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Post Mortem / Re: [U|100%|YAFW] Elite Platinum
« on: August 22, 2018, 23:49 »
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I wonder though, how does super shotty help in Mortuary? Does it just help knocking them back, or viles actually die from it? Frankly with MVm I'd rather run at them and go KIYAAAH while everything gets hurt in the crossfire.

Both! I used a strategy khiijol suggested - I made a mad dash to the right using the skulls I got from agony elemental to clean things up. I whacked everything in sight with the scythe and got the nuclear BFG. As I moved leftwards I found there were a lot of formers and arachnotrons spread out just enough to do an annoying amount of damage. My best Mortuary runs always seem to involve a big shotgun (a Jackhammer was responsible for my first ever Mortuary clearance) so I switched and everything just became easy. It's like there's a massive force field pushing all the monsters away from you. Plus - the super shotgun does between 16 and 64 damage so things tend to die :-) I didn't even  need the BFG!

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and if you screw up they're way faster than you

And how! My first attempt I was so overconfident I got my ass handed to me at the door. On another try just after I triggered the trap I got surrounded and chewed to bits almost instantly :-(  Those things scare me...


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Post Mortem / [U|100%|YAFW] Elite Platinum
« on: August 22, 2018, 05:45 »
My first conqueror medal! The worst part of getting this badge is Phobos Labs. That level tripped me up everytime. I was really happy to see the Military Base this time - it's so much easier it's not funny.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Timo Viitanen,
 level 16 Hell Baron Lt. Colonel Marine,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 289246 turns and scored 416699 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 13 minutes and 49 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 1556 out of 1556 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

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

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

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Conqueror Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Elite Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 97/70   Experience 125996/16
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +10  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +15

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Tough as nails   (Level 3)
    Brute            (Level 5)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Bad->Fin->Fin->Fin->TaN->Bru->Bru->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (77%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   lava steel boots [1]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   super shotgun (8d4)x2 [2/2] (B1)

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
    [c] red armor [4] (O)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x36)
    [e] shotgun shell (x70)
    [f] shotgun shell (x15)
    [g] shotgun shell (x70)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] small med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] homing phase device
    [m] homing phase device
    [n] Hell Staff
    [o] tactical boots [0/0] (88%)
    [p] shell box (x20)

-- 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 60% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    137 former humans
    118 former sergeants
    55 former captains
    139 imps
    114 demons
    564 lost souls
    57 cacodemons
    63 hell knights
    79 barons of hell
    28 arachnotrons
    19 former commandos
    48 pain elementals
    27 revenants
    42 mancubi
    36 arch-viles
    7 elite former humans
    5 elite former sergeants
    5 elite former captains
    2 elite former commandos
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack
    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 6 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
  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 nanofiber 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 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 18 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 18 he assembled a lava boots!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  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 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits 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 the lost soul. The lost soul dies. 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. 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!
 The lost soul hits you. The missile hits the lost soul. That hurt! You' going
 berserk! The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! 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. 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 ---------------------------------------------------

 557 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 506 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 10 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 25 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 15 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 9 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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I almost got this badge yesterday when I messed it up by accidentally using a homing phase in Phobos Lab - I was stuck and couldn't complete the level. I kept going but, as I suspected, it didn't count as a proper level completion. Sigh. The MVP for the Mortuary was the super shotgun. That thing is amazing - I cleared the level without too much trouble. I had two shell boxes which really helped as well. Also I was extremely lucky to find two onyx mods which allowed me to try the lava boots for the first time which also made a huge difference. The Lava Pits were a formality really.

All in all this was a blast. Some of the most fun I've had in doomrl. Three platinums in about a week - I'm feeling ready to take on some diamonds! Although... I probably need to get back to work... (looks guilty)

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Great run! Always nice to a get a really good start. Looks like you might be ready for a Daredevil Diamond :-)

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Post Mortem / [U|AoMC+AoCn|100%|YAVP] Daredevil Platinum
« on: August 16, 2018, 23:58 »
Did this the easy way with AoMC. Had a few false starts (one game lasted exactly 17 seconds) but I eventually got going. Only bad moment was an early hell level where I spawned right next to a pack of  revenants, mancubi and 2 arch-viles. Luckily I had a phase or I'd have been toast. The rest went pretty smoothly.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Igor Savin, level 13 Hell Baron Lt. Colonel Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 58010 turns and scored 224708 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 8 minutes and 41 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 469 out of 469 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   : 2
  Levels completed : 2

