The Journey to 100%

[Sereg]

Nicely done. I've completed my current mission, but despite it being a full 666 completion, and me stopping to collect every damn special item I could see, I'm still only at 517 or so. Although I suppose I don't really need the platinum badges anymore, I may decide to use your method(dude, you're really taking over the Sereging from me, here =P) in the interest of completion.

It also looks like you'll soon pass me in Experience Rank, and once you're done with your current grind, I have no doubt you'll catch my Skill Rank quickly.

Good luck, and keep it rolling.

[Icy]

I saw your Ao666 completion, very nice! Yeah, I didn't get anywhere close to 1000 after my own Ao666.

I've always been a defensive, low-risk, strategic player, and I always specialize on figuring out every detail about games I play, what I can abuse, and all of what's possible. I have zero problems with cheesing for medals. Some people who have a similar playstyle tend to replace that with actual skill, but I'm very keen on developing that too. To be the best at anything and to reach difficult goals, you must be all encompassing and not restrain yourself over imaginary honor or swag. Optimization is the funnest aspect of gaming to me. <3

Day 20:

Nothing too exciting, just some more JC kills. After spending some more time using the Berserk+Overconfidence strat, it is without a doubt the #1 efficient way to farm runs! I got 6 more kills, bringing my total to 16/50. Still quite a bit to go!

Here's a post-mortem of another very fast run:

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 gfsgdf, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 21246 turns and scored 56543 points.
 He played for 15 minutes and 18 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 178 out of 345 hellspawn. (51%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 2

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

  None

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

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

  Health 71/60   Experience 23504/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (72%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] phaseshift armor [2/2] (100%)
    [c] Shielded Armor [2]
    [d] combat knife (2d5)
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] phase device
    [m] phase device
    [n] homing phase device
    [o] homing phase device
    [p] bulk mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    10 former sergeants
    1 former captain
    17 imps
    17 demons
    65 lost souls
    7 cacodemons
    30 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    1 former commando
    1 pain elemental
    11 revenants
    5 mancubi
    5 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 2 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
  Level 4 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 5 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  On level 6 he found the Shielded Armor!
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit the hell knight. The hell knight dies. You're going berserk! You need
 to taste blood!
 The hell knight hits you. The missile hits John Carmack. The hell knight hits
 you. The hell knight hits you. The hell knight hits you. You need to taste
 blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. You dodge! The missile
 hits the hell knight. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 709 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 517 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 101 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 56 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 45 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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This run was also neat in that I got an early nuke and skipped Mortuary. With that, I was able to get 100% kills:

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 fgdfg, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 39251 turns and scored 65407 points.
 He played for 19 minutes and 21 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 175 out of 175 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 2

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  Gargulec Medal

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

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

  Health 120/60   Experience 29598/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (196%) (B)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (83%)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (38%)
    [c] blue armor [1/2] (22%) (T)
    [d] red armor [1/4] (7%) (A)
    [e] red armor [4/4] (72%)
    [f] red armor [4/4] (50%) (A)
    [g] small med-pack
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] small med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] phase device
    [m] phase device
    [n] phase device
    [o] bulk mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    7 former sergeants
    14 imps
    13 demons
    59 lost souls
    26 cacodemons
    12 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    4 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    3 revenants
    19 mancubi
    8 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 2 he found the Enviroboots!
  On level 6, hell froze over!
  On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. You're going berserk! The lost
 soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. You need
 to taste blood!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. The lost soul misses you. You are hit! The lost soul
 dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You need to
 taste blood! You feel vulnerable again.
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 719 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 523 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 59 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 48 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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More to come!

[Icy]

Day 21:

Still continuing JC kills, now at 20/50! I had a bad streak of games due to poor decision making, terrible luck, and sometimes combinations of both, so I played out some Max Carnage+Overconfidence for a change of pace, and here's how that went:

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 zgxfdg, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 29021 turns and scored 61806 points.
 He played for 29 minutes and 21 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 270 out of 575 hellspawn. (46%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 1

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 29408/8
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [0/3] (0%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   minigun (1d6)x8 [83/200]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   assault shotgun (7d3) [2/6]

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

    [a] energy shield [0/0] (36%)
    [b] shotgun shell (x24)

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

    None

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

    16 former humans
    13 former sergeants
    12 former captains
    14 imps
    19 demons
    55 lost souls
    73 cacodemons
    25 hell knights
    6 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    2 pain elementals
    8 revenants
    9 mancubi
    12 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 6 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  On level 6 he found the Lava Armor!
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  On level 9 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You dodge! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies.
 You are hit! Your Malek's Armor is damaged!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You are hit!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! Boom! You feel less protected.
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! You dodge! Boom! You are hit!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! The missile hits the cacodemon.
 You dodge! Boom! You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. You dodge!
 Boom! You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! The missile hits the hell knight. The hell knight dies. You are
 hit!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You dodge! Boom! The cacodemon hits you. Your Malek's Armor is damaged! You
 die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 733 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 533 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 63 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 52 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Yeah...

This was my first run without having a double nuke and having to fight JC the old fashioned way. Unfortunately contrary to what I thought, the Minigun doesn't immediately tear him apart because of constant spawns getting in the way, him phasing into the dark, needing to heal frequently, and so forth. I eventually tried phasing away myself to regain control, but it turns out he'll endlessly fire rockets and spawn enemies, even from the opposite side of the level. Eventually, I got completely flooded over and started running out of ammo. This strat doesn't work nearly as well as I thought it did.

