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Post Mortem / [1.9 Beta 2c|N!|Purity|He|YAVP] All five Purity badges
« on: June 06, 2025, 23:25 »
So uh... I got the Purity Diamond badge! :) I figured that was worth sharing, even though I did it using the beta of the upcoming new version of Jupiter Hell. :) Full disclosure: I used an exploit that Kornel says is going to be fixed in the full release, so take my "victory" with a grain of salt. (Specifically, there's currently an exploit with Armorer 3 that lets you get unlimited scrap, which can then be used to get unlimited ammo with Reclaimer trait, though I'm pretty sure I could have found enough ammo anyway)
Anyway, this was my first time playing at Nightmare difficulty in a while, but I figured I wanted to be able to get good at gibbing enemies, so they couldn't respawn. Initially, I wanted to do this by combining Juggler 3 and Sustained Fire, so I could continue to get "sustain" bonuses after insta-switching weapons, (helped along by an early JAC 44) :) but then the manufacturing station on Europa 1 gave me a rocket launcher with "Specialist" perk and that quickly became my primary weapon instead, since it synergizes well with the Heavy's "Barricade" ability to do triple damage to everything. Bonuses from Focused and auto-calibration, and later Precise and an Ancient Armband eventually boosted it to be able to do up to 616 damage per shot, which is more than enough to gib anything, so nothing could stand in my way. :)
Anyway, this was my first time playing at Nightmare difficulty in a while, but I figured I wanted to be able to get good at gibbing enemies, so they couldn't respawn. Initially, I wanted to do this by combining Juggler 3 and Sustained Fire, so I could continue to get "sustain" bonuses after insta-switching weapons, (helped along by an early JAC 44) :) but then the manufacturing station on Europa 1 gave me a rocket launcher with "Specialist" perk and that quickly became my primary weapon instead, since it synergizes well with the Heavy's "Barricade" ability to do triple damage to everything. Bonuses from Focused and auto-calibration, and later Precise and an Ancient Armband eventually boosted it to be able to do up to 616 damage per shot, which is more than enough to gib anything, so nothing could stand in my way. :)
Tormuse, level 15 Heavy Gunner,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 14290 turns.
The run time was 3h 32m 33s.
World seed was 88613.
He scored 9206 points.
He opposed the NIGHTMARE!
He was a paragon of Purity.
CALLISTO L2 - Low Power
EUROPA L5 - Lockdown
IO L2 - Low Power
IO L5 - found Void
BEYOND L3 - Exalted Summons
Awards
CRI Star (silver cluster) (+100)
* 50+ kills without taking damage
Neophyte Ribbon (+50)
* Reach Io without picking a master trait
Neophyte Medal (+100)
* Reach Dante without picking a master trait
Neophyte Cross (+250)
* Win the game without picking a master trait
Purity Bronze Badge
* Reach Io in the Purity Trial
Purity Silver Badge
* Complete the Purity Trial
Purity Gold Badge
* Complete the Purity Trial on Hard
Purity Platinum Badge
* Complete Purity Trial master-less on UV+
Purity Diamond Badge
* Complete Purity Trial on Nightmare!
He killed 703 out of 733 enemies.
46 former grunts 19 toxic fiends
1 former CRI grunt 13 CalSec sentries
6 former grenadiers 6 security sentries
4 corrupted grenadiers 11 CalSec bots
10 former soldiers 8 security bots
21 corrupted soldiers 2 guardian bots
1 former CRI soldier 14 reavers
4 former sergeants 25 cryoreavers
3 corrupted sergeants 27 toxic reavers
1 hellish sergeant 16 archreavers
2 former CRI sergeants 12 kerberi
22 former guards 10 cyberi
9 former commandoes 11 cryoberi
14 corrupted commandoes 3 toxiberi
3 hellish commandoes 9 medusae
2 former CRI commandoes 15 archmedusae
7 corrupted heavies 30 ravagers
2 former CRI heavies 18 armored ravagers
4 fanatics 10 plasma ravagers
5 security drones 5 CRI marines
8 combat drones 7 CRI bots
48 fiends 9 warlocks
13 fire fiends 3 watchers
29 ice fiends 6 cryowatchers
Traits
Reloader L1
Cover Master L2
Sustained fire L1
Concussion L1
Armorer L3
Hoarder L1
Whizkid L1
Reclaimer L3
Bullet Rain L1
Trait order
SF->BRa->Hor->Rec->Rec->Arm->Arm->Arm->
Rec->Whk->Rel->Cov->Cov->Con
Equipment
Slot #1 : .44 JAC SMG +
* Auto-calibrated
* Splatter
Slot #2 : AV1 rocket launcher +PA
* Concussion
* Precise
* Focused
* Auto-calibrated
* Specialist
Slot #3 : 12ga focused shotgun +
* Concussion
* Auto-calibrating 20%
* Autoloader
* Focused
Slot #4 : Void
Body : AV1 marine armor PB
* Fire-resistant
* Carrier
* Painkiller
Head : command visor
* Aim assist
* Red access
Utility : AV2 utility AMP
* Auto-med 10
* Carrier
Relic : ancient armband
* Ancient Power
Permanents
Adrenal overload
Inventory
rocket (x10)
rocket (x6)
12ga shell (x46)
.44 ammo (x50)
plasma grenade (x2)
gas grenade (x3)
CRI phase kit (x2)
multitool (x5)
combat pack (x2)
stimpack (x2)
large medkit
large medkit
large medkit
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Post Mortem / [1.8j|Gauntlet|Ma|YAAM] Finally completed this thing :P
« on: February 01, 2025, 04:31 »
So I beat the Summoner on level 50 and... unexpectedly won the game. This was a surprise to me, since the description says there are a hundred levels. (Kornel tells me this was an error) I fully expected the game to continue until another boss on level 100. It makes me feel a bit silly that my previous game that got this far died on level 50; I didn't know I was so close to the end. Oh well...
Anyway, this was with last week's Gauntlet where pistols do double damage. I would have preferred doing it with a Gun Kata build to make the most of that, but my attempt at GK didn't fare so well. Survivor did much better, which is a bit embarrassing, since it makes me seem like a one-trick pony, since my last attempt that got this far was also with Survivor. :P
The medusa's fang relic I found on level 18, which makes any hit against biological targets an instant kill at the cost of reducing your max health, turned the run into easy mode, relatively speaking, especially since it turns out there's a cap on how much it can reduce your health. After it brought my max health down by about 50, (I think?) it no longer had a drawback, and I was able to insta-kill everything except bots for the rest of the game, and stockpiling multitools to increase my health at health stations mitigated the damage it had done in the meantime. :)
I found a railgun on level 25, which does piercing damage, so it was my backup weapon for dealing with any bots, but once I got a nano mod for it on level 37, it became my primary weapon, freely wrecking anything that came my way for the rest of the game. :)
Anyway, this was with last week's Gauntlet where pistols do double damage. I would have preferred doing it with a Gun Kata build to make the most of that, but my attempt at GK didn't fare so well. Survivor did much better, which is a bit embarrassing, since it makes me seem like a one-trick pony, since my last attempt that got this far was also with Survivor. :P
The medusa's fang relic I found on level 18, which makes any hit against biological targets an instant kill at the cost of reducing your max health, turned the run into easy mode, relatively speaking, especially since it turns out there's a cap on how much it can reduce your health. After it brought my max health down by about 50, (I think?) it no longer had a drawback, and I was able to insta-kill everything except bots for the rest of the game, and stockpiling multitools to increase my health at health stations mitigated the damage it had done in the meantime. :)
I found a railgun on level 25, which does piercing damage, so it was my backup weapon for dealing with any bots, but once I got a nano mod for it on level 37, it became my primary weapon, freely wrecking anything that came my way for the rest of the game. :)
Tormuse, level 47 Marine,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 43756 turns.
