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The game lasted...  76 DAYS?  O_o  I'm pretty sure that's a new record, so congrats for that, I guess!  :D

And yeah, I think Scout is the way to go for this challenge.  It's already mind-numbingly boringly long as it is without having to hunt for the stairs too.  :P  Personally, I did it with a Bladmaster build, so I wouldn't have to bother with tedious ammo or reloading; just charge into groups of enemies.  :)  (That was over 5 years ago?  Wow!)  :o

Still, Cateye could work too, so best of luck with that!  :)

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It's really the grind that got me on this one. I'd left the game running for 2 and a half months, taking a break to play Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup in the meantime. Figured I should try to finish it up before it or my computer crashed. Didn't heal when I should have, was trying to grab a berserk pack off the floor instead.

When/if I make another attempt, I think I'll go with a cateye scout instead of scavenger technician. Scavenger was nice for getting the nano packs I needed for my gear, but stair location and extended visual radius are probably more important for actually completing the game.

I love the nanomachic napalm launcher, but it was kind of a mixed blessing. Once you start using it it's hard to stop, since you're destroying most of the ammo you need for your other weapons, along with lots of other desirable pickups. It seemed like knockback was getting applied before damage too, so killing tougher fluid-immune enemies got pretty tedious unless I was able to pin them against a permanent wall. I eventually decided to start working on a nanomachic pistol so that I could take full spammy advantage of son of a gun, but didn't end up completing it before I died.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Total Biscuit,
 level 25 Arch-Vile Br. General Technician,
 let an nightmare arachnotron get him on level 452 of Hell.
 He survived 1452257 turns and scored 37803017 points.
 He played for 76 days, 11 hours, 6 minutes and 48 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 28908 out of 36387 hellspawn. (79%)
 He was an Archangel of 666!

-- Special levels --------------------------------------------

  Levels generated : 0
  Levels visited   : 0
  Levels completed : 0

-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Experience Cross
  Technician Diamond Badge

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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  .....;...V.VV.===.+......=====...========..A......A........
  ..\.......Mhh=====M....B=====....=====A==.....=*hM/V.......
  R00..........=====....====.......=======..;.===.=..........
  .../&0.......=====.....===....X...=====......=.0...........
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 0/70   Experience 8946168/25
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +5  ToDmg Melee +5

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

  Class : Technician

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 3)
    Tough as nails   (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 5)
    Son of a gun     (Level 5)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Scavenger        (Level 1)

  TaN->TaN->HR->HR->EE->EE->Int->Int->WK->WK->SoB->SoB->MSc->TaN->HR->SoB->SoB->SoB->SoG->SoG->SoG->SoG->SoG->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   cybernano energy-shielded vest [7] (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nanomachic napalm launcher (7d8) (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   cerberus steel boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   biggest fucking nuclear gun (17d12) [100/100] (P1)

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

    [a] pistol (2d4) [6/6] (N1)
    [b] plasmatic combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T1)
    [c] tactical rocket launcher (6d7) [5/5] (P1)
    [d] combat pistol (3d6) [15/15] (P3S2)
    [e] assault shotgun (10d3) [10/10] (B2P3)
    [f] biggest fucking gun (20d12) [325/325] (B1)
    [g] BFG 9000 (10d6) [169/169] (B2F1)
    [h] Trigun (3d6) [0/6]
    [i] 10mm ammo (x60)
    [j] shotgun shell (x50)
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] homing phase device
    [p] power mod pack
    [q] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
    [t] power battery (x120)
    [u] power battery (x120)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   

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

    1110 former humans
    2218 former sergeants
    3083 former captains
    329 imps
    69 demons
    3389 lost souls
    252 cacodemons
    1252 hell knights
    4061 barons of hell
    1342 arachnotrons
    61 former commandos
    430 pain elementals
    1897 revenants
    2614 mancubi
    3054 arch-viles
    114 nightmare imps
    701 nightmare cacodemons
    877 nightmare demons
    563 nightmare arachnotrons
    197 nightmare arch-viles
    8 elite former humans
    10 elite former sergeants
    74 elite former captains
    71 elite former commandos
    591 bruiser brothers
    294 shamblers
    93 lava elemental
    72 agony elementals
    82 Cyberdemons

