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Bug Reports / Re: No Accessible Exit Spawned In Level
« on: July 03, 2020, 05:01 »
I frequently break down vault doors. It's often preferable to have control over when the monsters inside come out.
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Post Mortem / [0.9.1|U|AoB|Sc|YASD] My best scout berserker so far...
« on: June 16, 2020, 23:17 »
I've been trying to win Angel of Berserk for the last little while, alternating between all three character classes. Of the three, I think Marine has the easiest time, thanks to the damage boost from Rip and Tear, which makes it a little confusing to me that the Scout got his abilities nerfed. (Reduced energy from Energy Leech) Still, I really wanted to see if I could play sneaky, sneaky style with a Ghost build. This means wasting a level on Eagle Eye, but I think it would have been fun. (I was so close to getting it!)
Unfortunately, I found the difficulty ramped up faster than my abilities. When I was facing Cryoreavers and Ravagers in Europa, they were able to survive two critical hits each, and I didn't have energy to spare, so all my sneaky tactics weren't enough to prevent me from taking lots of damage and I depleted my resources pretty quickly.
Still, this run was notable for the fact that I was able to conquer Calsec Central, so that was pretty cool. :) And when I played the next level, and faced all the shut down bots, I was still able to leech energy off them, so that was also pretty cool. :)
I did encounter what seemed to be a bug, though. The Av3 Machete I got from Calsec Central had Disrupt 3, so naturally, I used it against mechanical enemies, (even though it took four hits against everything, because of the slash damage) and I discovered that if a Calsec Sentry starts chainfiring, it continues firing, even if it's disrupted. At first, I thought maybe they just mindlessly fire in the same direction, like they're stuck with their finger on the trigger, but when I moved, the supposedly disrupted bot was still able to track me with its weapon as it continued firing.
Unfortunately, I found the difficulty ramped up faster than my abilities. When I was facing Cryoreavers and Ravagers in Europa, they were able to survive two critical hits each, and I didn't have energy to spare, so all my sneaky tactics weren't enough to prevent me from taking lots of damage and I depleted my resources pretty quickly.
Still, this run was notable for the fact that I was able to conquer Calsec Central, so that was pretty cool. :) And when I played the next level, and faced all the shut down bots, I was still able to leech energy off them, so that was also pretty cool. :)
I did encounter what seemed to be a bug, though. The Av3 Machete I got from Calsec Central had Disrupt 3, so naturally, I used it against mechanical enemies, (even though it took four hits against everything, because of the slash damage) and I discovered that if a Calsec Sentry starts chainfiring, it continues firing, even if it's disrupted. At first, I thought maybe they just mindlessly fire in the same direction, like they're stuck with their finger on the trigger, but when I moved, the supposedly disrupted bot was still able to track me with its weapon as it continued firing.
Tormuse, level 6 Scout, killed on
Refueling Base by a archreaver.
He survived for 4547 turns.
The run time was 1h 35m 8s.
He scored 1722 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
CALLISTO L2 -> Mimir Habitat L1
Mimir Habitat L3 -> CalSec Central
CalSec Central - cleared
EUROPA L4 -> Refueling Base
He killed 148 out of 228 enemies.
2 ravagers
10 exalted soldiers
14 fire fiends
22 CalSec sentrys
2 security bots
3 turrets
18 former soldiers
4 former heavys
3 military drones
4 cryoreavers
4 former grunts
15 fiends
4 security sentrys
17 former commandos
16 CalSec bots
5 former guards
4 former sergeants
10 corrupted soldiers
2 combat drones
1 cryoberos
10 security drones
2 corrupted heavys
Traits
Skilled L2
Eagle Eye
Energy leech L2
Trait order
Skl->EnL->Skl->EnL->EE
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV3 machete
Slot #2 : combat knife PBA
Body : blue armor
Utility : - NONE -
Inventory
multitool (x1)
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Post Mortem / Re: [0.9.1|E|Sc|YAAM] Gunslingin' Tourist
« on: June 11, 2020, 18:17 »Not sure why I ended up with a whopping 359 out of 349 kills...
Thelaptop, you cheater! Are you taking lessons from 2Dev? :P Seriously, though, I'm not sure why it would do that; as far as I know, extra kills from the Summoner or from the Gateway don't count toward your kill count. (At least they didn't in my own runs)
I got an early AV3 9m pistol that had EMP/frenzy powers, and an AV2 9mm pistol that had vampiric/bleed powers.
