This game is just too f***ing hard

It sounds like the problem is you being bad at the game, rather than there being an issue with pixel costs. Also, there's no need to be swearing about something so trivial.

 

Difficulty on this first section just needs to be dropped in my view. Tier1 planets, levels 1-10 out of a 100(and tier X).. shouldn't be this difficult. It shouldn't take people seven hours to make it a tenth of the way through the game.. its just silly.

 

Work towards copper armor and a decent crafted weapon. Farm pixels for awhile, and you'll find they're easy to come by. Honestly, it's more rewarding to explore and find weapons than go full crafting.

 

I have no problem with the beginning of the game.
I have no quarrel with any of the mobs.
Everything is adequate.

...Until you use the distress beacon, that is.
Holy crap, that thing has a truckload of HP, merciless amounts of damage, barrels of minions (that also do merciless amounts of damage),
...EVEN ON THE HIGHEST GEAR POSSIBLE*!

Look, I'll admit. I abused the terrain to beat it.
But I had to. There was no other way I could see myself beating the damn thing, considering I couldn't upgrade to better stuff.

*excluding silver breastplate, but still...

 

Honestly, I think the difficulty is spot on. I really like the concept of being stranded on an planet and having to forage for items and craft until you become able to survive on the planet. Too many games hand you too much after the tutorial!!

 

Unless you're using level 13 weapons, you're not using the highest possible.

 

Yeah? Then tell me, where the hell do I get level 13 weapons?
And does it even matter? The boss cuts though my armor like a hot knife through butter!

You know what, I'll prove it. I've got a metalwork station, I'll MAKE some so-called "level 13" weapons, and I'll show you that beating him regularly is an absolute nightmare.

 

I completed Tier 1 in all silver gear in 5 hours. Mobs at lv 10 planets no longer one shot me but they do 3 shot me. Tweak them numbers please.

 

Some level 10 planets have weapon vendors on them that rip through the boss like a hot knife through butter.

 

Did you beat the boss?

 

Yup, but I cheated like a scumbag. I build a fort and shot arrows at him for 10 mins.

 

Having no trouble with the difficulty so far. Haven't fought any bosses, but don't really plan too. Taking it slow being meticulous and exploring as many planets as possible.

 

That part is super easy compared to the boss.

 

That's why I'm waiting.

 

Firstly, the devs have already said that balance wasn't a focus, getting the beta functional and out to players was. So yes, the starting difficulty curve is somewhat steeper than usual. The basic wooden bow damage COULD be increased so players starting off won't need to be horribly destroyed time and time again.

HOWEVER, using just a little common sense and the tools at hand, you can simply make a temporary dirt bunker from which to fire your bow safely. Try it, when you see an enemy creature, build a bunker, with 1 slot in front for shooting out of, and 1 slot above so you can drop in after you aggro-ed the creature. Its not difficult.

And this is rendered moot anyway when you upgrade your bow, after which it will easily 1-shot level 1 creatures, and 2-3 shots for level 4 creatures.

 

Please, PLEASE don't dumb this down. It's embarrassing the people are already complaining about not being completed geared out and OP on the first day. This ISNT Terraria. You're not meant to have the best gear and beat the game in one day. It's a slower paced, build up, survive, explore game.

Devs, if you HAVE to dumb it down, at least give a difficulty slider with normal being what it is now, and easy being for the ponies. Hard should be HARD!

 

i do find it slightly annoying that you always die like you are just stamped on, but at least it trains my brain a bit.
also guys, you can use a sword to slash through one hole gaps, dunno if its a bug or a feature

 

To be honest, I love the difficulty the game brings. It honestly made the experience for me so much better.
I say, keep it in!

For those having a hard time farming early armors, try crafting a better weapon first. It makes farming pixels extremely easy.

 

As someone who has become incredibly casual and generally poor at video games as I've gotten older, I can assure you that the game really isn't that difficult.

 

You don't know hard until you play Risk of Rain