Minecraft? You can't spell that with Terraria.

[MuffinMan]

I just mine using dynamite now. Makes getting meteorite much easier since the mobs stop spawning once you've blown up enough of it.

[Hawkbit]

Yeah, the spawn needs to be adjusted.  I would appreciate more periods of heavier enemies interspersed with more periods of none.  As it is, there are whole periods where I'm only attacking one thing, but just as that one dies another takes the place.  Also, nothing better than having an Eye spawn while being hammered by six other mobs on the screen.

[K9]

As much as I like this game, the spawn rate is obnoxious. Trying to mine meteorite in demonite armor with gold chestpiece, I'm sucking down my potion stock like mad, have no time at all to place any dirt blocks to get out of the mined pit. Similar thing when blasting the shadow orbs last night. Thank god for the mirror, because it's a nice "enough of this bullshit" relief. Hell, just trying to flatten out some terrain to make travel easier almost shuts down at night because of the endless stream of mobs.

Just gets really tedious. Boss mobs so far haven't been a huge pita, I've killed two. Not sure how long I'll be playing given how annoying the game has become with constantly having to stop and fend off waves of enemies for long stretches of time when I want to be doing something else. No idea how I'll mine the rest of that meteor, since I have to build up a platform to get to it, and there's no time to build anything because of the monster spawn rate there.

Can't imagine how annoying it much be with a water candle!

The way I was doing it was to jump around until I had all the mobs on une side and then just bump them along with my pickaxe letting them take 1dmg per hit while I mined blocks with no problem. IT takes a little dexterity, but it is doable.

In general though I agree, the spawns are not well balanced. The best fight is the eater of worlds where you are hitting a ton of stuff all the time; so having lots of mobs with pauses would definitely be an improvement.

[Sky]

Yeah, I'll qualify that with 'it's obnoxious when there is a stream of non-stop trash mobs the entire time you're in an area'. Maybe there should be a setting where once you've killed x mobs in n time, the spawn slows to x/5 for a while.

Next meteor: A Fistful of Dynamite.

[Amaron]

Next meteor: A Fistful of Dynamite.

I was all ready to do that myself but the meteor decided to drop halfway down a corruption chasm filled with water.  

[Sky]

That sounds like you need MORE DYNAMITE.

So PROJECT DYNAMITE was a booming success, har. Now I've full shadow armor, laser pistol and lightsaber.

My biggest dumbass moment thus far: "Oh shit, you can equip multiple accessories?"  Last night.  Sooo much better with my cloud bottle, running shoes and right now I have three obsidian skulls stacked for the defense, but I swap in a mana regen ring for tougher battles (pew pew).

[Quinton]

Picked this up and it's certainly an addictive little game.  I do wish I could dial back the critter spawn rate a bit.  I don't mind that there *are* critters, since I really enjoy the exploration aspect and stumbling over critters is part of it, but they really do swarm you more than is ideal.

[NiX]

If you don't like the spawn rate, then google down the hex hack for upping your res. The game was programmed to spawn enemies off screen, so the larger the resolution, the further out they spawn and in most cases that means they spawn where they can't get to you.

[Sky]

Eh, once you get better armor and weapons it mitigates is some. The trick with dynamiting the meteorite is a good one, but the lightsaber goes a long way to making the meteor guys less annoying (and having the obsidian skull so you're not getting bounced onto meteorite by the meteor guys and doing a damage ping-pong).

Then I decided to head straight down and got introduced to the imps and got frustrated all over again. That guy is a cruel, cruel, man.

[K9]

I agree that things get better once you get better armour, but the pace of the game in that regard is really screwy. I spent a long time with nothing, then I went through copper, iron and silver gear (armour, weapons and tools) in very short order, then I had hours before I got into gold, but as soon as I was into gold I was able to crack shadow cores comfortably and I went through meteorite without even making a full set straight into shadow armour. Maybe my map was just unfortunate and had a dearth of gold, but I suspect they could balance the amount of ore you need for gear vs it's availability better.

I have a load of obsidian, and I guess I should go looking for this underground jungle.

[Kail]

Maybe my map was just unfortunate and had a dearth of gold, but I suspect they could balance the amount of ore you need for gear vs it's availability better.

I suspect it's not so much how much gold is on the map (there's a lot, my brother has a gigantic castle made of gold bricks, gold walls, etc. plus his old set of armor) as it is how much is near where you're digging, which the game can't really predict.