The run time was 10h 45m 0s.
World seed was 87102.
He scored 13332 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He challenged the Gauntlet trial.
Gauntlet L24 - Exalted Curse
Gauntlet L25 - Exalted Curse
Gauntlet L32 - Exalted Summons
Gauntlet L40 - Infestation
Gauntlet L48 - Volatile Storage
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+50)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Blind Luck Star (+50)
* Won despite getting down to 1hp at some point
He killed 2688 out of 2688 enemies.
63 former grunts 27 toxic fiends
22 former grenadiers 10 CalSec sentries
8 corrupted grenadiers 9 security sentries
8 hellish grenadiers 6 military sentries
20 former CRI grenadiers 2 CalSec bots
4 CRI grenadiers 3 security bots
14 former soldiers 2 military bots
81 corrupted soldiers 5 guardian bots
57 hellish soldiers 90 reavers
38 former CRI soldiers 13 cryoreavers
24 CRI soldiers 46 toxic reavers
9 former sergeants 166archreavers
16 corrupted sergeants 63 kerberi
12 hellish sergeants 91 cyberi
17 former CRI sergeants 12 cryoberi
8 CRI sergeants 28 toxiberi
32 former guards 64 medusae
24 CRI guards 86 archmedusae
15 former commandoes 63 ravagers
44 corrupted commandoes 85 armored ravagers
54 hellish commandoes 21 siege ravagers
24 former CRI commandoes 61 plasma ravagers
22 CRI commandoes 67 CRI marines
5 former heavies 25 CRI bots
14 corrupted heavies 131guardians
28 hellish heavies 69 frost guardians
12 former CRI heavies 27 sentinels
1 CRI heavy 60 warlocks
15 fanatics 34 archwarlocks
185fiends 5 watchers
84 fire fiends 9 cryowatchers
34 ice fiends 9 pyrowatchers
Traits
Skilled L1
Ironman L2
Furious L3
Hellrunner L3
Son of a Gun L3
Reloader L3
Sustained fire L1
Tough as Nails L3
Rip and tear L3
Army Surplus L3
Cover Master L2
Gunslinger L3
Bloodhound L3
Field Medic L3
Whizkid L3
Angry Motherfucker L3
Running L2
SURVIVOR L2
Trait order
Hr->AMf->AMf->TaN->MSV->Iro->AMf->Iro->
MSV->Fur->Cov->Cov->Arm->Whk->Whk->Whk->
TaN->TaN->FMc->Fur->FMc->FMc->Fur->Arm->
Arm->Rel->Ski->Blo->Blo->Blo->RaT->SoG->
SoG->SoG->RaT->Hr->Gsl->Gsl->Gsl->RaT->
Rel->Rel->SF->Hr->Run->Run
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV3 7.62 sidearm BVE
* Efficient
* Vampiric 3
* Disruptive 3
* Calibrated 2
* Sustain
Slot #2 : AV3 plasma shotgun BAC
* Second chamber
* Stabilized 1
* Freezing 2
* Calibrated 2
* Deadly 20
* Slowdown
Slot #3 : ERI railgun BCN
* Hunter 10
* NanoTech
* Freezing 2
* Efficient
* Europan Recon Initiative
* Electromagnetic rail
Body : medi-fiber armor B3
* Fire-resistant
* Compartments
* Auto-repair
* Padded
* Medi-fiber
Head : ERI adrenal helmet PA2
* Critical 10
* Filtered
* Crit Enhancer 25
* Aim assist
* Europan Recon Initiative
* Cleanse protocol
Utility : AV2 utility AMP
* Metabolic boost
* Carrier
Relic : medusa's fang
* Kiss of Death
Permanents
Adrenal overload
Relic Corruption
Medusa's Curse
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x92)
7.62 ammo (x100)
gas grenade (x3)
EMP grenade (x1)
krak grenade (x3)
frag grenade (x3)
CRI phase kit (x3)
multitool (x5)
multitool (x5)
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x3)
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Post Mortem / [1.8j|Gauntlet|Ma|50|YASD] Gauntlet Diamond badge
« on: December 14, 2024, 23:48 »
Well... I didn't *actually* win, but it was good enough for the Diamond badge, so I guess it's worth sharing. :)
The difficulty ramps up pretty ridiculously in this challenge; at a couple points, I encountered enemies that, according to their stats and my calculations, were capable of doing up to 240 damage per shot! :o You basically need to be able to avoid getting hit at all, or with my Survivor build here, be able to take a hit. :)
This seed (from last week's Gauntlet) was generous with stations, and I took advantage of that to fill up on stimpacks and medkits, which are important for emergencies. The auto-repairing medi-fibre armour may seem redundant when Survivor provides its own health regen, but this challenge is so loaded with large quantities of enemies that having that extra bit of regen was very welcome, especially since the medi-fibre armour continues healing you if you're on fire, unlike Survivor's health regen. (Not sure if this is an oversight, but I took full advantage of it) :P
I was doing fine up until the storage room on level 47, which forced me to burn through every single stimpack in my inventory, (nine of them!) due to close quarters combat with hordes of enemies coming at me from two directions with only a single pillar for cover... and then levels 48 and 49 didn't have a single station among them, so I couldn't replenish my supplies. If not for that, I could have won this. Up until the last level, I had 100% kills, so it would've been a pretty sweet victory. :|
But I got the badge, so... yay, I guess? :P
The difficulty ramps up pretty ridiculously in this challenge; at a couple points, I encountered enemies that, according to their stats and my calculations, were capable of doing up to 240 damage per shot! :o You basically need to be able to avoid getting hit at all, or with my Survivor build here, be able to take a hit. :)
This seed (from last week's Gauntlet) was generous with stations, and I took advantage of that to fill up on stimpacks and medkits, which are important for emergencies. The auto-repairing medi-fibre armour may seem redundant when Survivor provides its own health regen, but this challenge is so loaded with large quantities of enemies that having that extra bit of regen was very welcome, especially since the medi-fibre armour continues healing you if you're on fire, unlike Survivor's health regen. (Not sure if this is an oversight, but I took full advantage of it) :P
I was doing fine up until the storage room on level 47, which forced me to burn through every single stimpack in my inventory, (nine of them!) due to close quarters combat with hordes of enemies coming at me from two directions with only a single pillar for cover... and then levels 48 and 49 didn't have a single station among them, so I couldn't replenish my supplies. If not for that, I could have won this. Up until the last level, I had 100% kills, so it would've been a pretty sweet victory. :|
But I got the badge, so... yay, I guess? :P
Tormuse, level 46 Marine,
killed on Precipice of Defeat by a toxic reaver.
He survived for 61306 turns.
The run time was 15h 17m 28s.
World seed was 87079.
He scored 11467 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He challenged the Gauntlet trial.
Death log
* your action, you're at 7 health
* Burning deals 0 damage to you
* your action, you're at 10 health
* Burning deals 0 damage to you
* your action, you're at 11 health
* armored ravager deals 4 damage to you
* toxic reaver deals 17 damage to you
* health down to -9, you die
Gauntlet L4 - Secure Vault
Gauntlet L10 - Exalted Summons
Gauntlet L12 - The Hunt
Gauntlet L14 - Infestation
Gauntlet L16 - Exalted Curse
Gauntlet L32 - Exalted Curse
Gauntlet L39 - Lockdown
Gauntlet L48 - Volatile Storage
Awards
Gauntlet Diamond Badge
* Reach L50 in the Gauntlet Trial
He killed 2745 out of 2785 enemies.