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 uytft, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 24835 turns and scored 52664 points.
 He played for 17 minutes and 34 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 166 out of 277 hellspawn. (59%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 1

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

  None

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

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

  Health 92/60   Experience 20060/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] energy-shielded vest [1/3] (19%) (P)
    [c] plasma shield [0/0] (90%)
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] bulk mod pack
    [h] bulk mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 95% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    2 former humans
    26 former sergeants
    4 former captains
    5 imps
    37 demons
    42 lost souls
    6 cacodemons
    4 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    1 arachnotron
    6 former commandos
    1 pain elemental
    17 revenants
    1 mancubus
    7 arch-viles
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 5 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 The missile hits the revenant. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste
 blood!
 The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul hits you. You are
 hit! You dodge! The missile hits the revenant. The revenant hits you. The
 revenant hits you. The revenant hits you. You need to taste blood!
 The missile hits the lost soul. The revenant dies. The lost soul dies. The
 revenant dies. The revenant hits you. You are hit! The revenant dies. You
 need to taste blood!
 You are hit! The lost soul dies. The revenant dies. That hurt! You' going
 berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 737 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 535 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 35 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 64 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 53 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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This run was pretty standard with the Berserk+Overconfidence strat, but I lucked out with stacked Invulnerability and a Homing Phase Device on floor 6, so I was able to skip the Lava Pits!

One of the big factors with Berserk being so good against JC is how powerful it is without need of Max Carnage, having constant healing through Vampyre, double damage with Berserk, and at least 60% melee resistance, but also frequently 85% fire resistance through stacking any leftover Envirosuits.

I'll need to buckle down and stick with Berserk strat and perhaps use Red Alert instead if I'm not playing particularly well.

That's all for now!

[Icy]

Day 22:

25/50; halfway there! I had a hot streak early on and was hoping for more runs, but things went sour shortly after.

On one run, I had stacked Invulnerability and a Homing Phase Device again to skip Mt Erebus and finished with my fastest run yet for the sub 15!

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 kjhggh, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 36529 turns and scored 52941 points.
 He played for 14 minutes and 52 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 139 out of 177 hellspawn. (78%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 1

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

  None

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

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

  Health 110/60   Experience 19940/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [6/6] (89%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] blue armor [1/2] (44%)
    [c] red armor [4/4] (88%)
    [d] red armor [4/4] (52%)
    [e] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [f] combat knife (2d5)
    [g] chainsaw (4d6)
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] phase device
    [o] technical mod pack
    [p] bulk mod pack
    [q] bulk mod pack
    [r] bulk mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 95% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    5 former sergeants
    26 imps
    19 demons
    43 lost souls
    6 cacodemons
    5 barons of hell
    6 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    3 pain elementals
    14 revenants
    1 mancubus
    5 arch-viles
    2 nightmare demons
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 4 he ran for his life from acid!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  He managed to escape from Limbo!
  On level 5 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
  On level 6 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
  Level 6 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 6 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! John Carmack reloads his rocket
 launcher. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 747 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 540 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 36 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 68 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 57 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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And just two runs after that, I smashed it!

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 wsde, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 21950 turns and scored 51833 points.
 He played for 12 minutes and 55 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 137 out of 285 hellspawn. (48%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 1

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)

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

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

  Health 97/60   Experience 19122/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (84%) (T)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (88%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] nanofiber red armor [1]
    [b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [c] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [d] red armor [4/4] (62%) (T)
    [e] chainsaw (4d6)
    [f] small med-pack
    [g] small med-pack
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] small med-pack
    [j] small med-pack
    [k] small med-pack
    [l] small med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] large med-pack
    [r] large med-pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    8 former sergeants
    2 former captains
    12 imps
    32 demons
    41 lost souls
    4 cacodemons
    5 hell knights
    9 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    1 pain elemental
    2 revenants
    5 mancubi
    9 arch-viles
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 5 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
 to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You
 need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
 The lost soul dies. That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 749 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 541 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 36 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 102 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 69 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 8 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 58 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Following these runs was a bad streak of gameplay and luck, and sitting at 24/50, I really wanted to reach the half-way milestone, so I went with the true backup strat that actually works with Max Carnage+Red Alert, but as you can see by the completion time, it's strictly a backup strat:

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 hgfdr, level 10 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
 sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 57910 turns and scored 140247 points.
 He played for 46 minutes and 43 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 481 out of 603 hellspawn. (79%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Red Alert!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 3

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 43918/10
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Fin->Fin->Rel->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   plasmatic double shotgun (9d3)x2 [0/2]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Nyarlaptotep's Boots [6/6] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [0/5]

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

    [a] Railgun (8d8) [20/40]
    [b] shotgun shell (x11)
    [c] shotgun shell (x70)
    [d] shotgun shell (x70)
    [e] large med-pack
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] phase device
    [j] phase device
    [k] shell box (x100)
    [l] shell box (x100)
    [m] shell box (x100)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 30% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 13%   feet 30% 

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

    118 former humans
    45 former sergeants
    22 former captains
    80 imps
    23 demons
    92 lost souls
    33 cacodemons
    22 hell knights
    15 barons of hell
    8 arachnotrons
    2 former commandos
    4 pain elementals
    3 revenants
    2 mancubi
    2 arch-viles
    2 elite former humans
    1 elite former sergeant
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He saw, left a present and left.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  He left without a fuss.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He decided to nuke Hell's production center.
  On level 10 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
  On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
  He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
  On level 22 he found the Railgun!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  He left level 23 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
 Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 769 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 558 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 70 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 58 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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I also had a funny run where I had collected 7 Phase Devices, none of which were Homing:

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One detail I forgot to mention for the last few days is the usefulness of Combat Knives. I frequently carry at least one for destroying barrels, mainly for creating a more direct path from Invulnerability to the stairs, but occasionally for attacking monsters too.

I'm going to go beast mode this weekend and hopefully hit 50!

