>Try out Expert Mode because it might be interesting and new
>Early game is fucking dogshit
>Enemies get double HP and deal double damage
>Enemy AI is now more aggressive, something terribly hard to counter due to their greater HP
>Bats, originally a nuisance, are now extremely difficult with the ability to four-shot a new player
>Can't try taking the buffed enemies one-on-one, as Expert Mode makes more enemies spawn if you take what the game deems 'too long'
>No new or accessible equipment to help out starting players
>Have to flee rather then fight most enemies, which doesn't work when collecting materials as you only are pushed farther into the caverns
>Getting ores/loot requires dying a multitude of times due to increased enemy spawn rate in places you've been
This isn't 'Expert' mode, this is fucking bullshit
How do I deal with this
>>340497550
they call it expert mode for a reason.
I think you already know what im going to say OP.
Two simple words that'll take you far
Use dirt blocks to build a tiny bunker around yourself. Wait until daylight. Use hammers for better stagger early game.
>>340498198
Kill yourself shitposter.
>blue slimes doing 80 damage when you jump to hardmode
Get yourself some shelter ASAP. Having a defensible home to reduce enemy spawns and a safe place is absolutely vital to getting up and running.
>>340498379
>tfw never can get into hardmode
The beginning is the best and always will be.
>Complaining about difficulty in EXPERT mode
wew lad
>try hardmore
>wtf it's harder?
OP here
I found an Ice Blade and it's been helping out a bit, even though it's Tiny
Where should I go? Explore or go underground?
>>340498480
heres what I have so far
>>340498860
>>340498890
>Expert Mode is meant for people who are considerably knowledgable to the game and want a new playthrough
>lol 2x hp and damage lmao
>wtf arent u supposed 2 be smart or something at this lol how are you so bad
fuck off
>>340498307
git gud faggot
Wow OP
It's as if expert mode is intended for experienced players that have the skill to fight pre-hardmode enemy attacks without taking 20 hits.
Op is right it's bullshit especially eater of worlds and plantera
>>340499041
What the fuck did you expect from expert mode?
Expert mode is best anyways, more loot.
>>340498860
>>340498890
How to make hardmode harder without typical "enemies are damage sponges" crap.
-Make material harder to find
-Let Corruption and Hallow spread immediately but at at a slower rate
-Make day last shorter and nights longer
-No health regen or pick ups until you can go back to your town's campfire
-Allow material like branches and gel to degrade if they stay in your inventory for too long
>>340499170
The Eater of Worlds is glitched to never despawn so in reality he is the eaiest.
Plantera however is complete fucking bullshit. I had to grind for hours because the only way I could beat it was by DPS racing it and it's drop isn't even that good
>>340499198
I expected new content and features to the base game
Maybe there is later on, but this is a fucking chore to get through
>>340497550
G I T G U D
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>>340497550
BREAKING NEWS
Terraria is still a shitty game designed for grind-obsessed autists, full story at 11.
>>340499345
>New content and features
Hahahahaha, sorry dude, that's not the case.
>>340499284
This sounds like a pain in the ass instead of fun
2x Stats to mobs always keeps you on edge and you have to be careful because all enemies can easily kill you
>>340499319
>Plantera however is complete fucking bullshit
Just build an arena around a bulb
The only thing in Expert that's actually bullshit is Moonman.
>>340499345
THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF AN EXPERT MODE YOU FUCKING FOOL
>>340497550
>Get dirt blocks
>Scavenge along the surface for treasure chests to get okay items to start with
>Close yourself off when mining so you don't get murdered
>Put more lights on everything so you don't get surprised
Expert is only kind of hard at the start because the first weapon is shit.
If you get ANYTHING in a surface chest that can be used as a weapon you pretty much have it made all the way until a boss, at which point making a proper arena will let you take on anything easily enough.
The only hard boss isSkeletronand Eye of Cthulu is easy if you have a grappling hook for movement.
Just be patient and play safe and you can get through Expert mode.
There's really nothing else you can do about it.
>>340499041
>Expert Mode is meant for people who are considerably knowledgable to the game and want a new playthrough
Knowledge (aka "Night hours you spent scrolling the wiki") has nothing to do with it. it's a mode for non-scrubs who know how to kill things without getting killed.
>>340499528
Just nurse cheese with overhangs for the eye laser.
Makes for an intense ass boss fight that isn't took hard if you're quick to react
>>340499451
>>340499573
>No new shit
>Just artificially ramped up enemies
that's actually retarded, what the fuck
>Find Expert mode too easy
>Patch the game so that enemy spawn rate is about 500% higher, increase limits too
>Game is in "blood moon" stage all the fucking time
>Even more insane when an actual invasion happens
>Play that on mediumcore expert
>Have a blast, play until Moonlord
Just acquire skill my good man, the game becomes more fun the harder it is.
>>340499661
Newfags don't remember...
>>340499721
Maybe you should have wiki'd what Expert Mode does rather assume when jumping into it, idiot.
Why the fuck doesn't this game have mod support?
>>340499837
At least Guitar Hero gave me a new fucking button to press you shitposting faggot
>>340499837
>>340499451
>>340499721
>>340499573
Technically it offers new content in form of new moveset for bosses and their new loot.