108former grunts 15 security sentries
18 former grenadiers 18 military sentries
13 corrupted grenadiers 5 CalSec bots
32 hellish grenadiers 3 security bots
16 former CRI grenadiers 16 military bots
2 CRI grenadiers 3 guardian bots
42 former soldiers 106reavers
102corrupted soldiers 25 cryoreavers
87 hellish soldiers 66 toxic reavers
30 former CRI soldiers 212archreavers
15 former sergeants 49 kerberi
17 corrupted sergeants 38 cyberi
23 hellish sergeants 7 cryoberi
11 former CRI sergeants 10 toxiberi
66 former guards 53 medusae
30 former commandoes 97 archmedusae
45 corrupted commandoes 50 ravagers
66 hellish commandoes 77 armored ravagers
26 former CRI commandoes 14 siege ravagers
8 CRI commandoes 71 plasma ravagers
4 former heavies 25 CRI marines
18 corrupted heavies 15 CRI bots
38 hellish heavies 68 guardians
2 former CRI heavies 62 frost guardians
14 fanatics 53 sentinels
166fiends 68 warlocks
66 fire fiends 39 archwarlocks
24 ice fiends 9 watchers
25 toxic fiends 14 cryowatchers
10 CalSec sentries 11 pyrowatchers
Traits
Skilled L3
Ironman L3
Furious L3
Hellrunner L3
Son of a Gun L3
Reloader L3
Sustained fire L1
Tough as Nails L3
Rip and tear L3
Army Surplus L3
Cover Master L2
Bloodhound L3
Field Medic L3
Whizkid L3
Angry Motherfucker L3
SURVIVOR L2
Trait order
Hr->AMf->TaN->AMf->MSV->Iro->AMf->Iro->
MSV->Cov->Cov->Arm->Whk->Whk->Whk->Rel->
TaN->Arm->TaN->Fur->SoG->SoG->Fur->Hr->
RaT->RaT->FMc->FMc->FMc->Fur->RaT->SoG->
Iro->SF->Arm->Hr->Ski->Blo->Blo->Blo->
Ski->Rel->Rel->Ski
Equipment
Slot #1 : CCB plasma pistol +BAVC
* Freezing 2
* Vampiric 3
* Precise
* Barbed 3
* Auto-calibrated
* CC BioLabs
Slot #2 : MDF .44 deagle +BC
* Barbed 3
* Freezing 2
* Auto-calibrated
* Mimir Defence Force
* Unflinching aim
Slot #3 : AT 9mm frag shotgun +BA
* Stabilized 1
* Second chamber
* Auto-calibrated
* AsterTech
* Shredder
* Slowdown
Body : MDF medi-fiber armor PB3
* Carrier
* Auto-repair
* Padded
* Fire-resistant
* Mimir Defence Force
* Medi-fiber
Head : blast helmet PA2
* Critical 10
* Crit Enhancer 25
* Aim assist
* Blast shield
Utility : AV2 utility AMP
* Metabolic boost
* Carrier
Relic : toxic reaver's spleen
* Mephitic Curse
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x46)
rocket (x10)
7.62 ammo (x100)
.44 ammo (x38)
9mm ammo (x40)
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Off Topic / Re: Signs of life
« on: November 29, 2024, 23:50 »...how's Diamond doing?
Without wishing to bring the mood down or anything, Diamond sadly passed away a few years ago, pre-pandemic time. Autopsy was inconclusive about what caused it, though it did reveal that Diamond was female and I had been misgendering her all along. :P It happened suddenly and mysteriously while I was at a New Year's party; I came home to find she'd been coughing up blood all night. It was a very gory and upsetting thing to come home to. :(
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Post Mortem / [1.8j|U|AoB|YAAM] Berserk assassin
« on: November 29, 2024, 23:38 »
The funny part is I only did this run because I was curious to see if you could use targeting mode in conjunction with "assassinate" trait to assassinate inanimate objects like doors and furniture. It turns out... you can not... but it turned into a nice YAAM UV game anyway. :) This would've been a Berserker Gold badge if I hadn't already gotten it, though I think it's worth noting that I'm pretty sure I previously achieved it in an earlier version of the game before Dante or medusae existed, so this still had some significant difficulty.
I've come to the conclusion that Assassinate is probably the best melee master trait in the game, as long as you're careful with it. It's really easy to accidentally teleport yourself into the middle of a crowd of dangerous enemies, so it's always important to be mindful of that, trying to isolate enemies or at least maneuver them into a position that when you teleport to them, you'll be behind cover. The fact that it has a 100% to hit chance made it vital for taking out medusae; any other build would have had a lot more trouble with them, I think. I had stockpiled gas grenades to help me deal with medusae, but they turned out to be unnecessary. :)
I made the decision to invest in four levels' worth of traits to get whizkid 3, because I was running low on healing sources and I needed the auto-repair on the medi-fibre armour. (Or so I told myself; I didn't actually reach that level until partway through Shattered Abyss, so I guess I was doing okay) :P I'm a little surprised to realize that I had 6 stim packs left over at the end, but the 2 ancient salves I got plus the end level large medkit proved more than sufficient for my healing needs in the final battle.
I've come to the conclusion that Assassinate is probably the best melee master trait in the game, as long as you're careful with it. It's really easy to accidentally teleport yourself into the middle of a crowd of dangerous enemies, so it's always important to be mindful of that, trying to isolate enemies or at least maneuver them into a position that when you teleport to them, you'll be behind cover. The fact that it has a 100% to hit chance made it vital for taking out medusae; any other build would have had a lot more trouble with them, I think. I had stockpiled gas grenades to help me deal with medusae, but they turned out to be unnecessary. :)
I made the decision to invest in four levels' worth of traits to get whizkid 3, because I was running low on healing sources and I needed the auto-repair on the medi-fibre armour. (Or so I told myself; I didn't actually reach that level until partway through Shattered Abyss, so I guess I was doing okay) :P I'm a little surprised to realize that I had 6 stim packs left over at the end, but the 2 ancient salves I got plus the end level large medkit proved more than sufficient for my healing needs in the final battle.
Tormuse, level 19 Scout,
defeated the Harbinger against all odds.
He survived for 18996 turns.
The run time was 6h 17m 20s.
World seed was 83871.
He scored 7941 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
CALLISTO L3 - Volatile Storage
CALLISTO L5 -> Callisto Docking Bay
Callisto Docking Bay - Cleared!
EUROPA L5 - Lockdown
EUROPA L5 -> The Pit
The Pit - found Hate
The Pit - Cleared!
IO L3 -> Io Black Site L1
Io Black Site L1 - Desolation
Io Black Site L2 -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - Cleared!
The Shattered Abyss - Cleared!
The Shattered Abyss - found Soulstealer
Dante Station L2 - The Hunt
Dante Inferno - Cleared!
Dante Inferno - found Avalanche
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
Conqueror Ribbon (+200)
* Completed all encountered special levels
He killed 894 out of 894 enemies.