So you had one pistol for the squishy targets and another for the... er... clanky targets. :D Sounds like a fun game. Congrats on your victory! :)
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Post Mortem / Re: [U|ArchAoRA|83%|YAVP] Quartermaster Angelic Badge
« on: June 08, 2020, 16:29 »
Hey, you used my build! :) Very cool, congrats on your victory! :D This is an interesting challenge, since it requires a very different playstyle than usual, but it can be a lot of fun once you get that Gunrunner/Shottyman combo going. :)
And yeah, I had a similar experience that I was well below 80% kills for most of the run, but the equipment and extra levels of late-game were needed to put me over the top.
And yeah, I had a similar experience that I was well below 80% kills for most of the run, but the equipment and extra levels of late-game were needed to put me over the top.
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Post Mortem / [0.9.0c|U|AoMr|Te|YAAM] Boom! Boom! Headshot! Headshot! :D (Marksman Gold)
« on: May 31, 2020, 02:32 »
So I finally got Marksman Gold Badge. Yay! :D I've been trying for this one on and off since it became a thing, and I think the addition of Sharpshooter trait helped me finally succeed. :) (as well as all the enemy nerfs in recent versions) :P
There was still a somewhat shaky section in the middle of the game, where I was using med kits faster than I would have liked, but once I had Sharpshooter 3, I was able to one-shot ravagers, and even armoured ravagers, as long as they were at the limit of my range, so the game was in the bag by that point. :)
I think what's given me the most trouble with AoMr up 'til now is the fact that pistols are best at short to medium range, while it's most common to encounter enemies at long range. Sharpshooter helped mitigate that... as well as an AV2 9mm pistol I found early on with 6/6 range, enhanced damage, and Vampyre 1. That pistol carried me for the whole game, and I hardly touched my energy pistol and 7.62 pistol I found later on, though I did give the Summoner a very satisfying double-headshot with the 7.62 (which fires two bullets at a time) right at the end at max range that took off more than half his health. :)
I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get Conqueror. I passed up the opportunity to go to Limbo, because I thought there was going to be an Arena entrance on the next level, but it just went to the end. If I'd known that wasn't an option, I would've just gone to Limbo; I'm sure I could have handled the Archreavers. Oh well...
There was still a somewhat shaky section in the middle of the game, where I was using med kits faster than I would have liked, but once I had Sharpshooter 3, I was able to one-shot ravagers, and even armoured ravagers, as long as they were at the limit of my range, so the game was in the bag by that point. :)
I think what's given me the most trouble with AoMr up 'til now is the fact that pistols are best at short to medium range, while it's most common to encounter enemies at long range. Sharpshooter helped mitigate that... as well as an AV2 9mm pistol I found early on with 6/6 range, enhanced damage, and Vampyre 1. That pistol carried me for the whole game, and I hardly touched my energy pistol and 7.62 pistol I found later on, though I did give the Summoner a very satisfying double-headshot with the 7.62 (which fires two bullets at a time) right at the end at max range that took off more than half his health. :)
I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get Conqueror. I passed up the opportunity to go to Limbo, because I thought there was going to be an Arena entrance on the next level, but it just went to the end. If I'd known that wasn't an option, I would've just gone to Limbo; I'm sure I could have handled the Archreavers. Oh well...
Tormuse, level 14 Technician, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 20198 turns.
The run time was 5h 58m 26s.
He scored 6207 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
CALLISTO L2 -> Callisto Mines L1
Callisto Mines L3 -> Callisto Anomaly
Callisto Anomaly - cleared
EUROPA L2 -> Conamara Chaos Biolabs L1
Conamara Chaos Biolabs L2 -> Containment Area
Containment Area - cleared
IO L2 -> Io Black Site L1
Io Black Site L2 -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Marksman Bronze Badge
* Reach Io on Angel of Marksmanship
Marksman Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Marksmanship (AoMr)
Marksman Gold Badge
* Complete AoMr on Hard
He killed 513 out of 513 enemies.
