^ On my only whizkid build so far I never even got to make any master assemblies, and you really don't need it for the shotgun build. You gotta invest on being tough I'd say.
I've been playing on the medium difficulty a whole bunch, then I tried just ONCE with easy and finished the game on the first try. xD
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Stryfe, level 10 Demon Lance Corporal, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 71957 turns and scored 47132 points.
He played for 1 hour, 52 minutes and 49 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 358 out of 367 hellspawn. (97%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 6
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Champion Medal
UAC Bronze Badge
Brick Bronze Badge
Arena Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 57/50 Experience 46161/10
ToHit Ranged +4 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a gun (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 2)
Dualgunner (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Gun Kata (Level 1)
SoG->SoG->DG->HR->HR->DM->MGK->EE->EE->Int->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified blue armor [1/4] (17%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
[b] modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (B1)
[c] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] rocket (x5)
[k] power cell (x30)
[l] power cell (x50)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] power cell (x50)
[o] phase device
[p] technical mod pack
[q] shockwave pack
[r] Arena Master's Staff
[s] modified protective boots [2/2] (84%) (T)
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
80 former humans
45 former sergeants
9 former captains
34 imps
30 demons
68 lost souls
18 cacodemons
6 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
20 hell knights
8 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
5 pain elementals
8 arch-viles
5 mancubi
15 revenants
2 bruiser brothers
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 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 4 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 5 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 7 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 12 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
On level 13 he found the Trigun!
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 16 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 20 he assembled a tactical boots!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (wounded) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit! Your
blue armor is damaged!
You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (heavily wounded) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (severely wounded) [m]ore | floor
The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) [m]ore | blood
The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively
safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 13 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
13 of those were killed.
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Easy going with gun kata pistol build until the end, especially since I found Trigun (lulz), I saved the bfg for cybie and killed him with 6 shots. Still pretty close coz I had no health packs left.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Stryfe, level 10 Imp Private FC, incinerated by an arch-vile
on level 23 of the Phobos base.
He survived 119411 turns and scored 71822 points.
He played for 3 hours, 26 minutes and 28 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 596 out of 618 hellspawn. (96%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Hell Armorer Badge
Reaper Bronze Badge
Reaper Silver Badge
Scavenger Bronze Badge
Scavenger Silver Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 46020/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Finesse (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->TaN->TaN->Bad->MVm->TaN->Bru->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified red armor [4] (O)
[b] [ Weapon ] modified chainsaw (4d6) (T)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified laser rifle (1d7)x5 [34/40] (T1)
[b] modified missile launcher (6d6) [0/5] (B1)
[c] modified nuclear plasma rifle (1d6)x6 [1/31] (B1)
[d] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d8) [5/40]
[e] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (B1)
[f] tactical armor [1/1] (38%)
[g] power cell (x30)
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] bulk mod pack
[k] plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
87 former humans
56 former sergeants
24 former captains
60 imps
67 demons
144 lost souls
34 cacodemons
31 barons of hell
15 hell knights
53 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
4 pain elementals
8 arch-viles
1 mancubus
7 revenants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a tactical armor!
He destroyed the evil withing and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he found the Onyx Armor Pack!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
On level 21 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 22 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
On level 23 he finally was killed by a arch-vile.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The former sergeant reloads his shotgun. The arachnotron fires! You are
hit! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit!
The former human fires! You are hit! The cacodemon fires! You dodge! The
missile hits the arachnotron. The arachnotron fires! You dodge! You
dodge! You are hit!
The arachnotron fires! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You dodge! The former human fires! The former captain fires! You
dodge! You are hit!
You use a homing phase device. You feel yanked in an non-existing
direction! There are stairs leading downward here.
There is a red armor [4/4] (100%) lying here.
There are stairs leading downward here.
There are stairs leading downward here.
You flee! You flee like hell from this cursed place!
You enter Phobos Hell, level 8. You feel a breeze of morbid air...
You dodge! The barrel explodes! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 11 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
11 of those were killed.
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This one was a melee build, really tons of fun slipping into berserk all the time and draining mobs of their life force.
Problem was overconfidence, I fled a level without healing first, and got instantly blasted by an arch-vile and a barrel just happened to be next to me...
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.2) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Stryfe, level 8 Demon Corporal, rode a mancubi rocket
on level 17 of the Phobos base.
He survived 100680 turns and scored 44379 points.
He played for 1 hour, 39 minutes and 17 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 355 out of 364 hellspawn. (97%)
He held his right to remain violent.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 9
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 25330/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Finesse (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 1)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Ammochain (Level 1)
Fin->Fin->WK->SoB->SoB->TH->MAc->TH->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [0/40]
[b] gatling gun (1d6)x6 [52/52]
[c] assault shotgun (7d3) [4/6]
[d] modified super shotgun (9d4)x3 [2/2] (T1)
[e] modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [100/100] (P1)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] shotgun shell (x70)
[j] rocket (x14)
[k] rocket (x14)
[l] rocket (x14)
[m] rocket (x14)
[n] rocket (x3)
[o] power cell (x70)
[p] power cell (x70)
[q] power cell (x70)
[r] power cell (x68)
[s] phase device
[t] thermonuclear bomb
[u] technical mod pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
79 former humans
50 former sergeants
9 former captains
80 imps
28 demons
49 lost souls
25 cacodemons
7 barons of hell
16 hell knights
2 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
2 pain elementals
1 arch-vile
1 mancubus
2 bruiser brothers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 17 he finally was killed by a mancubus.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
(100%) lying here.
You picked up a plasteel boots [4/4] (100%).
You wear/wield : a plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
There is a gatling gun (1d6)x6 [52/52] lying here.
You don't have enough room in your backpack. There is a gatling gun (1d6)x6
[52/52] lying here.
You dropped a steel boots [1/1] (100%). There is a gatling gun (1d6)x6
[52/52] lying here.
You picked up a gatling gun (1d6)x6 [52/52].
There is a red armor [4/4] (100%) lying here.
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a mancubus (unhurt) [m]ore | floor
Boom! The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. Boom!
The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The
missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The mancubus
fires! Boom! Boom! Boom! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 14 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
13 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.
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Ammochain build is fun too, chainguns and plasma rifles have unlimited ammo and don't need reloading. My problem was again over-confidence and attacking a mancubus when I was near a wall. Love the death message...