did i miss something....?

Ok, so I took the time to mine up enough copper and iron to make myself iron armor, and made an iron hunting bow. Even made a shield and found two special weapons. One which does poison, the other fire. So I'm all geared up. I place the distress beacon... and I get owned. I was actually doing ok at first, kept taking cover and shooting him w my bow. But then he destroyed my cover, and raped me. When I came back, he was gone. Before the big patch, once I summoned him, he didn't go away, he stayed around even after killing me several times. But anyway, it just seems like I must be missing something, or am I really supposed to plink at the ship with my bow?

 

The game has updated I think twice in the past day.

 

Here's a properly spoiled hint for yah:

Try building a large vertical wall. The ufo will get stuck up against said wall, and won't be able to get to you, allowing you to snipe him from cover with said bow. It also helps to dig trenches for the mobs the ufo spawns, as it can only spawn so many. Makes it super easy to fight the ufo man super easy.

 

Don't summon him until you have better than copper gear which is easily obtainable now with the abundance of ore. Although not sure why he left after your death. I haven't died to him since the new patch....he went down real easy was very surprising I was expecting a lot harder of a fight.

 

the only reason he would leave is if you spent more then about 5 seconds on your ship before beaming down again, after respawning.

 

I think the first time I ever beat the UFO boss was when I caged it with dirt and got the penguin tanks to shoot it, doing much more damage than I ever could with a bow or weapon. I haven't tried fighting it now with the new patch but I'm sure it's way easier than before.

 

Like I said, I had iron armor. Before the patch, when I made copper armor, it then gave me the recipe for silver armor, but not this time. I was just wondering if there was some tech I was missing or something. It seems to me that the next set of tech is unlocked by making the metalworking station, which requires the molten core from the penguin.

 

Its the UFO not the penguin and honestly even with copper gear he is pretty easy. Maybe you need to dodge a bit more. It wasn't too hard.

 

Bulid yourself an arena. I'm sure you have enough dirt blocks to build some platforms and walls. Use them so that his summons aren't all targeting you and you can dodge his shots.

 

I just used my sword and bow. When he dives down to crush me, I take 2 or 3 hits with my sword , and then switch to bow for 3 to 4, then back to sword, etc. It's not easy, but you don't need to cheese him. You'll feel better if you actually beat him fairly!

 

Me and some friends attacked UFO today, all had Iron bows, we killed the ufo in less than 10 seconds.. But I think that was before the second patch, so it may be different now. (Referring to the two patches today)