5 former CRI soldiers
14 former soldiers
2 military bots
51 reavers
10 corrupted soldiers
29 turrets
3 exalted soldiers
12 exalted fiends
16 armored ravagers
12 siege ravagers
21 plasma ravagers
8 security drones
16 CRI marines
14 CRI bots
9 exalted ravagers
1 Summoner
38 fiends
4 exalted reavers
49 fire fiends
10 security bots
9 toxic reavers
4 former grunts
42 archreavers
17 former guards
36 ravagers
2 former CRI commandos
2 hellish commandos
1 former CRI grunt
11 corrupted sergeants
8 corrupted commandos
2 former heavys
9 former commandos
4 corrupted heavys
3 kerbeross
1 hellish heavy
1 former CRI heavy
4 former sergeants
2 military drones
3 former CRI sergeants
3 exalted kerbeross
11 cryobeross
4 toxibeross
6 combat drones
23 rocket turrets
22 cryoreavers
4 cybeross
Traits
Skilled L1
Juggler
Packrat L1
Son of a Gun L2
Whizkid L1
Hunker down
Scavenger
Headshot
Incoming!
SHARPSHOOTER L3
Trait order
SoG->HDw->Whk->Skl->SoG->MSS->Hsh->Pak->
Inc->MSS->Scv->MSS->Jug
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV2 9mm pistol P2
Slot #2 : CRI plasma pistol A2
Slot #3 : AV3 7.62 sidearm P
Body : ENV armor PBA
Utility : CRI pistol power control
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x52)
9mm ammo (x100)
9mm ammo (x49)
gas grenade (x3)
krak grenade (x2)
smoke grenade (x3)
CRI phase kit (x1)
military stimpack
small medkit (x1)
large medkit
large medkit
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Post Mortem / Re: [0.9.0c|H|AoB|Ma|YAAM] Pure Hard Melee Run
« on: May 06, 2020, 08:21 »
Nice win! :) And YAAM too! :o I haven't had that much luck with AoB games so far; the best I've done is clearing everything up to Callisto Anomaly.
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Post Mortem / [0.9.0c|U|AoI|Ma|YAAM] The great communicator... (Eagerness Gold badge)
« on: May 02, 2020, 06:49 »
I decided to make another try at AoI, now that we have Master traits. :) I wanted to try a hybrid build, part melee, part ranged weapons. I figured I'd get Vampyre, so I would have an extra source of healing, since I can't carry med kits, besides my starting one.
It used much of the same strategy as my recent AoV game at the beginning, up until I started getting levels in Vampyre and got a really nice Av3 Chainsaw with boosted damage, (100) boosted accuracy, (40%) and Hunter 20. I was reeeally looking forward to using it on the Summoner, but then I discovered...
Considering that Vampyre trait only heals you from organic kills, you might think it's a bad idea to enter CRI Armory, which is full of mechanical enemies, and you'd be largely right... and you would also be smally right, and mediumly right too... what was I thinking? That was a dumb place to go. :P I just happened to have a modded plasma rifle at the time and a ton of energy cells, so I figured I'd be okay, and I was, but it was a lot of painstaking sniping of CRI bots (and one MkII CRI bot!) from a distance, not to mention the CRI Marines, which I discovered don't have a melee attack and kept hitting me with a painful energy weapon attack when I tried to heal myself on them with my chainsaw. I didn't get to really put the Vampyre trait to use until the last few levels of the game.
Oh well, in the end, I emerged victorious, the Summoner falling from three hits of my Demonic Sword! :D (Though I found I really missed the chainsaw's accuracy boost at the end, since I kept taking painful hits that reduced my tohit chance to 50%) :| And now, I have the Eagerness Gold Badge, which is the last of the Steam achievements available, which as of this writing, has a 0.3% achievement rate. Go me! :D
It used much of the same strategy as my recent AoV game at the beginning, up until I started getting levels in Vampyre and got a really nice Av3 Chainsaw with boosted damage, (100) boosted accuracy, (40%) and Hunter 20. I was reeeally looking forward to using it on the Summoner, but then I discovered...
Spoiler: a secret level (click to show/hide)
Considering that Vampyre trait only heals you from organic kills, you might think it's a bad idea to enter CRI Armory, which is full of mechanical enemies, and you'd be largely right... and you would also be smally right, and mediumly right too... what was I thinking? That was a dumb place to go. :P I just happened to have a modded plasma rifle at the time and a ton of energy cells, so I figured I'd be okay, and I was, but it was a lot of painstaking sniping of CRI bots (and one MkII CRI bot!) from a distance, not to mention the CRI Marines, which I discovered don't have a melee attack and kept hitting me with a painful energy weapon attack when I tried to heal myself on them with my chainsaw. I didn't get to really put the Vampyre trait to use until the last few levels of the game.
