HammerHoovy🌳
Official Terrarian
Give players a choice to use wings/mount or something else instead. Wings/mount are basically seen as a necessity in Hardmode.
Make running faster somehow in Hardmode, maybe by making Terraspark benefit from movement speed bonuses (as of right now running boots don't benefit by movement speed bonuses). Give the Horseshoe Balloons a Hardmode upgrade.
Maybe make it so that running becomes less effective with wings equipped? This way it would look like this:
Running boots + Hardmode Horseshoe Balloon upgrade = Very good ground control + good air control.
Running boots + Wings = Not as good ground control, but still good + better air control than the Hardmode Horseshoe Balloon upgrade.
Make running faster somehow in Hardmode, maybe by making Terraspark benefit from movement speed bonuses (as of right now running boots don't benefit by movement speed bonuses). Give the Horseshoe Balloons a Hardmode upgrade.
Maybe make it so that running becomes less effective with wings equipped? This way it would look like this:
Running boots + Hardmode Horseshoe Balloon upgrade = Very good ground control + good air control.
Running boots + Wings = Not as good ground control, but still good + better air control than the Hardmode Horseshoe Balloon upgrade.