I'm kind of stuck ATM.  Finally found the jungle (it's absolutely tiny on my map, frustratingly) but there's nothing there but enemies.  I got my vine shot and chakrum thingy, but there doesn't seem to be anything else.  Finished my hellstone armor and pickaxe, but there's nothing down there worth doing except mining hellstone which I don't need.  The dungeon seems like it would be the logical place to explore, but every time I go in giant flying skulls pop in and hit me for 9999 damage.  Wiki says I need to fight some boss after talking to an old man, but he's nowhere to be found.

[Teleku]

Eh, once you get better armor and weapons it mitigates is some. The trick with dynamiting the meteorite is a good one, but the lightsaber goes a long way to making the meteor guys less annoying (and having the obsidian skull so you're not getting bounced onto meteorite by the meteor guys and doing a damage ping-pong).

Then I decided to head straight down and got introduced to the imps and got frustrated all over again. That guy is a cruel, cruel, man.

Actually, the meteor spawns were no problem at all for me.  Just make sure you always keep them in front of you while you go to work digging away at the meteor.  They'll run into your constantly swinging pick and get bounced back, until they die.  If one comes from behind, just jump up, let it fly under and past you, then get back to work.  Going back and fourth across the whole thing a few times like this, and I cleared it without getting hit by one of those things once.  Never had to draw a real weapon either, and killed them all.

[Rendakor]

I suspect it's not so much how much gold is on the map (there's a lot, my brother has a gigantic castle made of gold bricks, gold walls, etc. plus his old set of armor) as it is how much is near where you're digging, which the game can't really predict.

I'm kind of stuck ATM.  Finally found the jungle (it's absolutely tiny on my map, frustratingly) but there's nothing there but enemies.  I got my vine shot and chakrum thingy, but there doesn't seem to be anything else.  Finished my hellstone armor and pickaxe, but there's nothing down there worth doing except mining hellstone which I don't need.  The dungeon seems like it would be the logical place to explore, but every time I go in giant flying skulls pop in and hit me for 9999 damage.  Wiki says I need to fight some boss after talking to an old man, but he's nowhere to be found.

There should be an old man standing outside of the dungeon; talk to him at night and he'll turn into the boss.

[Fargull]

Kail,

What Rendakor said; but just to clarify, the old man is setting on the surface infront of the dungeon.

Fargull 

[Kail]

I'm not seeing him here, am I not looking in the right place?  I dunno, I'm about ready to chalk it up to a glitch.

[Sky]

That looks like where he should be.

On my trip to hell: used my giant shaft to penetrate the depths and flood it (that's what she said) partly with water. At least I can get some hellstone, also nabbed a hellforge. Take me a few trips, I mirror out just before I die rather than suck down all my potions. Next trip down: DYNAMITE IN HELL.

Then probably the (massive in my game) jungle and the dungeon.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Dynamite won't break hellstone, just the ash and the bricks that make up the houses. However it IS a quick way to blow up a house and steal a hellforge to take back home.

Also on one of my world I talked to the old man, had him turn into skeletron and I was promptly killed. After that I wasn't able to find him in that world again.

[Sky]

Player
Players can no longer repeatedly double jump after touching the top of the world.

Items
NEW ITEM - Black Lens.
NEW ITEM - Sunglasses.
NEW ITEM - Jungle Armor (This has replaced Cobalt Armor.)
NEW ITEM - (RARE and SECRET Item for casters) Go on! Find it!
Fixed a bug that prevented Underground Jungle Seeds from spawning.
Using the Cloud in a Bottle will now correctly reset fall distance.
Set bonuses that provide more defense, now correctly match their tool-tip.
All armor inventory icons have been improved.
All player armor graphics have been improved.
Iron, gold, meteor, and bone helmets have been changed graphically.
Molten armor’s overall defense has been reduced.
Meteor armor’s set bonus now reduces Space Gun mana cost to 0.
Several magic items have had their damage increased.

NPCs
Added two new rare enemies that can both be found underground.
The Demolitionist is now also triggered to arrive when the players have Sticky Bombs and Grenades in their inventory.
All Skeleton graphics have been changed.
The Guide now has hit and death effects.
The Guide can now be killed by hostile NPCs.

World
Trees now become corrupt instead of being destroyed when touching the corruption. And the new corrupt trees become un-corrupted upon purification.

Server / Multiplayer
Created a console server with no video card requirement. Type help in the console for a full list of server commands.
Increased client side multi-player security, this should help in the battle against broken character files.
There is now a host and play option in the client, that will auto connect you to your own server world upon its creation.
Corrected a bug that was causing the Server to send out liquid as water when it should have been lava.
Clients are now able to connect to ports other than 7777.
Slimes are synced better on multiplayer games.
Accessories now correctly sync between players.
Fixed a bug that would cause the player to get stuck on "Receiving Tile Data" when their spawn is placed near the world edge.
Added -join , -port , and -pass command line parameters to the client to enable auto-join of servers.