Oh well, in the end, I emerged victorious, the Summoner falling from three hits of my Demonic Sword! :D (Though I found I really missed the chainsaw's accuracy boost at the end, since I kept taking painful hits that reduced my tohit chance to 50%) :| And now, I have the Eagerness Gold Badge, which is the last of the Steam achievements available, which as of this writing, has a 0.3% achievement rate. Go me! :D
Tormuse, level 13 Marine, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 19632 turns.
The run time was 6h 53m 30s.
He scored 6636 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He was an Angel of Impatience!
CALLISTO L2 -> Callisto Mines L1
Callisto Mines L2 -> Callisto Anomaly
Callisto Anomaly - cleared
EUROPA L3 -> Europa Dig Zone L1
Europa Dig Zone L2 -> Tyre Outpost
Tyre Outpost - cleared
IO L3 -> CRI Laboratory L1
CRI Laboratory L2 -> CRI Armory
CRI Armory - cleared
The Shattered Abyss - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
Eagerness Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Impatience
Eagerness Gold Badge
* Complete Angel of Impatience on Hard
He killed 549 out of 549 enemies.
43 archreavers
42 fiends
5 plasma ravagers
17 exalted fiends
9 rocket turrets
20 turrets
15 security bots
4 former CRI grunts
2 former CRI guards
6 exalted reavers
4 CRI soldiers
5 former CRI soldiers
1 Summoner
7 corrupted sergeants
1 CRI bot MkII
1 hellish sergeant
39 ravagers
11 CRI turrets
10 combat drones
20 former soldiers
14 former guards
1 former heavy
52 fire fiends
4 siege ravagers
4 former sergeants
11 cryobeross
3 corrupted heavys
8 CRI commandos
42 CRI marines
12 hellish soldiers
4 military drones
3 hellish heavys
2 corrupted soldiers
8 hellish commandos
4 former grunts
7 toxic reavers
1 Swordmaster
1 former CRI sergeant
12 armored ravagers
46 CRI bots
21 reavers
4 corrupted commandos
8 cybeross
12 security drones
16 cryoreavers
3 kerbeross
4 former commandos
1 toxiberos
Traits
Skilled L1
Hellrunner L2
Ironman L2
Rip and tear L2
Bloodhound
Field Medic
VAMPYRE L3
Trait order
Hr->Ski->Blo->Iro->RaT->RaT->MVM->Hr->
MVM->Iro->FMc->MVM
Equipment
Slot #1 : CRI plasma rifle PBA
Slot #2 : rocket launcher A
Slot #3 : demonic sword
Body : blue armor
Utility : ADV accuracy amp
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x76)
rocket (x10)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x91)
gas grenade (x1)
EMP grenade (x3)
krak grenade (x2)
frag grenade (x2)
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Post Mortem / [0.9.0b|U|AoV|Ma|YAAM] Perfect score :P (Blood Gold Badge)
« on: May 01, 2020, 00:43 »
So I was looking over the new Master traits in this version and decided that Survivor trait would be a big help to my Angel of Vampirism game. :) I've gotten to the Summoner in AoV at UV difficulty before, but this was the first time I succeeded. Blood Gold Badge! Yay! :D (As of this posting, only 0.3% of people have this achievement, according to Steam) :)
The update to Bloodhound trait is a big help for sniping enemies from a distance; no more counting pixels on the mini-map. :P The advanced sniper rifle I got out of the Mark 3 CRI Manufacture Station in Tyre Outpost was a big help that put an end to any ammo worries for the rest of the game. It had Longshot 5 and Hunter 5, and I put a "cold" mod pack on it, which potentially gave it up to 38 damage per bullet! (Now that's efficiency!) :D
I was really tempted to put the cold pack on the rocket launcher, so I could freeze groups of enemies at a time; it was a tough decision, and I still feel like I could have gone either way. (Something for next game, maybe) :) As it was, I was freezing enemies at the edges or outside of my visual range, so they couldn't approach me very quickly, while I took advantage of HR 2 to run away, to keep them at the edges of my visual range and/or to heal up via Survivor trait. (I never felt a need to get Survivor level 2 or 3)
That's not to say it was super easy, though; there were several occasions that I got caught by surprise around blind corners or behind doors suddenly being opened, and I had to use every resource at my disposal, including almost every grenade I found in the game, (except two frag grenades that I left behind) and all three phase devices. Victory was uncertain, even right up 'til the end, when a group of Archreavers were ganging up on me, and I dealt with them with a well-placed gas grenade that obscured me from their view, and allowed me to focus on the Summoner as it was bearing down on me. He was two tiles away and I was down to 17 hp when I finished him off. Whew!