[Icy]

Day 23:

32/50 now! Lots of solid runs and not too much difficulty in getting kills this time. I had one run to Lava Pits where I ran out of health and had to bail in hopes of finding a replacement Invulnerability on floor 7, but it didn't pan out. On a different run, I had Mt Erebus with no Envirosuits and played roulette with a Phase Device and happened to get one of the best possible locations:

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Here's some post-mortems for your reading pleasure:

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 bncvgfrt, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 26654 turns and scored 53772 points.
 He played for 14 minutes and 37 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 217 out of 263 hellspawn. (82%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 2

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

  None

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

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

  Health 78/60   Experience 21076/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [2/4] (40%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] red armor [2/4] (37%)
    [c] small med-pack
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] small med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] phase device
    [p] homing phase device

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 72%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    3 former sergeants
    11 imps
    24 demons
    93 lost souls
    17 cacodemons
    9 hell knights
    17 barons of hell
    14 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    3 pain elementals
    4 revenants
    7 mancubi
    4 arch-viles
    6 nightmare demons
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 2 he found the Enviroboots!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  He managed to escape from Limbo!
  On level 5 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 The lost soul hits you. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The lost soul hits you.
 You need to taste blood!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! The lost soul hits you. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The baron of hell hits you. You
 dodge! The missile hits John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The
 lost soul dies. Your red armor is damaged! The lost soul dies. You are hit!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 770 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 558 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 71 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 59 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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 fgd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 23053 turns and scored 56820 points.
 He played for 17 minutes and 11 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 163 out of 242 hellspawn. (67%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 2

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

  None

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

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

  Health 93/60   Experience 23328/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   phaseshift armor [4/4] (83%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [c] green armor [1/1] (8%)
    [d] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [e] blue armor [1/2] (28%)
    [f] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [g] red armor [4/4] (66%)
    [h] chainsaw (4d6)
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] bulk mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    4 former humans
    7 former sergeants
    9 former captains
    11 imps
    35 demons
    48 lost souls
    6 cacodemons
    11 hell knights
    3 barons of hell
    4 arachnotrons
    3 pain elementals
    3 revenants
    9 mancubi
    6 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 3 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 771 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 558 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 72 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 60 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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 nhgf, level 7 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 27284 turns and scored 52941 points.
 He played for 17 minutes and 29 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 199 out of 235 hellspawn. (84%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 1

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

  None

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

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

  Health 116/60   Experience 19800/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (68%) (T)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] blue armor [1/2] (14%)
    [c] red armor [4/4] (53%)
    [d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [e] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [f] small med-pack
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] bulk mod pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    12 former sergeants
    26 imps
    25 demons
    55 lost souls
    16 cacodemons
    12 hell knights
    9 barons of hell
    5 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    3 pain elementals
    13 revenants
    3 mancubi
    7 arch-viles
    6 nightmare demons
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  He managed to escape from Limbo!
  On level 5 he found the Enviroboots!
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul hits you. The lost
 soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul
 hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you.
 You hit John Carmack. You feel like a killing machine! You're going berserk!
 You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. That hurt! You' going
 berserk! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost
 soul dies. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste
 blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. The lost soul
 hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste
 blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
 to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 774 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 560 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 103 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 73 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 61 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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 btre, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 31045 turns and scored 65130 points.
 He played for 19 minutes and 46 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 166 out of 169 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 2

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

  None

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

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

  Health 120/60   Experience 29444/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (98%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (96%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [b] chainsaw (4d6)
    [c] small med-pack
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] homing phase device
    [g] agility mod pack
    [h] bulk mod pack
    [i] bulk mod pack
    [j] blood skull

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 95% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 

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

    10 former sergeants
    3 former captains
    25 imps
    11 demons
    45 lost souls
    21 cacodemons
    7 hell knights
    7 barons of hell
    5 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    3 pain elementals
    2 revenants
    13 mancubi
    7 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  Level 2 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 5 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  On level 6 he found the Malek's Armor!
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 776 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 560 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 104 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 74 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 62 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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 vbfd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 34715 turns and scored 60698 points.
 He played for 19 minutes and 42 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 181 out of 261 hellspawn. (69%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 2

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

  None

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

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

  Health 120/60   Experience 25848/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [4/4] (99%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] combat knife (2d5)
    [c] chainsaw (4d6)
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] small med-pack
    [g] small med-pack
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] phase device
    [n] phase device
    [o] phase device
    [p] bulk mod pack
    [q] Hell Staff
    [r] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
    [s] phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 80%   feet 60% 

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

    20 former sergeants
    8 former captains
    17 imps
    21 demons
    55 lost souls
    14 cacodemons
    7 hell knights
    11 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    4 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    4 revenants
    7 mancubi
    4 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  Level 3 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 3 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  On level 5 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  On level 7 he found the Hell Staff!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 780 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 562 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 75 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 63 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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 cd, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 22774 turns and scored 55989 points.
 He played for 15 minutes and 51 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 154 out of 181 hellspawn. (85%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 2

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

  None

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

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

  Health 74/60   Experience 22964/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [1/2] (41%) (T)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   nothing
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] blue armor [2/2] (60%)
    [c] Medical Powerarmor [4/4] (100%)
    [d] Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] small med-pack
    [g] small med-pack
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] phase device
    [o] envirosuit pack
    [p] envirosuit pack
    [q] envirosuit pack
    [r] envirosuit pack
    [s] agility mod pack
    [t] fire skull

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 10%   feet 0%   

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

    16 former sergeants
    8 imps
    30 demons
    43 lost souls
    15 cacodemons
    10 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    4 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    12 mancubi
    3 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  He sounded the alarm on level 6!
  On level 6 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  On level 6 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  He overloaded a nuclear plasma rifle on level 9!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 This is it. This is the lair of all evil! What will you meet here?
 You wear/wield : a nuclear plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [24/24]
 Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle? This will
 overload the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
 You overcharge the nuclear plasma rifle! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
 You use a lava element. You feel invincible! Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
 Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 781 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 562 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 76 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 64 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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 jyuft, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 30471 turns and scored 57097 points.
 He played for 19 minutes and 41 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 137 out of 137 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 2

