's a little tougher to get a run started and I can't use other weapons as backup. This might be the ideal strategy to use.
3) I'm Too Young To Die Grinding: By playing on the easiest difficulty, I can waltz through the floors, collect a pile of gear, and basically be immortal with how deep into game I'm at now. The obvious downside is there's a lot of gameplay before even having a chance to spawn the Dragonslayer, though those extra floors can be used to clear out some of the uniques.
I won't be grinding for Gutts' Heart right away, but it's a pretty low-key challenge that I can do when I'm having a poor session, or to wind down after more difficult gameplay. I'd like to get it out of the way soon.
The Berserker's Armor isn't necessary for Gutts' Heart, though getting it for an Apostle kill with that method is definitely crazy. Max Carnage helps for that first Gutts' Heart strat, but it's still a long game of not getting hit too many times. More particularly, I'm not fond of fighting the Angel of Death in that kind of run.
Day 44:
Very exceptional day for progress! I had a rocky start going for Angel of Humanity as a Conquerer and got pretty far on one decent run. Deimos Lab was nice to me with its weapons:
(https://i.imgur.com/ctGdkiK.png)
I also used a Run->Wait trick to take out the Arachnotrons with a Chainsaw:
(https://i.imgur.com/4G07BL6.png)
Run->Wait is so good for Deimos Lab! :D
Then after healing with a Large Med-Pack, I fought the Shamblers and got one-shotted:
(https://i.imgur.com/rN5jQt4.png)
Pretty insane. I might have to hope for Hell's Armory to reasonably be able to complete this challenge. Again though, Angel of Death might be a problem on Angel of Humanity.
So after that, I decided to go for Reaper Diamond Badge, which is clearing Mortuary/Limbo on Angel of Confidence. My plan was to use the same Nuclear BFG strat as before, just with some extra stairdiving and such beforehand. On my run, I totally luckboxed it again by getting probably 8-10 Invulnerabilities through all the floors leading up, and even got Cyberdemon's Head lol:
(https://i.imgur.com/XH0hETn.png)
I was fortunate to roll Limbo, which is significantly easier, but the spawns inside were bad and I had an Archvile on the Nuclear BFG island:
(https://i.imgur.com/y4rYnoj.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/pGxDsve.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/dDg0lIZ.png)
The issue here is I literally used all my ammo, so I only had my Nuclear BFG:
(https://i.imgur.com/BBX005n.png)
As I was firing away to the other islands, I kept getting swarmed by Nightmare Cacodemons. I had to fight about 6 of them, all while letting my Nuclear BFG recharge. Dodgemaster saved the day, but it was pretty intense and scary. Fortunately on Nightmare, enemies tend to be more aggressive with attacking and not so much with movement, so I was usually able to recharge before they go too close:
(https://i.imgur.com/jHdAerY.png)
I took a few hits, but was lucky enough to have enough med packs to make it across:
(https://i.imgur.com/yjiXjb6.png)
From there, it was just more clearing:
(https://i.imgur.com/69T12EI.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ql4pqXt.png)
I happened to get another Invulnerability before Dis and figured why not go for a full victory for a shot at another medal. It went about as well as you could expect. :P
(https://i.imgur.com/6DH1Ta1.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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sgrres, level 8 Apostle General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 47593 turns and scored 263209 points.
He played for 29 minutes and 17 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 283 out of 801 hellspawn. (35%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Reaper Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 23708/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->Iro->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [0/7] (0%)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat knife (2d5)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [28/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [0/5]
[b] rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
[c] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[d] blue armor [2/2] (64%)
[e] 10mm ammo (x8)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
7 former humans
15 former sergeants
14 former captains
19 imps
29 demons
47 lost souls
6 cacodemons
13 hell knights
24 barons of hell
32 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
12 revenants
7 mancubi
13 arch-viles
9 nightmare imps
15 nightmare cacodemons
9 nightmare demons
7 nightmare arachnotrons
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 5 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 9 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 11, hell froze over!
On level 11 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 12 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 12 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 12 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
On level 14 he was targeted for extermination!
He left level 14 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 16!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
On level 17 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
missile hits John Carmack. Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
You miss the lost soul. The lost soul hits you.
You swap your weapons. Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies.
The lost soul hits you.
You miss John Carmack.
You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The
lost soul dies. Your Angelic Armor is damaged! The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. Your
Angelic Armor is damaged! The lost soul hits you.
The lost soul hits you.
You are hit! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
freed soul! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The
lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1135 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
853 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 127 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
112 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
96 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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The next badge I went for was Daredevil Diamond Badge, which is just beating Overconfidence on Nightmare with 80% kills. This didn't take too many tries and basically was just getting to floor 7 with an easy enemy to repeatedly kill:
(https://i.imgur.com/SJCEh4R.png)
I killed him several hundred times to get a high enough kill rate before fighting the Spider Mastermind. Thankfully, Run->Wait makes this so much easier than mashing Wait. :P I might not have tried it if not for that technique. Even just a hundred last time I did before was awful.
And with that badge:
(https://i.imgur.com/NEXUPtP.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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jhgfj, level 9 Apostle General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 110271 turns and scored 201412 points.
He played for 33 minutes and 12 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 708 out of 873 hellspawn. (81%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Daredevil Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 49/50 Experience 30586/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->Jug->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [128/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [9/9]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [5/6]
[c] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[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] 10mm ammo (x100)
[l] 10mm ammo (x100)
[m] 10mm ammo (x100)
[n] 10mm ammo (x100)
[o] 10mm ammo (x100)
[p] 10mm ammo (x48)
[q] 10mm ammo (x100)
[r] shotgun shell (x50)
[s] shotgun shell (x40)
[t] large med-pack
[u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
15 former sergeants
582 former captains
5 imps
23 demons
15 lost souls
1 cacodemon
14 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
1 pain elemental
12 revenants
22 mancubi
10 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 2 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 3 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
Mastermind flinched!
Boom! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated
the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
Boom! Boom! Boom!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1147 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
863 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 128 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
113 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
97 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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So now I'm just 2 more diamond badges away from getting the awesome "Chaos" prefix to my ranking title! I'm not sure which I'm going to go for yet, but I'll do some more rotating and hopefully get some luck. :)
I'll make my signature once I reach Chaos Major. :)
For my Angel of Humanity game, I went with my usual Intuition x2->Hellrunner x2->Dodgemaster. I intend to keep using that for future runs as well.
Day 45:
I was thinking about "easy" diamond badges to get and decided to go for Eagerness Diamond Badge. I figured that with Angel of Overconfidence to help, I could just repeatedly try until I made it to the Spider Mastermind. I went with Eagle Eye x2->Intuition x2 for an easy fight at the end. After just a couple tries with lucky staircases and Invulnerabilities, I got it!
(https://i.imgur.com/fw0KSzX.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/NA9OEVi.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/qDLIiof.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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hgfhgdf, level 4 Apostle Marshal Technician,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 27273 turns and scored 67339 points.
He played for 19 minutes and 26 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 33 out of 281 hellspawn. (11%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Impatience!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Eagerness Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 23/50 Experience 4120/4
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
EE->EE->Int->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (79%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [5/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x91)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
6 former sergeants
3 former captains
4 imps
10 demons
2 lost souls
1 arachnotron
2 former commandos
3 mancubi
1 arch-vile
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He sounded the alarm on level 1!
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun. Your shell box is depleted.
You have no more ammo for the assault shotgun!
You wear/wield : a shell box (x100)
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! Boom!
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1152 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
866 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 128 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
114 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
98 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Naturally, my next choice was Inquisitor Diamond Badge...
With Angel of Purity+Overconfidence and as a Marine, I have no source at all of knowing where the stairs are, can't cheese with Invulnerability, can't really heal, and can't even use Light Amps. It's kinda hard. :P Envirosuits work though surprisingly.
The thing is though, there is potential to get super lucky and just get a ton of nearby staircases, Homing Phase Devices, and other dumb luck, and with both the power of patience and grinding, I want to get this now. It'll also make for an epic 9th diamond badge for the "Chaos" prefix! :) Apparently, it's a rare badge too as the only players confirmed to have it are Papilio and Sereg, though perhaps others quietly have achieved it too. It's another reason I want to get it!
So far, I've pumped out 150 runs, the majority of which end on the first floor because of getting obliterated, or because I'm not happy with my start.
I'm quite sad I couldn't make use of these Invulnerabilities:
(https://i.imgur.com/esJTwbd.png)
Here's the game giving me the middle finger:
(https://i.imgur.com/EmXSYBG.png)
I've made it to floor 5 twice so far, and once to Limbo (forgetting I can't use Soulspheres :P). This was my best run, but I had a nasty start and unfortunately, the stairs were on the wrong side:
(https://i.imgur.com/QjA0iJi.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/OoAiVdT.png)
And here's the game giving me the other middle finger:
(https://i.imgur.com/xY3VGIj.png)
Some minor strategies do exist based around the bonus levels. Of course, it's always wise to take the first staircase you find, but if you have the option to enter Unholy Cathedral, Vaults, or Lava Pits/Mt Erebus, they're great for a quick item buffer and setup. Also in the odd case where you have a Homing Phase Device by floor 4 and happen to find Mortuary/Limbo, they can be advantageous as the Homing Phase Device is still taking you to floor 5, but through the bonus level, you can grab a Red Armor and Large Med-Pack as well, potentially also a Nuclear BFG. The only downside is if you luck out finding the normal staircase nearby, you could instead be going to floor 6.
My plan when I actually do get to the Spider Mastermind is just the same cheesy cornershooting. With a Combat Pistol, Ammo Chain, and all the ammo in the Minigun, I have more than enough to slowly poke away at her health. This is nice because I can freely use all the shells I need on the other floors.
I intend to continuously grind for the badge until I get it. Hopefully, the luck comes sooner than later! ;)
Yeah Tormuse, having not just one, but two Dragonslayers spawning directly in my sight at the start of the game, during which I'm not able to get them at all, especially after just strategizing on how to get them was hilarious and irritating. :P
Day 45:
More attempts for Inquisitor Diamond Badge!
On a decent run to floor 4, I had mostly Formers on the left-side of the level and through a pair of rooms, I came across a pair of Homing Phase Devices:
(https://i.imgur.com/iQFyzc4.png)
I got a little excited thinking that this run suddenly had great potential to make it to Dis. Unfortunately, I had terrible staircase luck again where I cleared out the wrong side. Keep in mind, this is also on a floor with 2 staircases, and with Homing Phase Devices, I could have easily accepted Limbo/Mortuary:
(https://i.imgur.com/c48J2wP.png)
I carefully explored a good chunk of the area, but was running out of safe options:
(https://i.imgur.com/m7ne52u.png)
So I used one of the Homing Phase Devices:
(https://i.imgur.com/mTj6qp2.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/XESCHjF.png)
Sucks.
Here's an interesting crossroad I had:
(https://i.imgur.com/tQ7TIVP.png)
As nice as having a nuke is, I went for the stairs since I can still kill the Spider Mastermind anyway. The run, unsurprisingly didn't work out though.
On another run, I had a Pain Elemental cave, which is something I would later have many more times:
(https://i.imgur.com/Ue0X7ze.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/UjnItIy.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/1I3ADHv.png)
These floors are pretty much the only ones that can be consistently cleared. They're the only ones I ever did anyway. They're great for experience, good chances of extra items, as well as time to buff up for the next floor. The only downside is they cost a fair amount of shells.
This particular run continued some more and I had a very nice setup despite the area being an Arachnotron cave:
(https://i.imgur.com/6WIqywD.png)
Unfortunately, I lost control of the situation:
(https://i.imgur.com/LFQCdRk.png)
The run managed to keep going, and I found a nice pair of items:
(https://i.imgur.com/ULUzCNH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/RJyMzCj.png)
This was my first run to floor 6, but the game put a crashing halt to that with a terrible starting position:
(https://i.imgur.com/OYdENUx.png)
:(
On another mostly unmemorable run, I got to floor 6 for the second time, and got this:
(https://i.imgur.com/kTqbzCG.png)
Suddenly, things got very tense as I had a very real shot at a completion. The game then decided to spawn me on the far right side of a maze for floor 7...
(https://i.imgur.com/onpFvyK.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/uJ9I8xz.png)
With the barrels all over and an acid river, I was actually able to create myself a safe haven:
(https://i.imgur.com/IL0Il9w.png)
The other cool thing is from my angle, I had an Archvile corpse in the front of the other side, with an acid pool behind, creating an awesome spot to destroy corpses! So I slowly lured out enemies and fired away, killing a ton of them:
(https://i.imgur.com/PrC4TrQ.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/CCBsMKw.png)
I ran out of ammo though, and I needed to save my bullets for the Spider Mastermind, so I started to get worried about what to do. I waited for several minutes to let enough monsters pile on over to the right side of the floor where they can't get me, including a few Archviles sounds in the background, and I ran across the river:
(https://i.imgur.com/RguwIYN.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/S47mixK.png)
I was stuck, so out of desperation, I decided my best option was a Phase Device:
(https://i.imgur.com/OkYkdEa.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TIQxoxA.png)
I got very lucky with this and kept going, I went around a corner and got blasted a couple times, now with the stairs in sight!
(https://i.imgur.com/53AN1pp.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/0XNJXNg.png)
I was running out of options here. If I ran away, I might get swarmed, and if I fired back, I'd run out of ammo. I considered using my Rocket Launcher, but I was worried about knocking enemies towards me, blowing up cover, etc. After a bit of time thinking about everything, I decided to run for the stairs and hope for the best.
