What's a good strategy for defeating the Cyberdemon?

Question

I've played all the way through Doom, the Roguelike to the Cyberdemon several times now, but on every build I've tried, he simply outguns me.

What is a good way to prepare for the Cyberdemon fight?

Asked by oKtosiTe

Answer

How funny the previous answer may be, surprisingly it holds -- DoomRL has its own reimplementation of strafing - the dodge mechanics. Basically, if when the enemy fires, your last action was a move not directly towards or backwards from the enemy, there is a chance that the enemy will fire at the position you WERE instead of where you ARE. Basically it's sidestepping. The chance is increased by:

• hellrunner trait
• movement speed (light armor and A-modded boots help)
• a lot by running mode (but it decreses aiming!)
• dodgemaster guarantees the first dodge will be successful

So basically it's a good idea to stock-up on dodge chance, and fire when Cybie is reloading, sidestep when you think he will fire.

Using this strategy, if you have Dodgemaster and enough ammo, you can actually kill Cybie with a pistol without being even scratched (there's a medal for that too ^_^)

Answered by Kornel Kisielewicz

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How can I aim farther using the keyboard controls in DoomRL?

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When firing a weapon in DoomRL, you can aim using either the arrow keys or the mouse. When using the keyboard, DoomRL allows me to aim up to 8 tiles away. When using the mouse, I can aim as far as I'd like. This is useful for tactics like blind-firing at a tile out of your vision range, but I prefer to use the keyboard controls. Is there a way to aim at a specific distant tile using the keyboard?

Asked by Mike Welsh

Answer

It's a bug with the differences between the G-version and the normal version -- you can't aim further in ASCII mode. It may be fixed in the next release.

Answered by Kornel Kisielewicz

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Are there shopkeepers in DoomRL?

Question

I started playing DoomRL today, and have already maxed out my inventory with a bunch of duplicates of weapons I already have, mostly pistols. Is there any way for me sell these, or should I just use up what ammo they have in them and then drop them?

Answer

There are no shopkeepers in the current version of the game. Scavenge the ammo and ditch the guns.

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