37 former grunts 14 CalSec sentries
3 corrupted grunts 4 security sentries
1 former CRI grunt 4 military sentries
11 former grenadiers 19 CalSec bots
5 corrupted grenadiers 12 security bots
3 hellish grenadiers 3 military bots
19 former soldiers 1 guardian bot
29 corrupted soldiers 38 reavers
2 hellish soldiers 21 cryoreavers
6 former CRI soldiers 29 toxic reavers
5 former sergeants 53 archreavers
3 corrupted sergeants 14 kerberi
1 hellish sergeant 9 cyberi
1 former CRI sergeant 11 cryoberi
1 CRI sergeant 10 toxiberi
12 former guards 14 medusae
3 former commandoes 11 archmedusae
20 corrupted commandoes 21 ravagers
12 hellish commandoes 19 armored ravagers
7 former CRI commandoes 3 siege ravagers
3 former heavies 14 plasma ravagers
3 corrupted heavies 29 CRI marines
2 hellish heavies 31 CRI bots
2 former CRI heavies 17 guardians
6 fanatics 14 frost guardians
16 security drones 2 sentinels
4 combat drones 9 warlocks
2 military drones 9 archwarlocks
70 fiends 2 watchers
19 fire fiends 3 cryowatchers
34 ice fiends 3 pyrowatchers
17 toxic fiends
Traits
Skilled L3
Dash L1
Hellrunner L1
Executioner L3
Hacker L1
Whizkid L3
Energy leech L3
ASSASSINATE L3
Trait order
Exe->Exe->Exe->Das->MAS->Skl->EnL->EnL->
EnL->Skl->Skl->Hak->Whk->Whk->Whk->MAS->
MAS->Hr
Equipment
Slot #1 : Soulstealer
Slot #2 : AV3 katana BA
* Guarded 10
* Resilient
* Mechabane
* Deadly 30
Slot #3 : AV2 machete BA
* Guarded 10
* Resilient
* Rush 20
* Surrounded
Body : medi-fiber armor PBA
* Metabolic boost
* Auto-repair
* Camoboost
* Meshed
* Medi-fiber
Head : JS analytic visor B2
* Auto-repair
* Durable
* JoviSec
* Aim assist
* Bot scanner
* Tactical computer
Utility : AV3 utility AMP
* Energetic
* Improved stealth
Relic : ancient necklace
* Ancient Resistance
Permanents
CRI backpack
Inventory
cold mod pack
plasma grenade (x1)
gas grenade (x3)
gas grenade (x3)
smoke grenade (x1)
multitool (x5)
multitool (x1)
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x3)
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Off Topic / Re: Signs of life
« on: November 27, 2024, 06:11 »
Hey LuckyDee. :)
I still peek in here from time to time. I recently idly picked up JH and DRL again after a long absence, but I haven't done much in the way of serious attempts at challenges.
Other than that, I haven't been doing great, if I'm honest. World politics are giving me anxiety, and I'm already prone to anxiety in the first place. :P I'm surviving, though, and occasionally streaming myself playing games on my Twitch channel, so good times are still had, at least sometimes. :)
I still peek in here from time to time. I recently idly picked up JH and DRL again after a long absence, but I haven't done much in the way of serious attempts at challenges.
Other than that, I haven't been doing great, if I'm honest. World politics are giving me anxiety, and I'm already prone to anxiety in the first place. :P I'm surviving, though, and occasionally streaming myself playing games on my Twitch channel, so good times are still had, at least sometimes. :)
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Post Mortem / [1.8j|Gauntlet|Te|YASD] Death by smoke (Gauntlet Gold badge)
« on: November 27, 2024, 05:50 »
My best attempt at the Gauntlet trial so far. It's a neat challenge, even if the difficulty ramps up pretty ridiculously. :)
I played with a Wizard build, leaning into the fact that the smokescreen becomes a cooldown skill, so I had unlimited ability to hide whenever overly strong enemies were coming at me... which was all the time. :P An early Valsec focused shotgun was a big help for early to mid game, firing it into smoke/gas clouds to thin out the hordes, with occasional assistance from my grenade launcher, and a very nice hunter rifle as backup. The impact damage of the focused shotgun was helpful against bots in the early game, but I later replaced it with a plasma shotgun when "adaptive" enemies became too much and I needed a different damage type.
I was also helped along by medi-fibre armour that I modded to have auto-repair for unlimited healing, which was a huge help in mid to late game.
The smoke blade was also a really nice find... basically, a katana that does double damage if you hit enemies while hiding in smoke. (And luckily, gas counts as smoke for this purpose) :)
In the end, I died to a really dumb game mechanic that I have no idea why exists. I had pushed "T" to activate targeting mode so I could specify the square of a bot I had just hacked so I could look at its stats, just like I'd done hundreds of times before. After doing that, I moved the target back to a "deadly" armoured ravager and decided to use smokescreen to hide myself from its view, same as I'd done a gajillion times before by that point, but because I was still in targeting mode, attempting to activate smokescreen made Jupeguy shoot him instead, and as you can see from the mortem, his return fire did 93 damage, which was just enough to kill me instantly. If that seems like a lot of damage for one shot... well, it is, but that's par for the course in this challenge.
Anyway, why is it that pushing "5," the key for smokescreen, makes Jupeguy fire in this case? It's just a bad design choice, as far as I'm concerned; I'm supposed to be battling demons, not the game interface. :P This could have easily been a Gauntlet Diamond badge, otherwise.
Oh well, I guess...
I played with a Wizard build, leaning into the fact that the smokescreen becomes a cooldown skill, so I had unlimited ability to hide whenever overly strong enemies were coming at me... which was all the time. :P An early Valsec focused shotgun was a big help for early to mid game, firing it into smoke/gas clouds to thin out the hordes, with occasional assistance from my grenade launcher, and a very nice hunter rifle as backup. The impact damage of the focused shotgun was helpful against bots in the early game, but I later replaced it with a plasma shotgun when "adaptive" enemies became too much and I needed a different damage type.
I was also helped along by medi-fibre armour that I modded to have auto-repair for unlimited healing, which was a huge help in mid to late game.
The smoke blade was also a really nice find... basically, a katana that does double damage if you hit enemies while hiding in smoke. (And luckily, gas counts as smoke for this purpose) :)
In the end, I died to a really dumb game mechanic that I have no idea why exists. I had pushed "T" to activate targeting mode so I could specify the square of a bot I had just hacked so I could look at its stats, just like I'd done hundreds of times before. After doing that, I moved the target back to a "deadly" armoured ravager and decided to use smokescreen to hide myself from its view, same as I'd done a gajillion times before by that point, but because I was still in targeting mode, attempting to activate smokescreen made Jupeguy shoot him instead, and as you can see from the mortem, his return fire did 93 damage, which was just enough to kill me instantly. If that seems like a lot of damage for one shot... well, it is, but that's par for the course in this challenge.
Anyway, why is it that pushing "5," the key for smokescreen, makes Jupeguy fire in this case? It's just a bad design choice, as far as I'm concerned; I'm supposed to be battling demons, not the game interface. :P This could have easily been a Gauntlet Diamond badge, otherwise.
Oh well, I guess...
Tormuse, level 34 Technician,
killed on Gauntlet L28 by a armored ravager.
He survived for 47215 turns.
The run time was 11h 13m 45s.
World seed was 87081.
He scored 5814 points.
He was ULTRAVIOLENT!
He challenged the Gauntlet trial.
Death log
* your action, you're at 92 health
* your action, you're at 92 health
* armored ravager deals 93 damage to you
* health down to -1, you die
Gauntlet L2 - Low Power
Gauntlet L4 - Lockdown
Gauntlet L7 - The Hunt
Gauntlet L9 - Low Power
Gauntlet L18 - Exalted Curse
Gauntlet L20 - Exalted Curse
Gauntlet L22 - Infestation
Gauntlet L24 - Secure Vault
Gauntlet L26 - Exalted Summons
Awards
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+50)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Gauntlet Silver Badge
* Reach L10 in the Gauntlet Trial
Gauntlet Gold Badge
* Reach L20 in the Gauntlet Trial
He killed 1126 out of 1156 enemies.
