Sweet! My son is playing Breath of the Wild on the Wii U right now.

Yeah, he's pretty excited about it. We have the Wolf Link and regular Link Amiibos, so now he has Wolf Link in his game. Are you enjoying the Switch?

Vinny turns 13 this month, so I told him this is an early birthday present. He didn't know about the Wolf Link Amiibo feature.

Slowdown docked or undocked?

Framerate issues while docked? That sounds bad. Maybe they will have a patch for that. I'm interested in the differences between the two versions. Vinny started playing on the TV, but he's since move to playing on the game pad. I'm looking forward to playing it, but I'm not sure when I will get to it.

I found a video showing the Wii U and Switch versions of the game. I think the difference is difficult to see, maybe I just don't have the eyes for it. https://youtu.be/eUSKTp_uvHQ

I agree with Will_Ball.

So what did you all think about the Switch? Did playing around with it convince you to get one or are you going to wait or pass on it? I'm going to wait for now. I did see something about a new Smash Bros. game for the Switch...

@Travis I was going to ask that question! I probably won't see it until I can rent it.

I'm completely blind about it, except for what I've read here. I think I saw a trailer for it. I have no idea what happens (except something obviously depressing). It surprises me that Logan/Wolverine had another movie, in a way. However, he really is the star of the X-Men (other than Xavier). He's definitely one of my favorite comic book characters.

You can sign up and try to win a Switch. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-giveaway/1100-6448812/

11pm EST?! Why are they streaming this so late? And on a Thursday, no less?

It'll be interesting to see the price. I'm expecting around $300. A list of launch games would be nice, as long as they actually launch with the system, and not in the "launch window," which could be months later.

Have they shown anything on whether the controller has a headphone jack? That's another thing that I feel like they must have.

It looks like Zelda: Breath of the Wild is coming to North America and Japan with the launch of the Switch! Months ago it was reported to be delayed until June or this year's holiday season. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-coming-in-march-alongside/1100-6446647/

I'm still not sure whether to just get the new Zelda game for the Wii U, since I already own that system, or get it with a Switch. I'd like to see or know the difference in the game on both systems with the assumption that the Switch version will be better, at least performance wise. I am interested in knowing more about the Switch and games that will be coming out for it. Other than Zelda, I am interested in what I found to be a possibility of a Pokemon Sun and Moon game called Star (or Stars?).

Price and release date leak? The price seems about right for what I've seen of "leaks" or guesses (around $245). Somehow the date seems perfect. Have I known 3/17 for a while and for how long? I'm not sure.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-release-date-and-price-leaked-poss/1100-6446696/

My last minute prediction: It will be revealed that Nintendo Switch, and components, are made entirely from recycled Starbucks cups, and, when powered on, will give off a slight aroma of roasted coffee beans. Starbucks will sue, take claim of the new system, and ramp up production. Not only will they turn every Starbucks retail shop into a low-key, hipster version of Dave & Buster's, but they will also finally have a way to mold children into future coffee drinkers by making the constant aroma of coffee a thing of nostalgia.

What was Nintendo, having lost all rights to their entire catalog of IPs, and even their very name, finds their senior officers wading in the shallows of Lake Biwa for seven days, weeping, wondering what went wrong, ashamed of not seeing this coming. On the eighth day, the floor of the lake opened up, and an object was released, floating to the surface where it stayed anchored like an ancient buoy. It will be Susumu Tanaka who finds the object and brings it to the attention of the remaining officers. From the secrets within this seed they will grow into a new company, and they will be called Matakondo (which, in it's Japanese translates to "maybe next time").

