If you really cant beat the moon lord I'd say don't even worry about it. You can always buy lumite. You can always buy the mining mounts. I beat the boss. And what I got out of him was rather disappointing. It's all combat gear. What are you going to do with it? Fight the moon lord all over again? PVP?! Maybe farm for lumite? If you don't want to charbroil random enemies with the shiny weapons, the mining mount is pretty much the only thing worth getting from the moon lord. That's it.
You don't have to touch expert mode as it is. I don't think I need to repeat what I think expert mode actually is. If you can't beat expert mode, it's simply not for you. It's a difficulty setting. Games have those. You can beat a game on easy and throw it behind the couch (I play all my games on normal then that's it). You don't have to touch the other difficulties and after I experienced ALL the moon lord drops I don't really know what to do. I will be building now. I won't be finishing my expert mode game up to moon lord when the reward is some fleeting idea of superiority. That may be my problem. I don't get caught up on pride. I don't feel like I have anything to prove. But I have also already experienced everything. So it drags down expert mode.
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ing extra slot? I no longer want an extra slot thanks to a certain accessory combo. (hint: It has to do with building).
If there was another boss all this set me up for and I had to use the moon lord's drops to kill it, I'd tell people to suck it up and push on. That's what endgame gear is for, to kill a final boss. But if you get the end game gear from the final boss.. pfft. Woop de doo. I can celebrate by shooting a flamboyant shoop lasor into the sky or at the moon lord again?
I had my fun with the game. Don't get me wrong. But this has been nagging me for a while now in the back of my head. Why do I get the endgame gear from the final boss when the endgame gear should be required to beat the final boss? I can do nothing with the weapons. The mining mount is the only thing useful.
Also you can always make a new mining mount for a new character from normal.