39 former grunts 20 CalSec sentries
3 corrupted grunts 12 security sentries
4 former grenadiers 13 military sentries
3 corrupted grenadiers 6 CalSec bots
4 hellish grenadiers 4 security bots
4 CRI grenadiers 22 military bots
6 former soldiers 3 guardian bots
39 corrupted soldiers 32 reavers
18 hellish soldiers 28 cryoreavers
4 former CRI soldiers 35 toxic reavers
4 CRI soldiers 60 archreavers
4 former sergeants 29 kerberi
3 corrupted sergeants 38 cyberi
9 hellish sergeants 18 cryoberi
2 former CRI sergeants 12 toxiberi
1 CRI sergeant 81 medusae
12 former guards 56 archmedusae
2 CRI guards 31 ravagers
2 former commandoes 33 armored ravagers
16 corrupted commandoes 9 siege ravagers
27 hellish commandoes 20 plasma ravagers
4 former CRI commandoes 15 CRI marines
4 CRI commandoes 4 CRI bots
3 former heavies 13 guardians
5 corrupted heavies 3 frost guardians
2 hellish heavies 8 sentinels
9 fanatics 12 warlocks
3 security drones 7 archwarlocks
107combat drones 5 watchers
43 fiends 6 cryowatchers
16 fire fiends 4 pyrowatchers
4 ice fiends
Traits
Skilled L2
Whizkid L3
Powerjack L1
Cover Master L2
Son of a Gun L3
Juggler L2
Hacker L3
Juggernaut L1
Hoarder L3
Toxicologist L2
Headshot L1
Remote Hack L2
Scavenger L3
Sysop L1
Bladedancer L2
WIZARD L1
Trait order
Pow->Tox->Skl->Hak->MWZ->Tox->Cov->Cov->
Skl->Hor->Hor->SoG->Whk->Whk->Whk->Hor->
Jgn->Bda->SoG->Hak->SoG->Jug->Scv->Hsh->
RHa->Hak->Jug->Scv->Sys->Bda->RHa->Scv->
Equipment
Slot #1 : JS .44 hunter rifle +B2VC
* Freezing 2
* Vampiric 3
* Auto-calibrated
* Barbed 3
* Swap Harness
* JoviSec
* Scope
Slot #2 : AV1 grenade launcher BAVC
* Vampiric 3
* Critical 40
* Barbed 3
* Precise
* Freezing 2
Slot #3 : AV2 plasma shotgun +B2C
* Auto-calibrating 48%
* Freezing 2
* Second chamber
* Barbed 3
* Loading holster
* Critical 50
* Slowdown
Slot #4 : smoke blade A2V
* Critical 25
* Vampiric 3
* Resilient
* Guarded 15
* Smoke strike
Body : AT medi-fiber armor PBA
* Metabolic boost
* Meshed
* Auto-repair
* AsterTech
* Medi-fiber
Head : AV2 marine helmet PA2O
* Long-range tracking
* Aim assist
* Crit Enhancer 25
* Onyx
* Plated
* Scent dampener
Utility : AV2 shotgun AMP
* Shotgun pellet boost
* Shotgun shred capacitor
Relic : fiend's heart
* Fiendish resilience
Permanents
Medusa's Curse
Inventory
energy cell (x67)
40mm grenade (x15)
40mm grenade (x5)
.44 ammo (x50)
.44 ammo (x4)
gas grenade (x2)
CRI phase kit (x3)
multitool (x4)
combat pack (x3)
military stimpack
stimpack (x3)
stimpack (x1)
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General Discussion / Re: SPAM
« on: March 10, 2024, 21:16 »
Okay, so we have a DiabloRL beta tester advertising dating sites, a clear sign that someone's account has been hacked. The weird part is that their first post from 14 years ago was also advertising dating sites. Looks like someone needs to be more careful about what links they click on. :) EDIT: Oh, wait, I see. Whoever hacked the account is editing old posts.
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Post Mortem / [1.6a|I|Endless|Ma|YAAM] I guess there's an end after all. :) (Endless Diamond)
« on: July 28, 2023, 17:00 »
Someone told me that the "Endless" trial actually does have an end on level 666, so I decided to see for myself, and confirmed that to be true. :) (With 100% kills on Inferno difficulty!) :D Endless Diamond badge too! WOO! :D
I've been working on this particular run since... Mid-March, I think? It took just over four months from beginning to end, playing a few levels at a time each day. I did it with a Survivor build, which wouldn't have been my first choice, but it's the first one that took off after a whole bunch of failed attempts with other classes and builds. (Most of which didn't get further than level 2)
I was helped from the beginning by Inferno difficulty randomly giving me the "lethal" buff, which gave me a 50% damage bonus for the entire game. (I haven't seen Kornel comment on that, but I suspect it might be unintended; I sure took advantage of it, though) :P
The other big help was the AV2 grenade launcher you see in slot 3 which kept me alive in the early game, since it has a "haze" modifier on it, which basically acted as unlimited smoke grenades, for keeping enemies from shooting at me, and was useful enough that I kept it around for the entire game.
My real workhorse weapon, though, was that "Git Gud" rifle (okay, the AWP long rifle, if you prefer) :P which I found on level 20 and gets a bonus for each kill, so in a game with as long a timeline as this one, it got up to almost 30,000% crit bonus, and I spent a majority of the game being able to one-shot anything, including charging archmedusae.
I also had a super shotgun with second chambre as backup, which was pretty nice. Once I got all the damage bonuses from low health, (including a damage bonus from the Kerberos' Heart relic) very little could survive two shots from it, so it was good for getting enemies that were around corners or hiding in smoke or otherwise couldn't be hit reliably with the GG rifle. :)
I also streamed myself live playing the last six levels, as you can see here. :)
I've noted before that you have to get really good at killing medusae in this challenge, as evidenced by the fact that it was the number one most common enemy. This frequently meant I had to tank at least one hit from each of them, so I could do a wait action to guarantee a hit from the GG rifle, but it was very doable. Other things I noticed: I found 8 Mk3 manufacturing stations in the whole game, 7 of which were before level 364, and the last being on level 660. Also, I found 6 uniques in the whole run, all of which were after level 400. (Gives some interesting insight into RNG distribution)
I'm sure there's plenty more to say about this run, but I can't think of it right now, so I'll just say... yay! I've finally finished this thing! :D
I've been working on this particular run since... Mid-March, I think? It took just over four months from beginning to end, playing a few levels at a time each day. I did it with a Survivor build, which wouldn't have been my first choice, but it's the first one that took off after a whole bunch of failed attempts with other classes and builds. (Most of which didn't get further than level 2)
I was helped from the beginning by Inferno difficulty randomly giving me the "lethal" buff, which gave me a 50% damage bonus for the entire game. (I haven't seen Kornel comment on that, but I suspect it might be unintended; I sure took advantage of it, though) :P
The other big help was the AV2 grenade launcher you see in slot 3 which kept me alive in the early game, since it has a "haze" modifier on it, which basically acted as unlimited smoke grenades, for keeping enemies from shooting at me, and was useful enough that I kept it around for the entire game.
My real workhorse weapon, though, was that "Git Gud" rifle (okay, the AWP long rifle, if you prefer) :P which I found on level 20 and gets a bonus for each kill, so in a game with as long a timeline as this one, it got up to almost 30,000% crit bonus, and I spent a majority of the game being able to one-shot anything, including charging archmedusae.
