Terraria

[cman2010]

thats for mentioning ace of spades i just played it its alot of fun

 

[SuperJay]

So I picked up Terraria last night around 6pm after work... looked at the clock a bit later to find it was 1am somehow.

It's definitely fun, and I don't usually go for these games - couldn't get interested in Minecraft, because it's like what's the point? So I can build a rollercoaster... why? For what? Just never saw the point in that game unless you just want to build lots of stuff.

With Terraria I feel like there's an actual world, there's NPCs, monsters, bosses, loot, crafting, merchants, weapons and armor, rocket boots, laser pistols, etc. What's not to like?

Thing is, right now I'm stuck on the Iron Anvil. I can't find like any iron ore at all. Did you guys just get lucky early on, or did it take a long time? I'm stuck with crappy wooden gear and no armor until I can get that Anvil made. Should I just create a new world and see if I happen to spawn near some iron deposits?

 

[Double A]

Finding iron requires luck. Sometimes there's a teensy bit on the surface, or maybe just underground. From my limited experience, I have no freaking idea where you can find it.

 

[GoodGame]

Finding iron requires luck. Sometimes there's a teensy bit on the surface, or maybe just underground. From my limited experience, I have no freaking idea where you can find it.

It is seeded pretty randomly. Pretty much the deeper you go, the bigger the random deposits will be, so go as deep as you are comfortable, and then start digging up every unexplored piece of real-estate, including draining pools of water.

 

[Double A]

I hate water. It's all, "Oh, you have glowsticks, but if you throw them on the ground, you can only pick them up 1/4 of the time," unless you just toss them from your inventory and risk them all just getting picked up again. And the water physics are all wrong. If there's a J shaped tunnel filled with water, it should balance out to a U, not remain a J.

And gold and silver are stronger than iron. wat.

 

[GoodGame]

I hate water. It's all, "Oh, you have glowsticks, but if you throw them on the ground, you can only pick them up 1/4 of the time," unless you just toss them from your inventory and risk them all just getting picked up again. And the water physics are all wrong. If there's a J shaped tunnel filled with water, it should balance out to a U, not remain a J.

And gold and silver are stronger than iron. wat.

The its-only-a-game-not-Chemistry meme wasn't invented by Terraria. In all fairness, there's only one minecraft/MMO I know with a fully realistic crafting system (A Tale in the Desert), though I've never played Eve Online. If you want chemistry in your game, there's Space Chem.

The trick with torches is to be creative. You can dig out light holes for them in the rock that is water proof, just like you can dig out breathing holes. It's not very realistic, but the game is obviously not a sim-survival game.

 

[Double A]

The "A Wizard Did It" trope has been around just as long, perhaps longer.

 

[GoodGame]

The "A Wizard Did It" trope has been around just as long, perhaps longer.

True, but really there's almost no game, sci-fi or fantasy, that has realistic building in it, which is what I mean. For most game systems, it's all fairy dust or unobtanium.

 

[SuperJay]

It is seeded pretty randomly. Pretty much the deeper you go, the bigger the random deposits will be, so go as deep as you are comfortable, and then start digging up every unexplored piece of real-estate, including draining pools of water.

It turned out I was just having a lousy run of luck in my original starting world - I created a different world and had better luck there, and starting joining the server my friends are playing on and Iron was everywhere. Part of the problem was, as you say, depth - I just wasn't digging far enough. (At first I didn't really understand the tiers or strata corresponding to different materials & enemies.)

Definitely fully addicted to this game now. It really is pixelated crack.

BTW, at what point do you guys think you're "ready" for the first boss battle? I cracked my first Shadow Orb the other day and the guys on the server say we have one more to break to spawn the first major boss.

 

[Double A]

True, but really there's almost no game, sci-fi or fantasy, that has realistic building in it, which is what I mean. For most game systems, it's all fairy dust or unobtanium.

Would it make sense if I was holding everything to the standards of Dwarf Fortress?

 

[GoodGame]

Would it make sense if I was holding everything to the standards of Dwarf Fortress?

Not really, though I hold the same delusion periodically. I would like a DF game that has a modern presentation (i.e. audio visual) AND gameplay. Terraria has a couple tips of the hat to DF (people moving in, digging up stuff, crafting), but it really doesn't come close to DF in depth and eccentricity.

 

[Double A]

Now, if there were cats in the game...

 

[MoonFlare]

New patch is out(a great patch btw) and Terraria is -50% on Steam right now.

 

[SuperJay]

Definitely enjoying the 1.0.6 update, except for the nerfs to my beloved Orb of Light. What used to be my primary light source is reduced to a cosmetic fluff accessory. Otherwise, the changes look pretty great from where I'm standing.

 

[Rulle_Kebab]

Uhm...
Bought this game three days ago and have done nothing but playing it since!
Died a million times.
Decided to dig straight down and ran into some serious creeps.
But I like it.
Builing and platforming... Hell I STILL play Wonderboy in Monsterland and Alex Kidd on the sega
Got myself some gold equipment now so I am chopping away!

 

[SuperJay]

Very cool, welcome to the game. If you need any help or want some freebie items / accessories, just shoot me a PM.

 

[GoodGame]

Now, if there were cats in the game...

There's fluffy bunnies.

 

[Double A]

Fluffy bunnies don't have any meat.

 

[Rulle_Kebab]

Thx
Been playing a bit and build a dragon to live in but haven't excavated into him yet hehe.
Just killed the eater of worlds today so im progressing ok... took me a while to figure out to use hammer on the shadow orbs hehe

 

[SuperJay]

Yeah the game is wonderfully scarce on documentation and guidance. Just kinda "hey, here you go, have fun figuring it out!"

If you've killed Eater of Worlds, you're about ready to start making the demonite gear - I recommend you get a Nightmare Pickaxe first, since that will enable you to mine meteorite and hellstone.