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  Gargulec Medal

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

  Health 87/60   Experience 23806/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (98%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (50%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (9%)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [c] blue armor [2/2] (79%)
    [d] blue armor [1/2] (46%)
    [e] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [f] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [g] red armor [3/6] (48%) (P)
    [h] red armor [1/4] (16%)
    [i] red armor [4/4] (99%)
    [j] chainsaw (4d6)
    [k] small med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] phase device
    [n] phase device
    [o] envirosuit pack
    [p] envirosuit pack
    [q] shockwave pack
    [r] acid-proof boots [0/0] (100%)

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 95%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 90%   feet 60% 

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

    14 former sergeants
    5 imps
    36 demons
    28 lost souls
    14 cacodemons
    9 hell knights
    2 barons of hell
    6 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    8 revenants
    3 mancubi
    5 arch-viles
    1 lava elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 6 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 785 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 565 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 77 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 65 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Then on floor 1 of a run, I found a Trigun!

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Since it was an early start, I opted to go for Fallout Platinum Cross, I just needed to rely on luck with Invulnerability since there are so few floors on Angel of Overconfidence. Well, with some super appreciated luck, I got one on floor 2, with stairs nearby, and started to nuke everything!

On floor 5 it finally ran out and I started to get a little worried about completing. I was also worried about dying since I wasn't using my standard trait setup, on top of low inventory and low health. I clicked a Computer Map on floor 6 and this was revealed to me:

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I carefully went straight for the Invulnerability and nuked some more floors. I was tempted to grab the Lava Element, but I didn't want to ruin such a rare run. In hindsight, there wasn't any risk, but I figured that I can always get another JC kill and not really another Trigun run. I made it to Dis just as Invulnerability ran out, so I missed out on killing JC, but that's perfectly fine by me.

One other cool thing that happened is with the heavy usage of Angel Arm, my health actually exceeded 200% for awhile:

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I assume this happened since my health was larger than my maximum health and it doesn't scale down. Pretty neat! I used to simplify my thinking in that Badass x2 removes health decay, but since you can go over 200%, that's technically not true!

With that, I scratched another medal, of which is super annoying to get! My original plan was to grind a Scout with Intuition on Angel of Confidence and scouring through Hell's Armory/Deimos Lab until I got a Trigun. I'm very happy I don't have to do that! On top, this was my 3rd Trigun, so now I'm just missing Dragonslayer x3, Subtle Knife x3, and BFG10K x2!

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 fsdre, level 8 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 7268 turns and scored 43798 points.
 He played for 8 minutes and 58 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 139 out of 154 hellspawn. (90%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 1

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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Fallout Platinum Cross

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

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

  Health 0/20   Experience 25852/8
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->HR->DM->Bad->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [1/2] (48%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (99%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   chainsaw (4d6)

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

    [a] combat knife (2d5)
    [b] small med-pack
    [c] large med-pack
    [d] homing phase device
    [e] envirosuit pack
    [f] fire skull
    [g] steel boots [1/1] (85%)

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 70%   feet 60% 

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

    17 former sergeants
    6 imps
    1 demon
    48 lost souls
    7 cacodemons
    9 hell knights
    11 barons of hell
    14 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    5 pain elementals
    8 revenants
    3 mancubi
    6 arch-viles
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  On level 1 he found the Trigun!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 2!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 3!
  He left level 3 as soon as possible.
  On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 3!
  He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 4!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
  On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 6!
  He fled there from the monstrous lava elemental.
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 7!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 8!
  On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
 You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! You advance to level 8!
 Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.
 You start running!
 You stop running.
 You feel vulnerable again.
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 You enter the damned city of Dis...
 Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
 You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! Congratulations! You
 defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk! You feel like a
 killing machine!

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

 788 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 567 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 37 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 105 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 78 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 9 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 66 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------


Good progress with an extra surprise!

[Icy]

Day 24:

38/50, getting closer to the end of this! I'm really looking forward to moving onto other goals afterwards.

I had one Max Carnage+Red Alert run that I was playing out trying to get 100% kills for the badge, but on one floor, I took one step around a corner and a Former Commando immediately melted me. Pretty crushed about that one, but at least I've seen the challenge is pretty easy and I look forward to trying it again.

Another little detail I've learned a few days ago is when you gib a Pain Elemental, it doesn't produce Lost Soul spawns on death, which is very handy to know! It helps plan out when I want to go Berserk, because they're quite annoying to deal with, and are one of the main causes of early deaths in my runs. I definitely miss having ranged attacks. :P

Also one on of my runs, I got a really cool map unlike one I've ever seen before so far:

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Really neat how tiny the level was!

All that said, nothing too exciting again. I'm learning a lot of minor details in my play and getting better at my reasoning with the game, so I'm really keen on playing for badges and medals again!

[Sereg]

Interesting level - not sure I've seen that before.

Keep up the good work - not alot to say right now during your JC grind, but I'm still following your progress.

[Icy]

Yeah, not too fascinating with grinding the same thing repeatedly, but progress will be more interesting soon!

Day 25:

45/50 JC kills now and at the home stretch! If my luck pans out well, I'll get this done tonight!

