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[Duke 2.0]

 Even with the Scout shotgun amazing master skill AoS is still brutal for me. Blerrrg. And it's tricky to make your way to the point where the technicians can use their master skill that basically grants you free mod packs.

[Blaze]

Is it just me or did the game just get a poo-poo load easier?

Starting bonuses, imp's fireball range reduced, former captains are *much* slower, picking up the tracking map (upgraded computer map while playing the mechanic class) allows you to see all items AND monsters constantly, green armor always retains defense rate, etc.

[Graven]

If so I guess I should give it another try then

I just can't really wrap my head completely around the asymmetrical line of sight - I won once, on the lowest difficulty, or the second lowest, I can't remember right now... and that was it. And it's a damn good roguelike otherwise - the only one to make me feel really tense and wary, mostly because of the enemy noises. If it's now easier I could see myself playing it again.

[Blaze]

I was saving mods for a Explosive pistol, but this should help me break into the Wall/Vault. Now I can save up for Cybernano armor. (This is an UV AoMarksmanship run).

[Duke 2.0]

Is it just me or did the game just get a poo-poo load easier?

Depends on the difficulty level. I miss the chance to get a combat shotgun before the Arena though.

[3]

I hope it's been noted that TaN blocks every master trait now. So much for Firebird being shoved out of reach, there now isn't even an equivalent.

Edit: Okay, the Halls of Carnage are much more... interesting now. No more free experience, I guess.

[cerapa]

Just did a game on the easiest setting. I havent played in a long time and I was never any good to begin with, but I beat the cyberdemon. Sadly couldnt nuke him without dying myself, so I just shot him in the face with a Revenants launcher. Repeatedly.

I was just derping around and several times ran out of ammo for my stuff. Got scavenger and only used it once, though I got a firestorm out of it which I plopped on my plasma rifle. Was basically running around with a bulk, power, and agility modded duelist armor for the entire game. It served me well.

Also, intuition is awesome if you have a good rocket launcher and an abundance of rockets. You can just shoot people without them being able to return fire.

EDIT: Goddamn I made a lot of mistakes. Like throwing away Maleks armor cause red was betthur.

[Tarran]

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tarran, level 11 Human Private Marine,
 nuked the Cyberdemon. on level 26 of the Phobos base. <...AND killed JC. Mortem, what's wrong with you?
 He survived 151272 turns and scored 125016 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 16 minutes and 59 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 629 out of 632 hellspawn. (99%) <Not 100% because on one level Acid was advancing, and the stairs was on the same half of the level as it, so I didn't want to stick around too long.
 He was a real killing machine...

 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 7

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

  Hell Armorer Badge
  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal
  Lava Bronze Badge
  Technician Bronze Badge
  Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Bronze Badge
  UAC Bronze Badge
  Technician Silver Badge
  Brick Bronze Badge
  Scavenger Gold Badge
  Scavenger Silver Badge
  Arena Bronze Badge

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

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  ###########################################################

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

  Health 50/60   Experience 59610/11
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Marine

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1) <Even with the slight nerfing, this is still the best trait I can imagine in the game. 1 shot per chain is basically NOTHING.

  SoB->Fin->Rel->SoB->Fin->WK->TH->TH->Rel->MAc->Jug->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Cybernetic Armor [7/7] (55%) <Found on last non-Cyberdemon level.
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   high power BFG 9000 (12d8) [25/65] <While the ammo loss is unfortunete, the increase of 2d8 damage is pretty significant if you think of it.
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [1/1] (100%) <Just because I could.
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   missile launcher (6d6) [0/4]

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

    [a]   assault rifle (2d5)x2 [40/40] <Kept just because I love it.
    [b]   hyperblaster (2d4)x3 [40/40] <DEFINITELY better than an Assault Rifle. Even the stats on the wiki say so.
    [c]   rocket (x14)
    [d]   rocket (x14)
    [e]   rocket (x3)
    [f]   power cell (x9)
    [g]   power cell (x70)
    [h]   small med-pack
    [i]   large med-pack
    [j]   large med-pack
    [k]   homing phase device
    [l]   envirosuit pack
    [m]   envirosuit pack
    [n]   shockwave pack <This isn't the first. I found TWO more. Never used them once.
    [o]   hatred skull