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

  On level 14 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 16 he assembled a cerberus boots!
  On level 18 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
  On level 19 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 19 he was bombarded!
  On level 21 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 21 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 22 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 23 he found the Subtle Knife!
  He sounded the alarm on level 24!
  On level 25 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 26 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  On level 29, hell froze over!
  On level 30 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 31 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
  On level 32 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 35 he assembled a hyperblaster!
  On level 35 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 37 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 51, hell froze over!
  On level 53 he found the Hell Staff!
  Level 55 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 60 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 62 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 63 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 70, hell froze over!
  On level 71 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  He left level 71 as soon as possible.
  On level 73 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 74 he ran for his life from lava!
  Level 84 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 85 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  On level 89 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 89 he assembled a biggest fucking gun!
  On level 90 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 92 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 93 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 94, hell froze over!
  On level 95 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
  On level 96 he assembled a cybernano armor!
  On level 98 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 98 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  On level 100 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  Level 101 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 104 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  Level 106 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 110 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  On level 110 he found the Mjollnir!
  On level 111 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
  On level 114 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 116 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 117 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  He left level 117 as soon as possible.
  He sounded the alarm on level 120!
  On level 130 he was targeted for extermination!
  He sounded the alarm on level 139!
  On level 139 he assembled a biggest fucking gun!
  On level 140 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 140 he found the Mega Buster!
  On level 149 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  Level 150 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 154 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 158 he was walking in fire!
  He left level 164 as soon as possible.
  On level 166 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 172 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 175 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 181 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  On level 185 he was walking in fire!
  On level 186 he stumbled into a lava elemental cave!
  He left level 186 as soon as possible.
  He left level 189 as soon as possible.
  On level 193 he was bombarded!
  On level 194 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 195 he found the Frag Shotgun!
  Level 199 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  He left level 200 as soon as possible.
  Level 202 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 207 he was targeted for extermination!
  He left level 207 as soon as possible.
  On level 209 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 210, hell froze over!
  On level 214 he ran for his life from lava!
  He sounded the alarm on level 216!
  On level 217 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 218, hell froze over!
  He left level 218 as soon as possible.
  On level 219 he was walking in fire!
  On level 221 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  He left level 221 as soon as possible.
  He left level 224 as soon as possible.
  Level 226 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 227 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 229, hell froze over!
  On level 233 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  On level 236 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
  On level 237 he was targeted for extermination!
  He nuked level 239!
  Level 242 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  Level 245 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 248 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 248 he found the Lava Armor!
  Level 250 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  Level 252 was a hard nut to crack!
  He left level 257 as soon as possible.
  On level 259 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 260 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  He nuked level 264!
  On level 268 he was targeted for extermination!
  He sounded the alarm on level 269!
  On level 272 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 273 he ran for his life from acid!
  He nuked level 274!
  On level 276 he found the Shielded Armor!
  Level 283 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 288 he was bombarded!
  Level 293 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 294 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 295 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 295, hell froze over!
  On level 296 he was bombarded!
  He nuked level 297!
  On level 300 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  He left level 300 as soon as possible.
  On level 302 he was targeted for extermination!
  Level 304 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 306, hell froze over!
  On level 311 he ran for his life from lava!
  He sounded the alarm on level 325!
  He left level 325 as soon as possible.
  On level 326 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  Level 328 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 330 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He left level 330 as soon as possible.
  On level 333 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  He sounded the alarm on level 333!
  He sounded the alarm on level 334!
  Level 336 was a hard nut to crack!
  He left level 338 as soon as possible.
  On level 339 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He left level 339 as soon as possible.
  On level 342 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
  He left level 342 as soon as possible.
  On level 346 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 356 he ran for his life from lava!
  He left level 356 as soon as possible.
  He sounded the alarm on level 359!
  On level 361 he found the Railgun!
  On level 365 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 370 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  Level 373 was a hard nut to crack!
  Level 377 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 378 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 380 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  On level 382 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 383 he found the Trigun!
  Level 384 was a hard nut to crack!
  He left level 393 as soon as possible.
  On level 394 he was walking in fire!
  On level 397 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He left level 397 as soon as possible.
  On level 401 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  On level 402 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 404 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 404 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He left level 404 as soon as possible.
  Level 410 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 414 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
  On level 418, hell froze over!
  He left level 420 as soon as possible.
  On level 424 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 430 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 431 he encountered an armed nuke!
  He left level 431 as soon as possible.
  Level 432 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 440 he ran for his life from lava!
  He left level 444 as soon as possible.
  He left level 445 as soon as possible.
  He sounded the alarm on level 448!
  On level 452 he was targeted for extermination!
  On level 452 he finally let an nightmare arachnotron get him.

