Terraria - Dig, fight, explore, build

It just seems odd that hardmode effectively stops new people from joining the server. Seems weird from a game design viewpoint.

Effectively the first person or couple people to gear up and enter hardmode will then have the server to themselves, as nobody else will be able to start afterwards...

It's like an MMO that removes all low level creatures after the first couple players reach the endgame, so no-one new can start... Can't get my head around it!
 
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It just seems odd that hardmode effectively stops new people from joining the server. Seems weird from a game design viewpoint.

Effectively the first person or couple people to gear up and enter hardmode will then have the server to themselves, as nobody else will be able to start afterwards...

It's like an MMO that removes all low level creatures after the first couple players reach the endgame, so no-one new can start... Can't get my head around it!
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The people who first enter hard mode can very easily farm or use some of the left over ores they don't use to help the newbies gear up. I think this game was really meant to be played cooperatively with a few friends, not with a bunch of randomers over the internet.
 
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The people who first enter hard mode can very easily farm or use some of the left over ores they don't use to help the newbies gear up. I think this game was really meant to be played cooperatively with a few friends, not with a bunch of randomers over the internet.
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Hey, I'll take what I can get ;) Which is a bunch of randomers over the internet :p
 
Server up!

I have a server sat ready to go. I'll release the IP address at about 22:00.

This server is for COMPLETELY NEW CHARACTERS ONLY and will be ran in expert mode. I would ask that people take their time with unlocking hard mode and try to help new players get established before going crazy with everything.

I'm going to trust message the people in here that have shown interest. Feel free to share the details. I'll be monitoring the server for a while after opening and if anyone connects with a character that isn't completely new they will be asked to leave.
 
Working the next.... 3 nights, I'll pop in at some point though.
What's the ground rules on building? Away from spawn or you happy to have stuff thrown up to greet folks? If there's stuff around spawn already I'll go find a spot to one side and set up a... small defensive tower ( :D )
 
Stuff around spawn should be built with other players in mind. NPC housing should be there and other generally group-useful stuff.

Also, no 'fun traps' to kill other players. It's not a PvP server :)
 
Server IP: houseofwibble.no-ip.org
Port: 7777
Password: linktart

I will be logged in but mostly afk - so have fun watching me die over and over :p It'd be great if everyone could join the red team as soon as they enter so it's easier for me to check that they are new players.
 
No worries :) I'm not sure how long I'll leave it running afk so hopefully we won't get anyone joining with high level characters and messing things up. If worst comes to worst I can start a new world tomorrow and ban their IP.

edit: I mean leave my character running - the server will stay on 24/7 of course.
 
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I'm calling it for tonight, I really only came on to make sure I didn't have issues logging on. I've set up a small house with all the basic crafting furniture to the east of spawn so it saves making your own near the start.

Cheers for setting up the server FrenchTart.
 
The mobs keep rubber banding and killing me :( :( thanks for the details and trust message mate!

I've put some background wooden walls in your house Reeve as well, i'll most likely make a house far east as well
 
How do you feel about stuff for cheesing money making etc as well? I can happily set up a goldfish farm that will make about.... 8 platinum an hour (you just flip a switch and catch dead goldfish) or infinite obsidian (20 of which makes obsidian skull which sells for 40-70 silver).

Again, don't want to step on any toes :D

Which did we get as well - blood or corruption? (Changes my approach to a couple of bits, blood means even if you can't beat brain of Cthulhu you can get the tissue samples to make the pickaxe, the underworld then becomes vastly more conquerable, corruption you HAVE to beat destroyer to get further)
 
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So, I left it about here :)

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Basic zombie defences are up, basic accomodation for NPC's and we got the merchant and nurse :)
I'd suggest grinding yourself 1g and buy a piggy bank :)

There's spare weapons and armour (all kinda poor but...) in the chests. Help thyself.

That is a 100% fresh character. Went looking in the ice biome, got lucky with an ice sword :) (hence the ice chest)

Edit: added weird looking boxes, they're to trap demon eyes for easy killing. Needs the NPC's moving away though or zombies/etc will only come in blood moon.
 
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There was ore down your hole. Use a torch a bit more (gel+wood then hold shift while the mouse is away from your character) and you'll see it in the walls.

Basically tho get a gold broadsword and pickaxe made then work on armour (usually gives a fairly good start) alternatively, check each travelling merchant when they come. They will sometimes sell a katana which is better (damage 17) than the gold sword (damage 13) and you can hold the mouse for autoswing.

Very happy to answer questions on pretty much anything :P

Shift is pretty much the "make the cursor context sensitive" button tho.
Ctrl toggles smart cursor on/off (makes digging in a direction easier)
 
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If anyone gets into corruption, try and take a clock with you (make a chain with iron bars, take a chain and 10 gold bars to a table+char, make a gold stopwatch - counts as an accessory too so will have stats) :) The basic rule for getting... a thing we need... to happen is a 50% chance that it will occur at midnight after you break an orb in the corruption.

If you smash orbs between midnight and 6am it's a 50% chance on the spot.

Basically if you are going to break orbs. Do only one before midnight (as otherwise the chance is overwritten with the new orbs chance and we waste the orb) smash as many as you want between 12 and 6 but every 3 orb smashes summons something and you WILL get owned :D (if you have recall potions though from the random pots you break underground you can escape, it won't follow you out of the corruption). The thing that happens creates some VERY useful tools so we want to make the most of them :)

Basically. In the corruption (or blood but we have corruption) there are orbs buried in the rock at the bottom of steep holes. Breaking these gives some nice... average to ok toys (musket, vilethorn and a couple of others).

Each time you break an orb, at midnight on the same day there's a 50% chance a meteorite will hit the surface. Mining the meteorite needs at least a gold pickaxe and standing on the meteorite blocks causes burn damage. There's "meteor heads" spawn too that are like mini meteors. Between the hours of midnight and 6am the 50% chance is instant.

Each time you break an orb there's a message.

1) A chill runs down your spine
2) Screams echo around you
3) The Eater of Worlds has awoken!

The Eater of Worlds is a big multi-segment worm. Takes a good bit of killing and in expert is going to be shooting stuff at you as well. In full golden everything you MIGHT have a chance, otherwise have recall potions handy to escape.

The meteorite ore makes bars, the bars make a VERY good hamaxe (hammer and axe in 1) and "meteor armour". Full meteor armour + a space gun (made from meteorite and the stars that drop at night) is a rather decent early set. The space gun uses mana but with the full meteor set, mana consumption is removed.

Oh yeah, also used for making frickin' lightsabers

Kinda irritated I'm stuck in work for 2 more nights or I'd be on and about (so will be lurking here instead).
 
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