[Beta][Cool] \m/ ~={ DEMONSTEELE }=~ \m/ - 0.9 desu~

[mumblemumble]

Krakken I Myself didn't get it so ill explain. Essentially its a melee / defensefocused weapon. Using it gives you a slightly higher dps (sword swings faster) and while the sheath does low damage, it has several neat effects. One, its reach is much more (assisting in blocking as well as battling pesky enemies) it can block multiple shots compared to the swords single shot block, and its melee against enemies, while doing pitiful damage stuns almost always, and stuns for longer time. This is great for barons / priests since you can stun then dig in with 5 blows then back off before avoiding a counter attack. also, next version blocking with sheath generates souls.

So overall its melee focused and very handy. I rebound it to r just so i can quickly block a stray shot, or stun a guy long enough to flea. Besides that the dps boost is huge, especially at high rank when you 1 shot small things anyway, you cut through a crowd that much quicker. Oh also its the only silent weapon in the game iirc(sword is silent on hit, alerts on kill. So if you play doom 2 reloaded, remember this for stealth level)

Btw term, may want to consider making the f1 help page have a page 2 for just this reason, to explain more nuanced mechanics.

[Abba Zabba]

I agree, I had to ask some friends on what exactly the difference was.

[HexaDoken]

I see a "killing machine" difficulty that gives you 2 tokens

That's what I'm playing AV with.

I like to go slow and methodical with my playing

Also something sprung up to my mind: have you ever tried hideous destructor? It MIGHT be taking the idea of "slow and thoughtful gameplay" a little bit too far, but it's seriously awesome once you get used to it.

[Kaeoschassis]

I take it back. Never, ever, EVER play Going Down with Demonsteele.

If there is a person alive who can get through the map "Buried Alive" then I am afraid to meet them. Even when I manage to line up and kill three Cybies with a single not-kamehameha I still get flattened.

Great fun though.

[mumblemumble]

I take it back. Never, ever, EVER play Going Down with Demonsteele.

If there is a person alive who can get through the map "Buried Alive" then I am afraid to meet them. Even when I manage to line up and kill three Cybies with a single not-kamehameha I still get flattened.

Great fun though.

This update should give you more ways to fight, particularly the powered up gun shots....The shotgun one in particular does pretty huge damage at much less cost than spamming special attacks, and I find it great for taking out the demon lords and their green spam.

[TerminusEst13]

Bloody hell this topic exploded.

I noticed in previous videos that you did put in an option in development for souls from gun kills and DooM-style health. I and maybe a few others, may really appreciate it if you made those options available NOW, if as a standalone pack if needed

If you want access to the new build, go to the github and follow the install/download directions. Keep in mind that these features are still unfinished and may receive modification before release (even as close as release this is), but for someone who wants the options available NOW, have fun.
I don't plan on releasing early based solely upon wanting it NOW.

Though if the double tap itself could cancel too that would be nicer, since holding fire and mashing a / d lets you special far more rapidly than hitting primary fire again, and hitting a / d as well every time. Just refer to your vid which you 2 shot a mastermind, that extra .4 seconds it takes per special (when done in succession) could add up. Then again maybe im a whiney bitch lol.

Ahh, I see where you're getting at now. I'll see if I can fiddle with that.

Btw term, may want to consider making the f1 help page have a page 2 for just this reason, to explain more nuanced mechanics.

I agree, I had to ask some friends on what exactly the difference was.

I'll see if I can cover these in the manual, thank you.

In the meantime, I sure hope you guys weren't fond of the recolored crappy Doom leather gloves.

[Carbine Dioxide]

It was buffering the whole time, but from what I saw, it looked bad ass! nice improvements to the Iron Maiden!

Slax, why?

[Slax]

Bloody hell this topic exploded.

Confirmed line for the dating sim.

[HexaDoken]

If there is a person alive who can get through the map "Buried Alive" then I am afraid to meet them. Even when I manage to line up and kill three Cybies with a single not-kamehameha I still get flattened.