(https://i.imgur.com/EWxbIjR.png)
</3
Literally died one tile away from reaching the Spider Mastermind. :( If I had entered there, I would have easily won the game. If only I had gone around the corner from the bottom side that would have worked. Or if the floor 7 was even just a tiny bit nicer to me and gave me the stairs around the area I actually explored, I could have made it.
Heartbroken but not undetermined, I kept going.
Not too long after, I had another run to floor 5, but then the game decided to put an end to that:
(https://i.imgur.com/zSsNBJP.png)
In yet another run to floor 5, I actually got a nice break:
(https://i.imgur.com/2ihjL0X.png)
Floor 6 wasn't too particularly awful and I managed to find the stairs not far away. Yet another floor with triple Invulnerability I couldn't use:
(https://i.imgur.com/VEIeyhw.png)
Floor 7 starting with stairs in sight...!
(https://i.imgur.com/36uPbv5.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TMAcSzT.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/MiQJ8kF.png)
Here we go boys! On my second run to floor 7, I actually made it to Dis! Now, as I had planned, I had around 465 bullets to use with my Combat Pistol against the Spider Mastermind. I did have three Large Med-Packs if necessary, but I still took this super slow and safe. And I mean REALLY super slow and safe. I would wait and cornershoot the Spider Mastermind once, then run back, taking absolutely zero risk. This took close to half an hour, but I'd much rather do this than potentially be playing for this badge for who knows how many more hours.
(https://i.imgur.com/i2HBk4h.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/VQIRAiO.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/zB84F42.png)
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hdtrdfht, level 4 Apostle Marshal Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 47438 turns and scored 70109 points.
He played for 35 minutes and 58 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 268 out of 482 hellspawn. (55%)
He was an Angel of Purity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Inquisitor Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 54/60 Experience 4104/4
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Intuition (Level 2)
EE->EE->Int->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (89%)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat pistol (3d3) [14/15]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (96%)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x4)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [0/200]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] rocket (x2)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] power cell (x40)
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
1 former captain
240 lost souls
1 cacodemon
1 baron of hell
1 arachnotron
20 pain elementals
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 2 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You quickly reload the combat pistol.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1505 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1191 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
41 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 155 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
115 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
99 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I got the badge! And reached Chaos Major! This was a huge relief and extremely satisfying to get!
I want to go over some tips about going for this badge since it seems almost nobody has it, but it's way easier than people make it out to be. For the most part, this badge is a lottery, so you have to accept that beforehand. If you wear your heart on your sleeve with your emotions, you'll fall apart after every good run dies. I had one run die on floor 7 as I wrote about, a couple die on floor 6, and probably a dozen or so on floor 5. That's just how it goes when you're pushing your luck so much.
I'd argue that this badge is far more mental than technical. You have to keep focus and stay patient. Every single turn and action can be the difference between life and death, so you have to play carefully once you get a nice run started. I also strongly recommend always going for the stairs once you see them. I had a fair number of good starts die because I got greedy for extra items. Even if you can't hear monsters in the direction of where you're going, others from where you came from can catch up.
I also believe that Overconfidence and Eagle Eye x2 -> Intuition x2 is by far the most viable way to go for this badge. With my strategy of killing the Spider Mastermind with the Combat Pistol, you need all the ammo because you'll often be firing in the darkness, missing your shots half the time, and you absolutely need to know where she is as well as having the increased accuracy from Eagle Eye. You can't expect to fire at her a few hundred times and not expect to avoid taking damage the whole time if you're waiting for her to appear in your line of sight. The only other way is nuking her, but adding another layer of luck to this strategy is not the way to go in my opinion.
All that said, this badge is still incredibly difficult, but is certainly overrated and many more people can get this. In total, I took 353 runs, which seems intimidating, but keep in mind that something like ~90% of those runs lasted about 10 seconds because I had a bad start. It's kind of hard to estimate whether I had good or bad luck in my run count because of all the variables, but I'd argue I was above average in luck in getting the badge in as many runs as I took.
Not sure what's next, but I'll continue progressing as usual! Time to make that signature! :D
Thanks! I actually browsed around for players to see how everyone stacks up, and it seems there's a clear gap between the top four players (VANDAM, 2Dev, Papilio, Tormuse), and everyone else (Sereg, Evilpotatoe, myself, and others). I'd like to get myself in between that gap and onward, hopefully motivating more people to play! :) It'd be interesting to see the full medal and badge counts by everyone, but there are many players who don't list all their stats. I'm sure there are lots of great lurkers as well.
Day 47:
Adding onto what I said above, I decided it's time to go for my first angelic badge! The easiest one by far seems to be Shottyman Angelic Badge, which perfectly fits my playstyle too. On top, I planned on getting the Shottyman Diamond Badge as well, which interestingly is harder to get when playing with Angel of Overconfidence. :P My plan was to create a setup where I could safely kill a Shotgun Guy hundreds of times until I had a high enough kill rate to ride out until the end, as well as all the ammo I could ever need.
My first attempt had this setup:
(https://i.imgur.com/f8BpmLW.png)
And here are my stats just as I was about to enter floor 2:
(https://i.imgur.com/yb85MJB.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/KAhUPNv.png)
While I was early into the game, with the ammo I had, Intuition x2 + Hellrunner x2, and the Scout's awesome natural abilities (so much better than playing Marine), I should be fine.
(https://i.imgur.com/poEncF9.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZSoO12R.png)
Unfortunately, the Invulnerability was a bit protected, and I didn't have any source of healing. It was possible it was in another room as well, so I didn't risk getting it. On floor 3, I was greeted with this:
(https://i.imgur.com/kxBb8ze.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/9UBW75q.png)
Not good. Then on floor 4...
(https://i.imgur.com/JS6PUN7.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/MtGtEsn.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/VL2nBQW.png)
:( It's a pain to spend the time to get the kill rate high enough, only to get bad luck and killed.
I repeated this strategy two more times, and I had atrocious luck each floor afterwards. Very annoying. One of them had me start near the very bottom-right corner, in a room filled with Revenants and Archviles, giving me literally no option to handle the situation.
The issue though is Shotgun Guys are kind of rare for being this deep into Hell on Nightmare, but because stairdiving is (usually...) very easy, I decided to grind until I had a floor 7 with them of which I could do the setup. Eventually, I got one:
(https://i.imgur.com/k3StPdC.png)
I had two setup perfectly and a nuke for the Spider Mastermind ready too, but because I grabbed a Tracking Map, this took forever. Interestingly though as time goes on, the probability of respawning enemies increases. I'm not sure if there's a cap on this, but if there isn't, the entire collection of enemies on a floor would respawn every 10s; very scary! Towards the end of my grinding, I was getting double spawns almost every time, and quickly too. It still took some time.
After that, I nuked Dis and got my first angelic badge!
(https://i.imgur.com/6AP5hLc.png)
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rsegrseg, level 4 Apostle Chaos Major Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 88266 turns and scored 72602 points.
He played for 40 minutes and 53 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 928 out of 1158 hellspawn. (80%)
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Shottyman Diamond Badge
Shottyman Angelic Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 5762/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Brute (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[b] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[c] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[d] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[e] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[f] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[g] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[h] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] shotgun shell (x37)
[l] shotgun shell (x50)
[m] blood skull
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former human
893 former sergeants
11 former captains
7 imps
3 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
1 former commando
5 revenants
2 mancubi
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 6 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter the damned city of Dis...
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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1595 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1268 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
45 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 163 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
116 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
12 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
100 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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It seems that every great player outside of the top 4 have only 2 angelic badges, so I definitely want to get there too. I think the next easiest one would be Lightfoot Angelic Badge, and Archangel of Travel actually seems like super fun too! I'll give it some effort and hopefully it goes well!
Day 48:
Going for Lightfoot Angelic Badge is a great challenge, but much easier than I anticipated. The 30% speed bonus is a huge help!
It took me awhile to get a solid strategy for Phobos Anomaly, but generally what I do is open the door, grab a Large Med-Pack, both Large Health Globes, then dive and close the other door. Dodgemaster helps. For the Bruisers, it's very helpful to approach forward and centre to lure them inward before looping around to get to a safe corner.
Ammo is obviously quite tight, but Shotguns still work great, and the boosted speed makes combat easy enough where you aren't taking much damage most of the time.
On my best run, I had stacked Invulnerability at Deimos 7, and then:
(https://i.imgur.com/CxqpPWh.png)
From this point, I was pretty much guaranteed the badge by dumb luck. However, a completely unexpected problem came up:
(https://i.imgur.com/ERwJkyL.png)
Ugggggh...... :( When moving around, I accidentally bumped a Zombieman of all things and not only did I swing at him and not only did I hit him, but I also killed him. I was hoping that maybe it wouldn't count?
I grabbed the Nuclear BFG from Limbo and went all the way to JC (like I said, massive stack of Invulnerability):
(https://i.imgur.com/twXHkv4.png)
It did eventually run out though and I was killed.
(https://i.imgur.com/VlQLLoo.png)
And no badge. :(
After that I tried some more runs, but they didn't work out for one reason or another. Like I said, this badge isn't too bad to get and doesn't require that much luck, so I should get it soon. Still, I was pretty frazzled by losing my basically won run to a really stupid mistake. I'll be sure to avoid repeating that. :P
Here's that particular mortem, Tormuse:
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ghrgdf, level 6 Apostle Chaos Major Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 17637 turns and scored 267386 points.
He played for 23 minutes and 37 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 278 out of 1033 hellspawn. (26%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Archangel of Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Silver Cross
Untouchable Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 15564/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [1/4] (17%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [1/6] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x69)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x50)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 6% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
47 former humans
27 former sergeants
9 former captains
66 imps
6 demons
93 lost souls
11 cacodemons
7 hell knights
2 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
2 nightmare demons
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
Entering level 2 he was almost dead...
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
Level 13 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 14 as soon as possible.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He fled the Lair, knowing how to fear Arachnotrons!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He nuked level 16!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 20 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
He left level 22 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!
On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You dodge!
You are hit! You dodge! You dodge!
You dodge!
You dodge! You are hit! Your red armor is damaged!
You dodge! You dodge!
You quickly reload the assault shotgun. You are hit! You are hit!
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You dodge! You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. You
are hit! You dodge!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. You dodge! Boom! You are hit! Your
red armor is damaged! You dodge! You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon.
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You dodge! The missile hits
the cacodemon. The lost soul dies. You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon.
You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1607 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1278 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
45 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 164 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
117 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
13 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
100 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Day 49:
Massive progress today! I've been pretty excited to share it all! :D
I started off digging more into the coding because I was curious about ammo and armor crates and what their probabilities are for each item. Here are the listings:
Ammo Crate
30/40 nothing
4/40 10mm Ammo
4/40 Shells
1/40 Ammo Chain
1/40 Shell Box
Armor Crate
45/60 nothing
4/60 Green Armor
4/60 Steel Boots
4/60 Small Med Pack
1/60 Blue Armor
1/60 Large Med Pack
1/60 Protective Boots
So given each 2x2 block of crates, you'll on average get one item. The information doesn't really change much about strategy or approach, but is nice to have solid numbers. I'd argue that a 1 in 20 chance for a big ammo box is pretty good.
I also dug into how the medals and badges get rewarded. The most infamous oversight is Destroyer Diamond Badge, which requires getting the Untouchable Cross, which is not rewarded on Angel of Confidence/Overconfidence. However, the code itself only checks for damage taken, and not medal received, which is why we can abuse the dual-angel. I was curious if there are any others like that to make some of the more difficult medals and badges easier, but I haven't found anything. I'll study every one I go for to get a precise idea of what the game wants though.
However, one interesting find I did see is Lightfoot Badges:
if player:has_won() then
player:add_badge("lightfoot2")
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_HARD then player:add_badge("lightfoot3") end
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_VERYHARD and statistics.game_time <= 20000 then player:add_badge("lightfoot4") end
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_NIGHTMARE and melee_tot == 0 then
player:add_badge("lightfoot5")
if ARCHANGEL then player:add_badge("lightfoot6") end
end
end
Basically, you can get Lightfoot Diamond Badge while playing on Archangel of Travel, and not just Angel of Light Travel. I'd almost argue doubling up with Lightfoot Angelic Badge is easier since the extra 10% speed bonus is so powerful, and is a pretty good trade-off for just 3 more inventory slots. That said, Angel of Max Carnage + Light Travel could make up for carrying less ammo.
In any case, this meant I'll be getting an unexpected diamond badge!
One more discovery (which is super embarrassing) is the Phobos Anomaly portal is always open. I usually kill everything and pull the Bruisers back, and thought it being open was only on Angel of Pacifism. I've literally thrown some runs fighting the Bruisers in the back corners, being completely oblivious to the fact that I could just be leaving. After that, I decided to check the coding for stairs in Babel, but those are indeed only there on Pacifism, lol. I'm really not sure how I was always thinking it was closed. :P
After more attempts at Archangel of Light Travel, I finally got a great run, starting with an Invulnerability on floor 7:
(https://i.imgur.com/DlCQf63.png)
And another on Deimos 1. I was able to get through most of the episode while Invulnerable.
(https://i.imgur.com/EOlFX4s.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/0D5CuYJ.png)
I read some posts about players beating up the Cyberdemon with the Chainsaw, and then avoiding the melee kill afterwards. I wasn't keen on the idea of running into him, so I went with Dodgemaster abuse and slowly killed him with a regular Shotgun. I loaded up on shells beforehand and it was a breeze.
