I agree. Chaos Mode is the way to play at the moment. The themes are fun; but the chaos really keeps you on your toes; and it also makes hellspawn in general feel like a chaotic mess of creatures, something I always imagine them to be. Especially with Champions added in with about an 8-10% spawn rate (I was scared shitless by a Black Fusion Arachnotron and a Yellow Eyeless Demon as part of an ambush trap last night, and that was great fun). And that damn Imp that looks exactly like an Archvile scares me everytime and I always overkill it needlessly (lol).Neophyte_Ronin wrote:With Chaos Mode, the plethora of similar-but-different-in-feel enemies lends unpredictability to a game, especially when picking a level pack you're unfamiliar with. You know there's a creature there, but you're unsure of what caste it is and how hard it will attack, especially when you're starting out. This changes your tactics. Chaos Mode is great for keeping you on your toes. And since it approximates vanilla play, there's no actual balancing issue except for the lack of insight into what you're beholding.
The only thing that really gets on my nerves is seeing Xenomorphs from Alien, Greys and 'alien' zombies (like 'Alpha Centauri Soldier' and 'Catharsi'). Somehow those don't feel like they fit in with the others as they're clear aliens rather than demonspawn. (which, I know, technically some canon basically states aliens==demons in doom, but I don't know, it just gets to me). If there's one feature I'd like, it would a 'Demonspawn only plz' setting.
Also, just to encourage you: I always appreciate weapon patches. (Remember I was the idiot needing the Argent patch, lol). In fact, I'd also love some insane compatibility with Legendoom monsters as well as I'm sure you know. XD
One other thing whilst I'm here: do you need to use the SoD_Gore with Universal Gibs? What exactly does the Gore patch do? I always run it but I'm actually not sure. XD