EDIT: Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention... with the changes to Angry Motherfucker trait, it's considerably more well-suited to AoV! Doing more damage when my hp were low instead of when my pain was high meant I was getting damage bonuses constantly, instead of once in a long while. It made a huge difference.
The update to Bloodhound trait is a big help for sniping enemies from a distance; no more counting pixels on the mini-map. :P The advanced sniper rifle I got out of the Mark 3 CRI Manufacture Station in Tyre Outpost was a big help that put an end to any ammo worries for the rest of the game. It had Longshot 5 and Hunter 5, and I put a "cold" mod pack on it, which potentially gave it up to 38 damage per bullet! (Now that's efficiency!) :D
I was really tempted to put the cold pack on the rocket launcher, so I could freeze groups of enemies at a time; it was a tough decision, and I still feel like I could have gone either way. (Something for next game, maybe) :) As it was, I was freezing enemies at the edges or outside of my visual range, so they couldn't approach me very quickly, while I took advantage of HR 2 to run away, to keep them at the edges of my visual range and/or to heal up via Survivor trait. (I never felt a need to get Survivor level 2 or 3)
That's not to say it was super easy, though; there were several occasions that I got caught by surprise around blind corners or behind doors suddenly being opened, and I had to use every resource at my disposal, including almost every grenade I found in the game, (except two frag grenades that I left behind) and all three phase devices. Victory was uncertain, even right up 'til the end, when a group of Archreavers were ganging up on me, and I dealt with them with a well-placed gas grenade that obscured me from their view, and allowed me to focus on the Summoner as it was bearing down on me. He was two tiles away and I was down to 17 hp when I finished him off. Whew!
EDIT: Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention... with the changes to Angry Motherfucker trait, it's considerably more well-suited to AoV! Doing more damage when my hp were low instead of when my pain was high meant I was getting damage bonuses constantly, instead of once in a long while. It made a huge difference.
Tormuse, level 14 Marine, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 15559 turns.
The run time was 5h 35m 11s.
He scored 6666 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He was an Angel of Vampirism!
CALLISTO L3 -> Valhalla Terminal L1
Valhalla Terminal L2 -> Valhalla Command
Valhalla Command - cleared
EUROPA L3 -> Europa Dig Zone L1
Europa Dig Zone L2 -> Tyre Outpost
Tyre Outpost - cleared
IO L2 -> Io Black Site L1
Io Black Site L2 -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - cleared
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
CRI Star (silver cluster) (+50)
* 50+ kills without taking damage
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
Blood Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Vampirism
Blood Gold Badge
* Complete Angel of Vampirism on Hard
He killed 519 out of 519 enemies.
44 archreavers
37 fiends
3 exalted ravagers
11 plasma ravagers
13 exalted fiends
19 rocket turrets
29 turrets
25 security bots
1 former CRI grunt
2 former CRI guards
15 exalted reavers
2 CRI guards
3 former CRI soldiers
1 Summoner
12 exalted kerbeross
1 corrupted sergeant
1 hellish sergeant
36 ravagers
2 combat drones
12 former soldiers
23 former guards
1 former heavy
46 fire fiends
13 siege ravagers
8 former sergeants
3 exalted soldiers
7 cryobeross
4 corrupted heavys
18 CRI marines
3 military bots
7 hellish soldiers
2 military drones
2 hellish heavys
8 corrupted soldiers
7 hellish commandos
4 former grunts
10 toxic reavers
3 former CRI sergeants
23 armored ravagers
8 CRI bots
20 reavers
6 corrupted commandos
8 cybeross
8 security drones
12 cryoreavers
4 kerbeross
14 former commandos
2 toxibeross
Traits
Skilled L1
Hellrunner L2
Tough as Nails L2
Reloader L2
Sustained fire L1
Bloodhound
Die Hard
Angry Motherfucker
Incoming!
SURVIVOR L1
Trait order
Hr->Ski->Blo->Hr->TaN->TaN->DHa->MSV->
Inc->SF->AMf->Rel->Rel
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV3 7.62 sniper rifle C
Slot #2 : rocket launcher PBA
Slot #3 : 12ga auto-shotgun PBA
Body : red armor PBA
Utility : ADV accuracy amp
Inventory
rocket (x10)
rocket (x10)
rocket (x4)
12ga shell (x50)
12ga shell (x48)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x62)
krak grenade (x1)
multitool (x4)
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Discussion / Re: Quick questions thread!
