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Re: The crafting mechanic in Terraria is stupid easy, a baby could do it by laudablepuss 09/20/2011, 10:05pm PDT
Are we disagreeing? You don't compare it to Minecraft's crafting mechanic, so I have no idea if you think it's not stupid easy, or that a baby might not be able to do it. In fact, I'm pretty sure kids play Minecraft and also, and even gamer dads. :(

Here's my point, as clearly as possible: neither game tells you beforehand what materials and in what quantities/shapes you'll need to make a given item, or that any given item even exists. Therefore: wiki.

More specifically, in Minecraft you have to stand in front of a crafting table with the appropriate mats and know the shape to put them in. Some recipes are shapeless and don't care, others are exceedingly basic shapes, others are a little weird. Few people are going to guess the cake or piston recipe, I think, and I got close but didn't quite figure out fence gates without help. (For that matter, coal on a stick is a completely bizarre concept for a torch.) In Terraria you have to stand in front of either a crafting table or a furnace or an anvil or a woodsaw or a loom or a table with a candle and jar on it with the appropriate materials, and then you get a list of what you can make. That eliminates the shape aspect, but is offset by the fact that there are dozens more recipes, scores more items to craft with, and several different tables to stand in front of in succession if you want to just guess this stuff.
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1.8 is here by laudablepuss 09/10/2011, 3:38am PDT NEW
    Officially released (1.8 that is) woo by laudablepuss 09/14/2011, 12:54pm PDT NEW
        The world generation is so much better now by Entropy Stew 09/14/2011, 2:06pm PDT NEW
            Re: The world generation is so much better now by laudablepuss 09/14/2011, 2:48pm PDT NEW
                By the way by laudablepuss 09/14/2011, 3:10pm PDT NEW
                    Sins of a Sheep Empire by laudablepuss 09/19/2011, 10:45am PDT NEW
                        God, so retarded by laudablepuss 09/20/2011, 2:33pm PDT NEW
                            I haven't bought it yet by Roop 09/20/2011, 3:31pm PDT NEW
                                I think I got my 20 bucks out of it by mark 09/20/2011, 4:49pm PDT NEW
                                    That seems like a weird thing to say. by laudablepuss 09/20/2011, 6:43pm PDT NEW
                                    Skydive was amazing by Vested Id 09/21/2011, 1:05am PDT NEW
                                Re: I haven't bought it yet by laudablepuss 09/20/2011, 6:56pm PDT NEW
                                    The crafting mechanic in Terraria is stupid easy, a baby could do it by Fullofkittens 09/20/2011, 7:08pm PDT NEW
                                        Re: The crafting mechanic in Terraria is stupid easy, a baby could do it by laudablepuss 09/20/2011, 10:05pm PDT NEW
                                            Terraria also has an NPC that will tell you all the exact recipes by Fullofkittens 09/21/2011, 2:55pm PDT NEW
                                                Well good. That's new, btw, he used to have more general advice. NT by laudablepuss 09/21/2011, 3:56pm PDT NEW
                                        Speaking of Minecraft-ish games by laudablepuss 09/21/2011, 2:18pm PDT NEW
                                            I suddenly realized what those blocks look like by laudablepuss 09/21/2011, 2:41pm PDT NEW
                                            It's actually more like 'Monopoly' meets 'Magic: The Gathering' NT by Andrew Goldfarb 09/21/2011, 2:52pm PDT NEW
                    real_deal, please check your email! by laudablepuss 09/26/2011, 8:09am PDT NEW
                        Re: real_deal, please check your email! NT by Roger that. Reply sent. 09/26/2011, 12:00pm PDT NEW
    The monastic order of St Ernie and St. Bert. by laudablepuss 09/22/2011, 11:45am PDT NEW
 
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