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Echoes of the Ancients
Null 29 Dec, 2021 @ 6:50pm
My experience with this mod
I played through this mod and found it somewhat interesting. I do like a good few things about this mod, but it has flaws.
As a side note before getting into anything, do note I was playing on Master Mode.
A rather big flaw that I noticed was the pacing. There is basically no pre-hardmode content, so I'll be ignoring that here. However, when you do get to hard mode and you look at the first boss from this mod that they task you with is Galahis. In the boss checklist, it said you can fight it before the mech bosses. I did try to do this once. Just once is all it took. At first it was no big deal, simply take it slow and pay attention and it's easy. As the fight goes on, it gets faster. And just kind of stupid. One attack in particular just had me asking "why". It spawns a wall of light the goes across the screen. How high does it go? Good question, but I hope you can run or fly. Don't have wings yet? Better run. Galahis teleported in your face and then decided to shoot? Tough. This describes my experience. My main 2 issues are the wall of light, since in this game you can't just dash through it, and Galahis teleporting instantly with no warning. It has the hit box of the Lunatic Cultist, but has far more annoying attacks. You're expected to fight this dude without Chlorophyte bullets? I don't think so...
As for the next boss for this mod, Creation and Destruction. You can not fight them until after beating the Moon Lord despite the order on Boss Checklist. However, they are disappointingly easy. Get the Celestial Starboard from the Moon Lord and it's lights out for Creation and Destruction. They stood no chance seemingly effortlessly. All you have to do is equip a piercing magic/ranged weapon and you will win eventually. Simply have the Celestial Starboard as your wings with the Soaring Insignia, then hold jump, down, and left or right. Avoid anything else as needed, be it by falling or going higher. I beat them on my first try. When killing Creation first, you don't even need to put effort into dodging anything else. Literally outrun it, and keep hitting it. After this, you are allowed to craft some infinity things. I am confused as to why the gear is so much better than what it feels it should be. Beat Creation and Destruction one or 2 times each and you have enough for a good few things. Be it a godly weapon, a full set of armor, or both if you're lucky. After this, you can literally beat the Moon Lord without moving. The armor is omni-class, so it doesn't matter what you were building for up to that point. Just use whatever.
There is another note I would like to add. The Globetrotter's Sash. Why is this allowed to work on bosses? I used this against the Moon Lord and it became trivial. Literally run faster than the unicorn mount on anything. Also turn around on a dime. This doesn't seem quite right to me. Maybe that was the intention, but this just seems silly.
That's all, and hopefully you get something out of this.
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z19th  [developer] 30 Jan, 2022 @ 2:38pm 
Thank you for the feedback! I will take what you said into consideration for balancing.

Also, the Globetrotter's sash is significantly slower than the Unicorn mount for me right now. I'm testing it with Terraspark boots and the Sash equipped, and I'm only reaching a max of 36mph, while with the Unicorn Mount, I'm reaching 61mph max. Did you have other items equipped to boost your speed further?
Last edited by z19th; 30 Jan, 2022 @ 2:55pm
Null 16 Feb, 2022 @ 8:48pm 
Apologies for a delayed reply, as I've been somewhat busy with projects as of late.
Anyway, I just rebooted the file and did some testing of sorts. Upon further inspection, it seems the Sojourner's band doesn't really do anything for max speed or acceleration despite what's stated. I took everything off and removed all my buffs, then put on only the Sojourner's band. Nothing noticeable happened. No increased speed cap or acceleration. Even when paired with the Terraspark boots. The same thing happened when I applied the Globetrotter's sash after getting it again. I also tried it with both. I remember that item doing something quite clearly though... Maybe it has something to do with tmodloader updating? (I have no idea when it actually updated)
It seems the main contributor to my speed when I reloaded was the sunflower buff, well fed, and swiftness potion when also wearing the infinity armor.
Seems a bit strange. I remember what I was talking about when I wrote this initially, and I know for sure I didn't have the infinity armor when I fought the moon lord the first time, because duh... So yeah, I'm really not too sure what was/is going on with it since I'm unfamiliar with how the modding framework functions with this game...
zencookie 9 Jul, 2022 @ 3:14am 
Galahis is just annoying. I managed to kill him easily enough, but those summoning slimes keep spawning all over, and so I have to keep fighting him over and over again. He's not even difficult anymore, as I'm nearing on Moonlord, but he has tons of heallth that takes a while to chew down. He even spawns in Calamity's Sunken Sea, since it's located in the Underground Desert.

Also, I can't find an up-to-date wiki. Most of the entries on fandom.com are empty.
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