>>340499891
>Comparing a rhythm game to a adventure game
Lul
There is literally nothing wrong with having a commie block
Expert mode actually is pretty easy. I used to die ten times to Plantera, while in Expert mode I killed it at the first try, yawning. Probabily because I learned to prepare a lot with potions and good equipment(I died to Golem tho ;_;).
The only hard ones were the fucking Skeletron and the Moon Lord.
>>340499721
Wall of Flesh gives an item that grants a Character their 6th and Final Accessory Slot, which unfortunately can only be used in Expert Worlds unlike everything else.
Mechanical Bosses drop materials to create the fastest Minecart, allowing for ridiculously fast travel before acquiring teleporters.
All the other bosses drop various Accessories that range from Meh to Amazing, and they have better loot rates too.
>>340497550
Most of that green text sounds exactly what a expert mode should be like though?
>>340497550
Follow the item progression very strictly. Don't go skipping tiers. On normal mode you could run around naked until you got meteorite armor. Go get wood armor and work your way up.Enjoy making an arena for EVERY boss fight. You'll need it. Teleporters are extremely helpful for later in the game. So are minecarts.
>>340499990
Why do people who have modern clothing, knowledge and equipment willingly move into your tiny ass village full of hideous monsters, undead and hell right under it?
>>340499891
Expert mode has new boss mechanics and drops.
Did you expect a fucking blue and orange button as an addition?
>>340497550
If you want to cheese the early game very easily:Destroy 2 Orbs immediately, mine the Meteorite and craft yourself Space Gun and Space Armor. Enjoy your easy early game. You're probabily going to change equipment only against Wall of Flesh.
>>340500207
good fucking luck, that works in normal but you're going to get slaughtered by the Corruption enemies if you try that on expert without proper gear
>>340500189
>Pony character included in image
Youre a fucking idiot you know that. You just killed this thread by attracting that shithead barneyfag.
>>340499528
Build a whole map rails and blast him off with projectiles.
>>340499918
>>340500189
I don't know how I started on 'no content'. All I said was how slow and bullshit this early game is, considering theres no helpful or new gear early game
>>340499983
it was a joke
>>340500189
>party girl
good thread while it lasted
>>340500207
Expert corruption fucks you in the ass pretty bad
>>340500305
Party Girl isn't MLP.
There's a similarity, but he knows better.
>>340500207
Oh forgot, here's how to cheese the midgame farming and bullshit op Hardmode monsters instead:Find a Spider Nest before Hard Mode. Farm Spiders with long range weapons, so that they cannot destroy you, Spider Staff and Armor and every Hardcore monster is just a little fly. Enjoy your mining.
>>340500298
>>340500207
You literally need a Wood Boomerang to fend off Corruption enemies and throw some bombs to destroy the orbs. The heck? You just need some Defense (even Wood armor), Rope, Bombs, a weapon to fend them off, and that's it. If you're lucky in the first orb you find a weapon to destroy them too.
>>340500390
Regdigit stated she was inspired inspired by an MLP character.
>>340500390
party girl is inspired by pinkie pie though
>>340497550
>try out the hard difficulty of a game
>it's hard
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW THIS IS BULLSHIT
>>340500562
>spider staff cheeses expert mode
>all you need in expert normalmode corruption is wood armor and a boomerang
holy shit just admit you're playing normal and not expert
this is SHIT advice for expert mode
terraria's fucking shit anyways, fucking roody-poo 2d garbage
>>340497550
>No new or accessible equipment to help out starting players
All drop rates are higher. Bosses drop entirely new items. You can get dev items, too. Expert Mode is greater risk for greater reward.
Honestly, I don't think you've played the game properly until you've played Expert Mode. Not because it requires gitting gud, but because it adds even more content and expands on the boss fights.
>>340500771
Unless you're completely braindead with a Wooden Boomerang you can fucking kill every enemy in the freaking game, because the AI IS RETARDED, unless your dodging abilities are complete shit.
With the spiders you easily kill every Hardmode enemy, so you can dig your mine to craft armor to beat the Mechanical Bosses.
And no, I don't play Normal mode, because after Expert it's so easy it makes me cry. You probabily just need to get gud bro. Terraria is freaking easy, the only times you can die is to bosses, traps and other incidents such as monsters falling from the ceiling or fucking Medusas' bullshit. You can't literally die to the initial monsters retarded AI.
Even after all these updates the game feels empty, like it needs more to do for each tier of armor.
http://www.strawpoll.me/10437150
>>340501230
Needs more things like the dungeon and the temple and the Crimson to explore.
I hope Terraria 2 does better on that, since it's going to have a lot more space to work with (as in, infinite space)
Mechanic and Dryads are the best girls
Prove me wrong
Pro tip:youcan't
>>340501415
Truffle is best girl.
>>340501287
yeah well fuck you too
Expert Mode is literally just artificial difficulty.
>More enemy HP
>More enemy attack power
And this is literally all there is to it. There's no REAL challenge except the fact that the enemies are harder to kill. They just take longer and require perfect execution every single time. You fuck up once you might be okay, you fuck up twice, back to spawn you go. It would be better if the only expert mechanics weren't enemy based. Maybe new equipment that requires a shit load of resources or having to eat and drink. I don't know. I'm shit at game design. But surely someone could of thought up something better than "Idk just increase the stats and make things harder to kill"
Get a slime mount and its super jump will carry you until Skeletron.
