What game mode do you guys usually start on?

[Timmy the Tooth]

So, ever since Terraria has been in EA, I've done the mediumcore (items drop when you die) plays. I recently tried a mediumcore expert mode world as a start. WOW, it's hard...
I started thinking, maybe I should just go easymode with a normal world. I have played Terraria for hundreds of hours, but have never even taken it to hardmode. I always get close to pushing it to hardmode then lose interest because I keep dying and have to do corpse runs.

[dreynar_swag]

My best advice is character should be softcore world normal do the entire game from start to finish then softcore expert if you felt you did very well in normal,then you can up the difficulty mediumcore expert or weapon/gear restriction etc,bottom line is you need time to learn the enemies which hit hard how they usualy spawn their attack paterns aswel as the bosses.

[Timmy the Tooth]

Originally posted by dreynar_swag:

My best advice is character should be softcore world normal do the entire game from start to finish then softcore expert if you felt you did very well in normal.

That's the route I was thinking of going this time.
It almost feels like the expert world is there for people who already have the normal stuff, not really a place for a fresh character/world. I tried a little bit of hardcore/expert just to see how laughable it was. (It was less laughing more swearing)

[Blargo]

I'd say:
-Softcore is ideal for single player games.
-Mediumcore is good for multiplayer co-op or PVP.
-Hardcore is for when you inevitably over-estimate your ability to survive.

[Timmy the Tooth]

Yeah, I will give softcore a go. I always felt like it was pussing out, so I never even considered it before. I just got bored and fell into a youtube hole where I was watching a lot of Terraria streamers and noticed all of the ones I was watching were playing in softcore.

[EmeraldLizard]

i always go softcore expert

[D.A.R.K.]

When I play Single Player, in my own world, I do:
Expert Large World Softcore.

When I play Multi Player with my other 2 friends:
Expert Large World Mediumcore.

When we want do a Challenge like 1 HP Challenge:
Expert Small World Hardcore.

[Dani]

Softcore / Expert

Expert Mode will get you expert-exclusive items, such as the Shield of Cthulhu, Worm Scarf, etc, that are extremely useful.

[TheRedReign]

IMO, softcore characters give Terraria players the least frustrating and anxious gameplay experience. While still gives the player a taste of frustration, shock, and dissappointment when (s)he dies, it doesn't always result in a total rage quit, as only the player's money is lost. There's still an element of wanting to avoid death, it doesn't make the player paranoid about exploring or overprepare for a battle.

When it comes down to normal mode vs. expert mode, every Terraria player should do their first runthrough of the game in normal mode, just to get the feel of the game. Once the player becomes more experienced or wants a challenge, it is then that the player should enter expert mode.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by TheRedReign:

When it comes down to normal mode vs. expert mode, every Terraria player should do their first runthrough of the game in normal mode, just to get the feel of the game. Once the player becomes more experienced or wants a challenge, it is then that the player should enter expert mode.

I completly disagree with you.
Normal Mode it's stupid and easy, no one should play in that mode unless it's doing something as "Kill Boss in First Night" or "Speed Run", those kind of things.

If you really want to play the game and it's your first time, go streight ahead to Expert Mode because you will learn better, you will be always contrantly learning Battle, be safe enought to don't die every single day and be a better player.

Expert Mode isn't a challenge, it's the best way to play if you want to move around and build stuffs. If you want Challenge, you can do two things:

-The first one is to add some MOD that change something drasticaly as No Armor MOD [All Armors are Vanity] or 1 HP Challenge [As the name says, it's only 1 HP during the entire gameplay] all those kind of MODs that makes the game more challangeable.

-The second one is to use the TerraCustom and remove some Biomes. TerraCustom it's a tool that allow you to set your World the way you want, literally. One of those things are "Challenges" that you can remove a Biome or/and a Microbiome from the game.

[ham]

i host a dedicated server and then play mediumcore expert, if i die in a spot where i cant get my items no matter how hard i try i just rejoin with a endgame character and give my stuff to the other one.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Fortune:

i host a dedicated server and then play mediumcore expert, if i die in a spot where i cant get my items no matter how hard i try i just rejoin with a endgame character and give my stuff to the other one.

So... Why do you play in Mediumcore if you can't handle lose your items again?
I think the 100% purpose to play in Mediumcore it's to lose your items if you die.

I have a hint for you, instead of do that BS, why don't you save a spare build?
In Pre-Hardmode I craft 2 Meteorite Set to do that.

Since I play only Expert Mode, I do rush the Shadow Orb or Cimrson Heart to spawn the Meteore ASAP, I rush Meteor Amor with Space Gun and let it save if I lose the first one.