« on: April 24, 2020, 04:39 »
That would be ideal, but it's not always practical. When I'm establishing myself at the beginning of a level, I sometimes have to prioritize who I dispose of, and any enemies that I can just one-shot, I kill them where they stand and focus more on getting rid of the corpses of larger enemies, then come back to getting rid of the smaller ones when they revive later. I'm not saying this is necessarily the ideal strategy or anything, but that's how my Nightmare games usually play out.
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Discussion / Re: Quick questions thread!
« on: April 18, 2020, 00:00 »
Also, lots of waiting by doorways or around blind corners such that you can see them coming before they see you.
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Century Lounge / Re: [U|Ao100|99%|YAVP] Centurial Platinum
« on: April 17, 2020, 21:48 »
I haven't really checked on this forum in a bit, but I see there's some interesting strategy discussion going on here! :)
Personally, I've never been a fan of Ammochain, because of the lack of Eagle Eye. I'd rather have my weapons be more accurate, so I hit my targets more often and use less ammo that way. My preferred strategy for Ao100/ArchAo666 is to diversify my weapons, so I use a variety of ammo types, and then as much as possible, use whichever ammo there is the most of. (Though truth be told, for ArchAo666, I'd much rather do melee, because it's only kind of tedious, instead of incredibly tedious) :P
I'd like to clarify that. Nightmare Arachnotrons have similar AI to Mancubi in that once they fire a barrage at you, they'll fire a second barrage shortly after, whether they can see you or not, even if you're in melee range. If you can get to melee range before they fire that first barrage, they'll be left with their weak melee attack.
Regardless, your best bet when facing them without a melee build is to seek cover and try to corner-shoot them one at a time, if possible. Unfortunately, cave levels don't always lend themselves to comfortable corner-shooting, and that's why Nightmare Arachnotron caves are one of the more dangerous levels in the game. Still, it's your best bet if you're going for YAAM.
It's certainly possible... I think the biggest obstacle would be patience, quite frankly. I mean certainly the first bunch of levels will be extra tough, establishing yourself, and there's always the possibility of getting bad RNG, but once you get to a certain point, you have enough toughness and equipment to survive whatever the game throws at you, as long as you don't make any mistakes... which is a real occupational hazard for such a long, long, long game. Case in point right here. (Coincidentally, the only time I encountered a Cyberdemon Complex)
I think it's a little funny that you're talking about Cyberdemon Complexes in this thread as if they're an inevitability in DoomRL, when in all the thousands of games I've played, I've only encountered one once. :) They are an exceedingly rare level type. In any case, I think you're vastly underestimating the value of Dodgemaster. It significantly reduces the danger posed by Cyberdemons, as long as you use it properly. It's worth noting, (as someone here pointed out) that Cyberdemons can hurt each other, even if their own rockets don't hurt themselves. This makes it theoretically possible to thin out their numbers in a Cyberdemon Complex without firing a single shot, as evidenced by my victory at Trar's absurd "MockRL challenge.
I've always been a fan of Ammochain builds - ammo management becomes a lot easier when you're only expending one round per burst, and that solves one of the biggest challenges of Ao100.
Personally, I've never been a fan of Ammochain, because of the lack of Eagle Eye. I'd rather have my weapons be more accurate, so I hit my targets more often and use less ammo that way. My preferred strategy for Ao100/ArchAo666 is to diversify my weapons, so I use a variety of ammo types, and then as much as possible, use whichever ammo there is the most of. (Though truth be told, for ArchAo666, I'd much rather do melee, because it's only kind of tedious, instead of incredibly tedious) :P
Note for the future - nightmare arachnotrons can shoot in melee range,
I'd like to clarify that. Nightmare Arachnotrons have similar AI to Mancubi in that once they fire a barrage at you, they'll fire a second barrage shortly after, whether they can see you or not, even if you're in melee range. If you can get to melee range before they fire that first barrage, they'll be left with their weak melee attack.
Regardless, your best bet when facing them without a melee build is to seek cover and try to corner-shoot them one at a time, if possible. Unfortunately, cave levels don't always lend themselves to comfortable corner-shooting, and that's why Nightmare Arachnotron caves are one of the more dangerous levels in the game. Still, it's your best bet if you're going for YAAM.
And now I'm tempted to try for a 100% Centurial Angelic run, just for "fun", but unfortunately my profile is on a computer that isn't easily accessible to me in the near future... nor have I ever really even come close to a N! 666 run. My Dervis' Medallion was a melee stairdive(Edit: and I apparently did it in under an hour, with a Minor Icarus Cross to boot) - to replicate even those first 100 levels going for 100% would be much more difficult, to say nothing of extremely tedious =P
Who knows, maybe Tormuse will eventually post such a mortem, though. He has a habit of doing insane things like that...