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

  Mastermind's Brain
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Daredevil Bronze Badge
  Daredevil Silver Badge
  Daredevil Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 70972/13
  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)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->HR->Fin->HR->SoB->SoB->DM->Fin->SoB->TH->MCe->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   powered red armor [5/5] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chaingun (1d7)x4 [30/40] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [0/40] (P1)

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

    [a] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
    [b] Railgun (8d8) [40/40]
    [c] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x25)
    [h] rocket (x12)
    [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] homing phase device
    [s] homing phase device
    [t] gothic boots [10/10] (200%)

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

    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   

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

    17 former humans
    37 former sergeants
    26 former captains
    67 imps
    25 demons
    97 lost souls
    30 cacodemons
    9 hell knights
    35 barons of hell
    24 arachnotrons
    16 former commandos
    12 pain elementals
    26 revenants
    20 mancubi
    24 arch-viles
    2 shamblers
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  On level 1 he entered Deimos Lab.
  On level 1 he found the Acid Spitter!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 2 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 3 he witnessed the Wall.
  On level 3 he assembled a power armor!
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 13 he found the Railgun!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 16 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 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!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 You swap your weapons.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | blood | [ m ]ore
 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 dies.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 512 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 466 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 10 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 22 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 13 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 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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Post Mortem / Re: [U|92%|YAFW] First Full Win!
« on: August 16, 2018, 23:45 »
Hi khiijol, those are really good tips thanks! I'll give it another shot, maybe go for a conqueror run if I can manage it...

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Post Mortem / Re: [U|92%|YAFW] First Full Win!
« on: August 16, 2018, 12:14 »
Thanks, good to be back! I had plenty of rust - I couldn't even get past the Base Entry for a while... Took a few HNTR and HMP games before I got my groove back and then a lot of UV games before things clicked and I felt like my old self. Still - I reckon if I'd played properly I could've cleared the Mortuary, I was just lucky I didn't get punished for being a moron (trying to melee with a tactical shotgun is less effective than you might believe).

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Post Mortem / Re: [M|AoB|YAAM|YAFW] New recruit reporting!
« on: August 16, 2018, 01:13 »
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After about five years of not touching this, I finally gathered enough strength, nostalgia and will to ever delve into a procedurally generated Hell.

That's just weird - I haven't played for 5 years either and picked up again this last week! Maybe there's something in the air?

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Post Mortem / [U|92%|YAFW] First Full Win!
« on: August 16, 2018, 01:11 »
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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Nils Bloodaxe,
 level 15 Hell Baron Major Marine,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 276511 turns and scored 354927 points.
 He played for 18 hours, 32 minutes and 14 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 1328 out of 1432 hellspawn. (92%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 9
  Levels completed : 7

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  UAC Silver Badge
  UAC Gold Badge
  Veteran Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 160/80   Experience 100273/15
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Tough as nails   (Level 3)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->TaN->TaN->Bad->Fin->Fin->TaN->Fin->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]

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

    [a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
    [b] shotgun shell (x12)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] rocket (x7)
    [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] homing phase device
    [p] homing phase device
    [q] homing phase device
    [r] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
    [s] 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 -----------------------------------------------------

    87 former humans
    109 former sergeants
    58 former captains
    140 imps
    108 demons
    499 lost souls
    37 cacodemons
    18 hell knights
    33 barons of hell
    78 arachnotrons
    29 former commandos
    53 pain elementals
    22 revenants
    19 mancubi
    9 arch-viles
    7 elite former humans
    5 elite former sergeants
    5 elite former captains
    2 elite former commandos
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    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 left the Arena before it got too hot.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
  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 12 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 13 he assembled a nanofiber 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!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a killing machine!
 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 are hit! 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. You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! 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 ---------------------------------------------------

 509 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 464 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 10 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 22 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 12 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 8 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------

So... It's been 5 years since I last posted here... Honestly doesn't feel that long. I haven't played much in the meantime but I got hit by a sudden wave of nostalgia so I thought I'd fire things up again and pick up where I left off.