On Hell 1, I had yet another Invulnerability. This is usually the most important one in the run, since it's right after emptying out basically all of my ammo:
(https://i.imgur.com/csfqO6q.png)
I made it far into the episode and came across a nuke!
(https://i.imgur.com/SHxyvYV.png)
To the right there is Limbo, meaning I had an opportunity to go for a full win and grab yet another diamond badge! I considered it for awhile, but ultimately decided not to. The two reasons were that it's possible I'll need every bit of Invulnerability to survive up to Dis, and I was also concerned with getting bounced around in the corner of Limbo due to high monster density.
I made it to Dis and blew up the Spider Mastermind, went to fight JC again, got destroyed, and got my second angelic badge!
(https://i.imgur.com/N2qFSfd.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/11llIy7.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/4fCQeHl.png)
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rtdhtrdh, level 6 Apostle Chaos Major Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 18875 turns and scored 266278 points.
He played for 31 minutes and 9 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 364 out of 973 hellspawn. (37%)
He was an Archangel of Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Major Icarus Cross
Untouchable Badge
Lightfoot Diamond Badge
Lightfoot Angelic Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 15474/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [2/4] (33%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (8d3) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x247)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun shell (x21)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
51 former humans
17 former sergeants
16 former captains
73 imps
40 demons
147 lost souls
9 cacodemons
6 hell knights
3 pain elementals
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 12 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 21 as soon as possible.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. Carmack raises his hands and summons
hellspawn!
You reload the shotgun.
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost
soul dies. The lost soul dies.
You reload the shotgun.
Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn!
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost
soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
You reload the shotgun. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
You reload the shotgun.
The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1624 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1294 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
45 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 164 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
118 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
100 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I've now matched what most players have as their angelic badge count! The other nice thing is the first promotion with those badges is at 3, so it'll work out as a way to flaunt my progress more. :) I'm not sure which one I'll go for, but it won't be for awhile anyway.
While I did luck out a lot of my run, there were a lot of tactics and strong gameplay. I've been improving a lot more in all the micro details and interesting situations the game throws at me. I had one scenario in particular where I was stuck in a U-shaped section of a maze level filled with barrels, and having a Chaingunner and Revenant pursue me from opposite sides. Being low on health, I couldn't get hit by either or the barrels, and there was no good angle to hit only the Chaingunner. Moving would also result in barrels getting destroyed in basically every case. However, I found a solution by pushing a particular barrel to force the Revenant to go around for 1 extra step, making the Chaingunner move, and giving me a better position for the kill. Little things like that have helped immensely!
I've also started to use the minimap again. After struggling a bit on Archangel of Travel, it was pretty annoying to not be able to use all the Berserks in Chained Court since it messes with Intuition. Is it possible to move its position lower into my HUD?
Anyway, despite all that, I kept going for more! My next goal would be getting a full win on Nightmare, which I planned on doing with a double nuke strategy. I figured it wouldn't be too bad to grind for; I'd need Invulnerability before Limbo, grab the Nuclear BFG, get lucky to find a Nuke, and likely need one more Invulnerability for the ending. If that failed, I was playing on Max Carnage for a backup strat against JC.
My run started off strong:
(https://i.imgur.com/3GGbDvu.png)
Even stronger than I thought:
(https://i.imgur.com/H9mUOfe.png)
On floor 2, I found a Tracking Map, which revealed the much needed Nuke! The challenge however was it was surrounded by enemies and directly adjacent to a barrel:
(https://i.imgur.com/7oQPBVW.png)
With careful movements and patience, I was able to safely grab it:
(https://i.imgur.com/MEGQDMr.png)
Floor 3 offered another Invulnerability, but what I had left of my first two was phasing out:
(https://i.imgur.com/LyhQJnj.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/CZjiBkv.png)
Carefully dancing around with an Archvile, I managed to grab it before it was destroyed:
(https://i.imgur.com/l1K86bZ.png)
I used a Homing Phase Device to jump over far in floor 4 since both staircases were nearby:
(https://i.imgur.com/VfBsSQV.png)
I saw a replacement Homing Phase Device, and very carefully managed to grab it. Seriously, look at the enemies in the room I was dealing with!
(https://i.imgur.com/KHtBBLc.png)
Limbo was nice to me with basically no enemies nearby and an empty upper-right island:
(https://i.imgur.com/fecpdXu.png)
My Invulnerability ran out before I left:
(https://i.imgur.com/qDCA1dp.png)
The game was nice to give me yet another Invulnerability, but once again, I had to earn it:
(https://i.imgur.com/yLbDoJ2.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/W9KVtwW.png)
On my way out, I found another Homing Phase Device, which meant I had enough to immediately leave to the end:
(https://i.imgur.com/VIGncMB.png)
Floor 6 had no additional Invulnerabilities, so I left right away, but floor 7 did:
(https://i.imgur.com/PDs4x5l.png)
Again, look at that enemy pile-up! I still managed to grab it, meaning I had the game won at this point!
(https://i.imgur.com/uajgQ2L.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/u1IOt8H.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/SKwZSw8.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TXylDOy.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/pCfeec8.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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ftyjtfj, level 6 Apostle Chaos Major Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 5201 turns and scored 167341 points.
He played for 10 minutes and 22 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 281 out of 533 hellspawn. (52%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Veteran Platinum Badge
Veteran Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 77/50 Experience 11918/6
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x100)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [80/200]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] shotgun shell (x16)
[f] small med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] nano pack
[k] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
8 former sergeants
5 former captains
1 imp
7 demons
209 lost souls
1 hell knight
8 barons of hell
7 arachnotrons
20 pain elementals
4 revenants
1 mancubus
2 arch-viles
1 nightmare imp
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 4 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 9!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1636 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1304 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
45 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 165 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
119 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
101 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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A new promotion and I got another double badge (this one I didn't expect lol)! Now obviously, I got super lucky that the game gave me all the tools I needed, but almost all of them were not gimmes and I had to earn them! I'm honestly more happy to very clearly see my skill level improving moreso than the badges themselves. :P
Still, I wasn't satisfied yet and kept going.
My next target was Longinus Diamond Badge. Since I wasn't allowed to use Brute, Eagle Eye is the clear choice for this challenge. I figured that with enough attempts with Angel of Overconfidence that I would eventually get it. I played a bit with a few strategies. I thought at first that Scout on Max Carnage would be the way to go, since I could use Intuition instead, grab an Invulnerability, and hack away at the Angel of Death. Funny enough though due to his massive armor, the Chainsaw from Angel of Berserk is more damaging, while I'd also be taking less in return. And given that, it makes more sense to play as a Marine for the extra powerup duration. So the plan was to find an Invulnerability and Unholy Cathedral, and hopefully score a win.
On my first successful start, I brought the Angel of Death down to "almost dead", but got finished off. I saved my Chainsaw Berserk effect for when I reached him, but realized it makes more sense to use it for the Demons to kill them faster, and ultimately have more time with Invulnerability. So I tried for some more runs.
(https://i.imgur.com/E2cygAs.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/9lydYOK.png)
I made one minor mistake of sawing the door rather than opening it, meaning I had less corpse disposal with the Demons. They fortunately never respawned though.
The Angel of Death got torn apart:
(https://i.imgur.com/WXExdZv.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/jQYiicw.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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s33, level 4 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Marine,
was slashed by an imp on level 2 of Hell.
He survived 3938 turns and scored 27156 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 7 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 47 out of 113 hellspawn. (41%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Longinus Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 4540/4
ToHit Ranged +6 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Eagle Eye (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 1)
EE->EE->EE->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat knife (2d5)
[b] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] small med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 imps
27 demons
16 lost souls
1 hell knight
1 Angel of Death
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he finally was slashed by an imp.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Argh!!! Lava!
The demon suddenly rises from the dead!
You dodge! The barrel explodes! Boom!
Boom! Your red armor is completely destroyed! You dodge! Boom!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You are hit! You are hit!
You start running!
Boom!
You are hit! You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! The missile hits the baron of hell. The barrel
explodes! You dodge!
You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! The imp hits you.
You hit the imp. The imp dies.
Boom!
You are hit!
The imp hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1696 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1357 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
45 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 171 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
119 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
101 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Very easy and I had Large Med-Packs to spare! I strongly recommend using this strategy when going for this badge. The grind for a start is a bit tedious, but once you get a nearby Invulnerability, Unholy Cathedral is cake.
Of course though, I'm insatiable.
My next target was Hunter Diamond Badge. This one is pretty straight-forward; Angel of Darkness + Overconfidence, visit each of the 4 levels, then kill the Spider Mastermind. The only major source of luck needed is Invulnerability or a Homing Phase Device before Limbo/Mortuary since the other three can be immediately exited. I also use Intuition x2 as usual, which is good enough for Dis. Finding the stairs is pretty much all luck though, but the massive experience points gained with Nightmare + Darkness + Overconfidence helps a lot. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to complete the challenge last night despite some runs to floor 7, and had to settle with a mere 5 badges. :P
That was definitely the final night I'll ever gain that many badges in one day, although Speedunner and Demonic Angelic Badges basically count for 70 a piece. ;) I've learned a lot, improved a lot, gained a lot, and still have so much fire to keep going! I'm on the cusp of catching up to many great players, which is really exciting! I'm also confident about getting many of my missing medals and badges, whereas just about a week ago I was intimidated and didn't think I'd be ready for Nightmare.
I'm having a blast and a craving for more!
Day 50:
Despite quite a bit of effort before, Hunter Diamond Badge came quickly after just a few more tries. The run wasn't very remarkable, just lots of luck with nearby stairs and Invulnerability. I also was able to grab the Nuclear BFG, which lead to an interesting ending:
(https://i.imgur.com/cOXARAC.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/PuxQJMY.png)
Literally gained 5 levels, lol. :P Anyway, while I could have potentially just found the staircase and nuked Dis, there's of course a small chance I wouldn't find it and get killed by all the Mancubi, not to mention it might have been hard just getting on the stairs with them all around. By nuking floor 7 instead, I was only left with fighting the Spider Mastermind, which I'm very confident in doing safely, and because all the experience levels came just before that, I could pump out all traits that would be beneficial. I'd say doing this is a fairly obvious decision, but it's still a fun scenario!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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dh554d, level 8 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 9743 turns and scored 164847 points.
He played for 11 minutes and 33 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 61 out of 425 hellspawn. (14%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Darkness!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Hunter Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 22752/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->SoB->SoB->SoB->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (8d3) [4/6] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x30)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 former humans
5 former sergeants
2 former captains
6 imps
3 demons
12 lost souls
8 cacodemons
2 hell knights
2 pain elementals
16 mancubi
1 nightmare imp
1 nightmare demon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
On level 7 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 7!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
Your assault shotgun is already loaded.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1777 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1419 of those were killed.
4 of those were killed by something unknown.
45 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 189 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
120 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
102 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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After that, I rotated a bunch of diamond badge challenges, but wasn't able to earn the sought-after 15th. Once I get one more, I won't need any diamond badges any more for ranking promotions, and will just need more angelic badges. I'm still going to collect them all, but there's less immediate obligation to do so. I'm confident I can earn most of them, just that none of them are cakewalks anymore.
With no luck there, I played a game for Daredevil Platinum Badge, which I found pretty easy. I didn't end up earning it though because I rolled an Arachnotron cave and was quickly melted to ashes. :(
Anyway, I'm sure I'll earn another diamond badge soon. I'm curious though what you guys think would be the next easiest angelic badge after Shottyman and Lightfoot? I'm wondering how difficult Inquisitor and Quartermaster are, as they don't seem as totally insane as the others. I'm also curious about Pacifist, since I could play it on Hey, Not Too Rough difficulty. It'd be a grind for sure, but I can do grinds. Any advice?
Day 52:
After some more attempts on beating Nightmare under 20 minutes, I started going for a different badge. I decided to try for Scavenger Diamond Badge by using the Azrael strat. It's a bit difficult to get a start with Angel of Berserk+Overconfidence, but I've really learned the power of RunWait in secluded areas, particularly with a door outwards. I'm finding DoomRL is much easier when you let enemies approach and you retaliate, rather than vice versa. You take so much less damage when you get the first attack against most of everything.
Anyway, I had numerous runs past Unholy Cathedral, but the main difficulty is having 3 Med-Packs before entering the Vaults. Eventually though, I got this start:
(https://i.imgur.com/N4tnqXN.png)
Berserk + Invulnerability lined up + Phaseshift Armor (A) + Chainsaw (A)! Level 4 in experience too with 66% towards level 5. I actually opted to use Hellrunner inside the Unholy Cathedral because it would mean I could outspeed the Angel of Death. I tried the long Knife strat around the whole building, and then a shorter more riskier one around the pillars inside, but it takes forever. Now, I'm a patient player, and if this were a situation where I couldn't immediately regain what I had in the run, I would absolutely continue throwing knives at him, but while this run had a strong start, it wouldn't be that difficult to get a pretty good one again. I chose the optimal decision based on series of runs, and not just this particular run. Got to be thinking deeper than just face value. ;)
After I grabbed Azrael's, I had an initially scary, but ultimately awesome floor 2:
(https://i.imgur.com/8nsugMC.png)
Using RunWait with most enemies wanting to attack, they got turned inside out fast. Once the floor was clear, I found a couple Med-Packs, plus a Soulsphere!
(https://i.imgur.com/MXyFL6R.png)
So literally all I needed to do was dive into the Vaults and got this on floor 3:
(https://i.imgur.com/ifq9Cxp.png)
Ohhhh! Now, I did think for a moment that because I still had 100% kills and an awesome run going, that I could be trying for Gargulec Cross, but I decided that since I had a guaranteed diamond badge, which would be my 15th for the ranking promotion, that I wouldn't risk it. The main factor is because I got Hellrunner early on, I blocked Vampyre.
