Terraria Community Forums

Is it that cancerous..?

Why's that?

NONONO that doesn’t mean it’s cancerous! It means that it’s ridiculously popular, yo can’t go anywhere without hearing someone talk about it, and some people (not me) get annoyed when others talk about it.

Ah that!
Hmm...Well I would say that you are correct in such senses.

I haven't seen anyone get annoyed about calamity, but I myself was slightly irritated when in some news post people asked the Terraria devs to consider calamity in official lore or something. Like no, fan fiction is not canon. Lemme look for it...

Ah yes. https://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/terraria-8th-anniversary-lore-event.79764/ Like the 4th comment is "calamity pls"

That seems rather odd.
But I do see why people would ask such things.
It's most likely because they want to include things that they like, into the medium in which it would fit in pretty well.
Either that, or I ate too much green juice, and I now have 12 hands.

Well calamity is a very well made mod with tons of things whereas fortnite is just another micro-transaction infested battle royale.

tbf Fortnite is kind of a trendsetter.

It was supposed to be PUBG, but they screwed up and are now irrelevant.

Not that I care for either.

Fortnite isn’t pay-to-win. They’re just cosmetics.

I never said pay to win, just "Micro-transaction infested"

You make it sound like a problem, though. I see nothing wrong with having lots of cosmetic micro transactions.

I feel that cosmetics should be earned like in Terraria, locking them behind real money in my opinion is greedy. (I'd rather the game be a one time payment)

Then where is Fortnite suppose to get any profit at all? It is not a big deal that a company locks cosmetics of all things behind a paywall. It would be a different story if it was something that actually gave you an edge over other players. Terraria and Fortnite are two completely different games and, as such, monetized in different ways.

Once again though. "It's just cosmetic" doesn't validate any excessive monetization. Cosmetics absolutely do affect enjoyment of the game.

I am not saying Fortnite was monetizing excessively, again, I don't care.
Just "It's only cosmetic" is not a great defense.