Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 djphranq wrote:
Also got a star and put it in a jar... still have to see what that's for.

Being near it gives a mana regen buff, range is about a screen's width in radius. Certain items drain the mana bar on the right hand side.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 2BlackJack1 wrote:
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.

Starbound is still in development. It's a complete game, but they're currently fleshing it out more and more. That said, Starbound does harvesting and liquid manipulation FAR better than terraria does, or ever will do.

Combat, really they're both good and it depends on taste.

Building, Starbound is far superior in terms of its UI for building, but Terraria has more content in that you have a reason to build more than one room other than "I'm out of space"-- Starbound is still developing its villager system and villager AI for human-built villages.

Starbound does have better events, though, because their events aren't just "random enemies invade your home area". The Floran Party is glorious, and their boss battles have arenas specifically built for each boss, making them far more enjoyable. The game could use more of them though, but that will come in time-- they have the enemies already coded and in game, but not accessible because they're developing the content of the arenas themselves.

One thing Terraria does better though I think is progression. Starbound needs more balance in its ore distribution, and the way it's set up you just sort of scout the surface of worlds to try to scoop up easily accessible ores. It's not a good system I feel. And the fact that ranged weapons are almost entirely given to one race of seven pisses me the feth right off.

So I got the zombies to stop jumping down from the ceiling... had to put blocks along the platforms that I had as a roof... but now they just open the front door haha.

Still need to play on the PC. Installed it last night but today I accidentally chose to install win 10... so I'm waiting for that to finish.

 djphranq wrote:
So I got the zombies to stop jumping down from the ceiling... had to put blocks along the platforms that I had as a roof... but now they just open the front door haha.

Still need to play on the PC. Installed it last night but today I accidentally chose to install win 10... so I'm waiting for that to finish.

Build a pit that's ~10+ blocks deep by the door. You can jump over it, but zombies won't, they'll walk into it, which also makes it easier to kill them if you want too.

 Wolfblade wrote:

 djphranq wrote:
So I got the zombies to stop jumping down from the ceiling... had to put blocks along the platforms that I had as a roof... but now they just open the front door haha.

Still need to play on the PC. Installed it last night but today I accidentally chose to install win 10... so I'm waiting for that to finish.

Build a pit that's ~10+ blocks deep by the door. You can jump over it, but zombies won't, they'll walk into it, which also makes it easier to kill them if you want too.

Thanks I'll try that.

Win 10 finished infecting my computer with its presence... gonna try Terraria on the PC now yay!

Who is 'The Guide'? Is that your character?

Not sure if this is a joke or not, but the guide is your earlygame friend who can tell you what you can all make with material x. I I found iron, I can take it to the guide and see a list of everything that uses iron to make.

 2BlackJack1 wrote:
Not sure if this is a joke or not, but the guide is your earlygame friend who can tell you what you can all make with material x. I I found iron, I can take it to the guide and see a list of everything that uses iron to make.

Ah okay... so I guess its that other NPC that's there when i start? Okay cool. On the Vita there was a guy named Scott and on the PC I guess he's Maxwell (or maybe they just randomize the name when you start?)

Yeah, names are randomly picked from a list.

Every NPC has a random list of names.
http://terraria.gamepedia.com/NPC_names

So, I made a new guy, new world. I started walking and Queen Bee made a certain person's innards become outards. Anyone else have this happen?

No, though I can guess how that happened... doesn't make any sense though. Queen bee is a boss so it shouldn't have been summoned without you doing a specific thing...

Yeah, she just flew by, killed me, and returned to her normal state. I was rather surprised at this.

The best, least spoileriffic way to explain it is that there's a special block in the bee hive area in a certain part of the map, that when broken summons the queen bee. There's actually several of these, I think. And apparently, the way map gen worked on your map, it was broken right at the start.

Ok, that makes sense. A shame that's one less hive in the world, but I can make do. Poor Inquisitor Mordrey (my character), he never stood a chance.

Got me a copper broadsword!

And I got lenses! I was looking for the recipe in my craft menu for goggles but they aren't there... but then I realized I have the recipe on the Vita but not on the PC...

But yay a broadsword!

Also died a bunch to some desert creatures... one was a grasshopper/locust thing and the other one was like a giant centipede/snake thing (I couldn't see it too well because I didn't have a torch out.

Yeah, the desert is... quite a bit deadlier in the early game now, compared to earlier versions. More fun too, of course.

Yeah, those bugs are deadly. Probably closer to 3rd/4th tier (using wood as 1st and copper as 2nd) at least.

I put in a whole lot of time this evening into the game. Totally loving it.

I managed to get up to a Golden Broadsword and got my first heart smashed. Got an eyeball to summon a boss too... I'm working on my armor though so just digging around for ore. And I have access to explosives now! yay!

Be sure to build rooms that have artificial blocks and backgrouns, plus enough space, plus a light source, a chair, and a table, and a door.

Build... four of them, you'll see

Should wood walls be okay? I built like 4 but maybe they need to be all on the same level? So far some folks have been staying in the rooms which is kind of neat.

Yeah, wood walls are fine.

Yep, wood walls are ideal really.

Congrats on having people move in Each person moving in has their own requirements. One guy moves in if you have enough money. Nurse moves in if you have gotten your first health upgrade. Demolitionist moves in if you have explosives in your inventory. Et cetera. Each person needs their own room.

Ah cool!

Best get to building Casa de Frank!

So... can monsters use minecart tracks now? Because I just had a bat zip at me at crazy fast speeds along one.

Apparently so.

Suggestion for the new player- get to mining. Always upgrade pickaxe first. Usually hammer next. Armor over weapons.

Has anyone beaten the new endgame content?

 jmurph wrote:
Apparently so.

Suggestion for the new player- get to mining. Always upgrade pickaxe first. Usually hammer next. Armor over weapons.

Has anyone beaten the new endgame content?

Why hammer? As a weapon? Eh. As for the endgame content yeah, pretty tough now, especially since they more or less prevent all non potion based healing (the nebula armor HP regen still works though)

Aside from the special hammer you get from beating the monster that enters you in to hardmode which is necessary for plot reasons, you really don't need to upgrade your hammer that much aside from the convenience of breaking down walls. Which, if you're building a tower rather than a bunker, is not that big of an issue.

I do agree on upgrade pickaxe first, as the faster you can upgrade your pickaxe the faster you can mine later ores. For me, it goes pickaxe, armor, weapon, other tools.


n0t_u and I beat the end game content together, including in expert mode.

I'm at gold right now for sword and pick axe... so hammer will eventually need to get up there? I stopped at a lead hammer because I found I wasn't using it. For my axe I forget where I'm at... maybe silver.

For armor, I'm at silver except for my helmet... for my head I've got some helm that helps with vision or something.

You use hammer for only a few things, and aside from breaking background walls, you only really need the one you get from a certain boss.

 Melissia wrote:
You use hammer for only a few things, and aside from breaking background walls, you only really need the one you get from a certain boss.

Cool beans. I'll focus my ore/bars towards the other stuff.

 djphranq wrote:
I'm at gold right now for sword and pick axe... so hammer will eventually need to get up there? I stopped at a lead hammer because I found I wasn't using it. For my axe I forget where I'm at... maybe silver.

For armor, I'm at silver except for my helmet... for my head I've got some helm that helps with vision or something.

No, ignore hammers, eventually you'll get a special hammer from a boss (you'll know it when you get it). Other than that, there's not much point to it, I find a wooden hammer suits me easily.