I never played melee before but I got inspired by Tormuse's youtube videos so I thought I'd give it a try. Vampyre is awesome! The only problem is that it tends to lead to catastrophic mistakes when I play too fast because I think I'm invincible. Seriously I lost a game after clearing the Mortuary with something like 5 large medpacks just sitting there because I forgot to check my health! Sigh. I now have a message sitting above my pc - Former Commandos Deserve Respect.

This was something like my fifth or sixth proper run and I finally managed not to get myself killed in stupidly creative ways. I screwed things up in the Mortuary so I ended up phasing out which irked me because I cleared it last time I tried... Sigh. That's the only reason I missed a YAAM.

My last try with JC ended like this: https://forum.chaosforge.org/index.php/topic,6102.msg52748.html so I was expecting a big fight. He went down almost immediately. Azrael's Scythe hits hard.

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Discussion / Re: So what packages now?
« on: April 12, 2013, 00:13 »
Hi... I'm running Ubuntu 11.04: the ones I have installed are libsdl1.2debian, libsdl-mixer1.2 and liblua5.1 and lua5.1. I don't think you need timidity anymore but it can't hurt...

Try this:

sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian libsdl-mixer1.2 liblua5.1 lua5.1 timidity

I think that should do the trick :-)  If it doesn't work then run synaptic and look for sdl, sdl-mixer, lua5.1 and timidity (those are all mentioned in the unix_notes.txt file in the doomrl game archive).

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How did you do the UC? Knife throwing?

Yep - took forever too. Actually it caused a mild moment of panic when I was getting close to UC and I suddenly realised I had forgotten to bring a knife along... Luckily I was still a level or two away and managed to find two and a power mod before I got there... It's funny I play DoomRL much like I play real life - I really need space around me and melee is just too 'up close and personal' :-)

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I had to leave this one overnight and I struggled to get to sleep. I must've been dreaming of chaingunning demons :-) I'm kinda proud of this run because it feels like I'm beginning to get the hang of getting through the game without taking too much damage. (I know AoMC is DoomRL 'easy-mode' but it still counts!)

Stats: Damage taken - 177 Best streak: 174 (second best 166).

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 Joseph Hewitt,
 level 14 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 151955 turns and scored 310603 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 18 minutes and 15 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 saved himself 3 times.

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

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

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Mastermind's Brain
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Untouchable Badge
  Untouchable Medal
  Shambler's Head
  Hell Champion Medal
  Gatekeeper Silver Badge
  Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Destroyer Bronze Badge
  Destroyer Silver Badge
  Destroyer Gold Badge
  Destroyer Platinum Badge
  Longinus Gold Badge
  Scavenger Platinum Badge
  Scavenger Diamond Badge

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

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

  Health 28/35   Experience 96655/14
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->DM->TH->Fin->Iro->Fin->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [24/40] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (70%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   gatling gun (1d7)x6 [60/60]

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

    [a] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
    [b] powered red armor [5/5] (100%)
    [c] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [l] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [m] rocket (x8)
    [n] power cell (x4)
    [o] power cell (x70)
    [p] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   

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

    65 former humans
    98 former sergeants
    64 former captains
    131 imps
    96 demons
    66 lost souls
    32 cacodemons
    19 hell knights
    43 barons of hell
    12 arachnotrons
    21 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    32 revenants
    24 mancubi
    42 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    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 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 power armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he assembled a gatling gun!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
  On level 22 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You see : out of vision
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 You reload the plasma rifle.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | blood | [ m ]ore
 Targeting canceled.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : out of vision
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 43 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 38 of those were killed.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 3 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 killed the bitch and survived.

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My strategy was simple: quit the moment my damage counter went above 200, quit if my damage counter went over 130 before the anomaly. Quit if I took a hit in the anomaly. Rinse, repeat. I didn't worry too much about taking damage in Phobos Base but I tried to keep it as low as possible. I only quit if it went higher than 20. Funny though - trying to do a damageless base entry netted me more losses than just trying to do it normally :-)

I avoided all special levels I couldn't reliably get through with minimal damage. This meant I couldn't use the tactic of running through the Anomaly - HR2 is not enough to avoid taking damage when the walls come down and I can't do CC+ without taking a few hits so that meant I had no access to agility mods (not that they're guaranteed anymore). Phobos Lab was not an option :-)  I ended up having to rely on phases but luckily the new version seems to be quite generous so I usually had at least one when I got there.