Until Moonman, I'm happy with pretty much all of Expert minus some gotcha bullshit like WoF's supersonic low-health speed. It seems like giving in to make a special arena just for after beating everything else with just wings and a platform, but he's just way overbalanced considering you don't even have the final armor tier until you clear him.
>>340501782
The Eye of Cthulhu and the Slime King are legit harder AI wise though
>>340501734
thank you mr skeltal
>>340501782
>There's no REAL challenge except the fact that the enemies are harder to kill
If there's no real challenge, why you keep getting pwned while we have it alright? Desu senpan, it's just that you need togitgud
>You fuck up once you might be okay, you fuck up twice, back to spawn you go
And this is bad... how?
>>340501782
The bosses aren't just bigger numbers. They have harder patterns and are much more aggressive.
But really, I don't get what you were expecting. It's a mode designed for experts, so of course it's going to punish you for avoidable fuckups like getting hit by ordinary monsters, and force you to actually know how to avoid everything rather than just tanking every attack you haven't mastered how to avoid yet.
>>340502231
take that back
my hands are fine
>>340497550
Expert mode wasn't that bad.
Expert mode on hardcore, now that wasstill not overly difficult, holy shit git gud op.
>>340501946
>tfw you fight Expert EoC for the first time
>bring him at almost half health as usual, easily
>it then starts sprinting and screaming all over the place
>>340502480
>those high-pitched screams as he bolts around the screen fucking you up because you STILL aren't fast enough to dodge him even with a long trail of solid ground and/or platforms with Hermes Boots + Aglet + Anklet of the Wind
>>340501734
Its time toGit Gud
>>340502327
I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying that it isn't a real challenge when it's just the same game with higher numbers. There is nothing new about Expert mode other than "Hey you're gonna die a lot more this time around because le expert meme". I just want to see something new added to the mix other than things pushing your shit in. I want to play Terraria not Touhou. And you're totally correct saying the whole git gud stuff. With enough practice in Expert Mode, anyone could overcome it. But since it's still just the base game underneath with a dirty mouth this time, it doesn't really feel like much of a new experience like I think it ought to be.
>>340499839
It does, but each patch breaks them.
>>340502778
>There is nothing new about Expert mode
So you haven't even seen the eye of cthulhu?
>>340502837
And the only mods that can consistently keep up are Wavebanks, Texture Packs and that one RPG Mod made by a BR.
>>340502778
> I'm saying that it isn't a real challenge
If it isn't a real challenge, why do you keep getting pwned while we have it alright?
>it doesn't really feel like much of a new experience like I think it ought to be
Try gittin gud. It would be quite a breath of fresh air for you.
>>340502867
>Eye of Cthulu
>Now with more speed!
>>340503090
>It's not different
>Hey this is different and makes the fight more challenging
>THAT DOESN'T COUNT
>>340502986
I fail to see any kind of real argument here other than slander towards myself.
>>340502778
>"Hey you're gonna die a lot more this time around because le expert meme"
It's more "you're gonna die a lot more this time around because normal mode let you get away with routinely taking lots and hits and not really knowing how to avoid most enemies, and now you're choosing to take away that safety net".
>Eye of Cthulhu
Spams more eyes, 2nd phase is earlier and now he has a very fast dash, dash no-stop when near to death
>King Slime
He drops Spiky Slimes now, very deadly and bullshit
>Eater of Worlds
Now it just oneshot if it hits you with the head and throws random projectiles everywhere
>Skeletron
You first have to kill the hands and after that random spooky skeletrons everywhere
>Brain
In the 2nd phase it has copies of itself that deceive you and become more invisible the more damage you deal
>Bee
More bees and speed? Don't remember
>Wall of Flesh
Okay that's not very special, just more fast and the piranha things regenerate now
>Mechanical Bosses
Same as above, just more powerful and tough. The Destroyer is COMPLETE BULLSHIT with his regenerating drones, literally bullshit
>Plantera
He... Shoots seeds in 1st phase and he's faster in the 2nd? That's it?
>Golem
lmao
>Duke Fishron
WHO DESIGNED THE FINAL PHASE DESERVES DEATH.
>1.3 bosses
No idea, played only in Expert against them
They started good with the first bosses and then just went with "more of this, more of that". Nothing special really, I enjoyed it anyway because in Normal the game is so easy
My complaint in Expert was Plantera. Spending 30 minutes to build an arena and failing means you need to track down another bulb and build another one.
Those 30 minutes are not fun or challenging.
>>340503535
>30 minutes to build an arena
>spending 30 minutes building an arena and not just luring plantera from wherever the fuck you find a bulb back to the arena
>>340502778
> it isn't a real challenge when it's just the same game with higher numbers
It seems to play somewhat different if playing as you used to kills you nonstop.I do understand what you mean, I'm just taking the piss
>>340503324
This.
Making everything have higher numbers means that you have to keep on your wits all the time and can't go rushing in like you can in normal mode. You have to actually master the game to actually play it instead of just turning your brain off and doing whatever.
