Handheld Torch/Lantern? NOT FLASHLIGHT

So I was watching the stream today and I was wondering... I know we have flashlights, and that's great, flashlights are awesome. But will we have handheld torches? Or lanterns?

I guess it's more of a preference for people, but I think it'd be cool to switch between having a radius of light surrounding me, or having a cone of light in front of me.

And yeah I know you could just place torches on the ground... But that's not the point, if it was then why not place your flashlight on the ground?

Thoughts?

 

I like the idea. The torch/lantern would be a safer option as it would limit monsters' ability to sneak up on you at the cost of a more limited range.

 

i thought about this too. i hope they implement something similar to the miner's helmet from terraria. that was very useful. maybe lava armor would glow?

 

I'm sure some mid-tier armor will have an integrated lamp or flashlight.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of starting/low level stuff, but this is cool too.

 

Wouldn't hurt to see another orb of light...

 

I wanna know there's a helmet that works like a flashlight - the one that lights up a cone in front of you.

 

Miner hat would be nice.

 

I'm probably the first one to say this but I want a amnesia lantern! OMG WE CAN MAKE AMNESIA MAPS WITH MODS

 

Lets hope it's actually useful this time, if they bring it to starbound

 

Lol what. It's a free light source that is also hands-free. You probably started playing after the nerf, and event then it's still pretty useful.

Frankly, if they add an orb of light type item to Starbound, it better be hard as dicks to get. That thing just made spelunking in Terraria waaaay too easy once you acquired it.

 

Why does it matter when I started playing? I played before the nerf and it was fine and all, but after it was literally garbage. Unless they buffed it again after I stopped playing, I have no idea how you can call it useful :?

Why should it be hard? If they add an OoL sort of item in Starbound, the flashlight/lantern/whatever should be superior in most ways. Kind of like the torches and the pre-nerf OoL.

 

I'm assuming I played it after the nerf, since it was late 2012... but OoL is amazeballs in Terraria!

 

Because you have to hold the flashlight or lantern. The orb of light solves that problem by allowing you to hold whatever item you want. It's like having your friend following you with a torch.
Its utility was far too great compared to what it took to get it. Any old chump can climb to the bottom of the corruption then get one out of an orb.

The reward is waaay too much compared to what it took to achieve. Therefor, in Starbound it should be worlds more difficult.

 

but it's already so easy to spam torches really quick and then pull out your weapon

I never had trouble with light or dark in terraria unless I accidentally fell into a pool of water and forgot where I kept my glowsticks

 

That horrible moment when you fall into a flooded pit in pitch black darkness and can't find your glowsticks...

 

what sort of guy asks that question

of course there will be handheld flashlights and lanterns

 

You can just press Shift and your character will automatically pull one out...

on that note, the Orb of Light really was useless since you can just hold shift to carry a torch/glowstick and plop one down whenever you find something you wanted to mine.

 

Its a good question, I would assume they would have something like that. If not, I hope it is added.

being able to spam torches actually kind of bugs me; it makes handheld light sources much less useful. Personally I think spammable light sources should have a lifespan unless connected to some power source. But, I realize this is something that probably won't change; I will have to make a mod I guess.

 

Shit. Well that would have came in handy wouldn't it...