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[Duke 2.0]

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Lava Pits grants you an item that makes you invincible for like 10 seconds.
Mortuary grants you a Nuclear BFG that can make a nuke blast with its alt-fire.

If you can brave those levels you always have a shot at the 'true' ending.

[Aqizzar]

I really need to do a better job of reading the item descriptions.  I thought the Lava Element made Invuln Spheres last longer, not acts as one itself.  Fuck.  I went to Lava Pits just for the challenge, because I didn't know how it was going to turn out, on Resident Expert Toony's assurance that Hell Level 9 was guaranteed to spawn a Sphere.

Goddammit.  Now I gotta do it all over again, and I know damn well I'm not going to get all that awesome shit again.  Not that it really matters; Ammochain is thoroughly broken as long as you get any plasma rifle.

[ToonyMan]

Sorry Aqizzar, but I'm gonna have to overshadow you with a full win on Angel of Shotgunnery. 

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Yeti, level 11 Imp Lance Corporal, nuked the Cyberdemon.
 on level 26 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 164810 turns and scored 116429 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 3 minutes and 25 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 609 out of 640 hellspawn. (95%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!


 He saved himself 5 times.

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 4

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Shottyman Bronze Badge
  Shottyman Silver Badge
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Skull Bronze Badge
  Reaper Bronze Badge
  Reaper Silver Badge
  Reaper Gold Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge

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

  ###########################################################
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  .....................................B.....................
  ...........................B......B..B.....................
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  ..............................X....B|B.B.B.%...............
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  ..................................B..B.B..B................
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 68/50   Experience 52400/11
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

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

    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Army of the Dead (Level 1)

  TaN->TaN->Rel->Bad->Rel->SM->MAD->SoB->SoB->TH->SoB->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [3/7] (34%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [6/9]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   assault shotgun (7d3) [0/6]

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

    [a] modified red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
    [b] modified red armor [4/4] (110%) (B)
    [c] gothic armor [6/6] (200%)
    [d] Medical Powerarmor [4/4] (77%)
    [e] shotgun shell (x39)
    [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] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] lava element
    [o] modified plasteel boots [1/4] (24%) (A)

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

    36 former humans
    64 former sergeants
    25 former captains
    94 imps
    54 demons
    188 lost souls
    32 cacodemons
    32 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    19 hell knights
    28 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    6 former commandos
    10 pain elementals
    7 arch-viles
    9 mancubi
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 lava elemental

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He cowardly fled the Arena.
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 19 he found the Jackhammer!
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 21 he found the Trigun!
  He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 23 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : pool of blood
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! The baron of hell dies. The baron of
 hell dies. The baron of hell dies. The baron of hell 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! Carmack raises his hands and summons
 hellspawn! John Carmack fires! You dodge! The missile hits the baron of hell.
 Carmack raises his hands and summons hellspawn! John Carmack reloads his
 rocket launcher. The baron of hell fires! You dodge! The missile hits
 the baron of hell.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a baron of hell (unhurt) [m]ore | pool of blood
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press
 <Enter>...

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

 Before him 3 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 2 of those were killed.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.

--------------------------------------------------------------After failing like 2 times I managed to top my highscore and beat JC for my first time, even on challenge mode!  Going to the lava pits was a waste because I found a invincibility orb, but I didn't find 1 nuke so the nuclear BFG came in handy (thanks Duke).

I feel awesome right now, look at all that cool shit I found!  The Jackhammer and butt loads of special armor.

JC went down easy, I didn't even use one item or switch to one new armor.

My goal now is to beat JC on something harder than medium.  :]

[Dorten]

TonnyMan, I have a question: why did yiu get TH on AoS?

[Duke 2.0]

 Note to self: When taking on the Angel of Death run right up to him when berserked, don't pussy around trying to avoid giving him the first hit. Your berserk will run out and you will die.

[ToonyMan]

TonnyMan, I have a question: why did yiu get TH on AoS?

I had the Jackhammer by that time. 

[Aqizzar]

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Ilya Bely, level 12 Former Human Corporal, nuked the Cyberdemon.
 on level 26 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 149881 turns and scored 137482 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 35 minutes and 10 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 638 out of 641 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...


 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 8
  Levels completed : 8

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Reaper Bronze Badge
  Reaper Silver Badge
  Reaper Gold Badge
  Scavenger Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 50/50   Experience 69470/12
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  SoB->SoB->Fin->TH->Fin->WK->MAc->TH->HR->WK->HR->DM->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [4/4] (137%) (AB)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified plasma rifle (1d7)x10 [40/40] (F2S1T1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified plasteel boots [8/8] (87%) (P)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [90/130] (A2B1P1T1)

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

    [a] modified missile launcher (6d6) [4/4] (A2T1)
    [b] Railgun (8d8) [40/40]
    [c] Angelic Armor [1/7] (24%)
    [d] modified chainsaw (4d6) (T)
    [e] rocket (x14)
    [f] rocket (x14)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] power cell (x70)
    [i] power cell (x70)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] power cell (x10)
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] phase device
    [q] homing phase device
    [r] thermonuclear bomb

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

    93 former humans
    72 former sergeants
    46 former captains
    96 imps
    70 demons
    61 lost souls
    40 cacodemons
    38 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    39 hell knights
    30 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    8 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    18 arch-viles
    6 mancubi
    13 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 lava elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 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 witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 18 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 21 he found the Railgun!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You swap your weapon.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (severely wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The
 missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : John Carmack (almost dead) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile
 hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits
 John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack. The missile hits John Carmack.
 John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press
 <Enter>...

