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[Thexor]

The devs have been really restrictive about mods for some reason. The only thing they haven't esploded about so far is the beta-phase modloader.

Well, disliking mods is probably for the same reason that Notch is only lukewarm about modding in Minecraft. Namely, implementing a proper mod API is ridiculously tough if you didn't plan to do so from the beginning (and even then, a powerful mod API is still tough). And modding without an API either involves users decompiling the source, or you providing the source, neither of which is exactly a palatable option for a commercial product. 

[FunctionZero]

The devs have been really restrictive about mods for some reason. The only thing they haven't esploded about so far is the beta-phase modloader.

Well, disliking mods is probably for the same reason that Notch is only lukewarm about modding in Minecraft. Namely, implementing a proper mod API is ridiculously tough if you didn't plan to do so from the beginning (and even then, a powerful mod API is still tough). And modding without an API either involves users decompiling the source, or you providing the source, neither of which is exactly a palatable option for a commercial product. 

I think the issue here is more that characters are transferable between maps and servers, and it would be hard to figure out how would mods work out with this, if at all.
Minecraft doesn't really have that problem.

[Bluerobin]

Hmm I wish I could find a copy of the FAQ from before the game was released. They had a question up on it about modding but I don't remember the answer. I think they answered a question about modding in one of the LP videos they did, but there's no way I'm rewatching them just to find that. I remember their answer being something along the lines of what Thexor was saying. They didn't plan to allow modding because it involved releasing at least part of the source and they felt they could keep up with the community well enough on their own.

[Biag]

I replaced the awful "tink" stone-mining noise with the old universal-mining noise. Suddenly this game is a lot more playable WHERE DID THE LAST THREE HOURS GO!?

[SirAaronIII]

Speaking of replacing noises, did they remove the KEESH-like glass noise?

[Trapezohedron]

For the diablo item styles, personally, I don't like socketing. It still makes the top tier items top tier, and since basically you can just socket some good attributes to your armor and ignore the lower level armor's bonuses, it kinda kills the fun.

However, enchantments are welcome, so as long as they are random.

[dragnar]

For the diablo item styles, personally, I don't like socketing. It still makes the top tier items top tier, and since basically you can just socket some good attributes to your armor and ignore the lower level armor's bonuses, it kinda kills the fun.

However, enchantments are welcome, so as long as they are random.

Heh, really? Weird, I would like the exact opposite. Socketing items lets you customize them, putting work into makeing the set that is perfect for how you play. Random enchantments... are a boring grind-fest in my opinion.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Nonrandom enchantments (enchantment recipes) would work better than socketing, I think. Kinda like alchemy that exists now, but with more rare minerals rather than plants.

[nenjin]

So in building my underground superhighway in my 1.05 personal world, I've reached the UJ. Only it's more like Corruption + UJ. The two are basically inter-mixing freely. The roof of my super highway has been lined with shadow orbs so far. Kinda wish there was a corrupted jungle look now.

[Gamerlord]

Highways are fun! My entire world is criss-crossed with them underground to let me get to valuable farms and lakes for water. That plus the core tunnels make moving around easy! Now to mine all the dirt from around the dungeon...

[Urist Imiknorris]

My only highway is between my town and Jungle Outpost Alpha, which is rapidly becoming my new home. All I need are more chests and a furnace/forge and it'll be a permanent thing. Mud is surprisingly easy to work with if you don't use it for a ceiling, and wood looks really nice with the jungle environment. Normally I'd completely ignore wood in favor of stone, but not here.

[Wolf Tengu]

Wood looks good everywhere. Except in hell, where it dasn't fit.

[Frumple]

It's vaguely hilarious to make wholly wooden structures immersed in hell-lava, though. With obsy pots, you can even make it so you have to lavadive to get into the building at all.

[GlyphGryph]

I built lava diving structures before obsy pots were in You just need max health, good armor, and really great grappling hook skills to pull it off.

The potions just take all the fun out of it, damn it

[mr. macduggan]

Is there some trick with doors that I'm missing? I have a 3-high window and for the life of me I can't get the door to go there. I'm tired of walling up my house every time I leave. Anybody know any arcane tips to get door placement working better?