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

 You see : out of vision
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
 hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
 hear the scream of a freed soul! The former human dies. Suddenly, baron of
 hell appears near you! You are hit! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (scratched) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You
 are hit! You are hit! The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. You are
 hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a nightmare arachnotron (lightly wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the nightmare arachnotron. The missile hits the baron of
 hell. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You are hit! You are hit! You are
 hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You die!... Press
 <Enter>...

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

 662 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 620 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 21 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 17 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 13 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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That's how we learned the Apostle's true appearance... in text mode.  Graphics mode is still up in the air; maybe it's just a plain ol' yellow archvile like the regular kind, but dammit I wanna see for myself.

I guess while I'm here, I'm also gonna ask: You guys do all know that it's actually called a soulsphere, right?  Not a supercharge?

Well, there is a way to get rid of the red, but you might not like it.  Picking up the Dragonslayer makes you berserk for 10,000,000 actions.  I once got rid of the red by running out the timer.  :)

Good question. Pretty good actually. See, I was coming from doing Ao100 with pistols. But it translated poorly to Ao666. It is extremely powerful, the dps is through the roof with SoG and SoB. But the knockback is a pain in the ass, and you have to press 'f' a million times. I actually did some testing, and it's much more comfortable to use the nanomachic plasma rifle at SoB 4 rather than 5, since it doesn't have knockback (it needs 12 damage to knock back). But I was missing a good single target knockback weapon for when you need to protect some items from enemies blowing them up and there are barrels around. The nuclear burst plasma sounds like it fits the deal. That said, with juggler it is quite important to be able to access an item with shortcuts, and exotics don't do that. And carrying ammo for a weapon is soooo Ao100. So it is either a pistol (doubtful, needs lots of skill to be decent) or a chaingun. Maybe assault chaingun (N)? 2d5+4 has a good chance at dealing 12 or more.

Eh, it's just my archaic mindset of "exotic means better".  Like I know a PPPBB combat pistol is better than an energy combat pistol P, but I'll probably still make the latter over the former anyway.

That said, which is better: a nanomachic laser rifle F, or a burst nuclear plasma rifle P?

Damn, I don't think I'm up for 400+ levels of red, specially with a technician instead of a scout. I'll prolly retire this guy.

Why did you use a laser rifle as a base in a scavenger? I assume you got intuition, which means you have 2 levels in eagle eye. A plain plasma rifle would deal slightly more damage with the extra shot in this case. I guess we read the same "guide", but I did some wiki reading and at the edge of LOS you have a 91% to hit with EE 2, vs 98% with the laser rifle. The extra shot is a 12.5% increase in damage with firestorm, and if I did the math correctly you get a full 2 extra shots when chainfiring the plasma vs the laser (12 vs 10).

I don't think it's possible at all.  For a hypothetical next version, I'd like to suggest the option for colored borders to indicate berserk/enviro/invul/etc. effects so the field can still be seen in normal colors.

Is there a way to turn off the Berserk red tint? I have 400+ floors to go on this run, and I'd like to be able to distinguish stuff... Been looking around in config.lua but I cant seem to find anything relevant there.