Fast forward ten years: War. The Matakondo Corporation's immediate success riles Starbucks into a foamed frenzy. The Internet explodes with hate campaigns against Matakondo, and for three weeks they take the beating. At the end of the third week, not coincidentally, at Matakondo's E3 event, they announce their new project, something they have been slowly working on over the last 10 years. Matakondo will announce that they will start making coffee. This coffee, which will be available to the world in November of that year... all of it will be brewed from a single bean. An ancient Japanese coffee bean, which had been kept secret even by the Dutch, unearthed by the salt of the tears shed that day, long ago, in Lake Biwa. Everyone will drink the coffee, Starbucks will cede with awe and humility, and there will be global peace for a thousand years.

@Travis, I've had WP bookmarked for a while, but have never really taken the dive to see what it's all about. Might be a good time to do that!

3/3/17 $300

The one thing I don't like is the bottom thumbstick on the right Joy-Con. It looks like it would get in the way of the 4 buttons above it.

The system looks much more technically sophisticated than I anticipated. It makes sense, though, looking at the evolution of Nintendo's console (including hand held). I mean, it can do a lot more than I anticipated. One little Joy-Con can do so very much!

Skyrim confirmed! No mention of release date.

Zelda launching the same day as the Switch (3/3/17)! Woot!

@Will_Ball, yeah but you can pretend the Joy-Con is a glass and you can tell how much water is in it along with how many ice cubes are there, too! LOL

Honestly, I may just pre-order a Switch. Something about Breath of the Wild makes me want to weep for joy. It's intro music alone gives me sweet shivers!

Event says starts at 9pm, is that PST or is the site acknowledging my EST time zone? It used to be that the event started at 6pm.

Also, I'm thinking about buying this. It's been a LONG time since I've played a Star Wars game. What do you guys think?

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/66986/

That's great! I wasn't sure if the site would recognize my timezone.

I played some of the early ones, like at least Dark Forces. While watching the new movie, I thought about playing some Star Wars games.

Speaking of Star Wars books and Episode 7....

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-7-the-force-awakens-lore-revealed-in-new/1100-6433350/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=homepage

The tidbits contained in the spoiler on that link were interesting, I thought. Man, I think some of this Star Wars hype is getting to me. I was a bit "meh" about the movie before watching it. I liked what I saw, but I wasn't sure when I'd see it. I didn't expect to go to the movies and watch it, I haven't gone to the movies in a LONG time. But, this CG event made me decide to go watch it so that it wouldn't be spoiled for me here. I was excited about being able to join you guys in the conversation today. It was really cool to watch it live and participate! I'm glad we all agree that it was a great movie and we're all now eagerly awaiting its digital release and another movie.

The book that I referenced in the episode is Star Wars: Before the Awakening. Offers a decent chunk of insight into the characters immediate backstory (specifically Finn, Rey, and Poe), why they do some of the things they do, but nothing outrageously revealing.

Haven't read any of the comics, yet, but I'm anxious to get on that :).

One thing that I didn't mention, but was thinking about when Greg asked the question in chat: I'm kinda considering picking up the new Star Wars Battlefront, especially now that it's on sale. I played the demo a little while back, and it felt really good, looked even better, even though it seems to have obvious limitations (e.g. no campaign, small number of maps, minimal "Star Wars"-type game modes). The look and feel of it, I think, would be enough for me right now (especially at that price).

For those of you that have recommended Star Wars books and comics, can you give me their titles, please? =)

I should be on at some point tonight. Just a heads up, when I first log in I'm using my character from the last map just until my starting base is set up. That way I won't 1) die a lot and 2) have my UFO mount to fly around while I build. :)

Once my new house is up I'll create a new character.

Well I ended up spending way more time on the game last night setting up my house, but it's done! I also created my new character and died several times trying to walk to my house because OF COURSE a blood moon happens right as my poor noob character logs in for the first time.

And Travis... Damn man. That castle is insanely cool. You really outdid yourself this time.

Got Platinum armor and an Enchanted Sword, the game just got easier. =)

This whole thing is splendidly overwhelming :). The castle is brilliant. Tim, I had to up my game on my starter house. I didn't realize I'd be neighbors with Haunted Hug Hefner.

