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DiabloRL / Re: Is this *EVER* going to be released?
« on: July 07, 2012, 06:22 »Quote
original post implied the entire code was being converted to lua, which can't and shouldn't happen.Speak for yourself. Lua's an amazing language. Betcha'd see a lot more community effort. I wish someone would make a decent curses wrapper for Ruby, then I might start making that Civilization-themed roguelike I've always wanted to make. Roguelike developers all seem to want to live in ancient history. I'd rather let a pinkie chew my eyes out than program in C.
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Discussion / Re: Assemblies
« on: July 06, 2012, 12:42 »
And on the topic of the Tactical Shotgun, I know I'm probably speaking blasphemy here, but I don't consider it to be that much better than the combat shotgun to be a definite no-brainer. Sure, it deals more damage and you don't need to pump, but I find that in the early game, enemies don't move so fast that pumping makes that big of a difference in your killing power. In the late game, I do most of my killing with a double-shotty in corner shooting position, relegating the combat/tac shotty to auxiliary roles, like taking out lone lost souls/formers.
Making a focused double-shotty therefore becomes a better choice for the mods. A focused DS allows me to change my playstyle, letting me come out of the corners into the open. The Mortuary is doable with nothing more than a P-modded focused DS, and you'll get an assault shotgun there anyway if you really want one. If I have the mods to make a focused double shotty after the armory, I'll hold on to them until WK2 and make do with a combat until I can assemble one. Usually I'll find a second tech mod, that goes on the CS. A tech-modded CS is really an under-appreciated weapon, the increased fire-speed makes up for the pump, producing a weapon that fires almost as fast as a tac shotty without using a precious power mod.
Edit: Looking at the Wiki, a tac shotty fires in 1 second, whereas a combat shotty fires in 1 sec with a .2 second reload time. A tech mod cuts fire time to .85 seconds, meaning a T1 combat shotty can fire and pump in 1.05 seconds. If you have WK1 or 2, you may want to think about just putting the mods on the CS without turning it into the tac version.
Making a focused double-shotty therefore becomes a better choice for the mods. A focused DS allows me to change my playstyle, letting me come out of the corners into the open. The Mortuary is doable with nothing more than a P-modded focused DS, and you'll get an assault shotgun there anyway if you really want one. If I have the mods to make a focused double shotty after the armory, I'll hold on to them until WK2 and make do with a combat until I can assemble one. Usually I'll find a second tech mod, that goes on the CS. A tech-modded CS is really an under-appreciated weapon, the increased fire-speed makes up for the pump, producing a weapon that fires almost as fast as a tac shotty without using a precious power mod.
Edit: Looking at the Wiki, a tac shotty fires in 1 second, whereas a combat shotty fires in 1 sec with a .2 second reload time. A tech mod cuts fire time to .85 seconds, meaning a T1 combat shotty can fire and pump in 1.05 seconds. If you have WK1 or 2, you may want to think about just putting the mods on the CS without turning it into the tac version.
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Discussion / Re: Assemblies
« on: July 06, 2012, 12:24 »IS a focused double shotty that useful, really? I mean sure, you have superb concentrated firepower, but the reload time between EVERY BLAST and the fact that the damage is shrapnel (read: is stopped easily by armor without MAD), I think I'd take a tactical shotgun over it any day.They only have a place in a shotgun run, where you'd take shottyman. They're worth making in Shottyhead and masterless Tech runs. Can't take WK in an MAD run, but even if you could, damage dealing isn't your problem there, so making one would be overkill.
They're awesome because they kill weak formers/imps without fail in one shot, anywhere in your sight range. And they take that damage with them at long range, meaning you can reliably knock back Viles/Arachs/Mancubi at the edge of your vision, giving you time to make it to cover so you can corner shoot them closer up. If you have Shottyhead, you can keep moving towards a Vile while shooting it, you'll probably kill it before it can damage you. Once I have enough ammo to last me the game, I usually drop other shotguns. Bringing more firepower to the table turns out to be worth the need to make a quick step between shots, because my move speed is usually .60secs or less.
Nano-shrapnel, on the other hand, even without the need for reloading, does poor damage, but still knocks your enemy back, meaning you have to stand there and fire over and over and over again, or move, which would reload your weapon anyway if you took Shottyman. Bigger enemies it won't knock out of your sight range. It just isn't as useful as it looks.
