1. Early-mid hardmode might not be perfectly balanced, but that doesn't mean we should just give up on trying to make it that way
2. I'd rather not blow up everything to get around, though I guess my point was less about fitting though caves and more just moving around in narrow spaces, which wings do better since endgame they're faster
3. The portal gun still has its uses, it's good for quickly escaping danger or traveling across half the world in seconds.
4. It's more convenient to just not have to worry about it in-case you forget.
Also, Medusa can burn in the hell.
Well, if wings don't take up that accessory slot, there's not much difference there. When we talk about balance it should pretty much cover combat and when it comes to combat, you don't really have much to put in there midgame that would make a bossfight THAT much easier.
Not to mention that lategame balance shouldn't be sacrificed for midgame balance and the former would be easier if ranged weren't forced into using wings in one of their accessory slots while the others can just throw away their wings. Obviously, nerfing melee and magic base damage because they aren't forced to use wings wouldn't be nice. Letting rangers stuck with wings instead of having useful accessories for combat wouldn't be nice either.
Not to mention that giving wings their own socket would lead people start using wings again sometimes, wings could have an actual use again!
Well, I can't think of anything that is narrow. Natural caves aren't narrow. Arenas shouldn't be narrow, because that's counter-productive and as such, it would be a failure. Not to mention that if you want to move fast, why would you use wings? Minecarts, teleporters, prolly even the Portal Gun? No reason for wings, they are too damn slow, even hover wings can't compete with a Minecart...
@Gotcha! would have to disagree with you buddy!
You are acting like when a little Cosmic Car Key drops from a burning Martian Saucer, Wings are gone, Let's compare your end-game you are talking about. Wings have higher both vertical and horizontal speed. That's enough to make them better than slow moving Mounts. Yes, you can dodge Moon Lord's lasers with a UFO Mount, but some faster moving projectiles, not a chance.
Not even a chance. Actually the UFO mount moves faster than the overglorified wings of our topic.
Wings have different fly speeds for horizontal and vertical, so we should cover both independently, right?
Horizontally, wings are slowest way to move around. Except for hover capable wings, they are quite fast. Ohhh, sooo hover wings are better, right? No, they are just a pair of overglorified boots, because their actual flight time while hovering is extremely low, you can't actually fly with them. Their vertical flight speed is awful too. When it comes to horizontal movement, you better lay down minecart tracks, believe me, they have far more use in combat than a crappy pair of wings. Except if you play ranged and stealth forces you to use wings.
Vertically, wings are faster, but... ...their flight time is limited. In the end, you'll sooner - or even sooner, but not later - will find yourself falling. Which is kinda bad, because if you try to dodge something vertically that means that more than half of your complete fly time is moving down without you being able to move up. Anything falling down is an extremely easy target. Sooo, in the end, infinite, yet slower flight beats the living crap out of falling down into the middle of the party. Except if you play ranged and stealth forces you to use wings.