After several failed attempts, I finally took down Skeletron. You're all free to explore the dungeon now! :D

Awesome! I haven't been on in forever, because I've moved on to another game. I think being on a server with other players is definitely a good idea, especially for Expert Mode. So, I'll probably really miss the server when it's gone and I decide I want to play again.

You read my mind! I was going to ask you for our Expert world! Thanks!!!

Unfortunately the file name in the above link is the same as the original. The file sizes are the same and contain the same file. So, could you give us a link for the Expert world? Thanks.

I'm not sure what made me think of it today. I thought of it right as I was in bed about to nap. I forgot, so I'm really glad you thought of this today, too! Thanks!

My vote is to just roll with expert. :) I think we will be fine. Plus if we really get into a bind we can pull plenty of gear/resources from other characters of we absolutely need to.

http://www.twitch.tv/pcgamer

=) I thought I'd share that link for anyone else who was interested.

So, as far as the server goes, I guess we'll have to pay attention to TShock's site to see when the new version will be available. Here's a notice at the top of the page of their site: "TShock for Terraria 1.3 has not been released. The TShock Team will start reverse engineering and building the updated ServerAPI for Terraria 1.3 at 1:01pm EST on June 30th, 2015. When the update has been released, this notice will be disabled. No plugin updates will be approved until API version 1.18 is released, and plugin updates that ensure compatibility with 4.3 before 1.18 will be deleted." https://tshock.co/xf/index.php

If you don't see Steam downloading the update, exit Steam completely and reload it. It will update right away. Game on!!

Start out with normal and then go expert? If so, yeah, I'm in.

I thought I'd take a look at the multiplayer options. You can select "Join via IP" or "Join via Steam." I clicked the latter and it was if I hit Shift-Tab. I didn't see any Terraria world joining options there. Perhaps there is or will be more info online.

I think I might know what you're talking about. You mean, on top of a hill that's pretty much hollow on the inside, easily able to walk through? That's what I built my mega house on. I've done it this way before, I think it's one of the best ways to keep NPCs safe. However, it seems they can defend themselves now.

My Guide moved in, but then went outside and thus fell off the hill, so he was underneath the house for a while. At night, I stayed inside where it was safe. He was outside under the house taking out zombies. Later, he moved back in, after I had exited the game for a bit and came back to it. I'm kind of surprised at how quickly I built my mega house. It's 5 stories high with 5 rooms on each floor. There are 21 NPC rooms with 4 extra without tables or chairs.

So far, even after only playing for an hour or so, there are plenty of changes to talk about. One difference I see from the mobile version is that on there your character has a bit of an aura, which makes it easy to see in the dark without torchers. On the PC version, you don't have that. Anyway, it doesn't seem as though NPC portraits appear in their room now unless you click on the "Housing" button to the right near your equipment in the menu. I think that might make housing look a little cleaner.

Access Camera Mode on the menu in-game near where your equipment is (to the right). Play with it. If you go into Windowed Mode, you can open up the folder in-game. However, it seems by default, images are stored under C:\Users\(User)\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Captures. I found out by playing with it. I don't think the wiki is quite up to date now that 1.3 is out, but I imagine new content there is coming soon.

Anyway, I took a screen shot of my mega house. Notice where I'm standing, the only way in the house. Mobs can't seem to figure out how to jump up. =) http://imgur.com/SnP99U9

Oh! If you're like me, you probably have TONS of characters and worlds. Click on the "Favorite" button (looks like a star) on the character and world selection screens to move those to the top of your list. Then your new stuff will be easier to find. =) It seems that the way of telling if you got Crimson or Corruption is by the color of the leaves on the tree on your world selection screen, one half of the tree is either red or purple.

Wow that looks great! Everything I build basically looks the same. Maybe I'm just not that creative or I just don't even try. I'm always impressed with what you build.