Misc.
The game window is now re-sizable while in windowed mode.
Full-screen resolution can now be changed in the options menu.
Pressing alt+enter to toggle full-screen mode will no longer bring up the chat window.
Fixed several bugs that would crash the game during world generation.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Using the Cloud in a Bottle will now correctly reset fall distance.

 

[LK]

Is there any kind of joint server running?

[justdave]

Also on one of my world I talked to the old man, had him turn into skeletron and I was promptly killed. After that I wasn't able to find him in that world again.

This may not be that rare of an occurrence...Given the variable success of my many 'Cask of Amontillado' solutions for dealing with the guide, I think the spawn code is a little wonky. 
However - While, if you descend into the dungeon during the day with the old man alive the roving skeletron head hits you for 9999 and instakills you, I've read that it's the normal head during the night, and counts as a boss kill if you drag him out and defeat him. Haven't tried it yet, personally.

[Amaron]

Meteor armor’s set bonus now reduces Space Gun mana cost to 0.

 

[Amaron]

Pretty impressive update just now.  Tons of new gear and enemies.   Vanity items and a vanity item npc.

[MuffinMan]

Looks like I'll be stocking up on a few piggy banks and making a new world when I get home.

[Yegolev]

[Yegolev]

If you were thinking it's great that spawn rates were lower when you expanded the window, too bad.  They're back!

[schild]

Who wants to set up a dedicated server for us?

http://www.terraria.org/terraria-server.zip

(Alternatively, we can have a host of servers set up, Bat Country # or whatever).

[Yegolev]

My VDSL is too flaky, but I'm on board for hijinks.

[schild]

66.68.109.110
7777
password: cantstophere

Having some weird issues. Was working for a bit, took it down. Will look at it tonight/in the morning.

[schild]

    New Enemy - Lava slime, this enemy leaves behind lava on death
    New Enemy - Hellbat
    New Enemy - Demon
    New Enemy - Jellyfish (Two variations, Pink and Blue)
    New Enemy - Shark
    New Enemy - Vulture
    New Enemy - Crab
    New Enemy - Antlion


    Changed the way worm enemies spawn.
    Bats, Hornets, and Eyeballs no longer enter water.
    Slimes now float in water.
    Only one giant slime will appear at a time.
    The Guide now seems quite knowledgeable in what an item can be made into if you show it to him.
    NPC shops now sell some items on certain nights, or after certain events.
    Devourers should no longer gain random other enemies as its head.
    The Nurse now charges the correct amount for healing.
    Bats now have a death sound effect.
    Talking to the old man at night will give the player a warning now before summoning the dungeon boss.
    Entering the dungeon before defeating Skeletron now spawns a new NPC instead of Skeletron’s head. This should fix several issues with that event.
    Enemy coin drops have been adjusted.
    Man Eaters and Snatchers are no longer effected by knockback and can attack through walls.
    Eater of Souls’ and Hornet AI has been improved.
    Enemies now take up different amount of *slots* depending on AI style and strength. This will help balance conditions when there are lots of strong monsters spawned at once, such as Imps and Bone Serpents.
    Fish are no longer upside-down when out of water.
    Green slimes have been weakend so that start players can deal with them more easily.
    Slimes and Flying enemies no longer make a splash sound when hitting water.
    Items of “Blue Rarity” or higher no longer burn up in lava.
    Burning Skull has been renamed to Cursed Skull, and given different AI.
    Enemy caster’s have had their rate of fire slowed down.
    Meteor heads have less health, do more damage, and move slower.
    There are now slight size variations to the Eater of Souls and the Angry Bones.
    Skeletron has less defense and health.