I also had a super shotgun with second chambre as backup, which was pretty nice. Once I got all the damage bonuses from low health, (including a damage bonus from the Kerberos' Heart relic) very little could survive two shots from it, so it was good for getting enemies that were around corners or hiding in smoke or otherwise couldn't be hit reliably with the GG rifle. :)
I also streamed myself live playing the last six levels, as you can see here. :)
I've noted before that you have to get really good at killing medusae in this challenge, as evidenced by the fact that it was the number one most common enemy. This frequently meant I had to tank at least one hit from each of them, so I could do a wait action to guarantee a hit from the GG rifle, but it was very doable. Other things I noticed: I found 8 Mk3 manufacturing stations in the whole game, 7 of which were before level 364, and the last being on level 660. Also, I found 6 uniques in the whole run, all of which were after level 400. (Gives some interesting insight into RNG distribution)
I'm sure there's plenty more to say about this run, but I can't think of it right now, so I'll just say... yay! I've finally finished this thing! :D
Tormuse, level 122 Marine,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 184583 turns.
The run time was 50h 44m 45s.
World seed was 92869.
He scored 305250 points.
He challenged the INFERNO!
He challenged the Endless trial.
Endless L30 - Exalted Curse
Endless L31 - Infestation
Endless L36 - Secure Vault
Endless L38 - Secure Vault
Endless L50 - The Hunt
Endless L68 - Exalted Summons
Endless L72 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L83 - The Hunt
Endless L98 - Lockdown
Endless L100 - Exalted Summons
Endless L107 - Secure Vault
Endless L110 - The Hunt
Endless L119 - Exalted Summons
Endless L125 - Low Power
Endless L127 - The Hunt
Endless L131 - Exalted Curse
Endless L135 - Secure Vault
Endless L173 - Exalted Summons
Endless L178 - Low Power
Endless L182 - Lockdown
Endless L194 - The Hunt
Endless L200 - Exalted Curse
Endless L203 - The Hunt
Endless L209 - The Hunt
Endless L215 - The Hunt
Endless L222 - Exalted Summons
Endless L233 - Lockdown
Endless L237 - The Hunt
Endless L239 - The Hunt
Endless L266 - The Hunt
Endless L272 - Exalted Curse
Endless L283 - Exalted Curse
Endless L287 - Lockdown
Endless L295 - Secure Vault
Endless L305 - Exalted Summons
Endless L312 - Exalted Summons
Endless L313 - The Hunt
Endless L319 - Low Power
Endless L323 - Volatile Storage
Endless L327 - Exalted Summons
Endless L333 - Lockdown
Endless L340 - Lockdown
Endless L344 - Exalted Summons
Endless L354 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L355 - Secure Vault
Endless L359 - The Hunt
Endless L363 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L367 - The Hunt
Endless L375 - Secure Vault
Endless L392 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L400 - Secure Vault
Endless L400 - found BFT 10K
Endless L405 - Lockdown
Endless L407 - Secure Vault
Endless L417 - Lockdown
Endless L420 - The Hunt
Endless L444 - Secure Vault
Endless L447 - The Hunt
Endless L456 - Exalted Summons
Endless L463 - Exalted Summons
Endless L479 - The Hunt
Endless L484 - Exalted Curse
Endless L491 - Infestation
Endless L497 - Secure Vault
Endless L497 - found Shadowhunter
Endless L502 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L508 - Toxic Contamination
Endless L524 - Secure Vault
Endless L529 - found Void
Endless L530 - Infestation
Endless L532 - Exalted Summons
Endless L538 - Infestation
Endless L541 - found Wavedancer
Endless L551 - The Hunt
Endless L553 - Exalted Summons
Endless L560 - Exalted Curse
Endless L574 - Exalted Curse
Endless L584 - Low Power
Endless L588 - The Hunt
Endless L596 - Exalted Summons
Endless L609 - Secure Vault
Endless L620 - The Hunt
Endless L623 - Low Power
Endless L634 - found Death
Endless L636 - Exalted Curse
Endless L638 - Exalted Curse
Endless L643 - found Avalanche
Endless L648 - The Hunt
Endless L664 - The Hunt
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (silver cluster) (+100)
* 50+ kills without taking damage
Blind Luck Star (+50)
* Won despite getting down to 1hp at some point
Endless Silver Badge
* Reach L25 in the Endless Trial
Endless Gold Badge
* Reach L50 in the Endless Trial
Endless Platinum Badge
* Reach L30 in the Endless Trial on UV+
Endless Diamond Badge
* Reach L30 in the Endless Trial on Nightmare!
He killed 33900 out of 33900 enemies.
189former grunts 160fire fiends
64 former grenadiers 418ice fiends
343corrupted grenadiers 195toxic fiends
48 hellish grenadiers 129CalSec sentries
80 former CRI grenadiers 1290security sentries
104CRI grenadiers 225military sentries
94 former soldiers 59 CalSec bots
1995corrupted soldiers 630security bots
153hellish soldiers 127military bots
150former CRI soldiers 22 guardian bots
356CRI soldiers 715reavers
43 former sergeants 1871cryoreavers
426corrupted sergeants 865toxic reavers
39 hellish sergeants 1816archreavers
75 former CRI sergeants 510kerberi
168CRI sergeants 360cyberi
163former guards 842cryoberi
172CRI guards 409toxiberi
86 former commandoes 2846medusae
1136corrupted commandoes 2092archmedusae
99 hellish commandoes 1309ravagers
172former CRI commandoes 1183armored ravagers
318CRI commandoes 191siege ravagers
19 former heavies 560plasma ravagers
373corrupted heavies 1144CRI marines
36 hellish heavies 510CRI bots
34 former CRI heavies 487warlocks
37 CRI heavies 4 archwarlocks
35 fanatics 25 watchers
15 security drones 202cryowatchers
983fiends 42 pyrowatchers
Traits
Skilled L3
Ironman L3
Furious L3
Hellrunner L3
Son of a Gun L3
Reloader L3
Sustained fire L3
Tough as Nails L3
Rip and tear L3
Army Surplus L3
Cover Master L3
Gunslinger L3
Bloodhound L3
Field Medic L3
Whizkid L3
Angry Motherfucker L3
Running L3
SURVIVOR L3
Trait order
Hr->AMf->AMf->TaN->MSV->AMf->Iro->Fur->
MSV->TaN->Arm->Cov->Cov->Whk->Fur->RaT->
TaN->Iro->Iro->FMc->FMc->FMc->Whk->Whk->
Arm->Arm->Ski->Blo->Blo->Blo->Rel->RaT->
Rel->Fur->Rel->MSV->Hr->Hr->Run->SF->
SF->SoG->Run->Cov->RaT->Run->SoG->SoG->
SF->Gsl->Gsl->Gsl->Ski->Ski
Equipment
Slot #1 : AT AWP 7.62 long rifle BA
* Hunter 6
* Balanced 1
* Speed-loader
* AsterTech
* Git gud
* Scope
Slot #2 : MDF 12ga super shotgun +B
* Auto-calibrated
* Swap Harness
* Mimir Defence Force
* Second chamber
* Rinse, Repeat
Slot #3 : AV2 grenade launcher +AC
* Calibrated 1
* Freezing 2
* Auto-calibrated
* Haze
* Barbed 6
Body : MDF necrotic armor B2A
* Compartments
* Padded
* Fire-resistant
* Metabolic boost
* Mimir Defence Force
* Necrotic
Head : AV3 combat helmet PAO
* Target tracking
* Crit Enhancer 25
* Aim assist
* Onyx
* Filtered
Utility : AV2 auto AMP
* Automatic reloader
* Auto gyro-stabilizer
Relic : kerberos's heart
* Kerberos's Rage
Inventory
12ga shell (x50)
12ga shell (x48)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x26)
40mm grenade (x15)
40mm grenade (x14)
plasma grenade (x3)
gas grenade (x3)
CRI phase kit (x3)
multitool (x3)
stimpack (x3)
small medkit (x3)
small medkit (x3)
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Post Mortem / [1.6|I|Royal|Ma|YAAM] A toxic crusader (Royal Diamond badge)
« on: January 18, 2023, 21:33 »
I've been making a lot of attempts at the Royal Trial challenge lately at Inferno difficulty, and I finally won with a Survivor build, nabbing the Royal Diamond badge in the process. Yay! :D I can't take all the credit, though, since Rexio kind of stole the show partway through. :P
It wasn't the first time I tried to put Rexio to use in this challenge, but it was the first time I was able to level him up enough to properly take on the late game opposition. I think what was different this time was a combination of me being extra careful with early Rexio, due to losing him early in previous attempts, and the fact that this time, he had the "toxin" modifier, so he had a ranged attack, so he pulled aggro of the enemies really easily, which helped me move into positions to control the battlefield more easily. (Though the beginning was still a bit touch and go, because on his first level-up, he lost his 100% poison resistance, so he took damage from his own attacks, and it took time for him to level up enough to get it back again)
One thing that did complicate matters a bit was that I encountered a bug where walking into Rexio while holding a melee weapon displayed the message "ouch" on the screen and permanently disabled my ability to bring up the menu for trading places with him and so on for the rest of the game. After that, any time I walked into him, I melee attacked him instead of bringing up the usual menu. I'm reliably informed that the "ouch" message is supposed to be displayed if your very first move into Rexio is with a melee weapon, and it isn't supposed to display this after he's been tamed, but apparently, if you do it after taming, he remains tamed, but you're unable to interact with him any more. This meant I had to generally be very careful about any movement when he was around, and it made navigating single-file paths quite tedious, because I frequently had to just wait on the spot for him to decide to randomly move in the correct direction for every step I wanted to take.
