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[Sharp]

Just got the game today, thought I was doing well for a first char, managed to kill most of the enemies I saw, couldn't make up my mind between the combat shotgun or the chaingun as both do a fair bit of damage, both have plenty of ammo readily available, kept the chaingun as my main gun of choice as I had Eagle Eye Rank 2 which means it was fairly accurate. Shotgun was back-up for enemies who get too close as it pushes them away.

Damn Hell Knights are buggers, on the level I died I had my rocket launcher out blasting a far-away one then one came out of the door I was next to and started hitting me, thankfully the hits do less damage then the acid ball but faraway Hell Knight seemed to be ignoring me as I had Cat Eye so he was out of range, pulled out my chain-gun and blasted away at the HK right next to me so he wouldn't use his acid-ball, lost half my life to him but got him in the end, then as I switch to me faithful rocket launcher far-away Hell Knight got a little bit closer and acid-balled me to death.

Sgt. Sharp, level 4 soldier, killed by a hell knight
 on level 9 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 39509 turns and scored 10110 points. 

 He killed 197 out of 213 hellspawn. (92%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

 He stormed the Chained Court. 
 He found the Hell's Armory.

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

  Health -8/50   Experience 7950/4
  ToHit +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

	Eagle Eye	  (Level 2)
	Cateye		 (Level 2)

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

	[a] [ Armor	  ]   nothing
	[b] [ Weapon	 ]   chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50]
	[c] [ Boots	  ]   steel boots [2/2] (98%)

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

	[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
	[b] rocket launcher (4d4) [1/1]
	[c] combat shotgun (6d3) [4/5]
	[d] 10mm ammo (x65)
	[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
	[f] shotgun shell (x44)
	[g] shotgun shell (x50)
	[h] shotgun shell (x50)
	[i] rocket (x7)
	[j] rocket (x10)
	[k] rocket (x10)
	[l] power cell (x50)
	[m] power cell (x50)
	[n] power cell (x50)
	[o] phase device
	[p] large med-pack
	[q] phase device
	[r] phase device

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

	39 former humans
	35 former human sergeants
	16 former human captains
	31 imps
	18 demons
	33 lost souls
	2 hell knights

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

 He started his journey on the suface of Phobos.
 On level 2 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 3 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 He then stormed the Chained Court.
 On level 4 he found hellish caves.
 On level 5 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 6 he found a hellish city.
 On level 7 he found a hellish city.
 On level 8 he found a hellish city.
 He then found Hell's Armory.
 On level 9 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 There finally he was killed by a hell knight.

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

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

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Not a bad game, thought it would be nice to try after ADoM and I wasn't dissapointed, got to ask a question though, those bonus-levels like Chained Court, do they only have the entrance on a level once or can they appear on any random level as long as you have not been to the bonus level? e.g. see Hell's Arena entrance on Level 2 but ignore it can I find it later? If so I didn't have much luck with this dude.

Haven't found any special weapons yet either, would be nice to have a rapid-fire combat shotgun to see what all the fuss is about.

[Tom Henrik]

First things first. You had a Blue Armor in your backpack, but none on you. Why?

As for the levels, they are locked. If you don't the level when it shows up, it won't show up later.

Other than that - really nice first character!

[Sharp]

Tom Henrik, on Jun 3 2006, 10:32 PM, said:

First things first. You had a Blue Armor in your backpack, but none on you. Why?

Because first Hell Knight took most of the blue armour I was already wearing, but rather then risk a turn of no-firing I decided just to keep shooting, then instead of donning a new set for Number 2 (or healing myself) I whipped out my rocket launcher, then mr knight for far-away hit me with the acid ball killing me and destroying my armour in the process, should have ran through the doorway for cover to heal and sort my weapons out but I thought I was out of range of the acid ball, ah well you die you learn.

[The Hunterminator]

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DoomRL (v.0.9.8 (WIN-S)) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Hunter, level 5 soldier, killed by a hell knight
on level 10 of the Phobos base.
He survived 50899 turns and scored 12956 points.

He killed 234 out of 239 hellspawn. (98%)
He held his right to remain violent.

He stormed the Chained Court.
He fought on Hell's Arena.

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

  Health -8/50   Experience 10399/5
  ToHit +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

    Hellrunner     (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 2)

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [2/2] (62%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chaingun (1d6)x5 [45/50]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [4/4] (62%)

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] blue armor [2/2] (56%)
    [c] rocket launcher (4d4) [1/1]
    [d] rapid combat shotgun (6d3) [5/5]
    [e] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] shotgun shell (x50)
    [j] shotgun shell (x50)
    [k] shotgun shell (x50)
    [l] shotgun shell (x50)
    [m] shotgun shell (x50)
    [n] shotgun shell (x50)
    [o] shotgun shell (x50)
    [p] rocket (x7)
    [q] rocket (x10)
    [r] power cell (x50)
    [s] power cell (x50)

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

    59 former humans
    36 former human sergeants
    14 former human captains
    28 imps
    35 demons
    33 lost souls
    2 cacodemons
    3 hell knights

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

He started his journey on the suface of Phobos.
On level 2 he battled through a maze of rooms.
Afterwards he fought on Hell's Arena.
On level 3 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 4 he battled through a maze of rooms.
He then stormed the Chained Court.
On level 5 he found hellish caves.
On level 6 he found a hellish city.
On level 7 he found a hellish city.
On level 8 he found hellish caves.
On level 9 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 10 he found a hellish city.
There finally he was killed by a hell knight.

