"The Torch God now haunts Terraria"

[PreferablyGeneric]

In the hotfix changelog for 1.4.0.5, there's this one line thats kinda vague and I don't know what it means... is there negative torch luck again? Is there something new to replace it?

[Abiezar]

Developers are allowed to have their opinions about their own game. They felt biome specific torches were cooler than regular ones and wanted to incentivize people to use them.

They unfortunately did it in a way most of their player base didn't like, but they did exactly the right thing and very quickly removed the negative aspect of it then over the next week or two added a whole new mini event and item to make it super easy to use biome torches.

It's a really good outcome and only took a couple weeks to get there. Yes, they made a poor decision at first but they made it better. There's enough negativity going on in the world right now, lets just be happy something finally ended well.

[Duchess Minty]

No one's questioning the ability for devs to have an opinion though.

[Pendy]

Abiezar の投稿を引用：

Developers are allowed to have their opinions about their own game. They felt biome specific torches were cooler than regular ones and wanted to incentivize people to use them.

They unfortunately did it in a way most of their player base didn't like, but they did exactly the right thing and very quickly removed the negative aspect of it then over the next week or two added a whole new mini event and item to make it super easy to use biome torches.

It's a really good outcome and only took a couple weeks to get there. Yes, they made a poor decision at first but they made it better. There's enough negativity going on in the world right now, lets just be happy something finally ended well.

This. The devs went above and beyond the call of duty to improve the mechanic and as a result we now have another feature to improve the game. I mean come on, free biome torches, and all you need is regular torches? That's a 10/10 idea right there.

[Alucard †]

Okay .. this is awesome.
Did the mini event and got ability to convert regular torches to any biome torches, free of cost.

[Decimatarius]

I still haven't managed to spawn this even, how do i do it?

[Spike_Bop]

HOW TO DO IT TEEEEEEEEEELL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Pendy]

Decimatarius の投稿を引用：

I still haven't managed to spawn this even, how do i do it?

100 regular torches placed in a special biome (underground hallow, underground tundra, etc)

[Alucard †]

Decimatarius の投稿を引用：

I still haven't managed to spawn this even, how do i do it?

Put more than 100 regular torches in underground Crimson / Corruption for example.
Stand still , don't move , the event should start shortly.

It seems this mini event wants you to take hits from the torches and automatically ceases when you move. If you survive you get the item.

[Spike_Bop]

oh. IMMA DO IT YOU PRANKSTERS

[Raden]

Abiezar の投稿を引用：

Developers are allowed to have their opinions about their own game. They felt biome specific torches were cooler than regular ones and wanted to incentivize people to use them.

No, if they were doing that they would have said right from the very beginning what luck was. You know, a huge system like that...

"Hey guys, we introduced this new luck system! You get better luck using these torches in this biomes, and you get better damage output and higher drop rates if you do it!"

I am sure no one would have had ANY problem with torch luck then. But instead it was completely hidden from us (like we would never find out??) and handed down because they don't "like" people using the "wrong" torches in biomes.

This whole thing could ONE HUNDRED PERCENT have been avoided.

[Abiezar]

I had some trouble getting it to spawn at first. I put a bunch of torches in corruption on a flat ground and kept making new levels of floors to add them. It didn't work. I think it might want them spread out a bit.

I then went to the biggest open cavern/underground area I could find on the map (with no biome, just plane caves) and placed the torches in a circle. It started the event pretty quick with MUCH fewer torches than I had put down in corruption.

[Abiezar]

Raden の投稿を引用：

Abiezar の投稿を引用：

Developers are allowed to have their opinions about their own game. They felt biome specific torches were cooler than regular ones and wanted to incentivize people to use them.

This whole thing could ONE HUNDRED PERCENT have been avoided.

So could a lot of mistakes I've made and probably a lot you've made. Nobody is perfect. However many devs in this situation will dig their feet in the ground and refuse to make any corrections because they think they know better than their players.

These devs didn't. They trusted their players and made a cool new change to not only remove the downsides but give a fun upside. That's awesome.

We can either continue to be angry that someone made a mistake or move on and be thankful they listened and fixed it. Life's too short to be angry at a completely unimportant mistake made in a computer game that has no effect on our actual lives.

[Signum]

Oh wow, I did it. From what I can tell you have to be underground in a biome that doesn't match with regular torches for it to happen and as others have said it seems you need to place around 100 torches in a small-ish area, but I'm sure people who know more about this kind of stuff will be able to figure out the exact requirements. I died a few times, but if you manage to survive long enough you get the item. Item you get is called Torch God's Favor.

[Cameron]

i thought this was a joke for a hot second. it this actually a fr fr thing?

[TheGraveDigger]

Abiezar の投稿を引用：

According to Reddit you place a bunch of torches and it starts some sort of mini event/boss that drops the items also mentioned in the notes that replaces torches with biome specific ones.

I've tried placing a ton of torches so far and nothing has happened. Not sure exactly what is required.

You have to place 100 torches underground