The only other really notable thing was that this was my first time seeing the Summoner as the final boss again since JH was released to the public. (He's so shiny now!) :D He's had some super mean design revisions, including doing a simultaneous summon of two archwarlocks on either side of me at point-blank range when he entered his last stage, one of which had the "deadly" modifier. If I hadn't had a phase kit, I probably would've been in trouble there. Also, he was notably uninterested in Rexio and kept making a beeline toward me. I was thankful for my autoloader barbed double shotgun, which let me keep pounding on him while running away, while Rexio handled most of the other mobs that got summoned in. It allowed me to deliver the coup de grace, myself. :)
It wasn't the first time I tried to put Rexio to use in this challenge, but it was the first time I was able to level him up enough to properly take on the late game opposition. I think what was different this time was a combination of me being extra careful with early Rexio, due to losing him early in previous attempts, and the fact that this time, he had the "toxin" modifier, so he had a ranged attack, so he pulled aggro of the enemies really easily, which helped me move into positions to control the battlefield more easily. (Though the beginning was still a bit touch and go, because on his first level-up, he lost his 100% poison resistance, so he took damage from his own attacks, and it took time for him to level up enough to get it back again)
One thing that did complicate matters a bit was that I encountered a bug where walking into Rexio while holding a melee weapon displayed the message "ouch" on the screen and permanently disabled my ability to bring up the menu for trading places with him and so on for the rest of the game. After that, any time I walked into him, I melee attacked him instead of bringing up the usual menu. I'm reliably informed that the "ouch" message is supposed to be displayed if your very first move into Rexio is with a melee weapon, and it isn't supposed to display this after he's been tamed, but apparently, if you do it after taming, he remains tamed, but you're unable to interact with him any more. This meant I had to generally be very careful about any movement when he was around, and it made navigating single-file paths quite tedious, because I frequently had to just wait on the spot for him to decide to randomly move in the correct direction for every step I wanted to take.
The only other really notable thing was that this was my first time seeing the Summoner as the final boss again since JH was released to the public. (He's so shiny now!) :D He's had some super mean design revisions, including doing a simultaneous summon of two archwarlocks on either side of me at point-blank range when he entered his last stage, one of which had the "deadly" modifier. If I hadn't had a phase kit, I probably would've been in trouble there. Also, he was notably uninterested in Rexio and kept making a beeline toward me. I was thankful for my autoloader barbed double shotgun, which let me keep pounding on him while running away, while Rexio handled most of the other mobs that got summoned in. It allowed me to deliver the coup de grace, myself. :)
Tormuse, level 16 Marine,
defeated The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 21144 turns.
The run time was 5h 35m 48s.
World seed was 10615.
He scored 20196 points.
He challenged the INFERNO!
He took the royal way!
CALLISTO L1 -> MDF Central
MDF Central - Cleared!
MDF Central -> Callisto Docking Bay
Callisto Docking Bay - Cleared!
Callisto Docking Bay -> The Rift
The Rift - Cleared!
The Rift -> Valhalla Command
Valhalla Command - Cleared!
Valhalla Command -> Callisto Anomaly
Callisto Anomaly - Cleared!
Callisto Anomaly -> Military Barracks
Military Barracks - Cleared!
Military Barracks -> Valhalla Spaceport
EUROPA L1 -> The Pit
The Pit - Cleared!
The Pit -> Containment Area
Containment Area - Cleared!
Containment Area -> Tyre Outpost
Tyre Outpost - Cleared!
Tyre Outpost -> Frozen Temple
Frozen Temple - Cleared!
Frozen Temple -> Asterius Breach
Asterius Breach - Cleared!
Asterius Breach -> Refueling Base
Refueling Base - Cleared!
Refueling Base -> Europa Central Dig
IO L1 -> Infernal Lock
Infernal Lock - Cleared!
Infernal Lock - found Exosuit
Infernal Lock -> Dark Cathedral
Dark Cathedral - Cleared!
Dark Cathedral -> Noxious Hollow
Noxious Hollow - Cleared!
Noxious Hollow -> CRI Armory
CRI Armory - Cleared!
CRI Armory -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - Cleared!
Black Site Vaults -> Io Warehouse
Io Warehouse - Cleared!
Io Warehouse -> Gateway
The Shattered Abyss - Cleared!
The Shattered Abyss - found Soulstealer
Limbo - Cleared!
Limbo -> Precipice of Defeat
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+50)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Conqueror Ribbon (+200)
* Completed all encountered special levels
Blind Luck Star (+50)
* Won despite getting down to 1hp at some point
Royal Silver Badge
* Complete the Royal Trial
Royal Gold Badge
* Fully complete (all levels) the Royal Trial
Royal Platinum Badge
* Fully complete the Royal Trial on Hard+
Royal Diamond Badge
* Complete Royal Trial on Nightmare!
He killed 632 out of 632 enemies.