I went for another attempt at Max Carnage+Red Alert for the Quartermaster Gold Badge while getting a JC kill and pulled it off this time:

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 abcdefghijklmoqrstuvwxyz,
 level 10 Cyberdemon Lt. General Scout,
 sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 57539 turns and scored 128059 points.
 He played for 45 minutes and 2 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 408 out of 408 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Red Alert!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 1

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Quartermaster Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 41734/10
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->TaN->TaN->Rel->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Cybernetic Armor [1/7] (22%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [1/2] (48%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] red armor [4/4] (100%) (N)
    [c] shotgun shell (x2)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] large med-pack
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] phase device
    [m] phase device
    [n] phase device
    [o] envirosuit pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 12%   feet 0%   
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 12%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 12%   feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 12% 

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

    61 former humans
    30 former sergeants
    14 former captains
    72 imps
    35 demons
    114 lost souls
    16 cacodemons
    17 hell knights
    9 barons of hell
    6 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    6 pain elementals
    9 revenants
    9 mancubi
    3 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 lava elemental
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 18 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 21 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 22 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  On level 23 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
 Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
 Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 822 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 589 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 38 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 107 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 87 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 74 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

--------------------------------------------------------------


I also had another neat level on one of my runs with an island completely detached from any bridges and walkways:

Spoiler

That's pretty much it for today! Apostle soon!

[Icy]

Day 26:

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Spoiler

After about a week of grinding for JC kills, I've finally reached 50 and achieved Apostle ranking! :D 100% completion of the ranking, all done forever!

I had a bit of a struggle getting the last 5 runs, but I was very motivated to get it done. After getting a bit annoyed again with Berserk+Overconfidence, I tried some more Max Carnage+Overconfidence and lucked out one run with a second nuke. Another run with it, I had the Jackhammer and yet I was still killed by JC. Once again, this strategy is very inconsistent and very difficult to complete without another nuke. With an extra however, it's very fast and easy.

Another run died to this:

Spoiler

Funny that it came up after the topic of rare maps.

I also am continuing to develop my gameplay skills and created a nice setup to deal with Cacodemons without putting myself in danger. I thought it was a bit clever. :)

Spoiler

When I got to 49/50, I had some more unlucky deaths and eventually got another run going where I started off with a nuke on floor 1, allowing me to skip Mortuary/Limbo. However, I repeatedly got into bad situations, had very low gear all throughout, and had to start stair-diving. I got to just outside the Lava Pits, but had no Platsteels, no Phase Devices, no Envirosuits (one on the next floor though :P), nothing, so the only hope left was finding Invulnerability on floor 7.

I step down and see this:

Spoiler

And with that, I was set to fight JC with by far the worst setup I've had compared to all of my 49 kills, making for a very climactic finish. I barely scrapped by with enough health and almost died a couple times, but did indeed secure the win:

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 xcsgb, level 6 Cyberdemon Lt. General Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 26043 turns and scored 46846 points.
 He played for 17 minutes and 8 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 138 out of 150 hellspawn. (92%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 1

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

  None

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

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

  Health 72/60   Experience 15996/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Marine

    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   green armor [1/1] (25%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (92%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] small med-pack
    [b] small med-pack
    [c] small med-pack
    [d] steel boots [1/1] (79%)

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 63%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 63%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 85%   torso 85%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    10 former sergeants
    5 former captains
    27 imps
    11 demons
    50 lost souls
    2 cacodemons
    12 barons of hell
    11 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    2 pain elementals
    2 revenants
    1 mancubus
    1 arch-vile
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  Entering level 2 he was almost dead...
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 8!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. The
 lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. John Carmack reloads his rocket
 launcher.
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The lost soul hits you. The
 lost soul hits you.
 You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You feel like a killing machine!
 You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. Carmack
 raises his hands and summons hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. The lost
 soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
 The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 867 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 616 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 112 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 99 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 86 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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So with that, no more JC runs! I'll probably be rotating around again on what to do next with all the badges and medals left! I could continue collecting the rest of the gold badges, or finishing more of the easy medals, or seeking out Dragonslayer, Subtle Knife, and BFG10K, or perhaps earn my first angelic badge! In any case, it'll be far more exciting and fun than what I've been up that last while here!

Very happy with this achievement!

[scotherns]

Congratulations!

[Icy]

Thanks!

Day 27:

With Apostle now done, I tried out a few challenges and rotated around. I had a few decent runs at some of them, but died repeatedly. Eventually, I decided to try for Masochist Gold Badge, and tried to combine Masochism+Pacifism, given that I'd get a guaranteed health boost every 3 levels. I think it's a decent strategy, but it wasn't working out for me. Instead, I opted for Max Carnage instead and that worked out much better. Since I'm a fairly careful and defensive player, the lack of health wasn't too big of a deal.

I focused a lot on killing everything since I wanted to keep up a flow of healing, and ended up getting 100% kills! I was at the Spider Mastermind and decided to nuke her for fun and continue the run with JC. Until now, I never got a kill on him with Max Carnage, but with more levels, Dodgemaster, and a BFG, it went much better! 51/50! :P

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 gfxdsfg, level 11 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 84913 turns and scored 122797 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 5 minutes and 26 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 554 out of 554 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Masochism!