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Discussion / Re: Assemblies
« on: July 05, 2012, 17:36 »
I made a nano-shrapnel double-shotty once. Results were underwhelming. Sure, the damage is piercing, but you get two fewer dice. Give me an unmodded super shotty over a nano-shrapnel on a shotgun run any day.
Of course, you can make a super shotty by P-modding a focused double. You heard it here first.
Of course, you can make a super shotty by P-modding a focused double. You heard it here first.
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Century Lounge / Re: [H|Ao100|YAAM] Trigun gunning
« on: July 05, 2012, 17:32 »
Malek's speeds you, not slows you. One of the best possible armors in the game. Only thing I think I'd take over Malek's is onyx- or nano-modded cerberus. Though if I got a nano mod, I'd make gravity boots before putting it on armor.
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Discussion / Re: Assemblies
« on: July 05, 2012, 05:48 »You can always make a plasmatic ASSAULT shotgun...Or just find a plasma shotgun, which is pretty much the same thing.
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0.9.9.6 / Re: [M|AoSh|YAAM] Ultimate Shotgun Rapetime
« on: June 26, 2012, 15:58 »
Never was lucky enough to find a Jackhammer in any of my AoSh runs, good job!
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0.9.9.6 / Re: [M|AoB|96%||YAVP] AoB finally!
« on: June 25, 2012, 11:24 »
Knocked out AoLT while I was at it. The move-speed bonus I thought would work well with a Blademaster build, and boy did it. One of the easier challenges I've attempted, beat it on only the second try. Going to try MMB on AoI next.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Vince, level 11 Arch-Vile 2nd Lieutenant Scout,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 63126 turns and scored 107836 points.
He played for 55 minutes and 52 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 610 out of 614 hellspawn. (99%)
He was a real killing machine...
He was an Angel of Light Travel!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 8
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Lightfoot Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 25/80 Experience 58344/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Bru->MBm->DM->Iro->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered red armor [5/5] (53%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x16)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] Angelic Armor [7/7] (94%)
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-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 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
89 former humans
47 former sergeants
15 former captains
80 imps
96 demons
162 lost souls
29 cacodemons
14 hell knights
11 barons of hell
24 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
11 pain elementals
1 revenant
11 mancubi
10 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
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 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a tactical armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he assembled a power armor!
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!
Level 17 blasted him with unholy atmosphere!
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, hell froze over!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! Boom!
You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
Run - direction...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. The Spider
Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
berserk! The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. 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. Next!
Argh!!! Lava!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
928 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
890 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 25 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
8 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
8 killed the bitch and survived.
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0.9.9.6 / Re: [M|AoB|96%||YAVP] AoB finally!
« on: June 25, 2012, 11:19 »
It was either that, Reloader, Eagle Eye, or other worthless traits.
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0.9.9.6 / [M|AoB|96%||YAVP] AoB finally!
« on: June 24, 2012, 19:32 »
Was having trouble fine-tuning my melee strategy. Kept wanting to go for move-speed like my last Shottyhead challenge, only as a Marine Vampyre. Finally decided to give that up and go with a passive defense, then my games started improving. Everybody dumps on TaN in the endgame, but an extra 2 armor does make the health gain from Vampyre go that much farther.
For awhile I was going Fin -> Fin -> WK2 because I wanted a Ripper, but when I finally did assemble that Ripper, I found that the -4 accuracy makes it a worse weapon than the Longinus Spear. A-mod would probably help there, but I died before finding one. Finally. when I decided to not do the Vaults and just take the stairs every level after the Mortuary, I was able to knock AoB off the "Silver Badge's to get" list. Kept wanting to do the Wall, with the homing phase from HA, but none of the phases I found on levels 1-6 put me behind it.
Notes: Try to get to Hell's Arena without using a single medkit. Then fight every demon with running turned on, and use a kit as soon as running expires. On AoB a Large Health globe spawns with the third wave, That + Berserker should see you through. CC+ is straightforward, grab the saw, and annihilate the Caco's/Knights with it, one more for the AM, save the last for healing. It's worth it, the dodge bonus from Tac Boots goes a long way in a melee game, and there's a lot of experience there.
