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Yeah, it is very tricky to do. I normally do a ranger oath, because I love the guns, and don't forget the stake launcher. That is fantastic to use.

Doeesn't the stake launcher go in a straight line rather than a parabola?

 Melissia wrote:
Found them as well, I think.

Spoiler:

Seems that new NPC is in marble layers along with a lot of the new enemies. But they never settle in a builidng, they're like the traveling merchant. I hate the damn medusae though.

That npc wanders, and can appear anywhere underground (found him in the jungle, jungle temple, near hell, granite, etc)

 Melissia wrote:
Doeesn't the stake launcher go in a straight line rather than a parabola?

Yeah, cross map PvP snipes are hilarious

Huh, only found him in two different marble regions, myself.

I found him in a mushroom cave the first time, marble the second. Maybe he likes mini-biomes?

Did some experimenting with the banners. So it turns out that yes, a bunny banner will give you added defense against bunnies.

 toasteroven wrote:
I found him in a mushroom cave the first time, marble the second. Maybe he likes mini-biomes?

Did some experimenting with the banners. So it turns out that yes, a bunny banner will give you added defense against bunnies.

Like all banners

I know, I just got a kick out of added defense against bunnies.

Though now that I think about it, corrupted bunnies are totally a thing. Maybe it's not as silly as I thought.

Does the bunny banner help against corrupted bunnies though?

I'm assuming corrupted bunnies have their own banner, but I don't know

Only one way to find out! I've got the bunny generator, just need to get together some vile powder.

It turns out that yes, there is a corrupt bunny banner! So I guess the bunny banner only helps against the vicious attacks of normal bunnies.

It also turns out I could have looked at a wiki instead of spawning bunnies, corrupting them, and killing them, but that's hardly science.

 toasteroven wrote:
It turns out that yes, there is a corrupt bunny banner! So I guess the bunny banner only helps against the vicious attacks of normal bunnies.

It also turns out I could have looked at a wiki instead of spawning bunnies, corrupting them, and killing them, but that's hardly science.

Hey thanks for trying it out!

By the way guys.

My terrarian summoner. Is epic. I have been farming the final event. And I got something quite interesting. I keep losing to the final boss on purpose so that way I can wait for my friend to catch up to me. He's a melee class first time playing and we did a game together, I had a hardcore character at the beginning but he accidently summoned the destroyer on hardmode and i had to start over. :/

I'm glad they added more to the summoner class, it's much more fun to play one now considering before you just got tikis and that was that.

Also, I started a single player playthrough, featuring Leman Russ as my character, and I intend to build the Fang in the snow taiga biome (don't know it's official name).

Found something interesting in the jungle the other day. Apparently there are now massive underground trees! They're quite nice. I'd build a house in one if it weren't, you know, in the underground jungle.

They also always have a chest in them, containing LivingWood treasure similar to oak giant trees... but these place mahogany stuff.

I'm loving the Steam integration for multiplayer, it helps a lot for servers with just my friends and is an upgrade from the unreliable mix of LAN and hamachi. Also, is it just my crappy internet, or did hard mode get a bit laggier for connection/block lag issues.

Yeah, I concur. I really do not miss hamachi at all, I hate that thing.

I beat the EoC on expert! It's an accomplishment for me.

Currently doing a normal playthrough with Meli. Been putting up every banner we get so far and after about 600+ slimes it's starting to seem like a mistake to do it but too many banners up so far to turn back.

Just got up to mythril set almost have titanium armour going with melee still since I like having the higher defense but been running around with two bananarangs as my main weapon for a while now. Keep trying to go ranged but doesn't feel as worth it once I get into the caves because boomerangs.

That said, melee is very hard to do with bosses, even with the increased defense, unless you do spears. It feels like your bananarangs don't 'do enough damage.

Tried this game out for the first time the other day. It was just the tutorial but man it was fun. It was on the PS Vita. I can easily say this will probably be my next game purchase... and possibly yet another game I'll end up owning on multiple systems.

 djphranq wrote:
Tried this game out for the first time the other day. It was just the tutorial but man it was fun. It was on the PS Vita. I can easily say this will probably be my next game purchase... and possibly yet another game I'll end up owning on multiple systems.

highly recommend the PC version over the PSvita version, more content on the PC version, and imo better controls.

Agreed, the PC version is generally superior, as the consolized and tablet versions are both lagging behind in content... and aim-assist for mining or construction is really bad when you want to build gak.

 Melissia wrote:
Agreed, the PC version is generally superior, as the consolized and tablet versions are both lagging behind in content... and aim-assist for mining or construction is really bad when you want to build gak.

Ugh tell me about it. For the mean time I'll play on the vita until I can get my desktop set back up.

So i finally got started on the actual game... previously I had been fooling around with the tutorial... I'm definitely going to have to study up on stuff. I wasn't sure how the zombies were able to get into my little hut house thingy... then again it's just a simple thing like they show you in the tutorial: Stone blocks on one side... stone blocks on another... wood platforms for a 'roof'... and a wall.

Also got a star and put it in a jar... still have to see what that's for. One thing for sure... I'm definitely going to play this on a PC... the Vita just proves to be difficult to deal with.for a game like this.

Also I'd love to see what mods are available.

Oh also kind of OT or non-Terraria but is Starbound like this?

 djphranq wrote:
So i finally got started on the actual game... previously I had been fooling around with the tutorial... I'm definitely going to have to study up on stuff. I wasn't sure how the zombies were able to get into my little hut house thingy... then again it's just a simple thing like they show you in the tutorial: Stone blocks on one side... stone blocks on another... wood platforms for a 'roof'... and a wall.

Also got a star and put it in a jar... still have to see what that's for. One thing for sure... I'm definitely going to play this on a PC... the Vita just proves to be difficult to deal with.for a game like this.

Also I'd love to see what mods are available.

Oh also kind of OT or non-Terraria but is Starbound like this?

Starbound (imo) is far far worse. Exploring is alright, but the combat feels the same, but playing a ranged char is much harder due to using energy (which regens and is used for other things like double jumps) over actual ammo.

As for mods, iirc terraria isn't very mod compatible, but there are some out there.

Starbound is pretty similar. It's doing a bit with a storyline and I found it pretty fun, but I feel like the company has been shoving the paperwork aside foe updates, but promises some cool ways to progress through the game and if they come through it is going to be something that is worth the time for IMO. As of now, be cautious with the game, but I found it enjoyable, but settling isn't what it should be as of now.

Went to the steam store... took a gander at Terraria'screenshots... wow looks incredible compared to the vita... the price of $9.99 is pretty cool... Steam trading cards is a nice plus... one review mentions some numbers as far as stuff vs. Minecraft (basically Terraria has more 'stuff'; also mentions Minecraft might be the better sandbox but Terraria is the better adventure)... The nail in the coffin though (aside from having played and enjoyed it on the vita)? ... this one line from a review:

You can be a werewolf riding a unicorn while shooting rainbows from a gun.

I think I found my endgame goal for Terraria.

Purchase made.... now to build a hut that zombies can't jump into...

I don't think you'll regret it. I've got a lot of fun out of Terraria, far more than I thought I would when I first heard of it.