I can't even play normal mode anymore, after 100+ hours of expert it just feels like easy mode now.
>>340503535
>Spending 30 minutes to build an arena and failing means you need to track down another bulb and build another one.
What the fuck. Just kite it back to your arena.
>>340497550
gitgud you stupid faggot. or stay in normal mode fucking scrub
>>340503175
I'm not implying it doesn't count, I'm saying it's such a minor change that it doesn't really merit any real change. Just like the numbers for HP and damage. Maybe if he had like a third form?
>>340503656
>>340503793
You can do that? The one time I tried it he did some teleport thing and insta-gibbed me. I figured it was some mechanic against kiting him.
>>340503806
Minor my ass.
The dashes are very hard on you with early game movement gear and it makes a pushover boss turn into an actual challenging fight.
You keep complaining about the numbers but you are aware that mobs get new moves in expert mode right? Jellyfishes have the electric attack, skellies throw bones, etc.
on this board, we have a saying we use to advise people to become better if a game is too hard
its 2 words that start with g
can you figure out the rest?
Thoughts on mediumcoreor hardcore?
Haven't got to playing expert mode yet but beat moonman on a normal-mediumcore runthrough.
Well now that OP has (hopefully) learned Expert mode is fucking Expert mode.
What is your favorite class type to play?
Tank for me.
>>340504046
gay giraffe
>>340504207
Caster for boss fights. Summoner when building or mining ores.
>>340504160
>Mediumcore
It's a bit tedious because it sorta feels like going halfway on Soft/Hardcore
>Hardcore
It's perfectly fine.I'm not sure why I don't like Mediumcore
>>340497550
how are you this bad?
I have never had this much problem with expert mode. Seriously, git gud
>>340504237
dang youre right
>>340504160
People are going to tell you mediumcore is "tediumcore" and that collecting your shit back is a chore, but that is exactly what makes it a thousand times better than softcore. If there are no consequences to your death then you have no reason to play the game well. Just do whatever, suicide to go back to spawn if you want to and rinse and repeat.
Exploring the lava layers in the early game while on mediumcore is fucking intense. Soft kiddies will never get that experience.
Hardcore is too much for me though. I mean it's playable but having to get more hearts and stars every time takes too long.
>>340503939
That's great! I wasn't aware of that. But like I said, my problem with it is there's not any kind of new mechanic to worry about. I'm really shit at Expert mode and value the comfy value of Terraria more than the challenge. I'm just saying I wish there was something else they could have done to Expert mode other than the obvious make enemies stronger.
>>340504434
The extra loot and expert exclusive boss drops, also individual boss drops for each player if you are playing MP.
Sounds like you should just play normal mode though.
>>340504434
>I'm just saying I wish there was something else they could have done to Expert mode other than the obvious make enemies stronger.
LIKE WHAT?
MAKING SPECIAL CONTENT EXCLUSIVE TO EXPERT MODE?
SO THAT THEY HAVE A GIMPED GAME MODE AND THEN THE MODE WITH ALL THE CONTENT?
Reading a lot of this shit and a lot of you baddies keep saying thats just more hp and damage to expert mode and nothing else. Enemies and bosses have more abilities and better AI. Not to mention the benefits and items you get otherwise not making the game more fun.
And even if the enemies have 2x hp you shouldnt even be having a problem with because by the time you get to a hallowed mimic nothings a real challenge. Git gud wtf
>>340504160
The corpse run on mediumcore is fine but the inventory sorting gets really tedious especially if you had a full inventory with full vanity slots and even some dyes.
>>340504575
I'm not sure why you are completely assblasted right now. But I'll just state that the more enemy HP and damage is a cop-out for a true Expert mode.
>>340499837
I should have done that before I fell for mediumcore
>>340503886
You can, just make sure to not get too far away from it nor take it out of the jungle or it'll enrage
>>340504434
But that's what expert mode is for. It's not a "more content or less content" switch, it's a mode for players who have mastered the combat system and want it to be less forgiving - and as you've clearly observed yourself, it does fundamentally change the game, because you can't get away with not knowing every fight back to front.
>>340504575
According to other people, there is already special content for Expert mode. So I guess it's already gimped?
>>340497550
If you're not an expert don't play...
expert mode
>>340504973
It isn't, though. If you're an expert, you don't need the leeway of being able to facetank hit after hit, and so the point of the mode is to remove it.
>Tfw killed plantera on second try
All you need is the mechanical minecart go in a big loop
>>340497550
For Christ's sake, Expert mode is not that hard. Literally only Expert Plantera and Expert Skeletron provide a decent amount of challenge and you can even remove the challenge from those with a good arena setup.
>>340500809
>its 2d
>Therefore I can't enjoy it
Kill yourself
>>340505317
You don't even need a cart, just leaf wings is fast enough to deal with it.
Or a vertical arena and that hallow mimic bow. Shits all over it.
>>340504207
Magic, Last Prism is so dank
>>340497550
I have completed expert mode 3 times, take it slow, get new equipment when ever you can. Learn to kite mobs and you can kill enemies whilst taking no damage yourself.
>>340503506
>The Destroyer is COMPLETE BULLSHIT
Get yourself a Daedalus stormbow, with holy arrows it can kill it in around 5 seconds. It drops from hallowed mimics.