 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 6

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Untouchable Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Arena Key
  Masochist Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 78/70   Experience 58368/11
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   BFG 9000 (11d6) [20/100] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   fireproof plasteel boots [2/2] (96%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] minigun (1d6)x8 [214/260] (B1)
    [c] phaseshift armor [4/4] (72%) (P)
    [d] Lava Armor [4/4] (98%)
    [e] shotgun shell (x70)
    [f] shotgun shell (x70)
    [g] shotgun shell (x70)
    [h] shotgun shell (x70)
    [i] shotgun shell (x25)
    [j] shotgun shell (x70)
    [k] shotgun shell (x70)
    [l] shotgun shell (x70)
    [m] shotgun shell (x70)
    [n] shotgun shell (x70)
    [o] shell box (x100)
    [p] power battery (x20)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 50%   feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 25%   torso 25%   feet 75% 
    Fire       - internal 25%   torso 25%   feet 80% 

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

    84 former humans
    64 former sergeants
    27 former captains
    81 imps
    32 demons
    80 lost souls
    24 cacodemons
    39 hell knights
    24 barons of hell
    32 arachnotrons
    7 former commandos
    5 pain elementals
    14 revenants
    13 mancubi
    14 arch-viles
    1 nightmare demon
    5 elite former humans
    2 elite former sergeants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack

-- 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 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  He purified his fellow comrades.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
  He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
  On level 12 he assembled a fireproof boots!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he found the Lava Armor!
  On level 18 he stumbled into a complex full of former humans!
  On level 19 he was bombarded!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 The missile hits the lost soul. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The
 lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. 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 missile hits John Carmack.
 You quickly reload the BFG 9000.
 You dodge!
 The missile hits John Carmack. Carmack raises his hands and summons
 hellspawn!
 The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell
 dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
 The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell dies.
 You quickly reload the BFG 9000. Your power battery is depleted.
 The missile hits John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You
 defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 878 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 625 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 112 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 100 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 86 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Dodgemaster is slowly becoming one of my new favorite traits! Fighting the Cyberdemon with it is a total joke.

After that, I went for Hunter Platinum Badge with Darkness+Overconfidence. Despite it being Nightmare, I figured I could luck out with Homing Phase Devices, Invulnerability, and nearby staircases. I had quite a few games where I got essentially insta-killed, and lots of troll runs too:

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Guess I didn't have a choice with the game taunting me. :P

Eventually though, I managed to get a completed run. With Intuition, the Spider Mastermind fight was easy and I went about my usual corner camping to slowly kill her:

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 grsee, level 5 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 12420 turns and scored 85899 points.
 He played for 13 minutes and 43 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 61 out of 320 hellspawn. (19%)
 Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
 He was an Angel of Darkness!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hunter Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 41/50   Experience 7354/5
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   assault shotgun (8d3) [4/6] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x14)

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

    [a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
    [b] laser rifle (1d7)x5 [40/40]
    [c] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
    [d] combat knife (2d5)
    [e] large med-pack
    [f] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    None

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

    5 former humans
    7 former sergeants
    9 former captains
    21 imps
    3 demons
    10 lost souls
    2 barons of hell
    2 former commandos
    1 arch-vile
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He left level 1 as soon as possible.
  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You quickly reload the assault shotgun.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...

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

 908 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 651 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 101 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 87 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Pretty good to get 2 more badges! I can only expect that I'll have days, and eventually even weeks where I won't be earning anything new. It's already getting pretty tough! Hopefully things will keep going well for now!

[Icy]

Day 28:

I went for a variety of badges and medals and actually got quite a few!

To start, my first target was Lightfoot Platinum Badge and figured the easiest way to go for it was Max Carnage+Light Travel. 20000 turns is quite a bit of leeway if you stairdive, and Max Carnage with Shotguns helps cover for a low experience level. It took a couple tries, but easily got it:

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 gdfgh, level 6 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 12313 turns and scored 53816 points.
 He played for 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 168 out of 423 hellspawn. (39%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 0

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Untouchable Badge

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

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

  Health 26/50   Experience 15602/6
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (41%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x42)

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

    [a] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
    [b] shotgun shell (x50)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)
    [d] shotgun shell (x18)
    [e] shell box (x100)

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

    None

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

    31 former humans
    22 former sergeants
    6 former captains
    39 imps
    6 demons
    39 lost souls
    5 cacodemons
    5 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    1 arachnotron
    2 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    1 revenant
    1 mancubus
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He cowardly fled the Arena.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
  He left level 11 as soon as possible.
  He left level 13 as soon as possible.
  He sounded the alarm on level 15!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 19 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He left level 19 as soon as possible.
  He left level 20 as soon as possible.
  On level 21 he ran for his life from acid!
  He left level 23 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! Boom!
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 913 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 655 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 102 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 88 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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...or so I thought. I thought that maybe there was some additional restriction? I checked in-game and definitely completed what it says to do, so I checked the wiki, and it says the challenge must be done on Ultra-Violence, which I did not do. :/ A little annoyed by that, though it does make sense given it's a platinum badge. I'll go for it again on the correct difficulty in the future.

Next target was Chessmaster's Token which I got in one try!

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 hgfhgf, level 3 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
 was gutted by a hell knight on level 3 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 12026 turns and scored 13862 points.
 He played for 6 minutes and 34 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 59 out of 83 hellspawn. (71%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Masochism!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 1

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

  Chessmaster's Token
  Hell Champion Medal

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 3586/3
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]

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

    [a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
    [b] 10mm ammo (x88)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [d] shotgun shell (x18)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)

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

    None

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

    16 former humans
    6 former sergeants
    1 former captain
    8 imps
    14 demons
    5 lost souls
    7 cacodemons
    2 barons of hell

-- 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 3 he finally was gutted by a hell knight.

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

 voice booms, "Congratulations mortal! A pity you came to destroy us, for you
 would make a formidable Hell warrior!" "I grant you the title of Hell's Arena
 Champion!" "And a promise is a promise... search the arena again..."
 You reload the shotgun.
 There is a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) lying here.
 There is a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) lying here.
 You picked up a plasteel boots [2/2] (100%).
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 The voice laughs, "Flee mortal, flee! There's no hiding in hell!"
 You enter Phobos, level 3.
 The hell knight hits you. The hell knight hits you.
 The hell knight hits you.
 The hell knight hits you. Your green armor is completely destroyed!
 The hell knight hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 914 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 656 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 102 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 88 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Easy stuff with Max Carnage, though I definitely had a little luck on my side as well.

