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[CaptainSublime]

So I reinstalled DRL a couple of months back, and this was my first run through.

Nothing major to report. Malek's armor is awesome, even against high tier monsters.
I forgot to use my lava element
Gunrunner is really cool. Had never used it before. Would be even cooler with a nanomachic weapon I imagine.

I somehow got 27 badges/medals in this run. I would never presume for that to be any sort of record, lol, but I was thinking that you could have a new series of medals... The "Golddigger" series of medals

Golddigger Gold Medal: for 20 badges/medals in a single run
Golddigger Platinum Medal: for 30 badges/medals in a single run
Golddigger Diamond Medal: for 40 badges/medals in a single run


Anywhoo... to the mortem itself

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 naralyssa, level 14 Human Private Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 129461 turns and scored 219470 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 42 minutes and 26 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 1190 out of 1190 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 10
  Levels completed : 10

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Technician Bronze Badge
  Armorer Bronze Badge
  Heroic Bronze Badge
  Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
  UAC Bronze Badge
  UAC Silver Badge
  Veteran Bronze Badge
  Veteran Silver Badge
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Reaper Bronze Badge
  Reaper Silver Badge
  Reaper Gold Badge
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Skull Bronze Badge
  Arena Bronze Badge
  Arachno Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 54/50   Experience 88444/14
  ToHit Ranged +2  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 3)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 1)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Gunrunner        (Level 1)

  HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->MGr->Rel->Rel->SM->Int->Int->HR->EE->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (69%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   missile launcher (6d6) [0/5] (B1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   Enviroboots [0]
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [40/40]

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

    [a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A1)
    [b] assault shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (P1)
    [c] BFG 9000 (10d6) [29/130] (B1)
    [d] shotgun shell (x70)
    [e] shotgun shell (x70)
    [f] rocket (x13)
    [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] phase device
    [o] phase device
    [p] lava element
    [q] power battery (x120)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 100%
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 100%
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 30%   feet 0%   

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

    96 former humans
    114 former sergeants
    35 former captains
    143 imps
    78 demons
    421 lost souls
    38 cacodemons
    34 hell knights
    32 barons of hell
    37 arachnotrons
    13 former commandos
    24 pain elementals
    30 revenants
    40 mancubi
    23 arch-viles
    14 nightmare cacodemons
    10 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  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 piercing blade!
  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 found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 14 he found the Enviroboots!
  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 19 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 19 he found the Malek's Armor!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  On level 20 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
  On level 21 he found the BFG 10K!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 22 he found the Nyarlaptotep's Boots!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind.
 Your weapon is empty.
 Your weapon is empty.
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

  He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...

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[Tormuse]

Ooh, Gunrunner build.  Interesting choice!  How did you find it?

By the way, you mentioned in another post that you lost your stats from the previous version.  It might be a bit late to mention it now, but you can copy stats over between versions by copying the player.wad file over.

[CaptainSublime]

How did I find gunrunner?

I had never used it before, so just for fun, I gave it a shot. And in truth, my thinking was that it would only be good with a powerful weapon equipped. Say a nanomachic rocket launcher or a nanomachic tristar blaster, nanomachic BFG perhaps? Possibly a jackhammer. High powered weapons that will knock enemies back out of return fire range.  For tough enemies, I feel that gunrunner would be not so great with just regular shotguns/plasma guns/ chainguns etc etc. Reason being is that so much of this game is that you kill your enemies before they see you, and ideally before you see them. Gunrunner requires you to actually see your enemies, which reduces its usefulness massively, as they can shoot back as soon as you enter within range. not what you want when dealing with Archs or mancs. Good if you get a missile launcher, but even then, reloading every 4 shots is not ideal.

And yes I know now you can transfer your player stats between versions. IIRC, I think I did more my stats from the ascii version to the graphical version? Maybe. But then I uninstalled it and wasn't planning on coming back to it. Wish I had kept those stats. Didn't have many high end medals/badges, but given how much work getting any of those is, would have been worth keeping it, looking back.

Thanks Torm for the advice. Cheers. :)

[Tormuse]

I've found it to be very effective when combined with Shottyman trait and a shotgun.  Being able to move, fire, and reload at the same time can be surprisingly devastating to your enemies, since the Dodgemaster gives them a lot of difficulty in hitting you back.  Of course, as you say, a Nanomachic weapon could also make it very interesting.  Hmm...

[CaptainSublime]

Hah. Yes you are correct. I was forgetting that you can both reload and fire in the same movement. So a focussed double shotty would be very effective, as it can knock back even heavy enemies like barons at long range. Hmmm.

May have to revisit Gunrunner.

Would you recommend gunrunner for, say, an A666 run?

Ammochain is currently my preferred method for quickly getting through levels on an A100 or A666 run.

Not that I have ever finished an A666 run... I always lose concentration somewhere. For example my most recent attempt, I was switching between cerebus boots for crossing lava/acid, and phaseshift boots for general speed in combat. just finished a level, around level 250, forgot I was wearing the phaseshift boots, went to cross a river of lava to pick up a soulsphere I had left for the end of the level.... With predictable results...

lol

Cheers torm. :)

[defazer]

Nice! That's a lot of badges, indeed.
Unfortunately, Gunrunner can't be used in combination with nanomachic weapons, as it blocks Whizkid.

[Tormuse]

Would you recommend gunrunner for, say, an A666 run?

I can't really say I'd "recommend" it per se, since I tend to have a slow, calculating playstyle, whereas, as you pointed out, Gunrunner is all about charging in with guns blazing.  I used the trait to great effect in ArchAoRA games here and here, since those are games where speed is super important, but I wouldn't normally use it otherwise.

That being said, it could make an ArchAo666 stairdive interesting, blasting everything out of your way as you run straight to the exit level after level.  :)

[CaptainSublime]

Nice! That's a lot of badges, indeed.
Unfortunately, Gunrunner can't be used in combination with nanomachic weapons, as it blocks Whizkid.

Thanks Defazer. Yeah. If I ever used gunrunner regularly, I would have  known that you can't use it with whizkid. haha shows how often I use gunrunner.

This game may be the only time I have used it.

Cheers defazer.

I can't really say I'd "recommend" it per se, since I tend to have a slow, calculating playstyle, whereas, as you pointed out, Gunrunner is all about charging in with guns blazing.  I used the trait to great effect in ArchAoRA games here and here, since those are games where speed is super important, but I wouldn't normally use it otherwise.

That being said, it could make an ArchAo666 stairdive interesting, blasting everything out of your way as you run straight to the exit level after level.  :)

Another smart tactical choice. gunrunner is perfect for a AoRA run. See I wouldn't even have thought of that. And yeah like you I think the reason I never used it much is because you have to expose yourself to get the benefits of that particular master trait. And I do have a more cautious style. Notcautious enough yet, as ArchAoHu is teaching me. Repeatedly. :D