I was just figuring out an issue I noticed. My game resolution (1920x1080) didn't match my desktop (1920x1200) and every time I changed it, it would revert after an exit and re-open. I fixed it by setting the resolution to what I wanted, then going into Windowed Mode, and then going back to Fullscreen. Still, the game looks so small. On the mobile version, I always zoom in, I'm not sure you can do that on the PC. What resolution are you all using?

Oh, that explains how you were able to make all that in so little time. I don't know what materials you used to build everything.

I wanted to share this comment with you all I found in the forums the other day. Someone posted a comment on the changelog post, "this changelog has so much stuff I'm so excited." Cenx replied with, "you should be more excited about the stuff it is missing. :)"

I found out the easiest way to get a minecart. If you find tracks, just right-click on them. I haven't found one, but I found some tracks.

Oh and be wary in the ice caverns, you could end up falling to your death through ice. This has happened to me at least twice now.

Yeah, I think so. I think there's also one for your grappling hook.

Wow! Even by looking at that you can see that there are obviously many new items in 1.3. There are also new monsters and blocks, such as granite and marble. I personally love the granite as it's a beautiful blue! There is also new music, potions, buffs, and so much more!

Yeah, that portable piggy bank is amazing!

I agree with Greg, the granite biome is really cool looking. I kind of want to collect enough granite to redo my house in it.

Yeah, I enjoyed exploring that area with you recently. It turns out that granite drops from granite biome monsters. So, I didn't have to do any digging. =)

I still have the extra 4 I bought on me, I had to log out pretty quick after we camped him, but I'll toss them in the starting house too later tonight.

Last night I jumped into a single player Expert mode world. Here are a few thoughts:

First up, I don't know if this is because I have a small world or the expert mode, but I feel like treasure chests are a lot more common as are heart crystals. I also ran into a lot of railways underground. Oh, and there are a LOT of traps everywhere! I had wirecutters with me, so it was pretty easy to disarm everything. Only one dynamite trap got me at one point.

Regular mobs are a little tougher, but being geared out from our current Multiplayer server they didn't feel tougher. I did notice some zombies now carry melee weapons that they use against you, but they have a pretty short reach. I only felt the extra damage from mobs twice: once when I got swarmed and killed by spiders and once when a Medusa turned me to stone and let her skeleton friend murder me.

I fought the Eye of Cthulhu and the Brain of Cthulhu and the new AI isn't so bad. The EoC just fires out more little eye minions and now he dashes at you like the Twins do. The BoC fight starts the same with all the little floating eye things you need to kill, but once they're gone the BoC disappears and reappears with 3 additional clones. Only the real BoC takes damage (it's pretty easy to tell which is which though).
I tried to take on Skeletron but he does SO MUCH damage now and everything I was throwing at him only did 1 damage. Granted I didn't do any prep work for the fight: no arena, no potions, nothing. I didn't notice any AI changes during the fight, but it was a pretty short fight. :P

Cool info, Tim. I may have missed you guys yesterday. I've kind of reached a point on the server where I'm not really sure what to do, so I started a new single player character and world just as I did when 1.3 was released. This experience is slightly different from others as I've built the town house slightly underground. Anyway, if I'm not on the server, but you see me on Steam, feel free to send me a message if you want.

BTW, we've often seen the Dryad do something neat. What she's doing is casting a buff called Dryad's Blessing. I haven't looked at what all of the NPCs do now, but I did notice when she cast this buff on me recently. So, it seems fighting around the NPCs isn't always a horrible idea. http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Dryad

Unlike Tim, I didn't create an expert world. I decided to start out fresh with a new single player character and world. As I progress, I'll upgrade/switch worlds. IAmGregoPeck is my server character. It's hard to keep up with so many created characters and worlds. Hahaha

From my game play they seem pretty effective, especially the Guide at the beginning. However, Travelling Merchants keep getting killed in my world presently. I think they might be drowning in the pond to my right or getting slaughtered by mobs that get trapped down there with them. I haven't bridged it yet.