(https://i.imgur.com/JwDO2Ac.png)
With cautious tactics upon entry and 3 Med-Packs, I could use Azrael's 4 times, which is enough to kill everything. After that...
(https://i.imgur.com/4Xmuhe2.png)
Umm????? I was still hearing a Revenant in the centre vault? I thought for a moment that maybe Azrael's Scythe has a range limit or something, but that's not right, and then I realized what happened.
So the first two Whispers of Death kill Revenants, and then after the fourth, the Archviles die. Which means that between that in that very small window of time, one of the Revenants got revived. :( Literally, if I had one more Med-Pack, that would mean I'd have enough damage to kill him, which super sucks since I dove right down the stairs on floor 3. I was extremely disappointed in this. On top, I couldn't get 100% kills now either. I did have a Shockwave Pack though and not knowing what I was even looking for, I check the left vault, but unsurprisingly found nothing:
(https://i.imgur.com/3xKIIql.png)
I spent the time to finish the run to at least get Berserker Platinum Badge, which is nice I guess, but since I'd be going for Gargulec Cross eventually anyway, it's kind of irrelevant.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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se44e, level 9 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 358668 turns and scored 121082 points.
He played for 43 minutes and 7 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 186 out of 221 hellspawn. (84%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Berserker Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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Health 0/40 Experience 39333/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->Bru->HR->DM->Bad->Bad->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] phaseshift armor [2/2] (97%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] chainsaw (4d6) (A)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (13%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (26%)
[c] red armor [6/6] (58%) (P)
[d] red armor [2/4] (46%)
[e] red armor [1/4] (23%)
[f] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[g] small med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] power mod pack
[j] Enviroboots [0]
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
17 former sergeants
12 former captains
12 imps
22 demons
25 lost souls
16 cacodemons
30 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
27 revenants
17 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 1 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
Level 3 was a hard nut to crack!
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
He nuked level 7!
On level 7 he found the Enviroboots!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You wear/wield : a nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle? This will
overload the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle! 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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
killing machine!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1870 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1504 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
50 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 190 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
121 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
103 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I decided to try some more with my new knowledge. The plus side is that for sure I would need just 4 Med-Packs. I got to this crossroad in another solid run after many attempts:
(https://i.imgur.com/ton2D4A.png)
I found Malek's Armor right away, had Vampyre, and was in good health, but only 3 Med-Packs. I could try again for The Vaults, or I could skip it and get Gargulec Cross. After some time deciding, I went for The Vaults, in hopes I could kill everything before a Revenant gets revived again:
(https://i.imgur.com/Zyv717W.png)
Thankfully, it worked this time! One of my 3 "Med-Packs" was the Chainsaw boost, which I used first. I'm pretty sure it doesn't affect the speed of using consumables, but because of dropping the Chainsaw and picking it up takes longer than just healing, I did that first. I went on to continue the run by abusing RunWait and murdered everything. In the rare cases I'd get hit, mostly when a group of monsters would come knocking on my door, Vampyre covered for damage. It's honestly a sick strategy, and I might consider using it more in regular games! The fact that it blocks Hellrunner, Eagle Eye, and Intuition isn't a big deal when you're just camping anyway.
With 100% kills, I also got my Gargulec Cross! :)
(https://i.imgur.com/KJM4XF4.png)
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fsdfg, level 11 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 1109935 turns and scored 152385 points.
He played for 24 minutes and 48 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 254 out of 254 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Gargulec Cross
Scavenger Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 80/40 Experience 50313/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->TaN->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Malek's Armor [3/3] (88%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] chainsaw (4d6)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] combat knife (2d5)
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] small med-pack
[e] small med-pack
[f] small med-pack
[g] small med-pack
[h] small med-pack
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] small med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] homing phase device
[q] homing phase device
[r] power mod pack
[s] power mod pack
[t] technical mod pack
[u] agility mod 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 90% feet 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 90% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former humans
20 former sergeants
9 former captains
11 imps
31 demons
33 lost souls
6 cacodemons
6 hell knights
36 barons of hell
5 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
1 pain elemental
29 revenants
28 mancubi
29 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 4 he found the Necroarmor!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Boom! You are hit! Boom! You dodge! Boom! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! You are hit! Boom! You dodge! Boom! Boom! Boom!
You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You dodge!
Boom! You are hit! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
The Spider Mastermind hits you. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like
a killing machine! 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 flinched! 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 hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1968 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1594 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
51 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 196 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
122 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
104 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Some tips for those trying for Scavenger Diamond Badge with this same strategy: I really recommend going with Brute x3 -> Berserker, rather than Brute x2 -> Berserker -> Brute, because you really need to be sure your attacks are hitting when you're hiding. The more damage you take, the less Med-Packs you'll have. Berserker isn't super helpful either when you can kill most enemies in 2 hits anyway. For the Unholy Cathedral, use the Chainsaw boost just before fighting the Demons, because all those kills with Berserker will give you enough of it for the fight against the Angel of Death, and again, you want to reduce the damage you take by as much as possible. After that, the rest of the run is pretty basic and straight-forward.
At this point now, I only need angelic badges for rankings promotions! It'll be tough, but I can definitely get 1 more for the next promotion, and as said before, since it seems most of the 2nd/3rd tier of players are at 2 angelic badges, it'll be a good way to demonstrate to myself my progress by reaching above! Hopefully, it can motivate some more activity too! :)
After all the annoyances with grinding for a diamond badge, I took it easy with one of the funnest platinum badges I was missing with Daredevil Platinum Badge, while mixing it with Max Carnage.
I actually didn't take any screenshots it seems, but it was a pretty normal game. Although not intended, I collected all the traits needed for Gunrunner, and decided to try it out (literally my first time ever), and while it seems to be somewhat popular, I really don't like it. It conflicts with my style of slowly killing all the enemies, but when you're running around and alerting everything, you'll set off a horde after you. I also don't like the idea of running around in front of enemies where it would be useful too. It's decent for crazy starts, but I literally had Phaseshift Set and Max Carnage, and didn't like it. I'd rather have more control in my gameplay. The extra run duration is alright though, but again, I'm usually already covered by the time it would normally run out anyway.
The most annoying thing I didn't realize was it blocked Whizkid. I had two Firestorm Packs which I was going to use for my Plasma Rifle, but went with Gunrunner first. Oops.
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ft66tf, level 12 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 169073 turns and scored 210580 points.
He played for 1 hour, 3 minutes and 48 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 579 out of 579 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Daredevil Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 70/70 Experience 65079/12
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Gunrunner (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Jug->Fin->HR->HR->DM->MGr->Iro->Iro->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (100%) (A)
[b] [ Weapon ] plasma rifle (1d7)x8 [24/40] (F1)
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] gatling gun (1d7)x6 [24/60]
[b] combat pistol (3d4) [15/15] (P1)
[c] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[d] phaseshift armor [2/4] (48%) (P)
[e] shotgun shell (x19)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x50)
[m] power cell (x20)
[n] small med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] phase device
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x210)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
60 former humans
63 former sergeants
26 former captains
76 imps
44 demons
127 lost souls
21 cacodemons
15 hell knights
44 barons of hell
22 arachnotrons
14 former commandos
13 pain elementals
16 revenants
14 mancubi
21 arch-viles
1 shambler
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 2 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 4 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
Level 13 was a hard nut to crack!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 16 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You reload the plasma rifle.
You reload the plasma rifle.
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1970 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1595 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
51 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 196 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
123 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
105 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Another solid day of progress! I'm going to focus on collecting more of the missing easier stuff like Gutts' Heart and some platinum badges before trying more for difficult diamond and angelic badges.
Day 53:
I put most of my focus on getting Gutts' Heart this time. I figured that because of how rare it can be to get an opportunity for this medal, I might be tempted to botch a different run if I had a random Dragonslayer appear. Instead of potentially ending up in that crossroad, I grinded for it a ton to get it done.
I tried a bit of the I'm Too Young To Die strategy, but it takes way too long to get going, so I mostly used Angel of Berserk + Overconfidence. To my surprise it was laughably easy, which is cool to see since I struggled with it before when I was grinding for JC kills. The monster count and dangerousness is so low compared to all the Ultra-Violence and Nightmare runs I've been doing lately.
During a few attempts, I had a couple of cool runs. One in particular was when I found the Trigun on floor 2 and found a lot of Invulnerabilities, so I went for a goofy mass nuking! :D I even got a second Fallout Platinum Cross, and another JC kill!
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drr5t, level 7 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 6503 turns and scored 50725 points.
He played for 4 minutes and 12 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 112 out of 152 hellspawn. (73%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Fallout Platinum Cross
Grim Reaper's Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 25/25 Experience 19796/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Intuition (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->Iro->Int->Int->Bru->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (97%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] chainsaw (4d6)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat knife (2d5)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
11 former sergeants
3 former captains
1 imp
9 demons
36 lost souls
8 cacodemons
11 hell knights
6 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
4 pain elementals
1 revenant
8 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 2 he found the Trigun!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 2!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 4!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 4!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
Entering level 6 he was almost dead...
He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 7!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 9!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
mind! Was not all evil destroyed??? You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You feel more calm.
You start running!
There are stairs leading downward here.
This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! You hear an explosion! You
hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an
explosion! You hear an explosion! Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack!
Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2002 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1619 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
51 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 202 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
125 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
107 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I actually had a couple more early Trigun runs, but this was the best one.
I also noticed with how empty the levels are, I could really speed through each floor waiting for "Something valuable", and decided to see just how fast I could do it:
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sergesrg, level 2 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 840 turns and scored 14984 points.
He played for 38 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 14 out of 114 hellspawn. (12%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 95/50 Experience 1066/2
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Brute (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat knife (2d5)
[b] large med-pack
[c] 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 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
13 demons
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He left level 1 as soon as possible.
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
He left level 4 as soon as possible.
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
The Spider Mastermind misses you. You need to taste blood!
The Spider Mastermind hits you. 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 flinched! 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 flinched! 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 ---------------------------------------------------
2032 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1636 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
52 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 208 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
131 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
113 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Not bad! ;) Now to do that with all 3 episodes on Nightmare at the same pace and we'll be in business.
On another interesting run, I found Berserker Armor on floor 1 and decided to see if a Baron would pick it up, and it seemed like it didn't. To confirm, I checked the coding:
OnEquipCheck = function (self,being)
if not being:is_player() then return false end
if not being.eq.weapon or being.eq.weapon.id ~= "udragon" or (being.hp >= being.hpmax / 2) then
ui.msg("How am I supposed to wear this thing??")
return false
end
return true
end,
It seems that this is the only armor that has this check. I suppose nearly invincible enemies would be too dangerous, though a lot of fun! :P I was thinking of possible strategies with abusing this, such as giftdropping damaged Gothic Armor (BO) to slow down enemies to a halt. The main downside is the armors can be potentially destroyed by explosions. Fully damaged Necroarmor seems like a fun way to drain out enemy HP, but isn't really all that viable.
Anyway, after goofing around in a lot of runs, I had a big mental swing on floor 7 of one run:
(https://i.imgur.com/l5TAI8k.png)
Given that I was already invincible and on the floor just before Dis, this was the perfect setup! Once equipped, I still took the floor slow to eliminate any risk of dying. I definitely didn't want to have to repeat finding Dragonslayer. I set myself up with a great camping spot:
(https://i.imgur.com/jTUOCiD.png)
As you would expect, everything got demolished.
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gdrtbgtdf, level 4 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 127230 turns and scored 17479 points.
He played for 4 minutes and 36 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 32 out of 180 hellspawn. (17%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Gutts' Heart
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 32/50 Experience 4126/4
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Dragonslayer (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5]
[b] combat knife (2d5)
[c] small med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] power mod pack
[g] bulk mod 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 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
4 former sergeants
4 former captains
5 imps
6 demons
4 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
2 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 5, hell froze over!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
On level 7 he found the Dragonslayer!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
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 are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! 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 hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
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 ---------------------------------------------------
2099 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1679 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
53 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 219 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
143 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
125 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Gutts' Heart achieved and 41/43 medals reached! That just leaves Thomas's Medal and Dervis' Medallion. Funny enough, going for these will give me 2 rewards and 3 rewards, both for a total of 5! I think I'll try some Angel of Humanity Conqueror attempts soon. I watched through parts of Papilio's run on Ultra-Violence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZaBsqUWcqQ) to pick up on some tricks. I actually didn't learn much besides the two-stepping trick against the Angel of Death, which will be super useful. Is it perfectly safe? The rest I picked up on was playstyle differences. I'm assuming others play a lot like him with blind firing and more inventory variety, but it's such a contrast to how I play DoomRL. I absolutely love using Intuition and Shotguns, and I'd rather not stray from that. Besides, it's done me well so far! :)
I did another thorough checking through the players on the boards here to see how others have done in collecting all the medals and badges. Tormuse and Papilio are the two best confirmed players by far and completely edge me out at the moment, while there are also VANDAM and 2Dev who I understand have some suspicions about their legitimacy. I also noticed Evilpotatoe and Thomas outdo me in platinum badge counts (especially Thomas at 25/26!), and Appuru who has at least 3 angelic badges. There are also Ridonk and Fanta Hege who may be ahead of my counts, though I can't confirm that. Who knows what lurkers out there have too, and there are possibly players out there with 42/43 or 43/43 medal counts.
