You can still get it on the first day, but if you don't have luck then on the second, while you can get a good weapon on the second day the boomerang still has it's range usage, but perhaps it would need a little damage boost for the crafting to work? Idk.
Items Enchanted Boomerang Should be a Gold-Chest-Exclusive Item Again
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You can still get it on the first day, but if you don't have luck then on the second, while you can get a good weapon on the second day the boomerang still has it's range usage, but perhaps it would need a little damage boost for the crafting to work? Idk.
qwerty3.14
Terrarian
Like literrally any underground weapon that isn't a sword. I usually go underground on the first night so by the time I get a fallen star it's already obsolete
...Like?
Also, a thing I'd like to point out is that when you talk about a class you talk about the class, not about hybrids.
qwerty3.14
Terrarian
Do I really need to list every underground/snow/jungle/desert weapon that isn't a sword?
J Bame
Terrarian
Nerfing (even if indirectly) an underpowered weapon because a few others are worse doesn't make any sense, this is the exact logic that got the Beekeeper gutted in 1.4.
A literal wooden bow can deal more damage per hit than an Enchanted Boomerang so what exactly makes it overpowered?
qwerty3.14
Terrarian
Classes practicly don't exist at this stage of the game the earlist armors only provide defense.
Fair point, but thing is, the wooden bow is a ranged weapon, while the boomerang is a melee weapon.
If you do pure melee then yes, classes exists.
J Bame
Terrarian
If the worst ranged weapon is comparable to the Enchanted Boomerang, then yeah it definitely doesn't need a nerf
Compared to the other melee weapons it does... but thinking about it, you seem to be right. The boomerang would need a nerf if the ore swords and the boomerang got buffed.
But, if Re-logic doesn't do anything about the ore swords, then the boomerang will be OP compared to them.
qwerty3.14
Terrarian
The game shouldn't be balanced around player's restraining themselves. The fact is the enchanted boomerang and swords underperform compared to ranged weapons, and you can't even use the excuse that melee is supposed to do less damage because of defense since there is literally no melee armor yet.
Yeah as I said on my last post. Hopefully the ore swords and the boomerang get buffed, then it's recipe would need to change.
qwerty3.14
Terrarian
First ranged weapon not worst... that title goes to the paper airplane.
Dapling
Duke Fishron
I was going to say blowpipe, but that works too.
Say that to Zenith [ofc I know that it’s just a trophy]
OG_terraria_nerd
Terrarian
Super late reply, but I was just starting a hardcore playthrough and got an enchanted boomerang on my first night. I feel like I'm already halfway through pre-hardmode now. I agree it's too strong to be able to craft with one star. I'd be okay with it being craftable if you needed at least 10 or 15.
It looks like there's some long argument about melee and bosses, but is that really relevant? I don't think I have EVER used melee as a primary weapon for boss fights pre-hardmode. You're not really supposed to. Melee pre-hardmode is solid for fighting regular enemies, not bosses.
As an aside, I feel like pre-hardmode in general (especially the early game) is incredibly unbalanced and out of date, and it's a shame. Why does the musharang even exist when the enchanted boomerang is 100x more accessible? Why do copper broadswords exist when a wooden sword does nearly identical damage and takes a fraction of the time to manufacture? All of the normal metals have their weapons outclassed by random stuff you can find from drops or in chests, so what's the point of spending all that time looking for them and mining? What's the consequence of going too deep into a mine when there are recall potions in every other pot?
Not to sound like some grumpy old-timer, but I've been playing Terraria since 2011, and although 90% of updates have been awesome and massive improvements, I do feel like a lot of old content and a certain style of play have become obsolete and due for rebalancing.
It looks like there's some long argument about melee and bosses, but is that really relevant? I don't think I have EVER used melee as a primary weapon for boss fights pre-hardmode. You're not really supposed to. Melee pre-hardmode is solid for fighting regular enemies, not bosses.
As an aside, I feel like pre-hardmode in general (especially the early game) is incredibly unbalanced and out of date, and it's a shame. Why does the musharang even exist when the enchanted boomerang is 100x more accessible? Why do copper broadswords exist when a wooden sword does nearly identical damage and takes a fraction of the time to manufacture? All of the normal metals have their weapons outclassed by random stuff you can find from drops or in chests, so what's the point of spending all that time looking for them and mining? What's the consequence of going too deep into a mine when there are recall potions in every other pot?
Not to sound like some grumpy old-timer, but I've been playing Terraria since 2011, and although 90% of updates have been awesome and massive improvements, I do feel like a lot of old content and a certain style of play have become obsolete and due for rebalancing.