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

Before him 1 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1 of those was killed.

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Not too bad for my second game.

[Sharp]

My best char so far, first one to see hell barons, former human commandos and arachnotrons. Damn barons and arachnotrons are tough cookies, the barons seem to like blowing away my cover.

The double shotgun isn't that bad, very good at long-range with cat-eye to snipe enemies and packs the most punch at close range, crap against loads of enemies nearby. Also must learn to take multiple plasma rifles instead of just unloading existing ones, just lose 10 space for powercell but can pack a lovely overcharge which does kick *booty*.

The fast-load rocket seems ok but not so great at close range, and in this game rockets were a little bit sparse. What I really want is a fastload double shotgun, now that would be tasty. (Alternativly I want that damned BFG   )

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8 (WIN-S)) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Spawn, level 6 soldier, killed by a arachnotron
 on level 15 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 60725 turns and scored 23734 points. 

 He killed 338 out of 374 hellspawn. (90%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

 He stormed the Chained Court. 
 He ventured into the Halls of Carnage. 
 He faced The Wall.

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

  Health -3/50   Experience 19910/6
  ToHit +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

	Finesse		(Level 1)
	Hellrunner	 (Level 1)
	Eagle Eye	  (Level 2)
	Cateye		 (Level 2)

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

	[a] [ Armor	  ]   nothing
	[b] [ Weapon	 ]   combat shotgun (6d3) [5/5]
	[c] [ Boots	  ]   protective boots [4/4] (90%)

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

	[a] double shotgun (6d3)x2 [2/2]
	[b] fastload rocket launcher (4d4) [0/1]
	[c] chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50]
	[d] plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [16/40]
	[e] 10mm ammo (x3)
	[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
	[g] shotgun shell (x50)
	[h] shotgun shell (x50)
	[i] shotgun shell (x50)
	[j] shotgun shell (x50)
	[k] shotgun shell (x50)
	[l] shotgun shell (x15)
	[m] rocket (x10)
	[n] rocket (x6)
	[o] phase device

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

	75 former humans
	51 former human sergeants
	24 former human captains
	38 imps
	38 demons
	34 lost souls
	27 cacodemons
	5 barons of hell
	12 hell knights
	2 arachnotrons
	4 former human commanders

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

 He started his journey on the suface of Phobos.
 On level 2 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 3 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 He then stormed the Chained Court.
 On level 4 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 5 he found hellish caves.
 On level 6 he found a hellish city.
 He then stormed the Chained Court.
 On level 7 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 8 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 9 he found a hellish city.
 On level 10 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 11 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 On level 12 he found hellish caves.
 On level 13 he found hellish caves.
 Afterwards he witnessed the Wall.
 On level 14 he battled through a maze of rooms.
 He then ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
 On level 15 he found a hellish city.
 There finally he was killed by a arachnotron.

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

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

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[Sharp]

Found something cool about the doubleshotgun which isn't on the doomwiki, it has a special reload where you only reload one shell, this means you can use it as a normal shotgun as well so if you are surrounded by lots of enemies you can just use the special reload as it takes less time, dunno if the special reload is quicker then a normal shotgun though. Nice to have versatility anyway, can pack a big punch and still reloads as fast as a shotgun.

Still want a fastload shotgun (or extended sounds nice as well as you should be able to fire twice without having to reload, unless it fires 3 shells at a time )

[A. J. Raffles]

Not strictly on topic, but do you know you can attach character files now? I think this is another thread in which that would make sense...

[DeathMan001]

I had so much fun with this game. I just beat it today.

[BeefontheBone]

Bit of a bump here, but definitely worth it - there's a new version of DoomRL available at the site, with difficulty levels, new traits and so on. No Linux version as of right now, should be up in a week or so apparently. Yay!

[Potatoe]

BeefontheBone, on Nov 29 2006, 11:14 PM, said:

Bit of a bump here, but definitely worth it - there's a new version of DoomRL available at the site, with difficulty levels, new traits and so on. No Linux version as of right now, should be up in a week or so apparently. Yay!

Nice. I should get it. But.. Must. Play. Medieval 2. Total war.

[BeefontheBone]

Gah. Angels of Death are nasty.

[Sabreman]

This is awesome - I don't know why I never tried it before despite investigating pretty much every Roguelike I came across. It forms a great triumvirate of more actionful RLs with Castlevania and Metroid.

[TigerClawTV]

What a great game. Doom and Rogue are fused perfectly. Complete with scary sounds and cool music. Bravo!

[TigerClawTV]

Awesome game. I made a little review video. (Freeware like this needs more attention!) Go check it out!

Tiger Claw TV's Review of Doom The Rogue Like.


A tad on the silly side, but after all, it's entertainment right?

[_r.u.s.s.]

haha, not a bad vid