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Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: pcentella on December 10, 2005, 04:46

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DoomRL (v.0.9.8 (WIN-S)) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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pcentella, level 7 soldier, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 20 of the Phobos base.
He survived 147209 turns and scored 33929 points.

He killed 399 out of 428 hellspawn. (93%)
He held his right to remain violent.

He found the Phobos Arena.
He stormed the Chained Court.
He ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
He fought on Hell's Arena.
He faced The Wall.

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

Health 26/50 Experience 26925/7
ToHit +3 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1

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

Tough as nails (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 2)

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

[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (94%)
[ Weapon ] rapid rocket launcher (4d4) [0/1]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [8/8] (96%)

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

[a] red armor [2/4] (41%)
fastload double shotgun (6d3)x2 [2/2]
[c] chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50]
[d] plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [40/40]
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] rocket (x10)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] rocket (x10)
rocket (x3)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x16)
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack

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

70 former humans
70 former human sergeants
25 former human captains
44 imps
48 demons
30 lost souls
25 cacodemons
9 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
20 hell knights
12 arachnotrons
3 former human commanders

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

He started his journey on the suface of Phobos.
On level 2 he battled through a maze of rooms.
Afterwards he fought on Hell's Arena.
On level 3 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 4 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 5 he battled through a maze of rooms.
He then stormed the Chained Court.
On level 6 he found hellish caves.
On level 7 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 8 he found a hellish city.
On level 9 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 10 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 11 he found a hellish city.
On level 12 he found a hellish city.
On level 13 he battled through a maze of rooms.
Afterwards he witnessed the Wall.
On level 14 he found hellish caves.
He then ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he found a hellish city.
On level 16 he found hellish caves.
On level 17 he found a hellish city.
On level 18 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 19 he found hellish caves.
Then at last he found the Phobos Arena.
There finally he defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

Before him 10 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
9 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and commited a stupid suicide.

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This is my first victory, on the 11th game! :-) I didn't make it very far in my first 9 games (level 4 or 5 max.). On the 10th one, I got to level 15, where I was blasted by some arachnotrons really quickly when my armor got broken, as I hadn't picked any level at Tough as nails - this was why I maxed Tough as nails in this game.

Regarding this game, it was a strange one... I couldn't find a rocket launcher until level 15 (and I try not to explode any barrels unless I know there are no items in their radius), so I couldn't kill anyone in the Wall (but I did clean that level on the other game), and I couldn't go pass the locked doors at the Halls of Carnage, which meant no BGF for me in the whole game. In fact, I found a plasma rifle before the rocket launcher. Also, I didn't find any phase devices at all.

I just killed 399 out of 428 hellspawn, because of the closed areas at the Wall and the Halls of Carnage. I did clear any other level, though.

On a side note, I didn't pull any levers at all, because in my last game, one of the levers that I pulled filled the WHOLE level with acid, so pulling levers before the level is clear seems like a bad idea to me, and when the level is clear, the only "useful" lever would be the monster-spawning one, to get some Exp.

Regarding my traits: I got Cateye 2 (a cheater is me! ;-) ), then got Tough as nails 3, and then took Son of a bitch 1 - but then I noticed how much shots I missed with the plasma rifle, so I got Eagle Eye 1. I would have picked Son of a bitch 2, if I had leveled again, but I barely got to level 7.

I got to the final level with the weapons you see, and another 4 plasma rifles (I used to carry several of them so I didn't need to reload them, which was useful when several monsters were around, especially when entering a new level). I also had 4 large med-packs, 2 perfect red armors (one worn), and 100% health.

I had noticed you could overcharge plasma rifles, but hadn't actually tried it, so I decided to overcharge one at the start of the last level, and shoot it at the Cyberdemon to check what happened, because my lack of BFGs scared me. And that probably saved me - I destroyed 4 of my rifles this way, and then switched to my rocket launcher (because I didn't want to overcharge my last rifle, and just shooting it without overcharging first didn't look like a good idea), and after some rockets the beast fell. Well, maybe it sounds easy this way, because I skipped the part about getting blasted by rockets from him, and even getting myself thrown to the north wall, so the Cyberdemon didn't even need to aim at me then. :-P

Great game Kornel! I've had a lot of fun playing it - maybe I can find that secret level the next time, but the Cyberdemon didn't felt like cooperating. :-) (on a side note, the Cyberdemon is misspelled as Cyberdeamon in a few places - such as when you defeat it, and in the end-game text)

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: JimmyJ on December 10, 2005, 20:35

Not bad, but dang, you got the rocketlauncher pretty late in the game!