That's ok with me. As for when, perhaps after those ingredients are ready to be farmed. Really, it doesn't matter too much to me. I usually farm for them.

I'd say just after hard mode.

Awesome, I noticed that after looking up the Ice Mirror as I have quite a few of them now on my own world.

I'm OK with importing the Ankh shield. Even if those items are farm-able, given the difficulty of gathering everything I'd consider them in the same camp as rare items we need to farm/import from other worlds.

Woo! I desperately want to spawn 30 Eye of Cthulhu again! :D

On a side note, when do we want to pop Hardmode and when do we want to switch to Expert?

Honestly, I think that's why I've hit a wall on the server, I think I'm ready for hardmode. That will open up so much more (even if it's more dangerous) to do. Again, if you see I'm not on the server, but playing Terraria, feel free to send me a message on Steam and I can join you or chat. Expert mode after normal hardmode sounds like a good idea from what you guys have said about it.

I like how even after 400+ hours of playing Terraria, there's still stuff for me to do and enjoy. I also like how there are different ways to go about playing the game. I thought about playing things a bit differently this time as there are some things I usually don't bother with. I guess, I figured I'd try a little variety. My current single player game is different than on the server. On the server, I've pretty much explored the surface, but not underground so much. On my own world, I've hardly explored the surface at all, but am instead undground.

I also decided on a different town house build because of the default spawn area. There was a slight hole and I just dug into it and expanded underneath some sunflowers. I may take a screen shot and share it some time. Another game difference I've recently noticed is that your world generates different ore. I guess I forgot about that and was thinking that only applied to hardmode. My current world has tin, iron, silver, and gold. So, I'm trying to get some platinum from slush (I've been in ice caverns).

One of the changes I don't think we've mentioned yet that I've really noticed is the game's ambience. Before, I liked the addition of bird sounds, but now there's plenty of dripping or running water and other things that make the game sound more alive.

Yeah, I checked out your Terraria hours last night, I'm at 445 right now. I'm not used to building much after the first town house, which I almost never upgrade. I've done that differently on the server, especially since I didn't have to build a town house. I did change up my rooms with different materials. On my own world, since I built into the ground, I've used more stone brick, even red stone brick (made of clay) to match what was there or the surrounding area. It looks a little Neopolitan at the moment. I could rebuild some of it with new blocks, which I'll probably do eventually. So, yeah building is one of the things I'm trying to add to this play of Terraria.

Travis is right, 505 does the mobile and console versions. I know the console version recently upgraded in the last few months. It's been promised that the mobile versions will be updated soon. The version on my Kindle was updated in January and it's still not up to par with the last 1.2 PC version. I remember waiting for ever for it to update. It also crashes often. The next Kindle update has been announced (months ago), but no release date has been posted. As for iOS and Google Play, they've received more updates this year, especially bug fixes. The wiki has a version history for each platform along with (if possible) an expected release date. http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Version_history
Check that and the forums for more info. http://forums.terraria.org/index.php

2. I never worry about Corruption/Crimson/Hollow creep, ever. I know Crimson has creeped up on my town house in at least one world, but I usually don't see the problem with it or have a problem with it. I usually don't mind letting it go about it's own growth.

Ok, I got logged in. Someone has been busy! About the biomes where certain NPCs can move into to sell unique items, how do players move them in there? I didn't look into it, but I thought maybe you could set rooms using the Housing button.

That's cool that we can do it that way. I just assumed. I think some time I might try it out, but I'll probably wait until I feel the need to. That goes for all of the extra biomes you added, I'll probably just wait until I feel the need to use them in whatever way.

I haven't tried the auto cursor on this version yet. I've used it before on the PS3 and Kindle, but not yet here. I didn't use it very much, but I prefer using my mouse (or finger on the Kindle).

CG5 definitely looks like an ultimate Terraria world. I'm sure it's not complete yet either. Even though you've put in some Hallow, this world is still missing the new alien stuff. I re-watched some of the videos posted before the update was released, we still have much to look forward to. I know there are tons of things I still haven't seen (like some of the new awesome weapons and gear).

