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[Duke 2.0]

 Doors may pose a problem for a cave story map. You'll have to do only single rooms at a time unless you can hack in some teleporters.

[nenjin]

Hadn't seen it mentioned so I'll just drop it here.

Looking forward to 1.05

Going forward we face our first attempt at adding end level content to the game to make it longer. To do so, we are looking to better balance mid and end level game content as it is now.

The Desert itself may get a few new things in it...The Ocean at the end of the world, may or may not get some content as well in 1.0.5....Also we are aiming more for something in the underworld in the way of high level content.

Coming up down the road are more features, such as more PVP features/modes, status effects such as poison, and game-play dynamics like weather and enemy/friendly villages/castles. Depending on each of these features and which patch they come with, you may start to see us add a few more days to each patches 'wait' before release.

[quinnr]

I think of Starfury as more of a sword than a spell. Also, does the space gun count as a spell? It uses mana, but it's also a GUN.

Seriously though, who uses Starfury as a sword? It uses a good amount of mana for the time you get it, and the sword does about the same damage as a (Gold?) sword. Using it as a sword, except for at low levels with lots of mana, is near pointless.

Starfury is so goddamn fun to use.

Yeah, I love Starfury. Just not as a Sword. As a Magic Spell!!

Also, Starfury is NOT useless. You can deal 30-40 damage per cast on a boss with it (and cast it pretty rapidly), that's pretty nice, especially considering how early on you can earn Starfury and Mana Crystals.

[buckets]

enemy/friendly villages/castles.

That sounds so awesome.

[SirAaronIII]

adding end level content to the game to make it longer

YES. HELL F*CKING YES.

[Thexor]

adding end level content to the game to make it longer

YES. HELL F*CKING YES.

That'd be nice... but honestly, I'd almost rather see the early game rebalanced first. Honestly, it's bloody arduous creating a new character - trying to find enough ore of any one type to make anything useful is painful, not having any neat accessories makes everything from travelling to exploring absolutely brutal, mining and combat are both agonizingly slow, and so on. If the early game was improved, I'd happily run through the entire game again with a new character, which would greatly increase replayability; as it stands, there's no way I'd ever start a new character without, at a minimum, a grappling hook, Hermes Boots, probably either a CiaB or a Balloon, and most likely an improved pickaxe/sword of some kind.

[SirAaronIII]

I think broadswords should be longer, at the very least. The ore thing is so true. I probably couldn't survive without my trusty cloudinnabottle, hermes boots, rocket boots, and cobalt shield.

[Shadowlord]

Lacking cobalt shield on a new character annoys me SO MUCH.

[GlyphGryph]

What does it do? I've never actually found one (and I've also never found the game "difficult", except skeletron, which took me three tries to beat with my wimpy demonite bow and armor), and can't understand why it could be so crucial as to replace a slot that could be used for yet another mana ring.

[Dermonster]

Removes knockback.

[nenjin]

as it stands, there's no way I'd ever start a new character without, at a minimum, a grappling hook, Hermes Boots, probably either a CiaB or a Balloon, and most likely an improved pickaxe/sword of some kind.

Everything you just mentioned are keys to the end game. If you've got those things, you're already at the beginning of the end game.

TBH, Terraria isn't interesting to me starting at that point. Because everything after you get the keys to the end game is either farming or mowing through hordes with one WTF amazing weapon or another. It's the most boring part of the game. It's like playing a Rogue-like but starting with half of the decent equipment in the game.

But don't worry. If you read all of Blue's post, they say that end level content is first contingent on rebalancing the early and mid-game.

[Jack_Bread]

What does it do? I've never actually found one (and I've also never found the game "difficult", except skeletron, which took me three tries to beat with my wimpy demonite bow and armor), and can't understand why it could be so crucial as to replace a slot that could be used for yet another mana ring.

You don't get knocked back when hurt.
I don't get how you guys like the rocket boots. I've tried them and they just felt so awkward. I'll stick to Necro/Hermes/Cloud/Balloon.
Double Ninja'd

[Duke 2.0]

 You don't get knocked around.

 You know how even 1 damage can knock you around as much as Skeletron? That's annoying when traveling the surface and a slime knocks you back.

 It also removes the entire problem of lava in Hell.

 I think the early game is better balanced than the late game. You don't have those tools and have to find them. You have a purpose, a goal to work towards. Reaching these goals give tangible benefits you immediately see. And really, anything to spend more time in the caves mining for ores so you can make one more piece of armor when you get back up was the best part of the game for me.

[Shadowlord]

Lacking knockback makes chopping trees so much easier, since you can just ignore the slimes instead of being picked up and thrown around by them (How in the...).

[Owlga]

I actually just have a ton of fun exploring. Getting ore and gems and hearts is just bonuses. I love exploring the cave systems and seeing whats around in the overworld.