Now mind you, I'm not playing strictly to compare myself to others, but as I'm getting further and further ahead with badges, it's nice to know what to expect in terms of difficulty for the rest. Matching their achievements also makes for nice short-term goals, and like I've mentioned before, perhaps firing up some activity and friendly competition! :) My end goal is still to get absolutely 100% in everything, but I have no clue how long it will take me to get some of the scary angelic badges. Some other active players to bounce ideas off with or to motivate each other in progress could be very helpful. I'm also more than happy to help out anyone who wants some tips or to share strategies with for anything I've done so far! :D
I think my next focus will be Angel of Humanity as a Conqueror, but it's quite the challenge it would seem! The main advantage is that I can play on Hey, Not Too Rough, so I have a lot more control on each level, but a full game with basically no mistakes will be tough. Unholy Cathedral, Limbo/Mortuary, and Abyssal Plains in particular will require lots of careful planning and strategizing!
Thanks!
That's some solid advice for sure, and I agree that it'll likely be the next angelic badge I go for. :) I'm quite confident I can do it, but it might take a little luck with corpse control and getting a good start on every floor.
Day 54:
With just 2 medals left, I put my attention to Thomas's Medal, which would also give me Everyman Platinum Badge. Despite running around with just 10 HP, Hey, Not Too Rough is super easy to play. :P I've mostly been finding a safe spot and spamming RunWait to kill everything.
One issue I had before that I forgot about was handling Deimos Lab, and I rolled it again. I was a little more prepared this time with some fancy Blue Armor:
(https://i.imgur.com/OHhr6pf.png)
I also setup a super good strat for the Arachnotrons:
(https://i.imgur.com/HvqzGOg.png)
Basically, I close one of the doors, step outside the other, and use RunWait. Once one appears, I go to the top right corner to cornershoot the Arachnotron once it goes outside the little room. It's perfectly safe and easy!
I left all the crates intact this time for cover against the Shamblers, but I got a little worried with them roaming around, so I opted to do a cornershoot strat. Unfortunately, one appeared directly beside me. I switched the Super Shotgun, though I forgot I didn't have Juggler, and after firing I made the stupid mistake of reloading, got double melee hit and died. :(
(https://i.imgur.com/tQpPG7M.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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fdfg, level 7 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
was consumed by a shambler on level 1 of the Deimos base.
He survived 295481 turns and scored 27180 points.
He played for 44 minutes and 13 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 265 out of 267 hellspawn. (99%)
He was a real killing machine...
He was an Angel of Humanity!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/10 Experience 16726/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [4/4] (74%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] super shotgun (8d4)x2 [2/2]
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (94%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[c] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x48)
[k] rocket (x10)
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] Arena Master's Staff
[u] shell box (x100)
[v] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
93 former humans
42 former sergeants
15 former captains
37 imps
12 demons
39 lost souls
12 cacodemons
1 hell knight
4 arachnotrons
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 9 he finally was consumed by a shambler.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You close the door.
You wear/wield : a blue armor [4/4] (88%) (P)
There is a lever (opens the lab) here.
You pull the lever...
There is a lever (opens the lab) here.
You pull the lever...
There is a lever (opens the lab) here.
There is a lever (opens the lab) here.
You pull the lever...
There is a lever (opens the lab) here.
You pull the lever... The vault opens! You hear a loud wail!
You start running!
Use scroll to choose weapon, left button to wield, right to cancel... You
wear/wield : a super shotgun (8d4)x2 [2/2] The shambler misses you.
You reload the super shotgun. The shambler hits you. The shambler hits you.
You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2101 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1681 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
53 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 219 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
143 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
125 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I'm absolutely certain I can beat Hell's Armory, not just because there's only one Shambler, but because the landscape is significantly better for fighting them. However, I still haven't come up with a solution for Deimos Lab. I was considering Brute x2 + Berserker, but it's a massive waste of traits, especially since I can use the two-step trick against Angel of Death.
Perhaps I'll just grind out runs until I roll Hell's Armory instead. In any case, I was a bit unmotivated to start another run, despite being able to save for this challenge, so I spent my time doing a little theorycrafting and planning. The entirety of Phobos is pretty easy, with the only scary parts being Chained Court and Phobos Anomaly, but both are consistent enough not to worry too much. Deimos has Deimos Lab to worry about as said, and Abyssal Plains is a bit risky with the cramped area. The other levels are all pretty easy, and I'm not too concerned about Spider's Lair either. The Cyberdemon can be killed with Dodgemaster abuse.
Phobos Lab is a bit annoying with the cancellation of Envirosuit, so I might use a Phase Device in that case. The other thing is if I'm unlucky and get warped to the same area in the acid, I'll have enough time with the power-up to continue on as if I hadn't used a Phase Device. I might also consider using one for Abyssal Plains.
Unholy Cathedral should be fine, so long as the strat is as simple as it looks. I'll definitely have Hellrunner x3 and Tactical Boots by then, so it shouldn't be a problem. The Vaults is also cake. However, Mortuary and Limbo are both scary, and I'm not entirely sure what I'll do for those. I believe I actually can nuke them and still achieve Conqueror, so I'll absolutely do that if possible. Otherwise, I'll probably just make a mad dash for the Nuclear BFG and hope for the best. This is kind of a problem, so if anyone has some advice, that'd be greatly appreciated. :)
Lava Pits and Mt Erebus are easy, so long as I have an Envirosuit or two. And besides all those special levels, the regular floors are all easy. Only an Arachnotron cave or an exceptionally awful start filled with dangerous enemies can pose a threat. Dis is also super easy.
It might take awhile to get this medal, only because the runs themselves are quite long, but I also need some special level luck. I think ideally, I would want Military Base, Hell's Armory, The Wall, City of Skulls, Halls of Carnage, Limbo, and Mt Erebus. Hopefully I can get some fortune there.
Not much more else to say! Please give me some tips though! :D
Dervis is the other missing medal, yes. You can click the image in my signature for full details of what I need to get.
While true that Centurial Angelic covers for that and Centurial Diamond, I'd argue the difference in difficulty is significant enough to warrant doing them separately, so that I can enjoy having earned the easier rewards earlier.
Also, I believe VANDAM did achieve Centurial Angelic, according to his signature.
Day 55:
I tried some more for Angel of Humanity as a conqueror, and had a really sick start by the end of floor 2:
(https://i.imgur.com/sIYGCxY.png)
Unfortunately, with a single misclick, I got killed, lol. :(
(https://i.imgur.com/BM0vAaL.png)
Boo. After that, I tried some more of beating Nightmare under 20 minutes, but still no luck there.
Afterwards, I starting looking into the coding some more and I'm quite confident in saying I believe I've made a new discovery!
OnMortem = function ()
if player:has_won() then
player:add_badge("everyman3")
if statistics.bonus_levels_completed == statistics.bonus_levels_count then
player:add_badge("everyman4")
player:add_medal("thomas")
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_VERYHARD then
player:add_badge("everyman5")
end
end
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_NIGHTMARE and ARCHANGEL then
player:add_badge("everyman6")
end
end
end,
It seems that the game only checks if your bonus levels completed and count are equal, instead of checking if you're actually a conqueror! This means that if you were to play Humanity + Confidence / Overconfidence / 100, you won't get the reward for being a conqueror, but the game will still give you Thomas's Medal and Elite Platinum Badge! Seems that it's a very similar oversight to the Max Carnage + Overconfidence trick for the Destroyer Badges.
This trick will also work for Everyman Diamond Badge if it works for the others!
Here's some other chunks of code that would usually avoid this error:
-- elite badges
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_VERYHARD and is_conqueror then player:add_badge("elite4") end
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_NIGHTMARE then
if is_90kills then player:add_badge("elite5") end
if is_maxkills and is_conqueror then player:add_badge("elite6") end
end
register_challenge "challenge_aocn"
{
name = "Angel of Confidence",
description = "Are three episodes too much of a grind? Try beating the game in just two! Having seen the destruction of Phobos beforehand, you asked to be dropped off at the Deimos base to save yourself the trouble. At least they were nice enough to give you some more gear.",
rating = "VERY HARD",
rank = 4,
abbr = "AoCn",
let = "N",
removemedals = { "icarus1", "icarus2", "explorer", "conqueror", "competn1", "competn2", "competn3", "untouchable1", "untouchable2", "untouchable3" },
register_challenge "challenge_aooc"
{
name = "Angel of Overconfidence",
description = "Not three episodes, not even two: now we're down to a single count! You were so ready to face the legions of Hell that you were sent directly to their home turf. Good thing you snuck some extra supplies!",
-- In memory of our best abuser of AoOC
rating = "SEREG",
rank = 6,
abbr = "AoOC",
let = "V",
removemedals = { "icarus1", "icarus2", "explorer", "conqueror", "competn1", "competn2", "competn3", "untouchable1", "untouchable2", "untouchable3" },
register_challenge "challenge_a100"
{
name = "Angel of 100",
description = "100 levels, and you win. No Cybie, no Spidey, no JC, no special levels, just 100 normal levels. And yes, there are more and more enemies after level 25...",
rating = "HARD",
rank = 5,
abbr = "A100",
let = "O",
removemedals = { "gambler", "aurora", "explorer", "conqueror", "fallout1", "fallout2", "fallout3", "ironskull1" },
Now, Confidence and Overconfidence with Humanity, while in theory should give Thomas's Medal, are still very difficult, if not more difficult because you won't have the Arena Master's Staff for The Vaults. It could potentially be done on Ultra-Violence with use of Azrael's Scythe since you can use it indefinitely as far as max health is concerned, but then the Angel of Death is an issue.
So instead, I'm genuinely considering going for Angel of Humanity + Angel of 100 for Thomas's Medal and Everyman Platinum Badge! While it's a ton of floors, they're all just normal floors, of which I can skip through, don't need to kill everything, etc. No more having to deal with Deimos Lab or Mortuary or Abyssal Plains or any of those! :P When I did my Ultra-Violence 100% kill Angel of 100 awhile back, I would go through dozens of floors before ever getting touched, and now that I'm significantly better at the game and would be playing on Hey, Not Too Rough, I honestly think I can do it! Plus, it would be an amazing proof of concept! I searched through the mortems, and there isn't a single Angel of Humanity + Angel of 100 in there, which might be why this wasn't discovered.
It's still possible there's some sort of code preventing this trick, but I can't find such a thing and I'm ~99% sure it does actually work. If anyone can confirm if it does or doesn't, please share!
I think you misunderstood, Sereg; that's the actual code in the game. I was pointing out that with how it's structured it prevents the conqueror trick for other challenges.
Day 56:
With my new strategy idea, I've been trying Angel of Humanity mixed with Angel of 100 for Thomas's Medal and Everyman Platinum Badge. I'm still close to certain it works, but there's still the obstacle of actually doing the challenge, and it's quite hard.
So far on all of my runs, I've been instakilled by something. It's pretty insane actually how safe I have to be playing. Letting up defense just for one moment against just one enemy kills the run. I have to really respect the danger and assume the worst scenario with every decision. I'm also thinking that Cerberus Boots are going to be almost essential since fluid damage is massive and there are cases where I can't get around dealing with it. I'd rather not have to always be carrying an Envirosuit, so I'll definitely need those boots, or at the very least, Enviroboots.
After dying there a few times, I tried some more of beating a standard Nightmare game in under 20 minutes. On my first attempt of the night, I had some luck in Deimos with an early Invulnerability, got through some floors, found a few Homing Phase Devices, and just before fighting the Cyberdemon, there was an Invulnerability that was literally adjacent to the stairs! I also switched off from choosing Dodgemaster as my fifth trait for Brute to massively increase my melee damage (mostly due to the accuracy buff). I destroyed the Cyberdemon and reached Hell for the first time in awhile. From there, I finally got the stacked Invulnerability needed to get through in a reasonable amount of time, and then for the last touch of good luck, had another double Invulnerability on the last floor before Dis!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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drthtrd, level 6 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 11933 turns and scored 211152 points.
He played for 12 minutes and 16 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 234 out of 1053 hellspawn. (22%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
Mastermind's Brain
Major Icarus Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Untouchable Badge
UAC Platinum Badge
UAC Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 14310/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->Bru->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [2/4] (27%)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (94%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x13)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5]
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x35)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] bulk mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
57 former humans
48 former sergeants
19 former captains
50 imps
5 demons
32 lost souls
4 cacodemons
7 hell knights
5 former commandos
3 pain elementals
1 mancubus
1 arch-vile
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
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 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He left level 17 as soon as possible.
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 21 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
He left level 21 as soon as possible.
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You miss the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You
are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. The Spider
Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2116 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1692 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
53 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 222 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
144 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
14 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
126 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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It was very relieving to finally get these badges! On top, I finished with a pretty good 12:16, though it's sadly still so far away from the angelic badge. Besides Speedunner Angelic Badge, I now have all the real-time badges and medals, which is nice so that I can actually play at my preferred pace.
Since I was speedrunning, I didn't take much for screenshots, but I did snap this ending here since I noticed the swag experience level of 6/66%! ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/FiWZ6DR.png)
Happy to get some progress, especially since it came unexpectedly while I was just rotating challenges. I'm going to try some more for Humanity, but I'm beginning to think that despite how cool it would be and how simplified playing is, that I might not do Angel of 100 after all. I might try some stairdiving next time and see how that goes.
Melee builds are probably the way to go for speedrunning, but I figured I had enough time to work with to use something I'm more capable with. For the Speedrunner Angelic Badge, I'll definitely be using melee. Keep in mind that the majority of that run was me speeding through while Invulnerable. The traits I chose are the ones to best support doing that.