>>340497550
You are the reason they ruined the already ruined WoW
>>340503506
Expert mode Plantera's second phase has killable bits that stick off its hooks. Its first phase in expert can fire its stingers through walls so you can't take cover, and it deploys more thorn balls than in normal mode.
Expert Queen Bee just builds up pattern speed as she gets hurt, so she uses all her attacks really quickly at low health.
The mechanical bosses are just lazy in expert mode. The mechanical cart is nice, but I'd prefer it be craftable with normal drops from the mechs and have three accessories from the treasure bags.
>>340503506
The lunatic cultist spawns these purple things that split in a plus sign,but thats pretty much it.
I've played expert mode with my gf after playing regular terraria and we had no problems until hardmode so far
OP you're fucking bad
>>340505559
Dude,daedalus stormbow is a beast against every hardmode boss,especially with the holy arrows.
>>340505317
>needing 2 try's
>>340499284
So your idea of "good" difficulty is tedium?
>>340506865
Tortoises fucking suck man.
HE WAS ON 1000 HP AND TORTOISE DECIDES TO THROW ITSELF AT MY FUCKING FACE.
>1.3.1 moved Medusa into the post-wof game and nerfed her petrification shit into the ground
>>340507776
Oh thank christ, I haven't played for a little while but I remember that being the main reason I became afraid of marble caves again.
The other annoying thing was getting pinned down by the fucking hoplites, but those can be defeated once you have range.
>>340507776
>>340508467
marble biome fucking sucks.
>>340507776
>doubled medusa head damage
>>340497550
>complaining about expert mode actually being difficult
Use the terrain to your advantage
Gimme some building suggestions. I finally found a nice snow area after four worlds of crimson right in the middle of it, but now I'm daunted by the possibilities.
>>340502778
>I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying that it isn't a real challenge when it's just the same game with higher numbers.
>With enough practice in Expert Mode, anyone could overcome it.
So what you're saying is that it's not more challenging, except that it is more challenging and you can beat the game by practicing akagitting gud
>>340504160
Fuck mediumcore, it's the most tedious shit. Most times there's no true consequence to dying, except spending 5 minutes grabbing your old gear and running to your corpse. Normal or hardcore only, at least witht he latter you're really avoiding death
The thing with coding a lot of new AI patterns and content and shit for expert mode is that you might as well put all of it in the normal mode, since that's what most people will play
I feel like expert mode is perfectly fine, you actually have to plan your proceedings in that one, unlike normal mdoe where you can just leeroy jenkins your face through everything because shit deals zero damage
HOW DO I FIND THE GOBLIM HOMELAND SO I CAN REMOVE EVERY FUCKING GOBLIM
>play on the optional, super hard difficulty
>BAWWWWWW WYH IS IT SO HARD
fucking idiots every time
>>340509075
Whenever you make a base in one of those small caves, immediately start turning it into a semi-underground hobbit house.
>>340509075
Underground bunker, extend downwards forever
>>340509075
Giant glowing mushroom
>there are people still complaining about moon man
How many times do you need to get told git gud?
>>340499830
Is getting one damage from spikes and standing in honey not a valid strategy now?
>>340501610
sauce please for research
>>340511023
Was patched
Just use an item editor you retard.
>want to do Pumpkin moon
>suddenly remember all the fish I need for potions
Fishing ruined the game
Angler worst NPC
Also r8
SOMEONE MAKE SERVER, C'MON /V/ LETS PLAY TOGETHER
>>340512108
comfy/10
>>340512108
>dirt on roof
enjoy your house collapsing in on itself fag
Start off as a Dwarf. Spend your life as a Miner. Create your own Mines of Moria. After you have done that, you should be able to do anything else.
>>340497550
Look at this fag. Wait till you get to the pillars
Stabound is already a better game, and looking at patchnotes, boy, it will put the last nail in the coffin of terraria.
>Space
>lots of planets
>Terraria: Left or right?
>Starbound: This planet? That planet?
>Quests
>RACES
>HUNGER
terrariafags on suicide watch
>>340512689
thanks for the drive by kek buddy
>>340512689
Is that game out yet? Feel like it's been years
>>340497550
>>No new or accessible equipment to help out starting players
WHAT IS FISHING
>>No new or accessible equipment to help out starting players
I just know you never tried alchemy either
>mfw absolutely nobody except autists calls the Moonman by his actual name
>>340512630
Man, opening this up so I can actually zoom in is crazy. There is a lot of detail.
>church has a bell, windows, crypt and it's own library
>comfy tree house
>fucking Adventure Time Tree House just down the road
>Floating Pirate ship
>floating castle
One thing though, how do you get into the mines? I see no entrance.
>>340497550
If you find a spear, none of the grounded melee enemies will ever be a problem. Fire/frostfire arrows are piss easy to make and are a great start, as even with a wooden bow you can kill most enemies pretty quickly. Then you just kind of work your way up from there.
Yoyos are stupid strong. Ice blade/enchanted sword/star fury are all pretty easy to get and work wonders. Any gun works well. Vilethorn, water bolt or aqua scepter work fantastically when you get them but the gem staves have enough knockback to keep you out of harms way....
