Terraria

[Metro]

I don't know how you people have the patience.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I have to agree. Planting new trees to have a good source of wood is one thing, and so is collecting whatever you come across, maybe even going so far as to set up something to help you farm that ONE rare ingredient for a common recipe.

But that? That's an unhealthy mix of Breaking Bad, Weeds and The Big Bang Theory.

 

[Hirato]

 

[Turisas]

Actually, that was a collaborative effort on an earlier map; for solo you can make do with a smaller setup. Some flowers can be a bitch to gather normally, so might as well grow that shit. Granted most of the potions aren't all that necessary, but spelunker and battle potions are mandatory.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'm officially for the Extractinator being nerfed now. Every time you feed it, you get something positive. I've seen it give some copper coins, a valuable gemstone, some ore, and then things like a wasp in amber (summons a baby dinosaur) and once it gave me 15 gold pieces!

The "loot table" needs to be changed so that there's a (good) chance of getting absolutely nothing. Or just dirt. Right now this machine just prints money.

 

[Damned Registrations]

It doesn't print that much money. Go summon a hardmode boss and sell all it's souls. Now thats some money printing.

Which is rather necessary considering the cost of reforging high end items. Not that there's anything challenging enough to warrant doing that.

 

[Metro]

Exactly. Easier ways to farm money in Terraria... and it isn't very useful outside of the aforementioned constant reforging to get good item prefixes.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The game just got updated with a Halloween update - zombies and slimes now may appear to be dressed up, pumpkins are a new resource that's scattered all over the lands, monsters have a chance to drop Goodie Bags containing stuff and mice no longer spawn in the Underworld, which was one of the funniest bugs I've seen in quite a while.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Latest update proclaims "Screw teleporters, we're stealing minecarts from Minecraft!"

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Doesn't Starbound render this game obsolete?

 

[LundB]

I've heard from several fairly reliable sources that Starbound kinda sucks though, or at least it did on release.

 

[Bahamut]

So far SB levs look bit clueless about what they are doing. Instead improving pacing and gameplay they nearly just add even more filler and vanity stuff and flashy effects to biomes

 

[Metro]

Doesn't Starbound render this game obsolete?

It might... if Starbound were anywhere near completion.

 

[evdk]

Doesn't Starbound render this game obsolete?

Maybe when they deign to implement fun into the game. Possibly next patch?

 

[Metro]

They claimed it was in beta state when it hit early access but it's more like an alpha. Granted I haven't played in about six months but the game was a mess. Weapons horribly balanced. Generic enemies. Towns and locations that were utterly generic and repetitive. The randomized aliens sucked and were crap compared to Terraria monsters. Uninteresting loot. Unimplemented bosses. At the time it consisted of little more than an ore digging and crafting simulator.

 

[Damned Registrations]

The worst part had to be the linear ore progression. You can't use silver until you've made all the copper stuff, repeat ad nauseum. Which kills the entire aspect of exploration, since what the fuck is the point of finding shit you can't use? The game is basically a mining treadmill.

Would rather play Terraria with mods.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

While Starbound seemingly stagnates, Terraria updates.

Here are some of the major changes:

Fishing is now possible with a pole and bait.
A new Angler NPC can be found that will give fishing quests.
Minecarts have been added to the game.
New summoner armor and weapons have been added.
There are 5 new mounts to help traverse the world.
Beaches have been improved.
Smart Cursor has been added to make digging and building much faster.
Pixel Piracy crossover content!
Over 22 new potions.
And much more!

http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/1-2-4-changelog.143548/Terraria gets updated.[/url

 

[Gerrard]

"With Terraria 2, I want to make Starbound, because I know Starbound is going to render Terraria 1 irrelevant no matter how many content patches I make"

Isn't irony a wonderful thing?

 

[Admiral jimbob]

Starbound seems so disappointing glad I never wasted money on it, though.

 

[Turjan]

I just looked at the Steam statistics: Starbound is at this point at place 41. Terraria is at place 16, with more than three times the players.

That's actually more players for Starbound than I expected, given how little impact I feel from that game.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Brace yourselves, more Starbound hate is incoming.

Also, various Terraria news:

# The mobile versions of Terraria have now been updated to 1.2. Just putting that out there, in case anyone prefers to dig to hell on a mobile phone rather than a... *ahem* proper computer.

# Redigit is back in the studio, cooking up something sinister. Apparently he was planning to "move on" but came back for some reason.

# There's a new "animated" Terraria series on YouTube. Check it out (if you want).

# The official Terraria forums have been revamped and updated. To "celebrate" this event (and lure in more people) they're sharing some tidbits from the 1.3 update that's looming on the horizon.

FURNITURE FOR YOUR NPC'S!
SMARTER NPC'S!
IMPROVED NPC APPEARANCES!

MINI-BIOMES!
UPDATED STARTING AREAS!
UPDATED CRIMSON BIOME!

SMART CURSOR FOR EASIER STAIR BUILDING!

The big additions will be revealed later on (if at all) but I'd like to take the time to ask people whom read my post on the 1.3 update in the Starbound thread... did anyone find the hidden screenshot I put in it?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

More upcoming reveals:

This thing will solve all your mining needs.

And then there's this bizarre little ritual going on...

 

[SuicideBunny]

This thing will solve all your mining needs.

 

[toroid]

This thing will solve all your mining needs.

Goddammit. I wouldn't have gotten burned out on this game two years ago if something like this had been around. Terraria needed this a long time ago. Fucking slow-ass indie development.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Eh, by the time you can build that thing, I bet you can afford endless dynamite. And raining a shitton of dynamite on an area will hollow out pretty much whatever the fuck you want. I suppose it'll be handing for scouring the entire map for the little hidden biome thingies, but I'm guessing by that point they'll have useless rewards anyways.

Besides, it doesn't even look that much faster than current endgame pickaxes. Spectre pickaxe is probably like 3/4 that speed or something.