Items

    New Feature : Buffs activated by Using Potions. Right click a buff to remove it from yourself.
    New Item : Hellfire Arrow.
    New Item : Sandgun.
    New Item : Guide Voodoo Doll.
    New Vanity Items : Familiar Wig, Shirt, Pants to be worn in Social slots to “Hide your Armor”.
    New Vanity Items : Doctors Shirt and Pants.
    New Item : Diving Helmet.
    New Item : Night’s Edge
    New Item : Dark Lance
    New Item : Demon Scythe
    New Item : Trident
    New Item : Coral
    New Item : Cactus
    New Item : Spear
    New Item : Glowstick
    New Item : Sticky Glowstick
    New Item : Throwing Knife
    New Item : Poison Knife
    New Item : Silver Bullet
    New Item : Wooden Boomerang
    New Item : Blowpipe
    New Item : Seed (Ammo for Blowpipe)
    New Item : Obsidian Skin Potion
    New Item : Regeneration Potion
    New Item : Swiftness Potion
    New Item : Gills Potion
    New Item : Defense Potion
    New Item : Mana Regeneration Potion
    New Item : Magic Power Potion
    New Item : Featherfall potion
    New Item : Spelunker Potion
    New Item : Invisibility Potion
    New Item : Shine Potion
    New Item : Night Owl Potion
    New Item : Battle Potion
    New Item : Thorns Potion
    New Item : Archery Potion
    New Item : Water Walking Potion
    New Item : Hunter Potion
    New Item : Gravitation Potion
    New Item : Daybloom
    New Item : Daybloom Seeds
    New Item : Moonglow
    New Item : Moonglow Seeds
    New Item : Blinkroot
    New Item : Blinkroot Seeds
    New Item : Deathweed
    New Item : Deathweed Seeds
    New Item : Waterleaf
    New Item : Waterleaf Seeds
    New Item : Fireblossom
    New Item : Fireblossom Seeds
    New Item : Shark Fin
    New Item : Feather
    New Item : Gold Chest
    New Item : Bottled Water
    New Item : Tombstone
    New Item : Illegal Gun Parts
    New Item : Antlion Mandible


    The Silver Short swords recipe has been corrected, it is now craftable.
    Torches and candles no longer work when wet.
    Destroying a placed sign while you are reading it will no longer cause your character to become frozen.
    Rocket boots no longer require mana. They will provide lift for 1 second and recharge every time the player touches the ground or uses grapple. Lift speed has been slightly increased to offset loss of long flights. This makes the boots more viable for caster Characters.
    The explosion animation for bombs is now correctly displayed in multiplayer.
    There is now a message pop-up when the player receives an item.
    Filled Buckets may no longer be emptied into solid ground.
    Pots in the underworld now have a chance to drop hellfire arrows.
    Handgun and Phoenix Blaster have been reduced in size.
    Lowered the knockback of Muramasa.
    Reduced the damage of the Blue Moon.
    Flintlock Pistol and Musket have increased damage.
    Only normal trees drop acorns.
    Falling sand clumps are no longer carried by magic missiles/flamelash.
    Jungle armor is no longer a drop. It is a craftable set.
    Magic Mirror now requires mana to be used.
    Harpoon and Maces now correctly show the player’s arm animation.
    The arms dealer will sell unholy arrows at night after the Eater of Worlds has been defeated.
    Space Gun does more damage, but only penetrates 2 enemies.


Server

    Spam detection is less aggressive.
    Increase multiplayer security.
    Fixed a bug that could crash the server when the max amount of clients are connected.
    Added an option to enable additional cheat protection for servers.
    Servers now hibernate when no players are connected.
    Blood Moons now stop correctly if time is changed to day by the server.


Game Interface

    Upon death, A more specific death message will appear for other players, so they know how you died.
    The crafting and armor interface text will fade out when an item tooltip is in front of it.
    The Hot Bar now shows the name of the selected item.
    PVP now requires 5 seconds between Activation and Deactivation and visa versa to prevent PVP spam. The same cooldown is in effect for Team Changing as well.
    Added hotkeys for quickly drinking healing, mana, and buff potions.The healing/mana potion you use is based on the same principle arrows are. Top-Left most item first. The buff potions are all used at once.
    Holding right click on an empty space in the inventory will no longer make a sound effect as if something was there to be picked up.
    Defense totals are now shown in your inventory.


World Gen

    Tweaked the way sand is created during world gen. (Requires new world.)
    Oceans are now slightly larger and generation layout has been improved. (Requires new world.)
    Cacti now grow on sand.
    Coral now grows in the ocean.
    Chests can now spawn near the surface of the world. They will contain treasure that new players may find useful. (Requires new world.)
    Chests and pots now contain loot based on the level they spawn in. (Requires new world.)
    Gold chests will now spawn in some parts of the world. (Requires new world.)
    Corrupt chasms have less of a chance to spawn on jungles. They also now have a cave connecting most of the chasms. (Requires new world.
    Traces of demonite are created during world gen. (Requires new world.
    Surface jungles have been enlarged, and will override deserts. (Requires new world.

Jesus.

[Amaron]

That's the patch that was released a while ago.  Here's the one for today:


Between both of them it's a whole lot of  .

[Malakili]

Woah.

[Quinton]

Time to fire this up again!

[Torinak]

Between both of them it's a whole lot of  .

And if anyone is still on the fence about this game, it's the Midweek Madness special on Steam now for just $4.99!

[Ghambit]

Is there a dedi. server?