Xylia
Terrarian
From what I've gathered while reading on the forums (and from comments/videos having to do with Terraria), it seems as though not very many people hold the Starfury in high regard and I think this is kinda sad.
Some of the main complaints about the weapon, is how hard it can be to find (it isn't that hard if you use gravitation potions, or if you have a small world, shoot into the air with a space gun until you hear the impacts... water bolt works too) earlier in the game where it'd do you the most good, and also that the stars are 'almost useless' because of how infrequently they hit anything.
To be honest, the stars aren't that hard to aim, you use the cursor to point to where the star should land and the way your facing determines the rough angle that it should fall. By leading a moving target, you can actually hit moving enemies and in early-game, a normal Starfury with no prefix can kill or near-kill a zombie with one star hit.
And then there's the EoC -- in a new playthrough, I just decimated the EoC with just a few arrows and then I switched to the Starfury, and ouch. I swing and hit him for 20-22 damage and then the star falls and hits him for another 40-45 damage. Combined, that's 60 some damage which is beyond what most weapons at that point are capable of. Now, granted, I got lucky with a sky island being right next to my starting location having a Starfury and I got this Starfury before fighting the EoC, but still.
The big huge upside to the Starfury, however, isn't even it's capabilities in battle, but rather, its use as a spelunking tool. Since you can aim the stars with the cursor, it makes exploring underground a snap. Anytime you're tunnelling and you see a large black void, just start sweeping your cursor around this void while swinging the sword and you might be surprised at what you'll find!
Here's a screenshot of me finding a cabin that did not spawn with a light source:
I might have never known that was there unless an ice bat spawned in that area, or I just happened to stumble upon it.
I found all kinds of ore, rooms, etc using this thing to spawn stars inside of rooms I've yet to explore to light them up on the minimap, it makes exploration really easy. The only limitation is that you can only light up areas above you, or to the sides; it doesn't work very well if the black area is below you.
So that leaves me to ask... why all the Starfury hate? It really is a better weapon than many people make it out to be.
Some of the main complaints about the weapon, is how hard it can be to find (it isn't that hard if you use gravitation potions, or if you have a small world, shoot into the air with a space gun until you hear the impacts... water bolt works too) earlier in the game where it'd do you the most good, and also that the stars are 'almost useless' because of how infrequently they hit anything.
To be honest, the stars aren't that hard to aim, you use the cursor to point to where the star should land and the way your facing determines the rough angle that it should fall. By leading a moving target, you can actually hit moving enemies and in early-game, a normal Starfury with no prefix can kill or near-kill a zombie with one star hit.
And then there's the EoC -- in a new playthrough, I just decimated the EoC with just a few arrows and then I switched to the Starfury, and ouch. I swing and hit him for 20-22 damage and then the star falls and hits him for another 40-45 damage. Combined, that's 60 some damage which is beyond what most weapons at that point are capable of. Now, granted, I got lucky with a sky island being right next to my starting location having a Starfury and I got this Starfury before fighting the EoC, but still.
The big huge upside to the Starfury, however, isn't even it's capabilities in battle, but rather, its use as a spelunking tool. Since you can aim the stars with the cursor, it makes exploring underground a snap. Anytime you're tunnelling and you see a large black void, just start sweeping your cursor around this void while swinging the sword and you might be surprised at what you'll find!
Here's a screenshot of me finding a cabin that did not spawn with a light source:
I might have never known that was there unless an ice bat spawned in that area, or I just happened to stumble upon it.
I found all kinds of ore, rooms, etc using this thing to spawn stars inside of rooms I've yet to explore to light them up on the minimap, it makes exploration really easy. The only limitation is that you can only light up areas above you, or to the sides; it doesn't work very well if the black area is below you.
So that leaves me to ask... why all the Starfury hate? It really is a better weapon than many people make it out to be.