It's certainly possible... I think the biggest obstacle would be patience, quite frankly. I mean certainly the first bunch of levels will be extra tough, establishing yourself, and there's always the possibility of getting bad RNG, but once you get to a certain point, you have enough toughness and equipment to survive whatever the game throws at you, as long as you don't make any mistakes... which is a real occupational hazard for such a long, long, long game. Case in point right here. (Coincidentally, the only time I encountered a Cyberdemon Complex)
I think it's a little funny that you're talking about Cyberdemon Complexes in this thread as if they're an inevitability in DoomRL, when in all the thousands of games I've played, I've only encountered one once. :) They are an exceedingly rare level type. In any case, I think you're vastly underestimating the value of Dodgemaster. It significantly reduces the danger posed by Cyberdemons, as long as you use it properly. It's worth noting, (as someone here pointed out) that Cyberdemons can hurt each other, even if their own rockets don't hurt themselves. This makes it theoretically possible to thin out their numbers in a Cyberdemon Complex without firing a single shot, as evidenced by my victory at Trar's absurd "MockRL challenge.
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Discussion / Re: Quick questions thread!
« on: March 08, 2020, 15:15 »
Regarding UAC Diamond, I made a video of myself achieving it once with a Blademaster build. 20 minutes is more time than you may realize, so you don't necessarily have to rush for the whole thing. As for how many tries it took, I have 28 videos on my hard drive of attempts at it, though most of them are short and fail near the beginning.
As for easier high tier badges, Shottyman Angelic is easily the easiest Angelic badge. Maybe try for that one next?
As for easier high tier badges, Shottyman Angelic is easily the easiest Angelic badge. Maybe try for that one next?
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Post Mortem / Re: [U YAVP | 92%] UAC gold
« on: February 24, 2020, 15:31 »Seems so, but I wasn't close to running dry, 3 shell boxes would put me at 400+ shells.
Ah, derp, somehow, I overlooked the shellboxes. :P I just glimpsed at the mortem and saw the stack of 50 next to the stack of 16, and didn't see the other stack of 50. (Not sure why the inventory sometimes doesn't display the incomplete stack at the bottom of the section)
On side note, AoMr is tough to get off the ground....
It can be, yes. I see lots of people recommending Sharpshooter here, which is the hardest to get off the ground, so if you're struggling, you might like to try a Gun Kata build instead, heading to Dualgunner, then taking a level in Eagle Eye, before heading to the Master trait. (I find that progression pretty nice for early game) Alternatively, you might like to forget about Master traits altogether and do a masterless build. Not having to worry about what traits block what can be remarkably freeing, and then you just get what you need in that moment. (My first AoMr victory was with a masterless build... about a decade ago) :P
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Post Mortem / Re: [0.8.8b|U|AoSh|Ma|13|YAAM] If it bleeds, we can kill it (Shottyman Gold)
« on: February 24, 2020, 14:54 »
Yeah, I definitely noticed the reduced frequency of armoured ravagers. (They've been toned down more than a bit!)
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Post Mortem / [0.8.8b|U|AoSh|Ma|13|YAAM] If it bleeds, we can kill it (Shottyman Gold)
« on: February 23, 2020, 20:09 »
Shottyman Gold Badge! Woo! :D If the Steam achievement stats are to be believed, this is among the rarest achievements! :) (Tied with Blood Gold and Eagerness Gold at 0.3%)
In previous attempts, I played as Scout or Technician, so I could play with Juggler to get multiple shots at a time in quick succession... but I guess it turned out that having one main weapon and sticking to it was more effective. :P The weapon that carried me for a vast majority of this game was an advanced shotgun that had enhanced damage, reloading speed, and barbed effect. Toward the end, I was getting worryingly low on shells, so the barbed effect turned out to be quite helpful, because I could make them bleed and run away to let their hp tick down for a while, then repeat. When I reached the Precipice of Defeat, I was out of cells for my plasma shotgun, and down to 80 shells. I had lots of med kits, though! :)
I probably would have done better at keeping my ammo up if I had found a single shotgun amp in the game. I must have found about a dozen amps over the course of the game, and they were all pistol amps, rifle amps, or accuracy amps. I kept an accuracy amp around on the off chance that it helps my grenades. (I don't actually know if it helps with that)
Also, now that I know that they exist, I tried to see if I could get all the special levels I hadn't seen before. I found the Military Barracks by skipping Callisto Mines and Valhalla Spaceport, Refueling base by skipping Conamara Chaos Biolabs and Europa Digzone, and Io Warehouse by skipping CRI labs and Black Site. I had hoped there would be another extra level if I skipped Arena and Limbo, but apparently not... and I think I missed out on Conqueror by skipping those two. (Oops!)