So when are we popping hardmode? I think we're all pretty much ready to go at this point.

That's a good question, Tim. I think I've been ready for a week or more, that's why I've been playing my single player character. I'm almost ready for hardmode on it. I'm pretty much where I am with my server character, which helped remind me that I needed to upgrade my server weapon. There's still stuff for me to do on my own world and on the server. I'm not in a rush.

I'll probably be on in the evenings over the next several nights, but I'm not sure how much I can really nail down a time. We're getting ready to move so I'm packing and doing all the fun stuff that comes with moving this week. So if you get a group of people on and are ready to kill the WoF, feel free to do so without me.

That sounds a bit tedious and exciting. I'm ok with waiting for a time when you and others (like Travis) are on and ready, too.

So.... possible bug with TShock. I decided to set up an area outside the temple to farm life fruit and plantera bulbs once we pop hardmode, but first i needed to drain out some water and lava patches. One slight problem... Apparently liquids don't move anymore.
I thought it might just be lag, but I stuck around for probably ten minutes and it never updated. I even tried leaving the area and coming back, but nadda.

I then tried to use buckets to move some of the water. Which kinda worked. I could scoop up the water in the bucket, but turned to stone every time I did. Then when I dumped the water out, it just hung in the air where ever I dumped it and never settled on the ground.

I experienced a bug when I was trying to talk to the Merchant, but he was too close to a weapon mount. Since that area is "protected from changes," it seems the mount ate my weapon. I tried to get it back, but it ate my pickaxe then my hamaxe. This was by right-clicking on it. Luckily, I looted another world and was able to retrieve the same things that I lost. Sometimes an NPC is too close to a bed when I try to talk to them and I end up accidentally changing my spawn point. So, it's important to be careful talkint to NPCs around things that you can right-click, especially around areas that are "protected from changes."

Oh wait, yeah, Tim, I did notice that, too when re-mining for Hellstone. I think lava wasn't flowing.

Check out what I found on the wiki, a bit of trivia:
"The plural of "terrarium", besides "terrariums", is "terraria", which is also the name of the game.

it says I don't have access to /settle.

Tim, I just figured out what that "Strange Plant" is. I've seen them and had no idea what they were until I decided to check it out. I got Glowing Mushroom dye, 3 of them!!!! I'm obviously excited.

Yesterday, I finished all the fishing I need to do on the server. So, I decided to go back to my single player game and do it there, too. However, I've decided that TShock is extremely helpful with that Time Lord trick I can do "/time 04:25." So, I set it up with my single player game. I had thought about doing this before to test our server options and also to be able to access certain limited time things (like the Moon events).

I don't really want to cheat or go overboard with things. I like what I'm doing with the /time and Fishing Quests. It really helps speed things up.

"You are not using the same version as the server." Dang.

They are "working on the update, as usual" as of 5 hours ago https://twitter.com/NyxStudios

That's what I hate about waiting, "soon," and other unspecific terms. I wonder how long it usually takes them after an update like this. Originally, out of three versions of TShock, I was only able to get the oldest version to work, the others crashed. It turns out it was because of that bad/errored world I emailed to you. Once I removed it, I was able to run the latest version of TShock. I was having fun, and then I had to go and update the game, sheesh. Haha

So, recently Tim mentioned to me that he got a really awesome dye by giving the Dye Trader a "Strange Plant." These plants seem to be spread throughout the world, growing nearly every where, except in Glowing Mushroom biomes. You may have already seen them and overlooked them. There are a lot of dyes now and they're really awesome. My single player character has Acid Blue dye and more, but that's my favorite.
http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Strange_Plant

That world works now. There's hardly anything on it, except a very small, yet unfinished, one room house.