Really, its not that bad until you hit the lunar bullshit. And by then you are pretty much done anyway.
>not knowing how to play early game
get glowsticks or torches, you don't really even need a light source, one torch. then bumrush to the left or right, doesn't matter, spelunk into the first naturally generated cave you can find, spam the attack button, break all the vases, collect everything.
just keep doing this over and over until you find a bomb or a gravitron potion.
if you find a bomb, keep it in your inventory, it makes the demolitionist spawn.
if you find a gravitron potion, you struck gold. use it to get up to the skylakes where you most likely get a Starfury. every skylake has a guaranteed deposit of gold/platinum, mine it.
after this, search for clay, should be some right under where you first spawn. save all clay you get.
then go to the jungle and suicide farm moonglow for spelunker potions.
congratulations, early game is now over because you can dig directly to gold/platinum.
since you have bombs, the demolitionist will spawn as soon as the merchant spawns.
spend every penny you have on bombs: the reason for this is that bombs blow up hollowed bricks.
you can get a really really early musket and pistol if you can survive the hollow, which then spawns the arms dealer, then from there it's about farming the mats for Minishark.
It's literally not that bad if you know what your doing.
Being called expert mode you should expect this though.
>>340497550
your fault for ever deciding to play terraria, i was given a copy gave it 5 minutes and saw through the shit show and moved on to better things, also holy fuck some of the worst combat in a game ever.
>>340511441
I'll spoonfeed you.
Ciel in Wonderland.
>>340497550
I've only done Expert since it came out
Recently finished a melee only playthrough and doing yoyo only next
>tfw running out of wood
Worst thing to collect
>>340513149
See the blacked out door with the big stone entrance under the tree house and small house?
That's a portal that leads to the blacked out door on the left most top side of the Mines.
>>340513307
just plant trees dumb
>>340499284
sounds like shit
>dmg sponges
most shit still dies in seconds at most just because it isn't 1 or 2 swings like normal mode doesn't make them sponges
>>340499345
>>340499451
>all these anons don't know about expert mode gear
I'm confused, are you all shitposting or do you really not know about the game?
this game is Comfy.
>>340513307
Use sticky bombs until you get a decent axe, man. Just stick them to a floating block so you don't destroy the terrain.
>>340497550
>>340513181
i meant corruption, not hallow. get those 2 mixed up for some reason.
>>340513246
I suppose that building "arenas" for the boss fights is part of the game, but these completely killed my fun in the, pretty difficoult otherwise, boss battles.
Serious question, has any of you defeated (legit) Expert mode Wall of Flesh without building a long, spacious highway?
>>340513181
I usually grab corrupt wood
make corrupt bow
make frostfire arrows
fish up reaper shark
make fosill armor + javelins+ throwing stars
gg until hardmode
>>340513246
>possesed hatchet
why?
>>340513246
moonman is pretty easy without an arena as melee
>>340497550
>He doesn't make a beeline for the ocean so he can fish up a reaver shark
*laughs exhonerably*Because you really fucking want Molten Armor BEFORE Skeletron
>>340497550
Run around surface get the chest.
After that kamikaze jungle get the wood and spore.
After that you can deal with the normal night enemy easily.
>>340513796
i always built a highway because doing it any other way is stubborn and dumb.
go ahead and try to kill The Destroyer without a highway and a piercing weapon, report back results.
>>340512689
>still being this much in denial after this long
>>340513246
Fighting Moon Lord during martian madness? Weird.
Honestly though just get a UFO mount and do the same thing, then you can actually chuck some Daybreak at his heart without depending on the summon damage.
>>340513246
>hold A and LMB
>win
Sure glad you know what to do
Just build an Apache attack helicopter
>>340514080
For the destroyer I just recommend building an enclosed box maybe 15-20 feet off the ground.
You won't get barraged by lasers, you can set up honey pits, heart lanterns and camp fires, even heart statues, and drones stay in the box and drop hearts when defeated.
Just avoid getting hit by the head of the destroyer at all costs.
>>340513847
good strat. i usually run straight to the desert and make a cactus set with a cactus sword, mining potions and then Sandgun later. the utility of that gun is unheard of.
>>340512689
>hunger
Stop replying guys.
>>340513796
I don't know what you mean by "legit," but yeah. I applied every buff I could, wore a accessories reforged for movement speed, and gravitroned my way around most of its attacks. The trick is to focus on dodging, not aiming.To be fair, I did bomb a path through some of the helltowers that otherwise would have blocked me as I fled.
It's definitely possible if you're playing a mixed, ranged, or magic build. Hell, yo-yos probably make it possible with a pure melee build.
It's just way more difficult and probably not worth the trouble unless you are incredibly impatient or just want to beat your dick to the accomplishment.
>>340514340
the drones get trapped? nice i didnt even realize that, i always just pwn this fool as ranged.
>>340514474
Yup, I'm pretty sure they do.
Actually starting to doubt that now, I think I need to check.
>>340514587
i thought they moved through blocks, but i haven't played this game since the last update, per usual, so i could be wrong.
>>340514474
>>340514587
>>340514641
Okay, my mistake the probes can pass through walls.
Their laser fire can't though, and it helps if their hearts drop within your enclosure.
Which is why I like to build enclosures around the enclosure if they drop hearts outside of it.
