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DoomRL => Mortem Archives => Post Mortem => Pre-0.9.9 => Topic started by: Titt on April 24, 2008, 13:17

Title: [M|98%|YAVP] Victory in 0.9.8.10
Post by: Titt on April 24, 2008, 13:17

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 TITT, level 13 Human Soldier, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 216649 turns and scored 131109 points.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 682 out of 690 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


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

  Health 46/80   Experience 75220/13
  ToHit +4  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Ironman        (Level 3)
    Finesse        (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 2)
    Whizkid        (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy   (Level 2)

  EE->EE->SoB->SoB->SoB->Fin->Fin->WK->TH->TH->Iro->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [6/6] (66%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [24/169] (M2)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Gothic Boots [10/10] (198%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [7/40]

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

    [a] advanced rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (R2S2A2)
    [b] modified chaingun (1d8)x5 [50/50] (D2)
    [c] modified plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [40/40] (D1)
    [d] advanced BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (S1M1)
    [e] red armor [2/4] (49%)
    [f] red armor [2/4] (42%)
    [g] red armor [4/4] (59%)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x39)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [l] rocket (x14)
    [m] rocket (x3)
    [n] small med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] phase device
    [r] envirosuit pack
    [s] thermonuclear bomb

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

    100 former humans
    70 former sergeants
    21 former captains
    97 imps
    74 demons
    79 lost souls
    28 cacodemons
    32 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    38 hell knights
    14 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    5 pain elementals
    17 arch-viles
    13 mancubi
    12 revenants

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 6 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 9 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 16 he found the Gothic Boots!
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he found the Nuclear BFG 9000!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 
 You enter a big arena. There's blood everywhere. You hear heavy mechanical
 footsteps...
 You hear an explosion!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 fires! You are hit!
 You swap your weapon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 fires! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 reloads his rocket launcher.
 You wear/wield : a modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [104/169] (M2)
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon

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

 Before him 1 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 1 of those was killed.

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This is my first post on this forum, hello! Also this is my first victory in 0.9.8.10. My observations:

• First of all, 0.9.8.10 is fantastic! The changes I noticed make the game even more fun. Finally we get to see Revenants!! And I really like the changes to boots and the acid/lava damage system, they make these things much more a part of the game.
• It seems much easier to gain experience and levels in 0.9.8.10 than in 0.9.8.9. This character made it to character level 13 on Medium difficulty; in 0.9.8.9 I never made it past character level 12 even after beating the game (standard victory) on Hard difficulty, and never past character level 10 beating the game (standard victory) on Medium.
• Part of this character's high character level seems to come from having run into some heavier opposition than usual on the lower levels; notice the number of archviles I killed in this game. I think this is definitely more than I used to see on 0.9.8.9 on Medium or even Hard difficulty. I ran into maybe as much as half of those archviles by pulling summoning levers, which I like to do in any version of DoomRL, to gain levels faster. I liked seeing more levers, and heavier enemies summoned by them, on the lower levels in this game, whether or not this is a new thing in 0.9.8.10.
• I also notice that this character has way more points than I ever got on Medium difficulty in 0.9.8.9; 131,000 points, as compared to 95,373, my high score on Medium difficulty (with a standard victory) in 0.9.8.9. Extra points and experience in 0.9.8.10 might be coming largely from the new extra levels, like the Vaults? Not sure where else they're coming from.
• I like the Vaults very much, although I only succeeded in getting into the two smaller vaults.
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  It took a little thought but it wasn't too hard to figure out how to hit the right walls with rockets without being in the blast from the rockets. I think this is a nice little puzzle. I assume that the only way into the middle vault is by phase device, which I think is another good puzzle. Unfortunately I only had a homing phase device when I reached the Vaults.
• The Lava Pits are a really nice addition too.
  Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  I was lucky enough to reach the Lava Pits with one radiation suit and one

non-homing phase device, which transported me about 2/3 of the way across the level. From there it was no trouble to finish off the enemies (although it was a surprise to see them! Somehow I thought the level would be free of monsters) and grab the extra radiation suits on the level; I assume that the game will always place a few radiation suits at the far end of the Lava Pits?[/spoiler]

• This is the first time I ever got either of these two artifacts, the Gothic Boots and the Nuclear BFG. Both fun artifacts! I used them both a great deal.
• I'm very happy to see that Invulnerability Globes now reset your running/cautious/tired status--it was very frustrating sometimes that they did not do this in 0.9.8.9.
• This is the first game in which I have ever dropped the Cyberdemon using only BFGs; in the past (in previous versions of DoomRL) I have often fought the Cyberdemon with a D1 or D2 plasma rifle with EE*2 and SoB*3, which seems to me to be at least as effective as using BFGs. I am only pointing this out because I only now notice that it took 6 direct BFG hits to kill the Cyberdemon, which I think is funny, because it's so well-known that in Doom and Doom 2 it takes 4 direct hits with the BFG to kill a Cyberdemon. I prefer DoomRL as it is, the end-of-game Cyberdemon should be a hard battle; but if there's ever any idea of adding Cyberdemons to special levels or something else before the end of the game, it would be amusing to make them have exactly enough health to be killed by four direct BFG hits, as in the original Doom games.
• Anyway, version 0.9.8.10 is fantastic! Thanks, Kornel, for another great version of this great game. Also, I hope someone will let me know if I've said too much too soon in the spoiler sections of this post--I can erase them, or one of the forum moderators can.