Next were Untouchable Medal and Untouchable Cross. These I was pretty confident I could get without too much trouble since they work well with my playstyle, though I still had to deal with tricky situations. I made a few foolish mistakes in one run, so ended up with just the Untouchable Medal:

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 jhjf, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 19019 turns and scored 56864 points.
 He played for 18 minutes and 43 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 177 out of 398 hellspawn. (44%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 1

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Mastermind's Brain
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Untouchable Medal
  Shambler's Head

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 17624/7
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (100%) (N)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [1/5]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x31)

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

    [a] shotgun shell (x50)
    [b] shotgun shell (x50)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 50% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 25% 

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

    33 former humans
    26 former sergeants
    6 former captains
    33 imps
    19 demons
    38 lost souls
    7 cacodemons
    2 barons of hell
    3 arachnotrons
    1 former commando
    1 pain elemental
    1 mancubus
    2 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  He left level 23 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 926 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 667 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 103 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 89 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Max Carnage+Light Travel is one of absolute favorite ways to play the game however, and since I was fairly close, I gave it some more effort. This time I played far more cautiously than even I would normally do, which was actually a lot of fun! I only got hit by enemies twice, and was forced to cross two acid rivers, but other than that, it was a flawless run:

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 fdxsfg, level 7 Apostle Lt. General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 19672 turns and scored 56310 points.
 He played for 19 minutes and 49 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 175 out of 368 hellspawn. (47%)
 He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
 He was also an Angel of Light Travel!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Mastermind's Brain
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Untouchable Cross

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 17340/7
  ToHit Ranged +12  ToHit Melee +12  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)

  Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [4/5]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (92%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x29)

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

    [a] shotgun shell (x33)
    [b] shotgun shell (x50)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   

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

    30 former humans
    16 former sergeants
    5 former captains
    23 imps
    23 demons
    53 lost souls
    8 cacodemons
    2 hell knights
    1 baron of hell
    4 arachnotrons
    2 pain elementals
    4 mancubi
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  He left level 11 as soon as possible.
  He left level 13 as soon as possible.
  On level 14 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 You quickly reload the tactical shotgun.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 Your tactical shotgun is already loaded.
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 930 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 670 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 39 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 115 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 104 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 10 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 90 killed the bitch and survived.
 4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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So with that, I got 3 more medals, now totalling 36/43! My next target is another medal: Apostle Insignia! Time to grind for another kind of Apostle. :P

Strategy discussion time!

Going for this will be tricky since I rely on getting both Dragonslayer, Berserker Armor, and also surviving until the end. The obvious way of doing this is Ao100 or Ao666, of which, I'm leaning on 666 since I'll likely need as many floors as possible. Last time I did Ao666, I got every unique except for the Apostle set and Subtle Knife, so I don't want to be spending time on Ao100.

I also need a solid melee build for this, and I'm not a huge fan of Vampyre for long games. Malicious Blades looks cool, but it doesn't work in full with Dragonslayer, so that leaves Blademaster and it seems wicked! Of the traits available, I'll be wanting: Blademaster x1, Brute x5, Berserker x1, Hellrunner x3, Dodgemaster x1, Finesse x3, Intuition x2, Whizkid x2, and Ironman x5. That leaves 2 extra slots. Since it's also easiest to go from Shotgun->Melee, I'm one trait shy of Reloader x2 and Shottyman x1. Eagle Eye is useless, Juggler isn't really necessary, and the rest are blocked. I'll probably opt to skip Shottyman or Ironman, not sure which yet. Shottyman also becomes obsolete when I get Nano Super Shotgun, so it'll probably be skipped, and I'll temporarily gain from Reloader. If I stumble upon a very early Dragonslayer, maybe I'll go for Eagle Eye over Reloader since it's very mildly less useless.

As for armor and boots, perma-Berserk covers a good chunk of resistances with 60% to all, so I'll likely be more focused on movement speed. Phaseshift Armor (AOP) and Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A) give 40% + 60% movement speed with 4 protection, indestructibility, 90% total resistance to Melee/Bullet/Shrapnel, and immunity to fluids. Pretty awesome! Inquisitor set is also quite nice with 90% total resistance to the other damage types, with total fire immunity and good movement speed too. I recall acid fluid not being a huge deal late into my Ao666, so I can live without needing that. Early on, I'll likely be rocking Cerberus Boots (A) as usual, or possibly Enviroboots if I find them. It's interesting that Cerberus Boots (A) is -20% movement speed, Enviroboots are -25% and Cerberus Boots are -30%. :P (PPTA+A) is an expensive cost for 5% extra movement speed!

Berserker Armor is pretty cool, but is super slow and protects as much as Phaseshift Armor, though the increase of it is an interesting mechanic. I imagine with my massive resistances already though that I'll be reducing a lot of hits down to 1 anyway and the extra bump to Melee/Bullet/Shrapnel probably isn't worth the slow movement speed and the spawning Nightmare Demons. I'll likely leave it in my inventory until just the very end. When I do wear it, I'll definitely be ditching Inquisitor set for Cerberus Boots (A) and Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A), since the boots when solo are outclassed.

As for weapon before finding Dragonslayer, I'll definitely be using Nano Super Shotgun, or if I can't find one, Nano Shotgun. The other Shotguns are weaker and/or have a worse shotgun blast type, funny enough. Tactical Shotgun (P) is definitely the way to go until finding the needed Nano Pack.

It'll be pretty fun to test out all 3 sets that I haven't used before! I'm definitely going to build around using Shotguns until I find Dragonslayer, but I want to make sure I have Berserker early to help with picking it up. Maybe a spare Rocket Launcher and some Hatred Skulls will come in handy too. Scouts are also great with their extra movement speed and stair sense, along with the speedy Phaseshift set that I'll be able to fly through the floors once my build is complete. I'll need to kill most of everything early on to get that experience, but later will just be trying to get to the end without dying. I imagine the Apostle himself is weak though. This will also be a decent warm-up and learning experience for the eventual Ao666 on Nightmare.

