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DoomRL => Mortem Archives => Post Mortem => Pre-0.9.9 => Topic started by: Shadrak on November 27, 2008, 07:31

Title: [H|95%|12] YAVP - game strongly hinted I should've played AoMr or AoB
Post by: Shadrak on November 27, 2008, 07:31
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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Shadrak, level 12 Demon Captain, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 114360 turns and scored 170486 points.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 739 out of 774 hellspawn. (95%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


 He saved himself 2 times.

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

  Health 52/80   Experience 61648/12
  ToHit +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Ironman        (Level 3)
    Tough as nails (Level 3)
    Son of a gun   (Level 2)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 2)
    Cateye         (Level 1)
    Dualgunner     (Level 1)

  TaN->TaN->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->DG->Cat->Iro->Iro->Iro->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Trigun (3d6) [0/6]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified steel boots [1/1] (100%) (M)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Blaster (2d5) [19/20]

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

    [a] advanced rocket launcher (6d7) [1/1] (D1R3)
    [b] BFG 9000 (10d8) [30/100]
    [c] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (1d7)x6 [18/18]
    [d] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x5)
    [h] rocket (x12)
    [i] rocket (x14)
    [j] rocket (x14)
    [k] rocket (x14)
    [l] small med-pack
    [m] envirosuit pack
    [n] armor durability mod

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

    109 former humans
    79 former sergeants
    25 former captains
    79 imps
    53 demons
    118 lost souls
    16 cacodemons
    29 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    30 hell knights
    21 arachnotrons
    7 former commandos
    14 pain elementals
    13 arch-viles
    9 mancubi
    18 revenants

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he found the Blaster!
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 8 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 9 he found the Trigun!
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
  On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
  He fled the City in terror!
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 20 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 You wear/wield : a Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You reload the Trigun with 10mm ammo. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Your green armor is completely destroyed!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target... You hear the scream of a freed soul!

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

 Before him 74 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 63 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 4 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 5 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 4 killed the bastard and survived.

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My first win on H, getting me closer to Major rank, this run was insanely packed with pistol and melee uniques. Starting with TaN, as usual, so finding a Blaster on l3 allowed me to branch into a true Son of a Gun. I pondered taking DG for a non-modified pistol, but kept back, until chance got me a Trigun [they stack quite nicely, with Trigun in first slot you do not have to special-reload at all].

Standard cells in Chained Court - Backpack (sniped all those pesky barons behind the wall with only a blaster, as all 5 rockets went into breaching the Wall itself) at Wall - BFG from Halls of Carnage. And then the game throws in my face a red armor, armor protection mod and a Butcher's knife and steps to Unholy Cathedral in two neighboring rooms on L16. Tried playing with AoD - it quickly devoured my armor, depleted medpacks and i was forced to flee using sweet HPD with 3% health. And no heals for the first half of next level too

Beretta on level 20 was overkill - i did not find a use to it, though kept as a souvenir. The Trigun seems to have an advantage as it knocks enemies back a lot.

On l21 I used all my cells in a big room full of V's, M'sm, R's, and B's and cleaning afterwards in a small closet by the side found the Dragonslayer, which was even more overkill than Beretta. And I couldn't pick it up, either ;)

Cybie was a piece of cake - I just advanced until I heard his sounds, then fired east blindly, until i heard grunts of pain. I never even saw him, Trigun did a great job keeping him at bay.

So that's my first H winning run. By the way, what will happen if you use the sweet HPD on Cybie's arena? Will it allow the same thing as using a nuke? =)
Title: Re: [H|95%|12] YAVP - game strongly hinted I should've played AoMr or AoB
Post by: Shadrak on November 27, 2008, 08:00
addendum: I cleared the City of Skulls, but as i lost my previous character there, i dared not use the lever and instead opened the rooms with rockets, annihilating the second BFG in process. Pity =(

Looking at unique list, i see that the character lacked only Anti-Freak Jackal.  And is it intended that the Spear can be seen from outside the cathedral, being on a wall? ;)
Title: Re: [H|95%|12] YAVP - game strongly hinted I should've played AoMr or AoB
Post by: Blade on November 27, 2008, 11:07
Congrats on your victory! HMP win is quite a good achievement!

Quote from: Shadrak on November 27, 2008, 08:00
By the way, what will happen if you use the sweet HPD on Cybie's arena? Will it allow the same thing as using a nuke? =)

On Cybie's level it works as just regular phase device.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Quote from: Shadrak on November 27, 2008, 08:00
And is it intended that the Spear can be seen from outside the cathedral, being on a wall? ;)

LOL.))
Title: Re: [H|95%|12] YAVP - game strongly hinted I should've played AoMr or AoB
Post by: ParaSait on November 27, 2008, 11:36
Isn't it possible to just blow up everything one room at the time except the BFG one? That would make it a whole lot easier...

@Blade:
Yeah, I think it's indeed possible to phase to THE stairs... But, as the game screen is 40x20 tiles in size, the chance it happens is exactly 1/800. Which is quite small IMHO =)
Perhaps this is food for nolife wiki-researchers? =D
Title: Re: [H|95%|12] YAVP - game strongly hinted I should've played AoMr or AoB
Post by: Shadrak on November 27, 2008, 11:55
Yes, and this is how I usually go about in City... but this time a stray rocket destroyed the releasing lever, so no second BFG for me (as if i really needed it, heh ;)

upd:
@Mrzerty & Blade

I feel like PDs only teleport to an empty floor space. I think it would be easier to just ask Kornel himself =)

(As a side note for devs, great game. I tried it a long time ago, when there were no pretty gimmicks, and is now surprised as to the solid chunk of fun it turned out to be ;)

Having Angband (and ToME) experience actually helps getting about the game easier; I think that it's not like that for a nethacker)
Title: Re: [H|95%|12] YAVP - game strongly hinted I should've played AoMr or AoB
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on December 01, 2008, 01:52
The game of course teleports you only to a free square, however, if I recall correctly stairs are not considered "free".