Weapons & Equip Asteroid Rain and Comet Gear

[Asternove]

Using a Comet (10 Meteor Bars, 10 Fallen Stars, and 20 Martian Conduit Plating Blocks,) you can summon an Asteroid Rain. Red warning signals would appear, and a few seconds later, an OHKO asteroid will fall, resembling a larger boulder. At the end, a giant asteroid appears. This final one drops a singular Comet Shard.

Crafting a Comet Shard with a few weapons at an Ancient Manipulator can upgrade them:
-Horizon- Terra Blade upgrade; its large projectile is great for the pillars, but not as good for ML (also is added to the Zenith recipe)
-Interstellar Canon- Sniper Rifle upgrade; terrible for pillars, but great for ML if used effectively
-Space Bee Rifle- Wasp Gun upgrade; very good with Hive Pack, but still decent without it
-Twilight Reaping- Dark Harvest Upgrade; works as a mix between Firecracker and Kaleidoscope

These are meant to be used as alternatives to the Pillar weapons because many believe that they funnel the progression too much.

Edit: To avoid confusion with an already existing event, it has been renamed from “Meteor Shower” to “Asteroid Rain.” (Credit to Dapling for notifying me)

 

[Dapling]

Meteor Shower

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[Asternove]

Meteor Shower

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria. A Meteor Shower is an event that has a 1/10 (10%) chance to occur every night. During the event, Fallen Star rates are increased by 200–400% and falling stars appear in...

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Yeah, I knew that. “Comet Shower” sounded really dumb, though.

 

[Stellar Mastodon 267]

an OHKO asteroid will fall, resembling a larger boulder. At the end, a giant asteroid appears. This final one drops a singular Comet Shard.

Wait so how many objects fall? It sounds like just two but I’m guessing there is supposed to be several Boulder like ones then one massive one.

 

[Mecha_]

Sounds great... For a mod.
I'm not opposed to the idea, but I don't think that anything extra should be added to the meteors/martians in terraria, they're already pretty filled with content.
What I wouldn't be opposed to, is the utilization of meteorite in Martian crafting recipes.

 

[Dapling]

Sounds great... For a mod.
I'm not opposed to the idea, but I don't think that anything extra should be added to the meteors

I’m going to stop you right there. Meteors are sorely lacking in content to an almost embarrassing degree. They actually have such a low amount of stuff to do both at their biome and with the bars that it’s kinda crazy.

Also, thank you for actually elaborating on why you feel like this suggestion feels modded instead of just stating that and moving on! That should be the norm tbh.

 

[QWizard]

Meteors are sorely lacking in content to an almost embarrassing degree.

Don’t agree with the “sorely” part, feels like an exaggeration, but I do believe there could be something added regarding meteors and their biome.

There exists meteorite-craftable items of every class except for summoner, I think that could be a good starting point (maybe a sentry that would spawn friendly meteor heads or a minion staff that would be some unique meteor-like minion).

The biome itself has the meteor heads that spawn in pre-hardmode, but nothing new in hardmode or post-plantera. I would like to see either them become more powerful and drop some new stuff, or a new hardmode spawn that would drop new stuff. New stuff that could potentially be a material to be used in a new item or items including that summoning item. That or the summoning item could just be a rare drop.

I would also like to see variation in meteor sizes and quantity. Perhaps sometimes a meteor spawns and splits apart before hitting the ground leaving multiple craters. Perhaps sometimes it is a shower instead of a whole meteor spreading the impact far but thin.

 

[Asternove]

Wait so how many objects fall? It sounds like just two but I’m guessing there is supposed to be several Boulder like ones then one massive one.

Like 25-30 smaller ones and then one big one. They would slowly get more frequent, starting at one at a time and ending at three. The event would only be a minute or two.

My purpose for this was:
A) Alternatives to Pillar Weapons
B) Upgrades to iconic/unique weapons

 

[Mecha_]

I’m going to stop you right there. Meteors are sorely lacking in content to an almost embarrassing degree. They actually have such a low amount of stuff to do both at their biome and with the bars that it’s kinda crazy.

"Biome" is a stretch, I just think for something that's such a small part of the game, it has plenty of content. I do think meteorite should be included in SOME Martian recipes. It's supposed to be an ore type, not really an "event" or "biome" per se. If we look at something like crimtane ore, for example, it's tied with the crimson, but the crimson isn't centered around it.
As I said, I wouldn't be opposed to later game crafting recipes that work with Martian Madness, but it's a sort of "if it aint broke don't fix it" sort of thing.
Of course, that's just my opinion.

Also, thank you for actually elaborating on why you feel like this suggestion feels modded instead of just stating that and moving on! That should be the norm tbh.

Of course, it's pointless saying something if you can't back up why you said it.

 

[Dapling]

Biome" is a stretch

What is it then?

 

[Asternove]

"Biome" is a stretch, I just think for something that's such a small part of the game, it has plenty of content. I do think meteorite should be included in SOME Martian recipes. It's supposed to be an ore type, not really an "event" or "biome" per se. If we look at something like crimtane ore, for example, it's tied with the crimson, but the crimson isn't centered around it.
As I said, I wouldn't be opposed to later game crafting recipes that work with Martian Madness, but it's a sort of "if it aint broke don't fix it" sort of thing.
Of course, that's just my opinion.

Of course, it's pointless saying something if you can't back up why you said it.

I used Martian Plating because it was the only crafting material Post-Golem that made sense.

 

[Mecha_]

What is it then?

"Micro" or "mini" biome is the correct term, as per the Official Terraria Wiki.
I consider it an "event", but it's not.

I used Martian Plating because it was the only crafting material Post-Golem that made sense.

Definitely, that's actually a smart use for Martian Plating.

 

[Dapling]

Micro" or "mini" biome is the correct term, as per the Official Terraria Wiki

…those are biomes

 

[Mecha_]

…those are biomes

By my logic, it's not a biome if it doesn't have both a background AND music to go with it.
They're Minibiomes, as per the wiki page.

 

[QWizard]

I consider it an "event", but it's not.

It’s definitely different than other Mini Biomes in that it doesn’t spawn on world creation, so I see where you’re coming from on that.

Similar to the graveyard biome - afaik it doesn’t spawn naturally either

Maybe we could call them “Triggered” Mini Biomes since neither of them really mesh well with the “event” word as “event” is already used for stuff we are all well aware of

ALSO. Let’s not get so caught up on technicalities. Meteor craters are biome’s of the mini variety.

Twitch is just emphasizing the fact that because it is a mini biome, it shouldn’t be compared to regular biomes in terms of related content

 

[Mecha_]

It’s definitely different than other Mini Biomes in that it doesn’t spawn on world creation, so I see where you’re coming from on that.

Similar to the graveyard biome - afaik it doesn’t spawn naturally either

Maybe we could call them “Triggered” Mini Biomes since neither of them really mesh well with the “event” word as “event” is already used for stuff we are all well aware of

ALSO. Let’s not get so caught up on technicalities. Meteor craters are biome’s of the mini variety.

Triggered should be the correct term, and I think that Mini/Microbiomes that don't have a background or song should fall into a different category again.

Twitch is just emphasizing the fact that because it is a mini biome, it shouldn’t be compared to regular biomes in terms of related content

Call me Mecha

 

[QWizard]

Triggered should be the correct term, and I think that Mini/Microbiomes that don't have a background or song should fall into a different category again.

I’ll just stick to whatever the official wiki calls em. If the Wiki changes, then I’ll change how I refer to it also!

Call me Mecha

Will do, Mecha
(FYI - Just noticed you have it in your Signature, my bad!)