Playnhero
Terrarian
As in 1.4 Reaver Shark got nerfed so much that it basically unusable (fishing will let you get enough platinum/gold to get a pickaxe that is as strong and faster, sooner that you will get it) I wish to propose something that would comfort the players that like the freedom that pre-hardmode used to give with meteorite and RS (like me), while also keeping the progression-breaking haters satisfied:
Make an obsidian and/or lava themed drill fish (or as Baconfry suggested: a narwhal) that would be a rare drop from lava fishing (I would think of something along the demon conch or lava bucket/sponge rarity level but making it even rarer is also fine), maybe even adding the requirement to be fished in underworld, that will have 100% pickaxe power and faster speed than molten pickaxe. This way the people that really want to break progression can be happy with a very high time and effort investment, and people that cannot live without normal progression being the go to will still be satisfied that it's not even remotely as fast and easy like it used to be with "just bombing the metorite" or "just fishing out RS".
And even forgetting the whole "player freedom" discussions, I think this is what the original RS was meant to be - a high end pre-hardmode gear that will make players consider the idea to try fishing/reward the players that actually like fishing. It's just that RS was actually too game changing for some people, and not even for how early you could have gotten it, but rather how fast and easily you could have gotten it. And making the fish pre-hardmode drill would also pair up nicely with Sawtooth Shark - a fish pre-hardmode chainsaw.
Thank you for your time.
Make an obsidian and/or lava themed drill fish (or as Baconfry suggested: a narwhal) that would be a rare drop from lava fishing (I would think of something along the demon conch or lava bucket/sponge rarity level but making it even rarer is also fine), maybe even adding the requirement to be fished in underworld, that will have 100% pickaxe power and faster speed than molten pickaxe. This way the people that really want to break progression can be happy with a very high time and effort investment, and people that cannot live without normal progression being the go to will still be satisfied that it's not even remotely as fast and easy like it used to be with "just bombing the metorite" or "just fishing out RS".
And even forgetting the whole "player freedom" discussions, I think this is what the original RS was meant to be - a high end pre-hardmode gear that will make players consider the idea to try fishing/reward the players that actually like fishing. It's just that RS was actually too game changing for some people, and not even for how early you could have gotten it, but rather how fast and easily you could have gotten it. And making the fish pre-hardmode drill would also pair up nicely with Sawtooth Shark - a fish pre-hardmode chainsaw.
Thank you for your time.
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