Yes, Dervis' Medallion is only earned on Angel of 100, while Centurial Angelic Badge is only earned on Angel of 666 (obviously). However, Centurial Diamond Badge can be earned on either. Here's the code for why that is:
OnMortem = function ()
if player.depth >= 16 then player:add_badge("century1") end
if player.depth >= 51 then player:add_badge("century2") end
if player:has_won() then
player:add_badge("century3")
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_VERYHARD then player:add_badge("century4") end
if DIFFICULTY >= DIFF_NIGHTMARE then
if ARCHANGEL then player:add_badge("century6") end
player:add_badge("century5")
end
end
end,
if ARCHANGEL then
ui.msg_enter("Or wait... false alarm. Still 566 to go.")
else
if DIFFICULTY == DIFF_NIGHTMARE then
player:add_medal("dervis")
end
player:win()
end
On that note of digging into the code, I was curious what the lever beneficial/neutral/dangerous feelings refer to when you only have Intuition x1, so I made a quick list:
Beneficial: Enemy damage, armor repair, health boost
Neutral: Water flood, forces explosions
Dangerous: Acid flood, lava flood, destroys walls, summons enemies
Day 57:
I tried more for Angel of Humanity + 100, but it's simply too luck-based when the intended method is much easier. Most of the combat is fine, you just need to be careful, but any bad start is hard to deal with. It'd be very unlikely to avoid Arachnotron caves for an entire 100 floors, or any starts with a dangerous group of enemies nearby. Almost all of my deaths were unfortunate insta-kills, but given that I've been making it to the 30s in floors, that's a good sign I can get through the floors of a normal game. As cool as it would be to flaunt the new strategy of Humanity + 100, I'm going to go back to normal attempts next time I try for it. I'm undecided which I'll do for Everyman Diamond Badge though.
I played for Quartermaster Platinum Badge this time with mixing Max Carnage. It plays a lot like a regular game, but there's a slight time limit. I had a few close calls, but never blew up on any floors.
On one of my runs, I reached the Cyberdemon with a collection of guns, including Elephant Gun, Double Shotgun, Chaingun, Plasma Rifle, and also a Chainsaw. I went for the Dodgemaster abuse strategy and was continually shot each reload, and ended up dying. I never realized that the Shotgun is the fastest weapon at reloading! I also really dislike the Elephant Gun with it's awful reloading speed. Combined with Shottyman trait is nice though, but I never reached that point. I also tried Gunrunner again and still hate it. :P
Juggler is a really sick trait to have for Max Carnage runs by the way, especially with the mouse wheel trick. :)
I had another nice run that got far into Hell, but a single Arachnotron cave was the end of that. While I'm still dying at the same rate as I would on Angel of Humanity, at least Max Carnage allows me to fight back properly in most cases. So I tried some more and got a solid run going.
This was a particularly nasty start given I was on Max Carnage:
(https://i.imgur.com/EQsiCyU.png)
Fortunately, I managed to scrape by and grab the Invulnerability too:
(https://i.imgur.com/OReZj0Z.png)
Towards the end of the run on Hell 5, I happened to leave a single tile uncovered on the far right side, which I later learned was hiding the stairs. Because I had to quickly run over there through a group of Mancubi to avoid the nuke killing me, I used up most of my health items and other gear. I got super lucky with a nice Hell 6 though:
(https://i.imgur.com/Y8UqLBM.png)
Those are Phaseshift Boots by the way. :) After that I had a pretty simple, though slightly scary Hell 7:
(https://i.imgur.com/oNUpBXh.png)
Once I got to Dis, I clicked RunWait and got the badge!
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drxstds, level 11 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 27367 turns and scored 537463 points.
He played for 35 minutes and 25 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 518 out of 1117 hellspawn. (46%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Quartermaster Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 50376/11
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (9d3) [1/1] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (92%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [34/40] (P1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
[b] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
[c] ballistic vest [1/1] (100%)
[d] chainsaw (4d6)
[e] 10mm ammo (x28)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x46)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x50)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x50)
[o] power cell (x8)
[p] steel boots [1/1] (93%)
[q] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
73 former humans
40 former sergeants
18 former captains
133 imps
28 demons
127 lost souls
2 cacodemons
12 hell knights
19 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
10 former commandos
12 pain elementals
16 revenants
11 mancubi
12 arch-viles
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He saw, left a present and left.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He decided to nuke the forbidden Lab.
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
He left level 15 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 22 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He decided it was too dangerous.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 60 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
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!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2131 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1697 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
62 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 222 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
145 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
126 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Hitting the nice milestone of platinum badge count being the big two-oh is really awesome! Next will be some more platinum badges that I think I can get. Angel of Humanity as a Conqueror is on the backburner for now. I do want to get that finished at some point though since I would really like to finish collecting all the medals and being done with that, but it'll have to wait for now.
Good progress and lots of fun! :)
Day 58:
The focus this time was on the Masochist Badges. Since I could mix them with Max Carnage, they weren't too bad to go for. They played out mostly like a normal Max Carnage run where I couldn't heal, so I just needed to be a little extra careful. Invulnerability and Berserk still works like normal, so that helps a lot.
I went for Masochist Platinum Badge first and got it pretty quickly. Nothing really remarkable happened, just careful gameplay and normal levels:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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f65fy, level 8 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 646792 turns and scored 99800 points.
He played for 47 minutes and 21 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 368 out of 581 hellspawn. (63%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Untouchable Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Masochist Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 24245/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (58%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] plasma rifle (1d7)x8 [0/40] (F1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (80%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x99)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] gatling gun (1d7)x6 [60/60]
[c] blue armor [2/2] (90%) (T)
[d] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] shotgun shell (x50)
[l] shotgun shell (x50)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x30)
[o] envirosuit pack
[p] onyx armor pack
[q] Hellwave Pack
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[s] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
68 former humans
41 former sergeants
12 former captains
86 imps
51 demons
66 lost souls
14 cacodemons
6 hell knights
4 barons of hell
5 arachnotrons
1 former commando
5 pain elementals
2 revenants
1 mancubus
2 bruiser brothers
2 shamblers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 9 he assembled a gatling gun!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
He nuked level 11!
On level 13 he found the Hellwave Pack!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 21 he encountered an armed nuke!
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The missile hits the
Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated
the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2143 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1707 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
62 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 223 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
146 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
127 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Next was Masochist Diamond Badge in the same manner. On runs outside of Angel of 100/666, I never get high enough experience levels to ever want Ironman or Badass, so that restriction wasn't a big deal.
Part way into the run, I had an interesting scenario. I entered with a nuke nearby while already Invulnerable, but there was another Invulnerability not far off. I also was in dire need of healing. I decided to set off the nuke in place and made a mad dash for the second one:
(https://i.imgur.com/9gT4oKc.png)
I fortunately made it before the Mancubus shot at me:
(https://i.imgur.com/soUkRUk.png)
I had another arena level two floors later and found a Phaseshift Armor:
(https://i.imgur.com/EsgOmYA.png)
Found another Invulnerability nearby:
(https://i.imgur.com/kXx0s7p.png)
After the Cyberdemon, I had a bit of luck with the stairs:
(https://i.imgur.com/pYCXgGd.png)
Which kept continuing:
(https://i.imgur.com/b417P7V.png)
Then on Hell 5, I had another Invulnerability spawn, which meant my run was quite close to being finalized:
(https://i.imgur.com/3NOk1wK.png)
Unfortunately, the spawned enemies on both sides of me were not nice:
(https://i.imgur.com/OOuOXXN.png)
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gfgfdssdf, level 8 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
couldn't evade a revenant's fireball on level 5 of Hell.
He survived 14213 turns and scored 194802 points.
He played for 24 minutes and 4 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 312 out of 909 hellspawn. (34%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 25296/8
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] shotgun (9d3) [1/1] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [2/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [52/52] (B1)
[b] green armor [1/1] (16%)
[c] chainsaw (4d6)
[d] 10mm ammo (x16)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x14)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] shotgun shell (x50)
[l] envirosuit pack
[m] power mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
47 former humans
33 former sergeants
19 former captains
58 imps
35 demons
75 lost souls
6 cacodemons
10 hell knights
13 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
3 former commandos
6 pain elementals
1 revenant
2 mancubi
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
-- 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.
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
He nuked level 11!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
Level 19 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
He left level 20 as soon as possible.
On level 21 he finally couldn't evade a revenant's fireball.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell. The
missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell.
The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. You hear the
scream of a freed soul!
Use scroll to choose weapon, left button to wield, right to cancel... You
swap your weapons instantly!
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You stop running.
You reload the shotgun. You are hit! Your green armor is completely
destroyed!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the shotgun. You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2144 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1708 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
62 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 223 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
146 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
127 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Sucks since I was so close to the ending, but that's how it goes on Nightmare sometimes. All it takes is one nasty floor and the run is over. Of course, I kept trying though. Getting pretty deep into a new run, I had a nasty room but some awesome luck:
(https://i.imgur.com/ZbpJq8N.png)
Immediately after was essentially an Arachnotron cave. I had Enviroboots so close by, but I unfortunately couldn't risk grabbing them:
(https://i.imgur.com/vGoMhBm.png)
Into Hell, I had some much-needed Invulnerability luck:
(https://i.imgur.com/GzdtSk9.png)
Then on Hell 6, being near the end again, I got another totally awful floor with a tough maze with both staircases on the far opposite side:
(https://i.imgur.com/5LMPf6X.png)
Through some close calls and clever tactics, I managed to not die:
(https://i.imgur.com/VbcfrkX.png)
The game gave me a break at the end, which followed with another easy Spider Mastermind kill:
(https://i.imgur.com/bDmwVKL.png)
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drtggdtrr, level 9 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 34632 turns and scored 318077 points.
He played for 38 minutes and 12 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 325 out of 893 hellspawn. (36%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Masochism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Untouchable Badge
Masochist Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 35942/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 1)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->Rel->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[b] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/40]
[c] green armor [1/1] (70%)
[d] red armor [1/4] (16%)
[e] chainsaw (4d6)
[f] 10mm ammo (x24)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x28)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] shotgun shell (x50)
[l] envirosuit pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
42 former humans
56 former sergeants
12 former captains
59 imps
53 demons
34 lost souls
5 cacodemons
8 hell knights
25 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
6 former commandos
2 pain elementals
8 revenants
2 mancubi
9 arch-viles
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- 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.
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 10 as soon as possible.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
He left level 13 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 20 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 20 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
You reload the tactical shotgun.
Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2152 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1715 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
62 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 223 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
147 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
128 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Very happy to get this pair of badges done! I've now got Tormuse matched and beaten in platinum and diamond, with just Evilpotatoe, Thomas, and Papilio edging me out in platinum, and with just Papilio left in diamond badges. Of course there are others, but nobody else who are confirmed. Pretty cool!
I'd like to try for another angelic badge soon, and going off Khiijol's advice, I think I'll do Veteran Angelic Badge next. Given that I can abuse any of Max Carnage, Light Travel, and Overconfidence, it doesn't seem too insane of a challenge. The main issue will be killing JC. Ideally, I'd just double nuke the ending, but I need to survive which is the problem. I'll see what I can figure out for that! It'd be great to get another ranking promotion and match some more players! :)
Day 59:
First time posting progress on the day of in quite awhile! :D
So as said, I decided to go for Veteran Angelic Badge with combining Max Carnage and Overconfidence. I had a pretty good start:
(https://i.imgur.com/9JXQUg2.png)
Part way into the level, I found the unique that spawned, which was Revenant's Launcher! Definitely a big help for corpse disposal:
(https://i.imgur.com/kOllqBI.png)
All the rockets collected from annoying Mancubi and Revenants will come in handy now. I generally don't like using Rocket Launchers since they destroy walls and scatter enemies around, but I didn't have much of a choice for this challenge. I got through the first floor pretty well, which is nice. Not much struggling yet!
(https://i.imgur.com/gEQ0PUj.png)
Floors 2 and 3 weren't anything special; I just killed enemies with the Assault Shotgun and then blew them up. One thing that stood out for me though is I was playing exceptionally well and had a massive kill streak after just a few levels:
(https://i.imgur.com/8Kktmxq.png)
Floor 4 is very crucial to the run since I need to safely get the Nuclear BFG. While an Invulnerability did spawn, it was unfortunately very far away from the stairs:
(https://i.imgur.com/Wis2kew.png)
I actually took my first hit in awhile here to a Nightmare Cacodemon, which got me back on alert:
(https://i.imgur.com/IhjifJC.png)
I found a Power Battery and the Hell Staff close together! Two very critical items for success!
(https://i.imgur.com/4cAoG5I.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/zPbGMiy.png)
The good luck continued with rolling Limbo. I didn't really have a plan for Mortuary, so I'm glad I got this:
(https://i.imgur.com/yzKDb6J.png)
I had quite the arsenal ready for Limbo. I had to be very careful to getting to the top-right:
(https://i.imgur.com/YXQwBYH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Y68lMyR.png)
Fortunately, there were no Archviles on that island and I made it there while still Invulnerable. I made the stupid mistake of forgetting that the corpses around can respawn and nearly died for it:
(https://i.imgur.com/J1JXH3n.png)
I really wanted to save the Soulsphere, but didn't have a choice and had to use it right away to blow up the island. Once that was done, I started firing away at the enemies:
(https://i.imgur.com/oRaR4Bc.png)
I didn't bring much for health, so I had to run across earlier than I had planned while I had over 100% health. Once I cleared out the middle area, I used up my last Large Med-Pack to cross again:
(https://i.imgur.com/lJaOLqQ.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/jvOPFNQ.png)
I was very careful on keeping one of the middle Soulspheres intact for later. Once again, I continued firing off to the far-off islands:
(https://i.imgur.com/4Rk9kd2.png)
Once the level was cleared out, I was in fairly good shape overall:
(https://i.imgur.com/1Fwa6f1.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/MGhTyyK.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Knv8qp8.png)
I was already at the one hour mark as this takes forever to do. I started considering that a Trigun run with floor 7 Invulnerability might be a much better strategy, although it would be a massive grind to get that luck. Limbo on Nightmare is so brutal though.