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

 Before him 7 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 5 of those were killed.
 And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.

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Turns out I'm a chump.  Repeated my Ammochain run, and got a bunch of even better shit this time around.  Beat the Arena, Chained Court, Wall, Spider Lair, cleared the Vaults, and the Mortuary (which was especially fun because all the Arch-Viles spawned on the side opposite I checked first), and the Lava Pits.  Angelic Armor, BFGs, Railgun, exotics out the ass, blah blah blah.  Absolutely nothing compares to what I did with the first plasma rifle I got my mitts on.  Check that thing out - Sniper Mod, and not one, but two Firestorm Mods.  Combined with Ammochain and two levels of Triggerhappy, that meant I was pumping out unlimited ten-shot bursts of inerrant plasma bolts.

That's what you call "leaning on the Win Button".  I guess I'll have to try a real challenge for once, or bump up the difficulty.

[ToonyMan]

Bump up the difficultly, your win rate will third at least.

[beorn080]

Bump up the difficultly, your win rate will third at least.

With that combo, he could probably have done an Ao100 N! run and won it.

Considering that the ONLY thing ammochain does is give unlimited ammo to a few weapons, one wonders if other weapon master traits could benefit. Hmm. Gun Kata, refill both pistols to full without using ammo in inventory after each kill. Army of the Dead, can always find ammo for your shotgun, even in the dark ages or hell, so you can reload without needing ammo.

[Aqizzar]

I got too greedy, and dug too deep.

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Derek Yu, level 9 Imp Sergeant, let an arachnotron get him
 on level 19 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 68220 turns and scored 57682 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 39 minutes and 5 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 502 out of 508 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!


 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 10
  Levels visited   : 6
  Levels completed : 5

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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Skull Bronze Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 36058/9
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a gun     (Level 2)
    Dualgunner       (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Gun Kata         (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->DG->HR->HR->DM->MGK->Fin->Fin->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   tactical armor [1/1] (75%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   high power pistol (2d6) [4/4]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Trigun (3d6) [6/6]

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

    [a] speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
    [b] 10mm ammo (x4)
    [c] power cell (x50)
    [d] power cell (x50)
    [e] power cell (x50)
    [f] power cell (x50)
    [g] power cell (x50)
    [h] power cell (x50)
    [i] power cell (x50)
    [j] phase device
    [k] envirosuit pack
    [l] envirosuit pack
    [m] power mod pack
    [n] agility mod pack
    [o] agility mod pack
    [p] bulk mod pack
    [q] Hellwave Pack

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

    86 former humans
    47 former sergeants
    12 former captains
    107 imps
    46 demons
    125 lost souls
    34 cacodemons
    11 barons of hell
    13 hell knights
    5 arachnotrons
    2 former commandos
    8 pain elementals
    1 mancubus
    1 revenant
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 4 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 10 he found the Trigun!
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he assembled a high power weapon!
  He destroyed the evil withing and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 12 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
  On level 13 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 17 he found the Necroarmor!
  On level 17 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 18 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 19 he finally was killed by a arachnotron.

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

 are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : an arachnotron (lightly wounded) [m]ore | floor
 The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron.
 You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The arachnotron fires! You are
 hit! You are hit! You are hit! Boom! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : an arachnotron (wounded) [m]ore | floor
 The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : an arachnotron (severely wounded) [m]ore | floor
 The missile hits the arachnotron. The arachnotron fires! You are hit! Boom!
 Boom! You are hit! Boom!
 You dualreload your guns! The arachnotron fires! You are hit! You are hit!
 You are hit! The arachnotron fires! You are hit! You die!... Press
 <Enter>...

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

 Before him 11 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 7 of those were killed.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 2 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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I suppose it's really better that I didn't stomp my way to the end again so easily.  Got ridiculously fucking hairy once I entered Hell.  The preponderance of flying rockets and napalm barrels just chewed me up with 1/1 armor, and nearly lost the armor a few times.  Taking down the Vaults was simply more than I was equipped to handle.

[Duke 2.0]

 High Power pistols sounds good on paper with Gun Kata, but I think they do better with just a bunch of power mods strapped on. There are a lot of foes in hell you can't kill with three shots that you really want to kill before reloading.

 And goddam Mancubi, even when you are several times faster than then they can still get lucky and reaction shot you the moment you turn a corner.

[Aqizzar]

And goddam Mancubi, even when you are several times faster than then they can still get lucky and reaction shot you the moment you turn a corner.

And then you go pinballing between explosive-pushes and find yourself standing in lava, yeah.  I think the worst part about the Angel Challenges, is that you can't use a rocket launcher.  That makes the twisty barrel-choked ratmazes in Hell a million times more deadly.

I also forgot just how trying Angel of Shotgunnery can be.  It's like Chess, every turn is a question of moving or shooting, and you're going to be fireballed either way.

[ToonyMan]

Shit former sergeants are deadly playing Angel of Berserk.  Every run so far I meet my doom to one; one way or another.

[zchris13]

Have you tried baiting one around a corner? You can get up in their face like that.

[Duke 2.0]

 Corners are not always available, or in continent arrangements.