Is the Clockwork assault rifle REALLY that bad?

[Dapling]

Fair, although I find it fun to be more optimal. also ankh shiekd is grindh and i hate grinding

I used to, but unless I’m doing an insanely optimized setup where I’m killing the boss before it gets to attack without using any infinite damage exploits or cheese, I just don’t find it fun anymore. I did it too much for too many years ig.
Ankh shield is a terrible item. However, I always try to use “bad” or obscure items every playthrough to see if they can prove me wrong. Usually I actually do end up learning something new, and that’s the part of this game’s combat I enjoy most, but sometimes an item really is just not good at very much. I’ve tried to make ankh shield work an insane amount of times and it’s been the latter every time.

Clockwork assault rifle, unfortunately, is weaker for early hardmode than Crystal Darts + Blowgun in spite of being harder to obtain, so imo it should at least get buffed to be equal to that. Crystal Darts + Blowgun isn’t overpowered, it’s just good.

 

[HotAirBalloon🐿️]

I used to, but unless I’m doing an insanely optimized setup where I’m killing the boss before it gets to attack without using any infinite damage exploits or cheese, I just don’t find it fun anymore. I did it too much for too many years ig.
Ankh shield is a terrible item. However, I always try to use “bad” or obscure items every playthrough to see if they can prove me wrong. Usually I actually do end up learning something new, and that’s the part of this game’s combat I enjoy most, but sometimes an item really is just not good at very much.

Clockwork assault rifle, unfortunately, is weaker for early hardmode than Crystal Darts + Blowgun in spite of being harder to obtain, so imo it should at least get buffed to be equal to that. Crystal Darts + Blowgun isn’t overpowered, it’s just good.

Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe my philosophy will change to yours when I play more. I might try using blowgun in earlyhm, sounds easy to get

 

[Dapling]

Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe my philosophy will change to yours when I play more. I might try using blowgun in earlyhm, sounds easy to get

Blowgun is sold by the witch doctor in prehardmode, so yeah, it’s pretty easy.
What makes it good in hardmode is the fact that once you kill wall of flesh, you can just stay in hell and go to directly under where the bottom of the hallow biome is, where crystal shards are insanely common, and just grab 1 crystal shard to instantly make it hardmode power levels. Crystal Darts are even one of the few ammos you can even make by hand rather than at a workbench. This works because dart weapons are kinda like rocket launchers in that most of their power comes from the ammo you’re using with them rather than the weapon itself. Crystal Darts have infinite piercing and intentionally bounce to the nearest enemy on hit, so they’re good for dealing with mobs.

 

[HotAirBalloon🐿️]

Blowgun is sold by the witch doctor in prehardmode, so yeah, it’s pretty easy.
What makes it good in hardmode is the fact that once you kill wall of flesh, you can just stay in hell and go to directly under where the bottom of the hallow biome is, where crystal shards are insanely common, and just grab 1 crystal shard to instantly make it hardmode power levels. Crystal Darts are even one of the few ammos you can even make by hand rather than at a workbench. This works because dart weapons are kinda like rocket launchers in that most of their power comes from the ammo you’re using with them rather than the weapon itself. Crystal Darts have infinite piercing and intentionally bounce to the nearest enemy on hit, so they’re good for dealing with mobs.

I'm doing a ranger run, so I might try this (I haven't found a bee hive yet though, so prob not)