Floor 5 was pretty easy and nothing special. Floor 6 greeted me with this however:
(https://i.imgur.com/8fKTU6I.png)
I was super tempted to use the Nuclear BFG to wipe out a ton of enemies, but I was worried I could potentially destroy a nuke or something, so I just took cover and fired away countless shells into the crowd:
(https://i.imgur.com/5BXDJWh.png)
Turns out, doing that was a good idea:
(https://i.imgur.com/q1txQjO.png)
I rolled Mt Erebus, which I definitely prefer over Lava Pits. Happy to have got both bonus levels I wanted. Once I cleared out some of the Pain Elementals and Lost Souls around the starting area, I used the Hell Staff:
(https://i.imgur.com/cxNdhTd.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/rgSH5wB.png)
Kind of lucky to get inside honestly, as clearing out the Revenants while having cover is nice. Once they were cleared, I phased out some more:
(https://i.imgur.com/kFBHqMy.png)
Eep.
(https://i.imgur.com/Ky7Zf5f.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/O5JG2v4.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/jqldvVZ.png)
So stupid. I had to waste all of my Med-Packs. After grinding this run for a good chunk of time, this would be the dumbest way to lose the run. This is one major disadvantage of Mt Erebus over Lava Pits. I had one try left:
(https://i.imgur.com/i63Gop8.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/uuFKxSO.png)
Thank god, and honestly, I got warped in the ideal place too. I flipped the lever and cleared out the enemies around:
(https://i.imgur.com/NTWcJyi.png)
I noticed this Mancubus's corpse wouldn't get gibbed, so I stood on it for a moment while killing the others:
(https://i.imgur.com/r6NKEzE.png)
Even a BFG shot wouldn't destroy it?
(https://i.imgur.com/A9DLrGD.png)
Lava Armor!
(https://i.imgur.com/IXC3c20.png)
I was pretty well set for the Lava Elemental:
(https://i.imgur.com/tJLEKDC.png)
Killed him without getting hit! Pretty good!
(https://i.imgur.com/i3YHyHS.png)
After leaving behind the two undestroyable corpses, figuring they were dummied out or something, I checked my status to be sure:
(https://i.imgur.com/2BhGvZ1.png)
Had to waste an Envirosuit, which was worrying:
(https://i.imgur.com/tnRVfmg.png)
One of them would be destroyed after respawning, but the other still wouldn't so I dunked him in lava instead:
(https://i.imgur.com/QlRD9FH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/hdzCiEL.png)
So I was pretty well set to fight JC now, but I wasn't entirely sure how I'd go about killing him, since I've had awful luck every time I tried during my Apostle rank grind. I was really hoping floor 7 would give a second nuke and a nearby Invulnerability. I got a decent floor, but nothing I really needed:
(https://i.imgur.com/0PkDEWZ.png)
Some complications with clearing:
(https://i.imgur.com/U1eIeKc.png)
Entering Dis, this was my status:
(https://i.imgur.com/ByhhdZq.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/hPXJxJe.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/wVZSjgn.png)
After I blew up the Spider Mastermind, I was a little undecided what to go with for JC, but I went with this setup:
(https://i.imgur.com/8rdGx0I.png)
At this point, I was actually set for the angelic badge, and this was all on my first attempt, but I honestly was worried:
(https://i.imgur.com/ITNIRUD.png)
This realization however made my heart rate spike WAY up:
(https://i.imgur.com/hIOw1IS.png)
The Revenant's Launcher is SO GOOD for JC, and I realized I might actually kill him!
(https://i.imgur.com/ZjB6FoX.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/2TsrQdo.png)
Once I read "severely wounded", I started to get a bit nervous as I had a real shot at killing him now. 15 years of competitive gaming and at this point, it's exceptionally rare for me to feel nervous when playing. This was one of those moments. JC backed me up by taking a rocket hit, which worked out since I block most of fire damage and wanted to be out of sight of the other enemies:
(https://i.imgur.com/B0x0PhV.png)
HOLY SHIT I DID IT ON MY FIRST TRY!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/YsEtE9G.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/mgtNSXc.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/XHuQ2Eb.png)
This was BY FAR by leaps and bounds the most amazing thing I've ever done in DoomRL! This was literally my first attempt at going for this angelic badge and the run immediately after when I got Masochist Diamond Badge! A ton of it was good luck with Revenant's Launcher, Hell Staff, both good bonus levels, clear Nuclear BFG, not getting stuck in Mt Erebus, and no nasty floors! It's hard to show of course, but I definitely performed very well here and used a ton of great tactics throughout too! I really didn't think I would get this badge without some insane, goofy Trigun run, but I did it! I'm so elated!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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y454d5, level 13 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 279348 turns and scored 472048 points.
He played for 1 hour, 37 minutes and 59 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 761 out of 761 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Aurora Medallion
Grim Reaper's Badge
Veteran Angelic Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 35/50 Experience 74140/13
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->TaN->TaN->SoB->Fin->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Lava Armor [4/4] (84%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] power battery (x60)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [4/40] (P1)
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] minigun (1d6)x8 [260/260] (B1)
[d] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[e] shotgun shell (x22)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] rocket (x5)
[j] rocket (x10)
[k] rocket (x10)
[l] rocket (x10)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x38)
[o] power cell (x50)
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] Hell Staff
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x184)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 75% feet 0%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
47 former sergeants
16 former captains
27 imps
7 demons
361 lost souls
22 cacodemons
35 hell knights
37 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
6 former commandos
34 pain elementals
29 revenants
60 mancubi
28 arch-viles
6 nightmare imps
16 nightmare cacodemons
4 nightmare demons
9 nightmare arachnotrons
1 lava elemental
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
On level 2 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 4 he found the Hell Staff!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
On level 6 he found the Lava Armor!
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Level 7 was a hard nut to crack!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
missile hits the baron of hell. The missile hits the baron of hell. The hell
knight hits you.
Use scroll to choose weapon, left button to wield, right to cancel... You
wear/wield : a Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [0/1]
You reload the Revenant's Launcher. You are hit! The hell knight dies. John
Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
The missile hits the baron of hell. You hear the scream of a freed soul! The
baron of hell dies. You are hit!
Use scroll to choose weapon, left button to wield, right to cancel... You
wear/wield : a plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [10/40] (P1)
The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies. You are hit!
Use scroll to choose weapon, left button to wield, right to cancel... You
wear/wield : a Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [0/1]
You reload the Revenant's Launcher.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2153 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1715 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
62 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 223 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
148 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
129 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Thanks guys! Shoutouts to Khiijol again for the suggestion too! :D
Day 60:
I dabbled a little bit with Pacifist Angelic Badge, and it's super dumb, lol. The furthest I got to before dying or having an enemy die was floor 5, so this will definitely require a mega grind to get. On the plus side, the actual execution is pretty simple, but it'll take many, many attempts to get the needed luck.
I also tried a bit more for Angel of Humanity as a Conqueror on a normal game and on Angel of 100, but neither were working out. After awhile, I did some brainstorming and I came up with an absolutely amazing strategy for the run!
As shown in the code before, you can do Angel of Humanity + Overconfidence, complete the 4 floors, and receive the rewards, but all of the bonus levels are pretty insane to do. However, a very important point is that when you start off with one of each basic mod pack, a Combat Knife, and a Red Armor, you can create both a Ballistic Red Armor and a Chainsword immediately! This trivializes Unholy Cathedral! You can use a nice setup for the Lost Souls, destroy all the Demons once Berserk, and then fighting the Angel of Death with Berserk + Ballistic Armor, you'll only be taking 1 (10%) damage each hit!
(https://i.imgur.com/qyLM313.png)
Once a Lost Soul appears, step into the corner and ideally, the Lost Soul goes where you just were, giving a safe kill. Dancing around isn't too hard if they're uncooperative, and you'll usually need to use a Large Med-Pack anyway, so it's a great way to starting the level.
The other important key is that with both Angel of Humanity and Overconfidence, you receive all the Large Med-Packs for both challenges, giving you a total of 4 of them! You'll almost certainly need 2 for the Unholy Cathedral, but still have a pair for before or after.
Now, if you play on Hurt Me Plenty, which is harder than the necessary difficulty of Hey, Not Too Rough for the challenge, you can get Azrael's Scythe, which is the absolute key to completing the other bonus levels! Because you can use it indefinitely so long as you can keep healing (maximum HP has a minimum but still works), you can use it and wipe out both The Vaults and Mortuary/Limbo! In fact for Mortuary/Limbo, you start beside two Soulspheres, so you don't even necessary need all the Med-Packs. Once you clear the level by Whisper of Death spam, you then gain 4 extra Large Med-Packs, Angelic Armor, Red Armor (P), a nuke (via Nuclear BFG), and a Soulsphere on your exit! These two floors are also fantastic for experience!
Ideally for Lava Pits/Mt Erebus, you can enter while Invulnerable and nuke the place, then killing the Lava Elemental (2ish hits) once it warps to you. With Red Armor (P) + Berserk + Large Med-Packs, you have enough healing to survive, so long as you don't get dunked in lava.
With the Lava Element, you can then use it for floor 7 if you still have your nuke (for Dis), or otherwise enter Dis, spam all that you can left of Azrael's Scythe, then approach while Invulnerable and repeatedly make the Spider Mastermind flinch until she dies.
It's such an amazing strategy for this challenge! I can't recommend it enough! The start of floor 1 can be tricky, but Assault Shotgun + Shell Box is usually enough. It's important to also be collecting all the Med-Packs you can and to grab an Envirosuit if possible for the Lava Elemental. Another minor detail is if you find a Rocket Launcher before The Vaults, you can scavenge both of the side vaults for potential goodies.
I strongly recommend using the Scout and going with Brute x2 -> Berserker -> Brute -> Intuition x2 -> Hellrunner x2 -> beyond. The first four are for key for Angel of Death, though with a low experience floor 1, reaching just level 3 is fine. Intuition is also critical in my opinion because after spamming Azrael's, you absolutely need to minimize damage as you're running around with 5 HP and really benefit from seeing where Invulnerabilities are. Despite collecting the traits for Blademaster, it's not really useful since you should be avoiding groups of enemies.
I also recommend using a Scout for stair sense. I tried a bit with Marine, but wandering around the floors is too dangerous, despite having Vampyre and double Berserk/Invulnerability bonuses.
Once I pieced the strategy altogether, it took a few runs to get going, as well as getting a touch of luck, but it's very easy! You can also use the same strategy on Ultra-Violence for Everyman Diamond Badge, which I plan on doing in the future.
This was my setup at the end of floor 1:
(https://i.imgur.com/p3CI9HE.png)
Double Invulnerability on floor 5:
(https://i.imgur.com/ooOOTz1.png)
Lava Pits two steps away on floor 6:
(https://i.imgur.com/7GvpZol.png)
Some bad luck with a late warp by the Lava Elemental:
(https://i.imgur.com/9WNkXKB.png)
Envirosuit + Berserk saving the day. I killed the Lava Elemental in just 2 attacks, though I did need to be careful and used some Med-Packs:
(https://i.imgur.com/RtU6mBK.png)
Lucky floor 7:
(https://i.imgur.com/PgWh3SC.png)
Lava Element setup for Dis:
(https://i.imgur.com/wUmD8Sg.png)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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ftyt, level 8 Apostle Chaos Br. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 96888 turns and scored 69836 points.
He played for 20 minutes and 8 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 154 out of 226 hellspawn. (68%)
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Thomas's Medal
Everyman Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 5/5 Experience 27858/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Int->Int->HR->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (96%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x26)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[c] assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1)
[d] ballistic red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[f] shotgun shell (x36)
[g] rocket (x9)
[h] power cell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] small med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] phase device
[s] phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former humans
18 former sergeants
1 former captain
5 imps
22 demons
36 lost souls
10 cacodemons
2 hell knights
3 barons of hell
5 arachnotrons
5 former commandos
15 revenants
19 mancubi
7 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 1 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 1 he assembled a ballistic armor!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 6!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Boom! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You need to
taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You
need to taste blood!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! Boom! You
dodge! Boom! You need to taste blood!
The Spider Mastermind hits you. 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 flinched! You need to
taste blood! You feel vulnerable again.
You need to taste blood!
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 ---------------------------------------------------
2241 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1788 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
68 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 231 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
149 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
130 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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And indeed, I received both Thomas's Medal and Everyman Platinum Badge! Very happy to get these, but also to do so with brainpower! :)
At this point now, I just need one more medal, which is Dervis' Medallion. With that, I'll also receive two diamond badges with Centurial Diamond Badge, and Heroic Diamond Badge! I'm pretty confident I can beat Angel of 100 on Nightmare. I'm tempted to use Max Carnage, but I'm thinking it'll make the ending way too difficult, and will probably just do a standard challenge. The only thing is that the run itself takes some time and I don't really want to have my computer running overnight, so I'll try for this on the weekend. In the meantime, I think I'll go for Everyman Diamond Badge next and rotate a bit for the remaining platinum badges I haven't achieved.