As for the Dye Trader, I never really bothered with him (or dye) before. Now I have all kinds of Strange Dye and I know how to make blue dye. =) I have been looking at the wiki a lot as I play, but I haven't looked at everything.

Oh, but the best Time Lords don't invent time machines, they steal them from the Council. =)

I was just about to say that. =)

Released! https://tshock.co/xf/index.php?threads/tshock-4-3-5-for-terraria-1-3-0-5.3898/

I haven't tried to log in to the server yet. However, running TShock locally after the update, I noticed a bug. Often opening chests doesn't show their full inventory. It takes a few times of re-opening them for everything in the chest to show up. The NPCs on TShock act kind of strangely, too. Often, I see them move from right to left only to teleport back to the right, but that was even before the update.

I'm hoping to find some more Blue Acid Dye for my server character. My single player character looks really awesome right now. It may be time to update my user pic.

That's odd to me. Still, locally, on my server I'm noticing some lag. I think that's some what related to the weird NPC movement. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to pick up stuff like coins. Last night, I couldn't pick up any Fallen Stars, I haven't tried today or since the new release. I'm still working on single player fishing.

It seems also that my imp is despawning. Sometimes it takes me a bit to notice, but I have to use my wand again to summon it. It shouldn't work that way according to the wiki, "the summoned imp is invincible and follows the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff." It's one of those things I'll hae to try to remember to pay attention to so I can figure out when and why it occurs. http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Imp_Staff

"Incorrect password"

I'll try again later. I decided instead of putting my single player into hard mode, I'd create a new single player and world. This time I was wanting to do a fresh Crimson world, since my other is Corruption. I'm excited about what awaits for us in hard mode. It's kind of like right before you open a gift about the size of the thing you've been waiting all year long for and you hesitate to open it, savoring that exciting feeling. Once you open the gift, you're excitment is at it's peak, but it's a down hill slope from there. I want to keep my 1.3 excitment boiling for a bit and I think what I've just done will help.

Anyway, I think I'm ready for hard mode on the server, but I'm still in no rush. As before, if you see me on Steam and not on the server, feel free to send me a message and I can join.

That arena looks huge! We could perhaps place some banners that might be helpful for those mobs that get in it. Funny that you mention pressure plates and doors, I was recently thinking of that, too, but haven't tried it out. I think I did that in Minecraft, though.

This new world I created for Crimson is similar to my previous one where I got Tin, Iron, Tungsten, and Gold. I want Platinum, so I have to mine for slush and silt again. The sad thing is that this takes me quite a while and yet once I get the armor and beat a boss, I'm ready for the next armor upgrade. So, it's a lot of work that ends up becoming obsolete too quickly. Luckily, Tungsten is better than Silver, but I'd rather have Platinum than Gold.

Once again, I ended up building under ground for the second time. It's pretty cool though and there seems to be a lot of space so far, it feels a bit empty. The ceilings are high, which is something I'm trying to make sure of in my builds now. Usually, I grab a table and stand on it and right above my head is where I place the ceiling. To get in and out, I created what I call the "out house." It's a small building with three rooms and ropes to climb up to reach the door, so mobs can't get to the doors.

Well we'll just have to kil 50 or more of those and get their banners. Haha.

That's great that you've built all that and much more. I'm happy to leave the building to you as you seem to have a better knack for it than I do. I'm used to building the NPC town house and that's about it. Well, other than a hell bridge, but I'm finding out that with the right shoes, those bridges aren't really necessary.

Sat. is ok with me. As I said, feel free to hit me up on Steam if you see me there, but not on the server.

I think you're probably getting bored waiting for it. I'm still playing a 2nd new character and world, so I don't mind waiting. Yet, again, feel free to hit me up on Steam.

I wish the Magic Mirror had a shortcut key like the grappling hook uses "E" to use it. I hate accidentally teleporting myself back home when I don't mean to.

It sounds like only me and you are available. I have no problem waiting long since I'm still playing single player, too.