In the end, I brought the Summoner down with my advanced auto-shotgun with cold effect and autoloader. It did half as much damage per shot as the barbed shotgun, but it allowed me to stay ahead of the Summoner by slowing it down while I could reload on the move... and by angling my shots to hit the Reavers at the same time, I was soon getting Frenzy bonuses, which helped kill the Summoner faster. :)
In previous attempts, I played as Scout or Technician, so I could play with Juggler to get multiple shots at a time in quick succession... but I guess it turned out that having one main weapon and sticking to it was more effective. :P The weapon that carried me for a vast majority of this game was an advanced shotgun that had enhanced damage, reloading speed, and barbed effect. Toward the end, I was getting worryingly low on shells, so the barbed effect turned out to be quite helpful, because I could make them bleed and run away to let their hp tick down for a while, then repeat. When I reached the Precipice of Defeat, I was out of cells for my plasma shotgun, and down to 80 shells. I had lots of med kits, though! :)
I probably would have done better at keeping my ammo up if I had found a single shotgun amp in the game. I must have found about a dozen amps over the course of the game, and they were all pistol amps, rifle amps, or accuracy amps. I kept an accuracy amp around on the off chance that it helps my grenades. (I don't actually know if it helps with that)
Also, now that I know that they exist, I tried to see if I could get all the special levels I hadn't seen before. I found the Military Barracks by skipping Callisto Mines and Valhalla Spaceport, Refueling base by skipping Conamara Chaos Biolabs and Europa Digzone, and Io Warehouse by skipping CRI labs and Black Site. I had hoped there would be another extra level if I skipped Arena and Limbo, but apparently not... and I think I missed out on Conqueror by skipping those two. (Oops!)
In the end, I brought the Summoner down with my advanced auto-shotgun with cold effect and autoloader. It did half as much damage per shot as the barbed shotgun, but it allowed me to stay ahead of the Summoner by slowing it down while I could reload on the move... and by angling my shots to hit the Reavers at the same time, I was soon getting Frenzy bonuses, which helped kill the Summoner faster. :)
Tormuse, level 13 Marine, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 19903 turns.
The run time was 6h 15m 58s.
He scored 6232 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
CALLISTO L4 -> Military Barracks
Military Barracks - cleared
EUROPA L4 -> Refueling Base
Refueling Base - cleared
IO L4 -> Io Warehouse
Io Warehouse - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Shottyman Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Shotgunnery (AoSh)
Shottyman Gold Badge
* Complete AoSh on Hard
He killed 530 out of 530 enemies.
5 former CRI soldiers
1 military bot
22 former soldiers
23 reavers
6 hellish soldiers
14 corrupted soldiers
32 turrets
6 exalted soldiers
12 exalted fiends
16 armored ravagers
13 plasma ravagers
3 siege ravagers
12 security drones
18 CRI bots
13 CRI marines
6 exalted ravagers
1 summoner
27 fiends
42 fire fiends
15 exalted reavers
6 toxic reavers
17 security bots
2 CRI guards
4 former grunts
52 ravagers
17 former guards
45 archreavers
1 former CRI grunt
11 hellish commandos
3 former heavys
10 corrupted commandos
9 corrupted sergeants
1 hellish sergeant
4 corrupted heavys
8 former commandos
1 hellish heavy
1 kerberos
8 former sergeants
3 military drones
5 former CRI sergeants
6 cryobeross
16 rocket turrets
2 combat drones
15 cryoreavers
11 cybeross
Traits
Skilled L2
Hellrunner L2
Ironman L2
Reloader L2
Bloodhound
Field Medic
Reload Dance
Shredder
Equipment
Slot #1 : ADV 12ga shotgun PA
Slot #2 : ADV 12ga auto-shotgun A
Slot #3 : CRI plasma shotgun BA
Body : ADV blue armor
Utility : ADV accuracy amp
Inventory
12ga shell (x50)
accuracy mod pack
CRI phase kit (x2)
military stimpack
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x1)
small medkit (x3)
large medkit
large medkit