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

    None

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

    133 former humans
    67 former sergeants
    25 former captains
    79 imps
    61 demons
    121 lost souls
    34 cacodemons
    32 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    28 hell knights
    20 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    4 former commandos
    3 pain elementals
    5 arch-viles
    4 mancubi
    6 revenants
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena. <Shotty, Chaingun.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  On level 10 he assembled a assault rifle! <Much awesomeness was to be had.
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards! <Lots of rewards.
  On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 13 he ran for his life from acid! <Which was far, far too slow to even scare me remotely. Still, I didn't want to wait too long on that level, since the stairs wasn't long from the acid, so I forfeited my 100%.
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he assembled a high power weapon!
  On level 14 he assembled a hyperblaster!
  On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
  On level 20 he entered the Vaults.
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out! <Nothing of real interest in there, sadly.
  On level 21 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits. <I missed the mortuary one level up. Disappointments were to be had.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  On level 24 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  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. <EEEEEEVVVIIIILLLLLLL!

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

 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a lost soul (unhurt) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the lost soul. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
 hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 The lost soul dies. You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the
 scream of a freed soul! You are hit!
 You reload the high power BFG 9000 with power cell.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a lost soul (unhurt) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The missile hits the lost 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 lost soul dies. You hear the scream of a freed soul! Congratulations!
 You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter>... 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!

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

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

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I won first try on Marine class. Though it is on HNTR... Still, didn't want to go blindfolded into an update on hard difficulties, in case of nasties with no wiki entry.

Hmmm, the endgame certainly got easier. *Spoilerz*JC seems to summon Lost souls on HNTR instead of Hell Barons.*Spoilerz* I actually missed the Mortuary on this run by going down the wrong set of stairs... goddamn color changing powerups and lack of up-stairs. Oh well, the Cybernetic Armor was certainly a decent replacement for the Angelic Armor.

Those massive ammo-packs are nice. Though them taking up your equip slot may be kinda bad for you even though it gives you a buttload of ammo. Still, it allowed me to fire the Assault Rifle with less frugalness I normally would fire with it.

I also found the Butcher's Cleaver, but I forgot to pick it up even though it was useless just so the entry was added. Why can't it just add things to our entry just from our Line of Sight? :|

[JoshuaFH]

Looks like a lot of things have been added since my last visit to DoomRL. I'll need to check it out again.

[Duke 2.0]

 Shottyman does not reload from equipped ammo packs. This is an intended feature.

 When I equip an ammo pack I want to use an ammo pack. Simply being able to unload the ammo in the pack isn't enough.

[Blaze]

Whenever you nuke a level, the game considers you dead on that level, it doesn't matter what happens next. It's already been reported though.

[cerapa]

Oh god. I just nuked the cyberdemon on angel of marksmanship.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Couldnt kill JC though. Not having ammo is a BITCH! Wish I had 2 nukes.

You might be wondering "Whats so weird about that?" so...

I was playing the scout(very important) and going for Gun Kata. The bruiser brothers ate every one of my health packs and I went into hell at 40% health. Through a variety of lucky globes and stuff, I managed to survive. At least until I ran out of ammo. With no health packs or ammo, but with being the scout(stair seeing) and having 2 points in hellrunner, I decided to run for it. I was lucky with the stair placement and ate every globe in the way while being shot at by mancubi and other assorted demons. I ran for 6 or 7 levels without firing a single shot.

Then I ate an invul globe, ran for the stairs, and found myself at the Cyberdemon residence. I was left wondering what to do for a moment, until I remembered that I picked up a nuke at some point. And then it all went kablooey.

EDIT: What the hell, didnt get the silver medal? Does it need like a "full" completion?

[Blaze]

Dying to THAT counts as a victory but not a completion, so no completion badges.

[cerapa]

So I should have died from the nuke instead, if I wanted the badge?

[Blaze]

That's how it works.

Edit:

I go down the ladder and...

Seriously, what the hell game?