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DoomRL => Mortem Archives => Post Mortem => 0.9.9.6 => Topic started by: Garthelious on March 16, 2012, 19:00

Title: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Garthelious on March 16, 2012, 19:00: -------------------------------------------------------------- DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump -------------------------------------------------------------- John Romero, level 10 Cacodemon Sergeant Marine, defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell. He survived 67869 turns and scored 90384 points. He played for 1 hour, 20 minutes and 40 seconds. He didn't like it too rough. He killed 544 out of 565 hellspawn. (96%) He held his right to remain violent. He was an Angel of Light Travel! -- Special levels -------------------------------------------- Levels generated : 11 Levels visited : 4 Levels completed : 3 -- Awards ---------------------------------------------------- UAC Star (bronze cluster) Hell Armorer Badge Armorer Silver Badge Lightfoot Bronze Badge Lightfoot Silver Badge Longinus Gold Badge -- Graveyard ------------------------------------------------- ########################################################### ########................................################### #######...............####...............################## ######.......####.....####.....####.......################# #####........####.....####.....####........################ ####.........####.....####.....####.........############### ###..........####..............####..........############## ##............................................############# ##....####............................####....############# ##...&####............................####....############# ##....####............................####&...############# ##....####............................####....############# ##.............................%..............############# ###..........####.............X####..........############## ####.........####.....####.....####.........############### #####........####.....####.....####........################ ######.......####.....####.....####.......################# #######...............####...............################## ########................................################### ########################################################### -- Statistics ------------------------------------------------ Health 81/80 Experience 43692/10 ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6 -- Traits ---------------------------------------------------- Class : Marine Ironman (Level 2) Tough as nails (Level 2) Brute (Level 2) Berserker (Level 1) Badass (Level 2) Vampyre (Level 1) TaN->TaN->Bad->Bru->Bru->Ber->MVm->Bad->Iro->Iro-> -- Equipment ------------------------------------------------- [a] [ Armor ] red armor [4] (O) [b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8) [c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%) [d] [ Prepared ] elephant gun (12d3) [0/1] -- Inventory ------------------------------------------------- [a] shotgun shell (x5) [b] large med-pack [c] large med-pack -- Resistances ----------------------------------------------- Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60% Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60% Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60% Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60% Fire - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60% Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60% -- Kills ----------------------------------------------------- 74 former humans 48 former sergeants 21 former captains 84 imps 46 demons 196 lost souls 3 cacodemons 12 hell knights 14 barons of hell 11 arachnotrons 6 former commandos 14 pain elementals 4 revenants 1 mancubus 3 arch-viles 2 bruiser brothers 1 shambler 1 agony elemental 1 Angel of Death 1 Cyberdemon 1 Spider Mastermind -- History --------------------------------------------------- He started his journey on the surface of Phobos. On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court. On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly. On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory. On level 10 he assembled a tactical boots! He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards! On level 13 he found the City of Skulls. He wiped out the City of Skulls. On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel! Level 17 was a hard nut to crack! On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral! On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear! He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral! On level 18 he assembled a elephant gun! Level 20 blasted him with unholy atmosphere! Then at last he found Dis! On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind. -- Messages -------------------------------------------------- You swap your weapons. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. 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 use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. 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. blood! -- General --------------------------------------------------- 51 brave souls have ventured into Phobos: 49 of those were killed. 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual. 1 souls destroyed the Mastermind... 1 killed the bitch and survived. --------------------------------------------------------------
Started out thinking "let's go shotgun."

A little while later "uh oh, no ammo."

Followed by "hehe, chainsaw."

Followed further by "hahahahahahahaaaaaaa! CHAINSAW!!!!"

;)

RNG gave me an onyx pack. Went into red armor, helped lots.

First Angel of Death killed. Was too easy. Maybe it was the onyx (and berserker/vampyre).

Spider Mastermind took 2 large health packs to beat.

All in all, I found that access to a shotgun made the early game much easier to survive to become deadly in melee. Without the 5 slot inventory restriction, I wouldn't have thought to focus on melee outside of AoB, having gotten the impression that melee is generally suicidal.

Now I see it does lots of damage... Once you really get the ball rolling. And it feels good to run up to your enemy and pulp them up close.

Itching to try Malicious Blades with a couple levels of whizkid (or the luck to find the butcher's knife).
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Matt_S on March 16, 2012, 19:40: Quote from: Garthelious on March 16, 2012, 19:00
RNG gave me an onyx pack. Went into red armor, helped lots.
In my opinion, onyx red is good enough that you don't need to worry about any of the assemblies. Of course, I've never made any of those assemblies either >_>

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First Angel of Death killed. Was too easy. Maybe it was the onyx (and berserker/vampyre).
It pretty much is just easy with a dedicated melee build, or at least one with Berserker; Malicious Blades may have a bit harder time.

Congratulations on the win.
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Garthelious on March 16, 2012, 23:10: Quote from: Matt_S on March 16, 2012, 19:40
In my opinion, onyx red is good enough that you don't need to worry about any of the assemblies. Of course, I've never made any of those assemblies either >_>
It pretty much is just easy with a dedicated melee build, or at least one with Berserker; Malicious Blades may have a bit harder time.

Congratulations on the win.

I'm not enjoying my attempts at malicious blades. ;) Now that I think about it, with no berserker, and with the best guaranteed weapons not being blades, I think I'll just go vampyre on a true AoB challenge.

But eventually I gotta challenge myself with different play styles.
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Ashannar on March 17, 2012, 00:16: Congrats on AoLT! Not an easy challenge, though I suspect melee makes it the easiest. When I did it, I did a rapid fire build, and it was kinda sketchy. But the RNG gave me an onyx, too. :)
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Garthelious on March 17, 2012, 12:41: Quote from: Ashannar on March 17, 2012, 00:16
Congrats on AoLT! Not an easy challenge, though I suspect melee makes it the easiest. When I did it, I did a rapid fire build, and it was kinda sketchy. But the RNG gave me an onyx, too. :)

Rapid fire! With 5 slots? How did you conserve ammo? I imagine eagle eye would help, but not enough.
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Ashannar on March 17, 2012, 13:40: I did go MCe; I used a shotty and chaingun until I got the nuclear plasma rifle.
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Garthelious on March 17, 2012, 13:44: Quote from: Ashannar on March 17, 2012, 13:40
nuclear plasma rifle.

Ah hah! That would help the ammo situation a bit...
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Ander Hammer on March 20, 2012, 04:45: mAC AoLT is a walk in the park. I did it first try, at least on HNTR, and it was one of my favorite runs.
Title: Re: [M|AoLT|96%|YAVP] First LT win, 0.9.9.6 win, melee focus w/ SG.
Post by: Garthelious on March 20, 2012, 07:59: Quote from: Ander Hammer on March 20, 2012, 04:45
mAC AoLT is a walk in the park. I did it first try, at least on HNTR, and it was one of my favorite runs.

I bet. Ammo Chain sounds like a good idea. Rapidfire weapons aren't really my favourite so I've never done mAC. I should give it a shot some time, I'd probably like it.