I saw a post somewhere suggesting the easiest way to get Scavenger Diamond is to use AS. So - that's exactly what I did, works like a charm :-) Trying to get a 100% kill rate isn't too bad - the worst part of any level is the start when you never know if you're going to spawn next to a pack of Mancubi. Speed is the best defence here - I found in those situations I could usually run for cover before they even moved. The worst moment was when I spawned in an open level right in between a Vile/Mancubi pack and a pack of Knights and Barons. I had to phase out of that one and luckily ended up far away from the... excitement...

The level I took the most damage in was the Unholy Cathedral. When I got there I had about 91 damage but my melee skills suck so I took a beating from the lost souls. I can't quite get the hang of the new AI. I left with about 145 damage and, most importantly, the AS.

Feels good to have some diamonds again - this is my third Gatekeeper which is definitely the easiest one to get. I have my sights set on a few more though (Marksman is calling me and, of course, Destroyer :-) )

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Post Mortem / Re: [U|AoMr|100%|YAAM] Marksman Platinum(again)
« on: March 30, 2013, 00:17 »
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I did try a Glass Cannon Cat-Eye build
A what now?

Sorry - that was a reference to my last AoMr post .  Skarczew told me I needed to get SoG5 (I did) and kill the shambler (check) and then try a Glass Cannon Cat-Eye build (play a scout and instead of going for Gun Kata go for Cat-Eye instead - tvtropes ftw :-) ).

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Another awe-inspiring PM. I need to get a lot better fast :S
Wow - thanks, that's a great compliment. I've been playing since 0.9.9.2 and I'm only starting to get the harder badges now. I'm not a much of an all round player - AoMr and AoMC are my challenges of choice - (I have exactly 1 standard game in my high score list atm). For getting better GameHunter has a youtube video for an AoMr UV run that helped me a ton - I think it's for 0.9.9.4 but most of the principles are still the same....

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Post Mortem / [U|AoMr|100%|YAAM] Marksman Platinum(again)
« on: March 29, 2013, 12:07 »
First win in the new version (because I'm stubborn and wanted my first win to be a UV one :-) )

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 Rahul Chandra,
 level 15 Former Human Lance Corporal Technician,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 294777 turns and scored 324177 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 28 minutes and 59 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 904 out of 904 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!

 He saved himself 3 times.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 6

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Armorer Bronze Badge
  Gatekeeper Gold Badge
  Veteran Bronze Badge
  Veteran Silver Badge
  Veteran Gold Badge
  Marksman Silver Badge
  Marksman Gold Badge
  Marksman Platinum Badge
  Arachno Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 35/50   Experience 101931/15
  ToHit Ranged +6  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Technician

    Hellrunner       (Level 3)
    Son of a gun     (Level 5)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 3)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Sharpshooter     (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->EE->MSs->WK->HR->HR->DM->SoG->SoG->WK->HR->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   powered blue armor [3/3] (95%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   pistol (2d7) [5/8] (B1P3)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   10mm ammo chain (x192)

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

    [a] pistol (2d7) [6/6] (P3)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (100%) (A)
    [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 (x52)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [l] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] envirosuit pack
    [o] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [p] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [q] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 40%   feet 0%   

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

    101 former humans
    101 former sergeants
    55 former captains
    150 imps
    104 demons
    95 lost souls
    49 cacodemons
    27 hell knights
    55 barons of hell
    33 arachnotrons
    17 former commandos
    11 pain elementals
    22 revenants
    38 mancubi
    23 arch-viles
    5 nightmare cacodemons
    12 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    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 found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  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 fireproof armor!
  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!
  Level 10 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical 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 19 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  Level 22 was a hard nut to crack!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 You quickly reload the pistol.
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 30 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 27 of those were killed.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 killed the bitch and survived.

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The big moment in this game was when I entered the Phobos Lab - I've done it a few times on HMP and I honestly thought that the jump in difficulty between HMP and UV would involve sprinkling a few Barons/Knights around. I did not expect the nightmare demons... Luckily I walked in with tons of medkits, an ammo chain and Sharpshooter - I would never have survived without those. After pulling the second lever I ran back through the acid to soften up the surprise wave of demons and managed to get through. I'm not sure I'm going to do that again on my AoMr runs - if it wasn't for the technician being able to use multiple medkits without using up any time I would've been toast...

After that things went pretty smoothly - all the extra mods that are available now makes Sharpshooter quite potent - I don't usually bother with WK2 but this time round I had so many mods it made quite a difference.