The Wall of Flesh has been defeated (numerous times)! So, be careful! Check the boss treasure chests for new items.

I thought I mention a bug we've found before it startles you. Sometimes pieces of the world look like your NES screen did back in the day when the cartridge was dirty or poorly inserted.

Oh! The Tax Collector has moved in thanks to Travis. See if he'll give you any money. I talked to him and he said it was too early to hit him up (not his exact words).

Travis can answer that better than I since I only noticed it today. Today's the first day in maybe a week or so that I got on the server, I've been playing single player since my character on the server was WoF ready.

I just put something in Jon's house for him. =) I already have one.

That could be the problem, if there were chickens, then why stop there? Why not cows or horses? Before you know it there are dinosaurs. LOL

Where's my "like" button?! LOL

Well, Tim might not be on for a while, congratulations again to him and his wife. Jon and others are randomly on. So, perhaps this will keep us a bit more in check. Hahaha. I've upgraded my gear to the third ore, including sword, but I'm still not confident about beating any of the bosses alone. That is to say, I completely forgot about the Destroyer and how easy that one is. I did die quite a few times to Mothron, "/warp arena" during Solar Eclipse, which seemed to happen quite frequently. I didn't defeat it. This reminds me to set spawn point at arena before dying there.

As for my single player game, even with my top gear I'm not too confident about taking on the WoF. I think what I need to do on all worlds is get my gear perfected and figured out, especially accessories. Please share you builds with me

That's how I usually reforge my accessories, but choosing which ones to use is some times difficult. I'll refer to the wiki for some more info, but you pointed out some good tips.

I'm glad those bugs are (getting) fixed!

Niiiice! I loved that King Slime spawned so many slimes. That is awesome!

Ok, so you've been switching the server from TShock to vanilla, it seems. I overlooked that and haven't been on the server since the TShock went down days ago. I was playing my 2nd new single player character and am about ready to fight the Wall, but I need to reforge my gear, which is expensive and I'm so poor.

Anyway, the newest Terraria 1.3 update is very small and doesn't have an official change log. It pretty much opens up Linux/Mac beta testing. So, I imagine it shouldn't take TShock too long to update for this new one.

Jon's suggested timing is ok with me, I'm pretty open.

Excellent and that's great advice. I'll have to get a flying mount for him. Since he defeated me, I decided to go back to my single player Crimson world. Eventually, I'll get those Vampire Knives here. I now have two single player 1.3 hardmode worlds.

Oh, Travis, I've realized some of the enemies I've seen on the server, but couldn't identify due to their quick deaths. I now know what they are, a lamia and basilisk.

My availability is going to be wildly unpredictable for awhile. So you should probably plan stuff without me at this point. I'm keeping up on the event chatter here, and I'll jump in for activities when I can. If i'm horribly behind on gear I'll just loot stuff from my other characters/worlds as needed.

My personal vote is to create a new Expert mode world, import in our base and characters, and just plan on going to hardmode pretty quick.

Oh, and thanks to who ever left me that Kraken yo-yo in a chest outside my house. That thing is awesome! Right after I got that I found the skeleton merchant and picked up a yo-yo glove and then crafted that into the yo-yo bag. It made fighting the hardmode stuff a lot easier!

FYI, fighting Plantera while still equipped with molten armor doesn't end well.

Good grief dude.

I'm now realizing how lucky we were on the server, because Life Fruit was easy to find. I've beaten the Destroyer and I still can't find any on my world. Apparently, this has happened to others.

Vinny's home and now playing Terraria on Mom's laptop. He's pretty excited about all the new 1.3 stuff. Hopefully, he'll be able to join us on the server. For now, I'm letting him play on his own and get better prepared.

Yeah, I ran there again later and still none. I think what I'll do is keep fighting the Destroyer until I have all the Hallowed Bars and stuff that I need to upgrade and then go check the Jungle again.

Oh that's very sweet! Is that on the server? I haven't been on in a while, still working on my single player game.