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[M|YAAM] Yet Another Pyrrhic Victory
« on: October 27, 2013, 13:26 »

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Rahul Chandra,
 level 21 Hell Baron Captain Marine,
 completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
 He survived 278761 turns and scored 723568 points.
 He played for 5 hours, 49 minutes and 5 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 1874 out of 1874 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of 100!

 He saved himself 7 times.

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

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

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Experience Medal

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

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

  Health 140/70   Experience 464774/21
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +5  ToDmg Melee +5

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 5)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  SoB->SoB->Rel->Rel->TH->TH->MAc->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->SoB->SoB->HR->HR->SoB->DM->HR->Iro->Bad->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Lava Armor [4/4] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   burst nuclear plasma rifle (1d10)x8 [48/48] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   cerberus phaseshift boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [1/1]

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

    [a] hyperblaster (2d4)x3 [40/40] (A1)
    [b] onyx armor [2]
    [c] duelist armor [4/4] (100%) (NP)
    [d] rocket (x10)
    [e] power cell (x50)
    [f] power cell (x50)
    [g] power cell (x50)
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] homing phase device
    [m] homing phase device
    [n] power mod pack
    [o] power mod pack
    [p] power mod pack
    [q] Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
    [r] rocket box (x20)
    [s] power battery (x120)
    [t] power battery (x120)
    [u] power battery (x120)
    [v] power battery (x120)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 75%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   

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

    112 former humans
    156 former sergeants
    247 former captains
    83 imps
    49 demons
    207 lost souls
    36 cacodemons
    60 hell knights
    209 barons of hell
    82 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    20 pain elementals
    110 revenants
    167 mancubi
    176 arch-viles
    13 nightmare imps
    31 nightmare cacodemons
    61 nightmare demons
    10 nightmare arachnotrons
    1 nightmare arch-vile
    2 elite former humans
    4 elite former captains
    2 elite former commandos
    19 bruiser brothers
    6 shamblers
    5 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    2 Cyberdemons

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

  Level 8 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 14 he assembled a gatling gun!
  On level 22 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  On level 23 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 30 he assembled a hyperblaster!
  Level 37 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 38 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  On level 38 he assembled a cerberus boots!
  On level 39, hell froze over!
  On level 39 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 39 he assembled a burst cannon!
  On level 41 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
  He sounded the alarm on level 41!
  On level 42 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  On level 50 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  Level 53 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 53 he found the Lava Armor!
  On level 55 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  On level 58 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
  Level 59 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  He sounded the alarm on level 60!
  On level 64 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 65 he encountered an armed nuke!
  On level 67 he found the Enviroboots!
  He sounded the alarm on level 68!
  On level 68 he found the Trigun!
  On level 73 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  On level 77, hell froze over!
  On level 77 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 78 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  On level 81 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  Level 83 was a hard nut to crack!
  Level 84 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  Level 88 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  Level 90 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.

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

 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a lost soul (unhurt) | lava | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a lost soul (unhurt) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the lost soul. The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul
 dies. You feel relatively safe now.
 But there is nothing here!
 There is a Small Health Globe lying here.
 You feel better.
 You wear/wield : a cerberus phaseshift boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
 <Enter>...

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

 32 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 12 of those were killed.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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Since my last game, it turns out, was in April, I thought it was about time to polish my plasma rifle and follow Moonshine Fox' example: do a built-for-speed MAc. I had only casually experimented with this build before, and he made it seems really impressive. And he was right.

I was made all the merrier by finding no less than 3 nuclear plasma rifles, the first of which I had even before I got to the master trait. I never had to touch a single plasma cell in the entire game. I had my sturdy Ceberus boots for rough terrain and the unpronouncable ones for running, so that went smoothly as well. Eventually I believe move speed was about a third of a second, and fire speed little over half. I could have probably improved that by not making a burst weapon, but since my initial plan was using a hyperblaster and I had mods to spare, I thought I might as well do a little tinkering while I was at it. Intuitively speaking I could probably have chosen a better assembly, but in the end it worked out great.

There were only 2 or 3 close shaves the entire game, all of them in the lower levels. Level 100 started me in a room with a Bruiser Brother, a Shambler - which summoned its mate in about 5 turns - 2 Viles, 3 or 4 Mancubi and a Nightmare Arachnotron. All I did was stand there and shoot stuff and I still came out with 147% health and 63% armor.

A very sloppy run overall (What, 100 levels and only a bronze UAC Star? Highest kill streak was 44, around dlev 20, never improved it), but then I could afford to play sloppily, especially after finding the Lava Armor. I'm glad I won, and playing MAc was fun, but now to whine about it:

1) I still play like a tit. Couldn't even improve my streak when I tried, so in the end I just gave up, focusing on my secondary objectives. These were:
2) Build a VBFG9000. Been carrying the mods for about 70 levels, never found a BFG. Would have netted me Technician Platinum, my first Platinum ever.
3) Build a cybernano armor, out of the duellist's in this case. I've only ever found a nano and onyx mod on runs where I could never hope to achieve WK2, and this was no different.

All in all: good to be back, less so to realize that I still haven't left mediocrity behind. I'll probably just try it again with an INT2 MSs, praying for enough stuff to nab those last 2 Tech badges. Only another 6500~ kills to rise to the rank of Arch-vile, and A100 is a big help there, too...
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Re: [M|YAAM] Yet Another Pyrrhic Victory
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2013, 11:18 »

Nice run...  I don't get what makes it a pyrrhic victory, though.
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Re: [M|YAAM] Yet Another Pyrrhic Victory
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2013, 11:55 »

Wrong choice of words, maybe, in the strict sense. I won, but didn't achieve any of the goals I was hoping to... slightly bitter aftertaste.
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