>>340497550
>>340503886
you just can't leave the jungle
expert mode was pretty fun to play through with 3 friends
>>340497550
>How do I deal with this
First be an expert, then have fun with the vastly improved early game that it offers an expert player.
>>No new or accessible equipment to help out starting players
Why would there be?
>selects a harder mode
>gets confused when there aren't items around to make it much easier
???
>>340499445
>Terraria is still a shitty game designed for grind-obsessed autists, full story at 11.
That is true. One of the main faults of Terraria, but expert mode did make it more interesting despite this.
>>340503886
Plantera goes berserk if you go outside of the underground jungle biome.
But if you have an arena set up inside of the jungle you're fine.
>stuck on mechanical bosses
>have best weapons and armor at this point and only get them down to 80% of their health
yeah I dropped this shit after this
>>340515318
Potions and hearth/star statues.
You can also use monster statues in a lava box as hearth banks
>>340515318
You gotta be doing something really wrong then.
You are building some sort of basic arena for these fights right? Even a really long wooden platform high off the ground works.
Mobility matters so fucking much too, if you don't have wings don't even bother with the Twins or Skeletron Prime.
>>340497550
>Grab a fishing rod
>Grab bait
>Go to the ocean
>Fish
>Get reaver shark the best pick until hard mode
>Get enough chests to gear yourself in full gold/platinum armour
>Get more chests so you can start hard mode with full adamantium/titanium
>Get swordfish which is the best weapon until nightmare/crimtane weapons
>It's also a spear so you can deal with hordes, eater of worlds and baby eyes in brain of Cthulhu without any problems
Boom you're geared and ready for the dungeon
>>340513246
>having to create world wide flat planes in the sky to cheese any of the bosses
That's my one gripe of the game
>>340515610
Heck if you're really brave you can go straight to the underworld.
Just be sure to craft an obsidian skull though.
How to beat moonman with magic.
>>340515647
>his gripe of the game is a fundamental aspect of the game
and you're playing it why?
>>340516179
Razorblade typhoon, only seeking magic worth a damn since Nebula Arcanun sucks at chasing and cosst more mana, since spectre staff is shit and the nebula blaze is shit too.
>>340512630
damn thats one comfy build..
>>340516179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKiC_74Ko8
>>340499621
>proper arena
>eye of cthulhu
Literally just run. A long platform or even just a tree farm will work just fine. It's only at his last 1-2k health that he gets really annoying as he starts to calculate where you're going and charge in front of you instead of trying to charge directly at you.
>Yrimir is propably dead at this point
Feels bad
>>340499621
Skeletron isn't particularly hard, either. Just remember to bring the nurse and tank his homing skulls by constantly healing if you can't figure out their pattern. Meanwhile, Brain of Cthulhu does get really fucking annoying in Expert as he nears the end of his life and the hallucinations become just as visible as the actual body, making the only way to figure out which one he actually is go close to one and figure out if it's coming closer or going further away, and then go in the opposite direction if it's coming closer, which means that there's a lot of times where he can hit you just by necessity of needing to test.
>>340517381
it was quite comfy watching his stuff.
>>340499661
The nurse isn't cheese. She's expected usage. Building is part of the game so giving her easy access housing, but not lingering so long as to get her killed, is an integral part of expert mode.
But yes, having a half square of blocks makes Retinazer such a pathetic baby. You best have asphalt and/or teleporters for Spazmatism though, he WILL fuck you up otherwise, so I'd say that doing the eyes second is best, to take advantage of how easy Skeletron Prime is.
>>340500643
>>340500647
Inspired by doesn't mean she's actually her.
>>340516225
>World wide flat planes is fundamental aspect of the game
?????
>>340499445
/thread
I never even bothered finishing the game, it was so boring.
>>340501326
1.3.2 is content-focused and going to focus on underground desert and a new mini-event.
I wouldn't mind if the pyramid became a full on early-game jungle temple, but in the desert. Maybe if the tundra had a boss.
>>340497550
Early game isn't the worst part, really. Before hardmode everything good and fun like a hard version of Terraria should be.
What's really bullshit is after you get into hardmode. Everything gets scaled up damage, which is completely retarded. Having end game armor and seeing a fucking blue slime take away 50 hp with just one attack is complete bullshit. Why didn't they just have the hardmode mobs be strong and leave the fucking blue slimes and small fry zombies alone? You can't build shit without either paying attention to incoming slimes or being sodomized by them.
AND BE PREPARED FOR NIGHTMARES WHILE TRYING TO BUILD A JUNGLE ARENA FOR PLANTERA IN EXPERT MODE.
Expert mode is ok in some regards. But it is fucking unbalanced. Top tier armor should still be good armor against normals monsters, not shit. The bosses are much more balanced than the normal mobs.
>>340501782
There's more to it.
NPCs don't block out any and all monster spawns anymore.
Demon Eyes will now ignore platforms.
Your health regeneration capability is nerfed unless you've always got the well fed buff enabled.
Bats have that fucking Feral Bite debuff that can randomly inflict all sorts of bullshit on you, the worst offender being jumping over a pool of lava and knowing you're going to make it, then suddenly being hit with confusion and diving straight into it.
Tundra water WILL chill you.