For awhile I was going Fin -> Fin -> WK2 because I wanted a Ripper, but when I finally did assemble that Ripper, I found that the -4 accuracy makes it a worse weapon than the Longinus Spear. A-mod would probably help there, but I died before finding one. Finally. when I decided to not do the Vaults and just take the stairs every level after the Mortuary, I was able to knock AoB off the "Silver Badge's to get" list. Kept wanting to do the Wall, with the homing phase from HA, but none of the phases I found on levels 1-6 put me behind it.
Notes: Try to get to Hell's Arena without using a single medkit. Then fight every demon with running turned on, and use a kit as soon as running expires. On AoB a Large Health globe spawns with the third wave, That + Berserker should see you through. CC+ is straightforward, grab the saw, and annihilate the Caco's/Knights with it, one more for the AM, save the last for healing. It's worth it, the dodge bonus from Tac Boots goes a long way in a melee game, and there's a lot of experience there.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Vince, level 11 Arch-Vile 2nd Lieutenant Marine,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 112455 turns and scored 102019 points.
He played for 1 hour, 2 minutes and 14 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 707 out of 736 hellspawn. (96%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Berserk!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 9
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Aurora Medallion
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Berserker Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 66/80 Experience 52874/11
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->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Bru->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] chainsaw (5d6) (B)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] tactical armor [0/0] (100%)
[b] blue armor [4/4] (100%) (P)
[c] nanofiber red armor [2]
[d] medical armor [4/4] (74%) (P)
[e] Angelic Armor [3/7] (41%)
[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] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] bulk mod pack
[u] shockwave 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 -----------------------------------------------------
102 former humans
74 former sergeants
41 former captains
69 imps
56 demons
241 lost souls
39 cacodemons
18 hell knights
14 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
10 pain elementals
7 revenants
10 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 10 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 12 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
On level 13 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!
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 stumbled into complex full of hell knights!
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!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. The Spider
Mastermind hits you. Your medical armor is damaged!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. Your medical
armor is damaged! The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Spider Mastermind hits
you. Your medical armor is completely destroyed!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
berserk! 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 dodge! Boom! The barrel explodes!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
923 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
886 of those were killed.
3 of those were killed by something unknown.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 25 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
7 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
7 killed the bitch and survived.
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Century Lounge / Re: [M|Ao100|YAAM] Assembly happy
« on: June 24, 2012, 08:50 »
Any particular reason why you assembled Power Armor as opposed to waiting for one more P-mod and doing Nanofiber Skin?
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0.9.9.6 / Re: [M|AoP|99%|24|YASD] How did she kill me?!?
« on: June 19, 2012, 23:21 »
SM requires special tactics to defeat, for almost any build. +movespeed really really helps. If you can assemble Tac Armor + Tac Boots, then you'll be able to out-run her. You can only stand there and slug it out with her if you've a melee build. The Lava Element only gives nine turns of invulnerability. Use them wisely.
When I beat AoSh, it was with Shottyhead, tac boots, tac armor, and the assault shotgun from the Mortuary. I could unload the entire gun, then still have time to pop around the next corner, AND fully reload. She never got within range. Would have beaten her damageless if I weren't stupid in the beginning of the match.
When I beat AoSh, it was with Shottyhead, tac boots, tac armor, and the assault shotgun from the Mortuary. I could unload the entire gun, then still have time to pop around the next corner, AND fully reload. She never got within range. Would have beaten her damageless if I weren't stupid in the beginning of the match.
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Discussion / Re: No ASCII for Linux?
« on: June 19, 2012, 02:50 »
Playing by SSH doesn't strike me as a very good idea unless you can figure out a way to forward sound over the SSH connection.
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0.9.9.6 / Re: [U|99%|YAVP] War... war never changes AKA nuke ALL the levels
« on: June 18, 2012, 00:41 »Seems legit.Yeah, special levels are considered to be at the same depth as the level you entered them as. I never noticed that until recently. It's made me change my strategy to try to clear out more special levels because you get XP that you wouldn't have otherwise gotten the chance to get.
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0.9.9.6 / Re: [M|AoSh|YAAM] Finally I can move on!
« on: June 12, 2012, 12:40 »
That works for the two on the left, but I'm wary about approaching the two on the right that way because losing one or both of the zerks really makes dealing with the AM difficult.