IS THIS A CHALLENGE I SEE BEFORE ME

[Kaeoschassis]

IS THIS A CHALLENGE I SEE BEFORE ME

Remember, pics or it didn't happen. ;p

I'm honestly just going to grab the key and run for the exit. I dunno why I didn't think of that last night. A little bit of crowdsurfing is good for the soul~

[Jack Mackerel]

Oh, yeah, whoever told me earlier that the Omen doesn't have a charged attack, I meant a "hold-down-the-attack-button-to-actively-charge-it" attack. (I still think having one would make it a bit more viable, though maybe with a caveat of using it temporarily stops the passive charge and doesn't deal as much damage as the passive charge.)

[Valherran]

If there is a person alive who can get through the map "Buried Alive" then I am afraid to meet them. Even when I manage to line up and kill three Cybies with a single not-kamehameha I still get flattened.

IS THIS A CHALLENGE I SEE BEFORE ME

That map wasn't that hard, I beat that on Brutal Doom on the Black Metal settings a while back...

If I could do it on Brutal Doom, it can be done on this since Brutal Doom is much harder.

[Wivicer]

Hey term quick question: On any map in the first map slot of a wad or episode where there is a shotgun spawn (like E1M1 or MAP01, the tempest doesn't spawn. Is that intentional?

[Big C]

Also something sprung up to my mind: have you ever tried hideous destructor? It MIGHT be taking the idea of "slow and thoughtful gameplay" a little bit too far, but it's seriously awesome once you get used to it.

LIES. LIES AND SLANDER.

HIDEOUS DESTRUCTOR CAN NEVER BE BRUTALLY SLUGGISH ENOUGH.

In the meantime, I sure hope you guys weren't fond of the recolored crappy Doom leather gloves.

Well that was metal as fuck.

[HexaDoken]

Remember, pics or it didn't happen. ;p

Got pics.
Thousands of them!
Around 30,000

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Rules used:
-Pistol start
-Facing Hell
-No secrets(this was kind of silly since one of them was fairly useful but incredibly obvious, i had to constantly will myself away from running into it lel)
-No Maiden

As you can see, this is a rather simple, if tedious, exercise of running into people and swording them to death and then retreating to restock on health and Exodus grenades. This is why the health token system is so powerful - with the classic health, I'd get minced in seconds. I'm probably gonna to record this with classic health later by the way, but I'm guessing that one of the above restrictions will have to go :U
I see three ways to trivialise this - the first is obviously, Iron Maiden. From what you said, it seems that your mistake is using the woefully inefficient Kamehameha - the real way of using Maiden is to just punch everything to death. Given the density of monsters around, you should reach the top ranks before taking more than two hits or so, at which point you'd be able to pretty much no-sell everything, and, assuming you can find enemies to slay quickly enough, you should actually end up with having MORE soul than you started this with.
In case you don't have enough soul for an instant Maiden transform, and can't make a beeline for the soul prison(I never figured when exactly does it open, heh), another way to beat this would be to visit secrets. While one just has a whole truckload of grenade ammo, the second houses a chili pepper and majestic vanguard! The first one allows you to get a headstart in gaining soul, while the second one allows you around 30 seconds of slashing enemies to death with impunity - you won't be able to sword everyone to death before it runs out, but you will be able to rack up some serious soul meter.
Finally, Omen could be of a great use in this map. Regular full-charge whacks ought to provide you with generous amounts of breathing room. And, once again, given the small size of the map and large monster density, I imagine a fully overcharged hit would be simply devastating.

As you can see, this was still really damn close. At the end of the map, I don't think there were ANY health items left. I'm... not even sure what happened to the cyberdemons at the end. I sort of thought that the blue switch releases them, and so I spent time finding health before hitting it, as well as conserving soul, but then before too late I realised that the blue switch is actually the exit, my attempt to escape the lift was futile... and then the exit screen reports that there are 100% kills. Huh? My only real guess is that they just fell victim to massive infighting.


But yes. You are now afraid to meet an average russian kid living in a basement. Gotta add this to your achievement list somewhere, huh.