Getting all the medals is a major milestone I'm looking forward to completing!
Day 62:
Good progress this day! First was more attempts at Quartermaster Diamond Badge. For the most part, gameplay is just based around not getting hit and making sure to find the stairs while exploring the levels. There's usually enough time to be killing every enemy with Max Carnage, except for the odd cases where they're teleporting around, or they become difficult to control. As you get further into the game, the difficulty stays roughly the same, maybe a bit easier as you get more useful traits to speed up, as well as buffed up weapons. A Plasma Rifle with plenty of ammo is enough to clear entire floors very fast!
Some screenshots; I went for a full clear on Hell's Armory and barely escaped in time:
(https://i.imgur.com/aSJ1Cnc.png)
On one floor, I had a double Invulnerability stacked near each other but didn't know where the stairs were. The floor was a "city" and one of the rooms hadn't been explored in, yet it turned out the stairs was on a random dark tile I hadn't checked yet. Fortunately before discovering that, I decided to use my Homing Phase Device after grabbing the Invulnerabilities, and it also turned out to be a good idea for the following floor:
(https://i.imgur.com/hyCBC6o.png)
The rest of the run was pretty basic stuff. It's not too hard of a challenge, but it's a fairly long game where you can't make too many mistakes for the entire duration. Each floor individually is easy, but playing flawlessly as a whole is a bit tough.
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hgsd, level 13 Apostle Chaos Br. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 53039 turns and scored 320297 points.
He played for 1 hour, 12 minutes and 28 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 757 out of 757 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Untouchable Badge
Hell Arena Key
Quartermaster Diamond Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 50/50 Experience 76518/13
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->MSh->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] duelist armor [4/4] (64%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [10/40] (P1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (T1)
[c] red armor [4/4] (100%) (T)
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%) (T)
[e] shotgun shell (x30)
[f] power cell (x36)
[g] power cell (x50)
[h] power cell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] large med-pack
[m] phase device
[n] phase device
[o] Hell Staff
[p] shell box (x12)
[q] rocket box (x6)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
66 former humans
67 former sergeants
27 former captains
174 imps
79 demons
146 lost souls
27 cacodemons
20 hell knights
39 barons of hell
10 arachnotrons
11 former commandos
15 pain elementals
32 revenants
19 mancubi
21 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He saw, left a present and left.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 12 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
He sounded the alarm on level 15!
On level 15 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 15 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
He sounded the alarm on level 18!
On level 22 he found the Hell Staff!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! The
missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
You quickly reload the plasma rifle.
The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched! The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
flinched!
You quickly reload the plasma rifle. Your power battery is depleted.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2268 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1805 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
74 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 234 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
150 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
131 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Slightly off-topic, here's a cool screenshot of a random game I played about a week ago that I forgot about:
(https://i.imgur.com/72muW3V.png)
Anyway, after that badge, I went for Berserker Diamond Badge. Given that melee is very hard on Nightmare when you can't be skipping everything, I opted to rush to floor 7, and then create a setup where I could repeatedly kill a weak enemy to buff up my kill count requirement. I got lucky with getting a run after just a few tries!
This was definitely a lucky start to this floor, and was also fantastic for experience:
(https://i.imgur.com/tKa9KGE.png)
And even luckier than it would appear!
(https://i.imgur.com/n6KI0hq.png)
With the double Invulnerability and a lucky floor 6...
(https://i.imgur.com/kwGxkra.png)
I was able to clear out an arena type floor on Hell 7, and wiped out all the corpses too, leaving just a single Revenant. While they're fairly dangerous, they have very low HP and are easy to repeatedly kill:
(https://i.imgur.com/VJPg521.png)
Once I reached enough kills (went a fair bit higher than necessary lol), I used the Chainsaw Berserk trick on Dis, charged the Spider Mastermind, and hit her with flinching hits until she died!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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y5see, level 6 Apostle Chaos Br. General Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 86497 turns and scored 116647 points.
He played for 13 minutes and 29 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 344 out of 471 hellspawn. (73%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Berserker Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 15/50 Experience 14368/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Fin->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (64%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket (x3)
[b] small med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] homing phase device
[f] power mod pack
[g] technical mod pack
[h] bulk mod 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 -----------------------------------------------------
7 former sergeants
2 former captains
7 imps
7 demons
34 lost souls
2 cacodemons
2 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
4 pain elementals
254 revenants
6 mancubi
7 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 3 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
He left level 6 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
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 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 need to taste blood!
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>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2274 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1810 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
74 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 234 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
151 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
132 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Two diamond badges in one night is pretty sweet at this point! This brings my count to 19, still with Heroic and Centurial in the bank waiting! :)
I'll probably start playing for Angel of 100 on Nightmare now and hopefully it doesn't take too long. :P I'm thinking of doing a Shotgun->Melee build with Intuition x2 -> Hellrunner x2 -> Dodgemaster -> Brute x2 -> Berserker -> Brute -> Beyond. It works out well since I'd of course want Blademaster, but only take 3 extra traits beforehand, all of which are helpful for melee builds anyway. Completing this challenge will give the double diamond badge and the last remaining medal, giving me my last major group of rewards, completing another page on my player stats, and leaving a great mark on my progress!
Hopefully I get some good luck on my runs!
Surviving the nuke is nice for quick clears, but I didn't want to risk the Invulnerabilities getting destroyed or getting attacked in the open. Hoping for luck or using cheesy tactics may not be the most appealing method for many players, but I'm an optimizer and strategist, and will always use all my resources available to achieve my goals. :)
Day 63:
Against what was recommended, I tried some Angel of 100 with Max Carnage on Nightmare and it didn't go too well. :P While Max Carnage is advantageous in combat and ammo conservation, the monster density is high enough where many starting points are surrounded and hard to control. I'll have to settle with raw Angel of 100 attempts.
I rotated a bit more, but didn't do anything spectacular. I also tried some more for Pacifist Angelic Badge and reached a new furthest point. This was a sketchy situation with nothing dying fortunately:
(https://i.imgur.com/fhgphD1.png)
Lucky floor 5:
(https://i.imgur.com/D5LTMtS.png)
Lucky floor 6:
(https://i.imgur.com/XycFRiG.png)
Rougher floor 7. To avoid monsters killing each other, I had to take a long swim through acid:
(https://i.imgur.com/7Q8AVan.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/C3wiaFc.png)
It seems that for Phobos Anomaly though, you need yet even more luck with a Phase Device for a realistic chance to get through without anything dying:
(https://i.imgur.com/ops92Jb.png)
Another Lost Soul got trashed too lol:
(https://i.imgur.com/trfqX8C.png)
And now for an overall progress discussion and how I'm feeling about all the remaining challenges. :)
One of the things with massively improving (in anything really) is having a stronger realization and understanding of how difficult certain tasks are, how talented top players are, and what's realistic. When I first started playing and writing here, I figured that while being a noob, I could eventually develop enough skill to get absolutely everything. Of course with plateaus, you begin to think that (now easy) other challenges are impossible until they are overcome and the process cycles until the next bump.
The thing is that I've learned a ton about this game now and I'd like to think I'm quite competent with how to play effectively. Yet, I truly don't think I'll ever achieve absolutely 100% of everything, not that I couldn't, but I don't want to end up investing thousands of hours just for certain badges. Speedrunner Angelic Badge comes to mind, but there are a couple others that are totally fucked too. Surely, anyone can get Speedrunner Angelic Badge with enough luck, but to beat the game in 4 minutes on Nightmare has very little to do with skill or learning. It's entirely a slot machine that would take a ridiculously stupid amount of time to get, which could of course be used on countless other things.
With all of this in mind, I also have a much better understanding of why people are very skeptical about 2Dev and VANDAM. I'm a firm believer of innocent until proven guilty, but being so casual about Demonic Angelic Badge doesn't make any sense, not to mention actually achieving it. If there were a supercomputer that would calculate all the mathematics and probabilities of every action and choose the best one each time, I imagine it still wouldn't be able to achieve the badge on most runs. Or just maybe, they know some secret tactics that I haven't figured out yet. Or perhaps they clocked in an ungodly number of hours.
For confirmed players, I'd strongly argue Papilio is the DoomRL's #1 with countless videos and mortems of super difficult challenges, duplicating many of those badges, and beating many without challenge abuse. Tormuse is definitely in that same tier by flaunting the most confirmed angelic badges, especially Everyman Angelic Badge. I'd say I'm a comfy 3rd place, but still behind by a major skill gap that I want to overcome.
Now, this isn't me giving up and vanishing or anything like that, but having learned and improved a lot with the game, I'm definitely going to scale my goals back a bit. Mindless grinding with little to no meaningful input by the player is not appealing at all (I'm perfectly fine with churning out runs though), but there are still many badges that offer a fair and difficult challenge that I want to accomplish. And because the game is a ton of fun, I'm definitely going to do a lot of my own personal challenges. One in particular I want to do eventually is a 100% kill game of Archangel of 666 on Ultra-Violence. I also want to do a bunch more of Max Carnage + Angel of 100 runs. Perhaps I'll also go for "un-Sereg'd" badge challenges too.
Here are my current thoughts on my remaining unachieved badges:
Strongman Platinum Badge - Tough, but doable with Invulnerability luck and using the Chainsaw for Babel and Dis.
Elite Platinum Badge - I don't think this challenge is too bad, but having to go through a long game with Mortuary/Limbo waiting near the end is scary. I'll probably go for 100% kills on this run for the needed experience.
Demonic Platinum Badge - Many of the bonus levels can be immediately exited, so I don't think this is too much harder than a regular Nightmare game. Again, Mortuary/Limbo waiting near the end is going to kill a lot of long runs, but I can definitely get this.
Marksman Platinum Badge - Probably the hardest platinum badge in my opinion. I'll likely go with a Sharpshooter build for this, but I've really never been a fan of using Pistols. Needing to kill everything keeps the player honest and also means mixing with Overconfidence is unrealistic.
Heroic Diamond Badge/Centurial Diamond Badge/Dervis' Medallion - Mostly needs a lucky start, ideally early Inquisitor set, and then it's just a stairdive. Even if this was much tougher, my last medal and a pair of diamond badges is a huge incentive to finish this soon.
Strongman Diamond Badge - Pretty damn hard. Papilio has achieved it, but I might be skipping this one.
Elite Diamond Badge - Basic Nightmare game with respawn grinding on the floor before Dis. Pretty easy, but time-consuming.
Demonic Diamond Badge - Very hard badge to earn. I think it will take a really lucky Phobos episode, followed by Invulnerability luck. Might skip it.
Everyman Diamond Badge - A step up in difficulty from platinum, but I can and will definitely get it.
Arena Diamond Badge - Really dumb luckfest badge, lol. I think only Tormuse has got it? I think the only way I'll be getting it is with a Butcher's Cleaver on floor 2, which I'm not too ecstatic to go for.
UAC Angelic Badge - Totally fucked. Nobody confirmed to have achieved.
Strongman Angelic Badge - Only Tormuse has it, and I'm not exactly excited for punching enemies for hours on end lol. Will probably skip it.
Speedrunner Angelic Badge - lol
Elite Angelic Badge - A couple players have this one which is surprising to me. Maybe I can get it on a Trigun run. :P
Demonic Angelic Badge - Shouldn't be realistically possible.
Berserker Angelic Badge - Tormuse has it from a lucky run. I'd definitely need more Invulnerability luck to get it.
Marksman Angelic Badge - Papilio and a couple others have it I think? I'm already not keen on Marksman Platinum Badge lol. I think a stair-dive with respawn grinding at the end would work, but I don't think I'll go for it.
Eagerness Angelic Badge - Nope.
Inquisitor Angelic Badge - Totally fucked.
Quartermaster Angelic Badge - It seems quite a few players have this one, and I think I can get it too. I'll definitely play for it.
Masochist Angelic Badge - I believe this is the "easiest" unachieved angelic badge? While health boosts are blocked, you can still run around Invulnerable. It's essentially a lighter version of UAC/Demonic, except you can't restore tactics either. I might try for it.
Centurial Angelic Badge - Will definitely get this one at some point.
Pacifist Angelic Badge - Never achieved and I don't think I will be getting it either. It requires far too much luck to be worth grinding for. On the plus side though, it's a nice fallback during a bad gameplay session, or for a few quick runs, so who knows. Maybe after long enough, I'll accidentally get it.
Everyman Angelic Badge - Totally fucked, but Tormuse somehow got it. Of all things though, not being able to use Intuition x2 is keeping me away from it lol.
In summary, I will go for all the remaining platinum badges, most of all the diamond badges (skipping Strongman, Demonic, and Arena), and I'll get at least up to 6 angelic badges for another ranking promotion. I'll probably be getting Centurial Angelic Badge, Quartermaster Angelic Badge, and one other, maybe Elite Angelic Badge.
I'm still overall happy with my progress thus far and have been having a blast, but this is now The Journey to 95%. :P When you shoot for the stars, you still get pretty far into space, and I definitely wouldn't have got as far as I have if not going for 100% to begin with. The top 10 in anything competitive are not players who just want top 10, but 1st.
You do indeed earn your namesake with "No-Life King", and I'm not willing to take that kind of plunge. :P I'll continue doing my best and while I think I won't be going beyond 3rd place in ranks/badges, I'd like to close the gap a bit to Papilio and Tormuse, as well as getting as far up as I can. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the game at this point where I'm seriously running low of realistically doable challenges and being nearly forced to grind for stupidly difficult challenges, but as I said, I'll still be continuing strong, so don't worry. :)