7 former grunts 4 military sentries
1 former CRI grunt 14 CalSec bots
4 former soldiers 8 security bots
13 hellish soldiers 5 military bots
3 former CRI soldiers 5 guardian bots
11 CRI soldiers 38 reavers
1 former sergeant 44 cryoreavers
3 hellish sergeants 36 toxic reavers
1 former CRI sergeant 86 archreavers
13 former guards 7 kerberi
4 CRI guards 3 cyberi
6 former commandoes 26 cryoberi
8 hellish commandoes 7 toxiberi
2 former CRI commandoes 2 medusae
8 CRI commandoes 1 archmedusa
2 former heavies 16 ravagers
5 hellish heavies 5 armored ravagers
1 CRI heavy 4 siege ravagers
5 fanatics 1 plasma ravager
2 security drones 6 CRI marines
6 combat drones 14 CRI bots
60 fiends 7 warlocks
20 fire fiends 4 archwarlocks
42 ice fiends 4 cryowatchers
11 toxic fiends 2 pyrowatchers
2 CalSec sentries 4 AsterTech sentries
5 security sentries
Traits
Ironman L3
Furious L2
Hellrunner L1
Tough as Nails L3
Rip and tear L1
Angry Motherfucker L3
SURVIVOR L2
Trait order
Hr->AMf->AMf->TaN->MSV->AMf->TaN->TaN->
MSV->Iro->Fur->Fur->Iro->RaT->Iro
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV3 7.62 assault rifle +B
* Speed-loader
* Auto-calibrated
* Calibrated 2
* Freezing 2
Slot #2 : CCB katana BAC
* Retaliate
* Freezing 2
* Guarded 10
* CC BioLabs
Slot #3 : AV2 12ga dual shotgun BA
* Stabilized 1
* Swap Harness
* Barbed 10
* Autoloader
Body : AV2 marine armor PB
* Acid shield
* Durable
* Meshed
* Compartments
Head : analytic visor B
* Durable
* Aim assist
* Tactical computer
Utility : AV3 utility AMP
* Metabolic boost
* Improved adrenaline
Relic : reaver's tendon
* Reaver's speed
Permanents
Demonblood
CRI backpack
Crystal skin
CRI backpack
Inventory
12ga shell (x50)
12ga shell (x2)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x55)
plasma grenade (x3)
gas grenade (x3)
krak grenade (x3)
smoke grenade (x2)
multitool (x4)
military stimpack
military stimpack
stimpack (x2)
large medkit
large medkit
large medkit
large medkit
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|ArchAoHu|21%|YAVP] I DID IT! :D (Everyman Angelic)
« on: November 12, 2022, 19:09 »
This seems like a good place to say congratulations to Icy for having the second confirmed achievement of this badge! :D
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|ArchAoHu|18%|YAVP] Everyman Angelic Badge
« on: November 12, 2022, 19:07 »
Hey, big congratulations to you, Icy! :D This must be very exciting! :) (Also, you're from Ontario too? I don't think I knew that!) :)
At first, I was skeptical about the viability of an intuition build for this challenge, but looking again, I realize that this is a case where playing with the graphics version of DRL has a massive advantage over playing the console version, as I did. In the console version, all powerups look identical when you're berserk, or invulnerable, or even if you use a radiation suit, and you can't tell what they actually are unless you have line of sight with them... but in graphics mode, you instantly know what all powerups on the whole level are as soon as you enter the level. This hypothetically makes it a snap to zero in on every invulnerability sphere you find to chain them together.
Still, as you say, this does require a fair bit of skill, experience, and luck, (not to mention patience) :) so kudos on your victory! :D
At first, I was skeptical about the viability of an intuition build for this challenge, but looking again, I realize that this is a case where playing with the graphics version of DRL has a massive advantage over playing the console version, as I did. In the console version, all powerups look identical when you're berserk, or invulnerable, or even if you use a radiation suit, and you can't tell what they actually are unless you have line of sight with them... but in graphics mode, you instantly know what all powerups on the whole level are as soon as you enter the level. This hypothetically makes it a snap to zero in on every invulnerability sphere you find to chain them together.
Still, as you say, this does require a fair bit of skill, experience, and luck, (not to mention patience) :) so kudos on your victory! :D
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Releases / Re: Doom : Repercussions of modding
« on: October 15, 2022, 21:28 »
I randomly felt like playing this mod again and after several attempts, won a Nightmare game as a Lost Soul. :)
Not a whole lot to say about it, compared to previous attempts at this challenge, except that I got lucky with a number of well placed berserk packs and invulnerability spheres early on. Also, the game was weirdly generous with bulk mods; I had 7 of them in my inventory at one point.
The funny part about that is I put the tech mod on my bite, because I figured I couldn't count on finding another bulk mod, and I wanted to save that for my armour. :P
Not a whole lot to say about it, compared to previous attempts at this challenge, except that I got lucky with a number of well placed berserk packs and invulnerability spheres early on. Also, the game was weirdly generous with bulk mods; I had 7 of them in my inventory at one point.
Spoiler: Screenshot (click to show/hide)
The funny part about that is I put the tech mod on my bite, because I figured I couldn't count on finding another bulk mod, and I wanted to save that for my armour. :P
Spoiler: Mortem (click to show/hide)
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Modding / Re: [Module] Angel of Patience
« on: October 12, 2022, 17:47 »
For no particular reason, I felt like firing up my old 0.9.9.6 version of DRL so I could try out this mod again. I think I did better this time than my last attempt at UV difficulty... from 10 years ago. (Why must this game keep making me feel old?) O_o Anyway, I still only survived to round 5, but at least I managed to reach level 4 and get Dodgemaster this time. Alas, it wasn't enough to keep me alive, since that's when arachnotrons and former commandos started showing up, and DM doesn't help so much against them. :|
Nothing much else to say, except that I attempted the "litterbug" strategy again, but didn't survive long enough for it to be significant.
PS Is anyone considering updating this mod to version 0.9.9.7?
Nothing much else to say, except that I attempted the "litterbug" strategy again, but didn't survive long enough for it to be significant.
Spoiler: Mortem (click to show/hide)
PS Is anyone considering updating this mod to version 0.9.9.7?
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Nightmare! / [N!|94%|YASD] Joint stream with Sylph
« on: October 02, 2022, 02:35 »
So... Sylph and I were feeling inspired to play DoomRL again, and we did simultaneous livestreams of ourselves playing the game at Nightmare difficulty while on voice chat.
Here's my recording.
(I was going to post Sylph's perspective here, but I don't think she put it on Youtube)
Both games were unsuccessful, owing largely, I think, to the RNG being stingy with healing sources. :P Still, I like to think we put on a good show, and got to Deimos, at least. :)
Here's my recording.
(I was going to post Sylph's perspective here, but I don't think she put it on Youtube)
Both games were unsuccessful, owing largely, I think, to the RNG being stingy with healing sources. :P Still, I like to think we put on a good show, and got to Deimos, at least. :)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 9 Apostle Chaos Lt. General Technician,
couldn't evade a revenant's fireball on level 1 of the Deimos base.
He survived 249688 turns and scored 187011 points.
He played for 4 hours, 2 minutes and 52 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 676 out of 717 hellspawn. (94%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 37108/9
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
SoB->SoB->EE->HR->Fin->Jug->EE->WK->WK->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] green armor [1/1] (83%)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] chaingun (1d6)x4 [52/52] (B1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[c] green armor [1/1] (31%)
[d] blue armor [2/2] (54%)
[e] red armor [1/4] (11%)
[f] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[g] 10mm ammo (x60)
[h] 10mm ammo (x100)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x22)
[k] shotgun shell (x50)
[l] rocket (x10)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x50)
[o] power cell (x50)
[p] power cell (x50)
[q] power cell (x42)
[r] large med-pack
[s] phase device
[t] envirosuit pack
[u] Arena Master's Staff
[v] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 15% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
228 former humans
92 former sergeants
68 former captains
91 imps
52 demons
46 lost souls
16 cacodemons
13 hell knights
15 barons of hell
1 arachnotron
9 former commandos
4 pain elementals
5 nightmare imps
4 nightmare cacodemons
10 nightmare demons
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
7 elite former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he finally couldn't evade a revenant's fireball.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You pump a shell into the shotgun chamber.
You load a shell into the combat shotgun.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You pump a shell into the shotgun chamber.
You load a shell into the combat shotgun.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : rocket (x10) | blood
You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
You load a shell into the combat shotgun.
You hear an explosion!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : 10mm ammo (x24) | floor
You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber.
You load a shell into the combat shotgun. You are hit! You die!... Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1760 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1380 of those were killed.
8 of those were killed by something unknown.
189 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 60 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
123 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
6 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
85 killed the bitch and survived.
32 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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