Thoughts on the new version:

 - I really like the new levels: Phobos Lab made me jump the first time I played it ;-)
 - Whoever worked on the linux version did a superb job. It's much smoother and it doesn't max out the cpu anymore (on the console version - I never play the graphical version)
 - Dual-Angels are... intriguing. I like the idea of mixing my favourite AoMC with some other challenges....
 - I'm glad to see more of the nightmare enemies. I see they can turn up now in normal play on UV which adds an extra element of danger. Plus they creep me out - so quiet!
 - I'd like to add myself to the list of people disappointed at the loss of the nuclear plasma rifle in the Spiders Lair. Maybe we can have a guaranteed nuke in one of the other levels? It doesn't matter much on my AoMr runs but my next goal is to get a full win... (I know there's a nuclear BFG in the mortuary... but it's the Mortuary goddammit!).

And  before skarczew asks: I did try a Glass Cannon Cat-Eye build and it was pretty epic - until I very stupidly got blindsided by a Baron and ended up in a pool of lava. I'm definitely going to play it more in the future. Sharpshooter is probably still my favourite though (by a whisker :-) )

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Nightmare! / [N!|AoMC|62%|YASD] Longinus Diamond
« on: February 10, 2013, 23:13 »
Diamond no. 2 :-) (Btw: I'm not sure if losing to JC counts as a YASD or YAVP since the game counts it as a standard win. I'm personally counting it as a YASD :-) )

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 Derek Yu, level 15 Mancubus 2nd Lieutenant Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind on level 9 of Hell.
 He survived 173049 turns and scored 577081 points.
 He played for 6 hours, 28 minutes and 56 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 999 out of 1587 hellspawn. (62%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 9
  Levels completed : 5

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Fallout Gold Cross
  Hell Champion Medal
  Heroic Silver Badge
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge
  Longinus Gold Badge
  Longinus Platinum Badge
  Longinus Diamond Badge

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

  ###########################################################
  .R...RRRRRRRRR.R..RR.R.R.......%..........................#
  .RRR.RR.RRRRRRRRR.R..R...RR...............................#
  ....RRRRRRRXRRRRRR..R%.....R..............................#
  ....R.RR.RRR.R..RR|..%%................................sB.#
  ...RR.R.RRRRR..RR..R.R......R.............................#
  ..RRRRRRRRRRRRRR|.R..R....%.R........%.B%.................#
  .R.R.RR.R.R.RR.RRRR.R..RRR%B.....%........................#
  ..RRR...RR.RRRRRR..R....%........%........................#
  .R....R.RR.R...R.|..R.....R.........%....X................#
  ...R..RR...RR.R...RB.........B............................#
  .RRRRRRR..RRRRR...RR.R............R.......................#
  ........RR.....R.R............R.....B.%..........%........#
  .........RR....R.R.......R...................s............#
  ..............R.|R..R.......%............B.....B..........#
  ..........R...........R...................................#
  ...R...............RR.....................................#
  ........................R%|....R..........................#
  ...R....................R.R...............................#
  ###########################################################

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

  Health 0/60   Experience 105262/15
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->HR->SoB->SoB->HR->TH->DM->MCe->Fin->SoB->TH->Fin->Fin->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   tactical armor [0/0] (66%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nuclear plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [24/24] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [0/40] (P1)

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

    [a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [52/52] (B1)
    [b] assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]
    [c] missile launcher (6d6) [3/4]
    [d] red armor [1/4] (22%) (B)
    [e] Shielded Armor [2]
    [f] Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [h] shotgun shell (x49)
    [i] rocket (x12)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] power cell (x32)
    [l] rocket box (x20)
    [m] power battery (x120)

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

    Acid       - internal 25%   torso 25%   feet 25% 
    Fire       - internal 25%   torso 25%   feet 25% 

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

    137 former humans
    69 former sergeants
    49 former captains
    164 imps
    84 demons
    164 lost souls
    31 cacodemons
    76 hell knights
    68 barons of hell
    42 arachnotrons
    11 former commandos
    17 pain elementals
    47 revenants
    11 mancubi
    24 arch-viles
    1 lava 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 found the Arena Master's Staff!
  On level 5 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  He broke into the Wall, but gave up against the overwhelming forces.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 10 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he assembled a piercing blade!
  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!
  He nuked level 19!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 21 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 22 he found the Shielded Armor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies.
 You see : a hell knight (lightly wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the hell knight. The missile hits the hell knight. The
 missile hits the hell knight. The missile hits the hell knight. The hell
 knight dies. The missile hits the hell knight. The missile hits the hell
 knight. The missile hits the hell knight. The missile hits the hell knight.
 The hell knight dies.
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge!
 You dodge! You dodge!
 The lost soul hits you.
 The missile hits the lost soul. You die!... Press <Enter>...
 You swap your weapons. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.