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Turgor on December 10, 2005, 20:41

Quoting: jimmyj

Not bad

i'd like to go as far as saying excellent job! especially defeating the cyberdemon without a BFG9000, that's really good for a first YAVP! offcourse you found a rapid rocketlauncher, which probably helped a lot (I wouldn't want to take on he cyberdemon with a regular one)

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Malek Deneith on December 10, 2005, 21:51

Quoting: pcentella

Regarding this game, it was a strange one... I couldn't find a rocket launcher until level 15 (and I try not to explode any barrels unless I know there are no items in their radius), so I couldn't kill anyone in the Wall (but I did clean that level on the other game), and I couldn't go pass the locked doors at the Halls of Carnage, which meant no BGF for me in the whole game. In fact, I found a plasma rifle before the rocket launcher. Also, I didn't find any phase devices at all.

Strange ... I had VERY simmilar game just minutes ago - no phase devices, TONS of small med kits on some early level, 2-3 invulnerability globes on first level with hell knights, rocket launcher on almost empty level just after Halls of carnage ... this really creeped me out O.o

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on December 11, 2005, 14:03

Quoting: pcentella

This is my first victory, on the 11th game! :-) I didn't make it very far in my first 9 games (level 4 or 5 max.). On the 10th one, I got to level 15, where I was blasted by some arachnotrons really quickly when my armor got broken, as I hadn't picked any level at Tough as nails - this was why I maxed Tough as nails in this game.

Congratulations!

Quoting: pcentella

You should be able to destroy locked doors with a shotgun.

On a side note, I didn't pull any levers at all, because in my last game, one of the levers that I pulled filled the WHOLE level with acid

Somethings rotten in the state of Denmark...

so pulling levers before the level is clear seems like a bad idea to me, and when the level is clear, the only "useful" lever would be the monster-spawning one, to get some Exp.

I hope to add more "positve" effects for levers for the next release.

I had noticed you could overcharge plasma rifles, but hadn't actually tried it, so I decided to overcharge one at the start of the last level, and shoot it at the Cyberdemon to check what happened, because my lack of BFGs scared me. And that probably saved me - I destroyed 4 of my rifles this way,

Cool, isn't it? ^_^

blasted by rockets from him, and even getting myself thrown to the north wall, so the Cyberdemon didn't even need to aim at me then. :-P

That's probably the worst that can happen to you on Phobos Arena.

Great game Kornel! I've had a lot of fun playing it - maybe I can find that secret level the next time, but the Cyberdemon didn't felt like cooperating. :-)

It requires a lot of luck :-/. I'll try to make the game more interesting for the next release.

(on a side note, the Cyberdemon is misspelled as Cyberdeamon in a few places - such as when you defeat it, and in the end-game text)

I know, I know :-P.

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on December 11, 2005, 14:05

Quoting: Malek

Maybe the RNG is date-driven? ^_^

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Malek Deneith on December 11, 2005, 18:29

Quoting: Kornel Kisielewicz

Maybe the RNG is date-driven? ^_^

Well if it is than you shold be the one to know about it :P

[oftoppic]care about giving some hints about "Ultimate evil" on viki? xD[/offtopic]

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on December 11, 2005, 19:07

Quoting: Malek

Well if it is than you shold be the one to know about it :P

Yeah, that surely scares me. I hope not, or else I would have even a bigger surprise than with the Run feature (see the blog, entry "My code grows tentacles").

[offtopic]

Quoting: Malek

care about giving some hints about "Ultimate evil" on viki? xD

No ^_^. [/offtopic]

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: pcentella on December 11, 2005, 19:55

Quoting: Kornel Kisielewicz

You should be able to destroy locked doors with a shotgun.

I tried to break or destroy them with my double-shotgun, but it didn't work (and I spent quite some ammo, as I had the level full of shotgun shells anyway). I've destroyed doors with the shotgun (or have them destroyed by a sergeant), so either closed doors can't be destroyed with shotguns, or just the locked ones can't.

Quoting: Kornel Kisielewicz

Somethings rotten in the state of Denmark...

Yeah, but I didn't know about that then. :-)

Quoting: Kornel Kisielewicz

That's probably the worst that can happen to you on Phobos Arena.

That was really scary, I though it would be the end. Fortunately, I did dodge his next shot, so the explosion moved me away from that wall.

Title: My first YAPV - no BFG, late rocket launcher
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on December 11, 2005, 21:24

Quoting: pcentella

I've destroyed doors with the shotgun (or have them destroyed by a sergeant), so either closed doors can't be destroyed with shotguns, or just the locked ones can't.

I guess they have a higher DR then. Must be a bug :-P.

Quoting: pcentella

That was really scary, I though it would be the end. Fortunately, I did dodge his next shot, so the explosion moved me away from that wall.

Lucky marine ^_^

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