You drop 75% of your coin instead of 50% when you die, AND enemies will fucking steal your money.
Spiked slimes do the goddamn area of effect spike attack.
Arm zombies are stupid strong in general and have extra attack range.
>>340518824
Don't forget that lava slimes spawn lava when killed, making them much more dangerous to actually kill instead of ignore.
>>340518824
Now I'm gonna start copying from the wiki.
>Pots drop more items when broken.
>Fishing quest rewards give more money.
>Developer items are obtainable and will no longer kill the player when worn.
>Enemy Banners offer more powerful buffs when placed.
>All NPCs do x1.5 damage.
>Traveling Merchant has a 50% chance to sell an additional item.
>General respawn time is increased to 15 seconds, while respawn time during boss fights is increased to 30 seconds.
>Slime Rain can occur without its usual criteria, spawn rates are 15% higher, and Green/Purple Slimes have a higher spawn chance.
>>340515318
You don't have the best weapons, I guarantee it. Here's what you need to do:
>collect lots of souls of light/night
>collect empty chests
>craft keys with the souls (requires 15 souls each)
>place key in the chest
>kill the enemy that spawns
Is it difficult? Yes. But it's worth cheesing it for however long it takes to get some of the best pre-Plantera weapons.
>>340499470
The problem is that the AI wasn't made for expert mode. Bats just hump your shit, and early game doesn't have the greatest mobility, especially before a hook. It's the same with a bunch of mobs. They don't have interesting mechanics, and the game has absolutely shit combat.
>>340519358
One of the best things about expert mode multiplayer is that every participant gets their own loot bag.
But, the boss scales for every additional player on the server too, so you really gotta commit.
That's why the 30 second respawn time is really bad, if you can't get back into the fight before they all get killed you blew it.
Also the best fucking thing at all, a 6th accessory slot for beating Wall of Flesh.
>>340519171
I actually wasn't sure of that, since it's so long since I played the game anyway. And damn, they drop a lot of lava. I killed one in a hell room and died myself before I realized what was happening.
>>340497550
With 80 hours of playtime I started a brand new expert map with brand new expert character.
I didn't found it particularly hard, bosses needed much more preparation, but that's all.
You are supposed to dodge enemies, it doesn't really matter how much damage they do once you git gud.
I killed every boss alone, except moon lord, but that's just because I'm not that experienced in this game.
literally
git gud
>>340499818
>find expert mode too easy
Then play mediumcore, scrub.
>>340500125
Wouldn't the player get teleporter stuff before mech bosses?
Water Bolt is a great starting weapon. Cheese map gen until you find one at the top of the Dungeon, above 0 height so not to trigger the guardian.
If you stick around long enough, provided you're not playing hardcore, eventually you'll accumilate enough resources and loot to make it easier.
Single most annyoing thing for me is the jellyfish electric attack. Makes early ocean grinding even more tedious
>>340502671
>you can't even hit him because he's only on screen for a split second
>>340497550
>Terraria is too hard
Build arena with embedded nurse house in it, cheese everything. Works even for Moonlord.The mechanical bosses are difficult to cheese this way though.
>>340520851
Only Destroyer is difficult to cheese that way. Both Spazmatism and Retinazer's projectiles are blocked by blocks, as are Skeletron Prime's.
>>340499067
Ah, the old fallback for people who have no good advice.
Maybe you should git gud at life.
>>340519940
>reading comprehension
>>340522663
Then, hardcore.
>>340523245
I rather have a challenging experience that actually allows mistakes.
>>340524485
>want it to be harder
>still wants to make mistakes
Make up your mind famoli
>>340497550
You git gud
>>340524485
>I want really spicy food!
>B-but don't make it spicy, I can't handle spicy food!
>>340497550
>Expert mode Skeletron
It was quite the feeling when I finally managed to kill him
>>340524967
>>340524793
I don't see why this is hard to grasp.
If a game has a Normal and Hard mode I rather play it on Hard than doing a Normal run without dying.
What is the problem with cranking up the spawn rates? It's actually pretty fun.
>>340513796
kind of, i started building a walkway but gave up and just drank a water walking potion eventually
the walkway was probably only useful for 15% of the fight
>>340513307
I usually just create a new world and raze it to the ground. Since I don't have to wait for the saplings to grow on my world
>>340525098
>just when you think you've finally got this fucker on the ropes
>a stray skull projectile clips your pinky toe and you explode into viscera
>>340527283
Just tank with nurse healing, mate.
She doesn't exist to just be ignored. It isn't cheese. It's pretty much the only phase of his fight where he won't hill both you and her if you do it.
>tfw ripping several thousand new assholes into Destroyer solely by walking up to it and spamming Fetish Bagpipes with occasional Nurse visits
I pity the Corruptioncucks who can't know this joy.
>>340529205
The corrupto-launcher-thing is good for cave exploring, point and let it rip, no ammo or magic needed
>>340529205
The futa blowjobs are pretty good, yeah.
>>340529409
Entirely different tiers of equipment though. The chain guillotines are kind of lacklustre.
>>340529205
>not playing magic and BUILDING A WALL to kill your enemies.
Stay mad Crimslut.
>>340519498
What game?
>>340497550
You have to get the apache