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

 332 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 318 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 10 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 7 killed the bitch and survived.

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Despite the Diamond (yay!) this game was a comedy of errors. First off I did clear the Wall but something must have resurrected just as I left. Second - I missed Hells Armoury! I didn't even realise it until I got a bit deeper and found stairs to the Halls of Carnage. Then in the Halls of Carnage I took too much time (went to get the last supercharge) and the lava swept away the BFG...

The only thing that went as planned was the Unholy Cathedral. I have a small confession to make - this is the first time I've ever attempted it! I just about never play melee builds and the AoD is kinda scary if you walk in without Brute... I used GameHunter's strategy (there's a youtube vid somewhere where he goes through how to beat the AoD safely without Brute) and it worked perfectly. Two diamonds now!

I had a homing phase so I tried the Mortuary with the idea of snagging the nuclear BFG. I ended up at the assault shotgun... In hindsight I was probably better off making a mad dash for the BFG.

The big plan was to fully finish the game - something I've yet to do. I've faced JC once before on UV and came up short that time as well. This time I was much better prepared - I had a bulk modded red armor and two envirosuits and a couple of large medpacks. The fight was going well but I found it difficult to pin JC down with all the teleporting. I made a huge mistake at a critical point in the fight when I had a clear shot but had run out of ammo on the nuclear plasma rifle. I swapped to what I thought was my backup plasma rifle and fired twice... Except it was the assault shotgun I'd used a little earlier to clear away some skulls :-( If I'd used the plasma rilfe I'm pretty sure I'd have been very close to taking him down.

After that things just got too crazy and I made a few other stupid mistakes (i.e. forgot I had a missle launcher). I really needed that BFG... JC absorbs huge amounts of damage on N! - I reckon my plasmas were doing over 70 points of damage a round (on AoMC of course) and I still couldn't bring him down fast enough to prevent the summoning from getting out of control. Time to rethink strategy.

Those of you who do this routinely - how do you cope with the teleporting? Running around playing hide and seek wasn't fun when I was a kid and really isn't fun in hell :-)

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0.9.9.6 / [M|AoPc|7%|YAVP] Pacifist Gold, Compet-n Platinum Cross
« on: February 06, 2013, 03:46 »
A quick one :-)

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Igor Savin, level 10 Mancubus 2nd Lieutenant Scout,
 sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
 He survived 9637 turns and scored 36369 points.
 He played for 9 minutes and 18 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 43 out of 572 hellspawn. (7%)
 My, was he a wimpy chump.
 He was an Angel of Pacifism!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Silver Cross
  Compet-n Platinum Cross
  Pacifist Silver Badge
  Pacifist Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 0/80   Experience 1786/10
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 3)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)

  HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->Iro->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nothing
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] large med-pack
    [c] power mod pack
    [d] power mod pack
    [e] technical mod pack
    [f] technical mod pack
    [g] agility mod pack
    [h] agility mod pack
    [i] blood skull

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

    None

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

    4 former humans
    10 former sergeants
    6 imps
    1 demon
    20 lost souls
    1 former commando
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He left level 2 as soon as possible.
  On level 3 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.
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  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.
  He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
  He sounded the alarm on level 13!
  He left level 13 as soon as possible.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 19, hell froze over!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  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!
  He nuked level 24!
  On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.

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

 You use a thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds! There is a
 lever here.
 Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds! You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You
 dodge!
 You dodge! You are hit! You dodge! Boom! Congratulations! You defeated the
 Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.
 You enter Hell, level 4. The smell of blood! Can this be real?? The floor is

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

 281 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 269 of those were killed.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 9 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 6 killed the bitch and survived.

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Seriously - I should be working... Anyway - 2 wins in a row now :-) Can't believe how much easier Hey not too rough is compared to N!... Need 2 more golds to make Major :-)

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