With any luck, I can also find Subtle Knife and BFG10K as well to work on finishing my badges around collecting Uniques. I intend to grind for Apostle Insignia until I get it, but I'm also going to repeat this challenge a couple times until I also get 3x of everything. Shottyhead helped a lot last time, but I think with some caution, I'll be just fine without it.

I'm sure most of this strategizing is known and/or obvious, but it's my favorite part about gaming and I can't help but gush about it! <3 I think this grind will be a blast to do!

[BBHood217]

While it's true that the Berserker Armor slows you down a lot, you can still get your movement speed down to 0.25 seconds with Hellrunner 3, antigrav phaseshift boots (A), and the permanent berserk effect from the Dragonslayer; and even a little bit faster than that as a scout.

Regardless, good luck with the Apostle.  And remember not to wear any armor you won't be able to remove other than the Berserker Armor.

[Tormuse]

Congrats on the Apostle rank!  :D

On a different run, I had Mt Erebus with no Envirosuits and played roulette with a Phase Device and happened to get one of the best possible locations:

That definitely was lucky; I once found out the hard way that there's a chance of teleporting inside the structure on that level and being unable to get out.  I avoid using phase devices on Mt. Erebus now.  Lava Pits, on the other hand, are a really good candidate for phase devices because they're pretty much guaranteed to take you closer to the envirosuits which you can use to get back again.

...or so I thought. I thought that maybe there was some additional restriction? I checked in-game and definitely completed what it says to do, so I checked the wiki, and it says the challenge must be done on Ultra-Violence, which I did not do. :/ A little annoyed by that, though it does make sense given it's a platinum badge. I'll go for it again on the correct difficulty in the future.

Yeah, that's an in-game typo.  You're not the only one to find that out the hard way.  :P

Strategy discussion time!...

You've got lots of sound strategy ideas.  I'll toss in my own two cents and say that for a lot of the mid-game of this challenge, it's a toss up whether to wear the Phaseshift set or the Inquisitor set; In my games, I would go back and forth between them, depending on what I was facing.  Once I'd assembled the Phaseshift antigravity boots and got that Onyx mod on the suit, though, the Phaseshift set was the way to go.  There's a lot to be said for being so fast you can get ten moves on your enemies before they can react.  :)

Also, it's worth noting that if you use the Inquisitor set, it's easy to get dependent on that 100% fire protection and forget to be cautious for those occasions when it dips below 50% durability and you lose the fire protection.  I found that out the very, very hard way.  :P  It's still an amazing set, but don't let your guard down.

[Icy]

Thanks, yeah I'm starting to really appreciate extremely high levels of movement speed. It's somewhat like being able to teleport around. I agree that I'll likely be using the Phaseshift set over Inquisitor set since fire immunity isn't that amazing, but I suppose at higher difficulties, taking 1 damage infinite times is far worse than taking 0 damage infinite times. I've also learned to watch the durability when I cooked myself in lava with damaged Cerberus Boots before, but that's nothing like what you did, jeez!

I also imagine Dragonslayer + Phaseshift Armor (AOP) + Antigrav Phaseshift Boots (A) is absurdly powerful with Blademaster since I can quickly move to any spot, obliterate an enemy instantaneously, and carry on at the same speed. Sounds like lots of fun!

Day 29:

I started trying some Ao666 after I studied the blade yesterday and got a decent run going, but unfortunately died due to a dumb mistake. Along the way though, I got a pretty cool cave map:

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So I started a new run and got caught up pretty quickly. On one map, I ended up in a really cool tactical spot that only works because I had Cerberus Boots quite early:

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My setup for traits has been Intuition x2, Finesse x2, Whizkid x2, then mixing with Hellrunner, Ironman, Dodgemaster, and Finesse. I'm taking a slight risk by getting Brute, Berserker, and Blademaster later on, but survivability while playing as a temporary Shotgun build is important.

This was my preliminary equipment setup, which is quite cheap to make:

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Not too long after, I found Phaseshift Boots! Unfortunately, I forgot how the Antigrav assembly goes...

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Whoops. I'll have to find a second pair.

I also got a Nano Pack and Onyx Pack relatively early, the former being very important. I'll be hanging onto it for as long as possible since I need it for Phaseshift Boots, but if ammo gets tight, it'll be used on either a Super Shotgun or a regular Shotgun:

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I later decided to opt for more mid-game survivability and made a Cerberus Ballistic Vest (O), which has 0 armor, but insane resistances with 50% across with 70% for fire and acid! There's actually not enough space to list all 6 resistances in the upper-right corner, which is funny:

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Some more time later, I found Inquisitor Boots and Phaseshift Armor! I've since thrown away the Phaseshift Boots though and used my Onyx Pack, but I can get more so it's not a big deal.

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Then on the fairly early floor of 49, I got this:

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Very happy to get this so early! As long as I can actually find Dragonslayer now, I should be good to go for killing the Apostle!

So with that, I got to floor 51 and am already quite ahead of pace of where I want to be! The most important item I can find right now is a Super Shotgun to complete my Nano Super Shotgun (P). I'm also on the hunt for Inquisitor Armor, another pair of Phaseshift Boots, Onyx and Nano Packs, and of course, Dragonslayer. Here's my status so far:

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Funny enough, I haven't accomplished anything yet in terms of actual progress towards 100%. The only useful things that can come from this run are finding Dragonslayer, BFG10K, Subtle Knife, and killing the Apostle, all of which of course haven't happened yet. At this rate though, things are looking good! Hopefully I don't die! :)