Why did they make critter statues useless

[Old Ramen]

So I was looking a the change log for 1.3.1 and I noticed "Critters spawned from statues are no longer catchable" and that means that aside from "ambiance" critter statues are now USELESS you can no longer farm for bait, money, or even the critter itself with critters which I think is stupid, if they are going to try to remove farming with critters (as well as the infinite house) why don't they go remove farming entirely and make mob spawns from statues have no drops either

[tongii]

I think they still activate pressure plates? :p

[plant]

It's a smart move. Those statues would break the game.

[Suncake]

Originally posted by Tongii:

I think they still activate pressure plates? :p

Yeah, but critter engines are also useless now.

[vernicom]

Only for make biomes with animals, i think.

[FalloutBNKR]

im still pretty sure they've kept the hostile statues able to drop items. it may be inefficient, but it works

[vernicom]

Originally posted by JoshuaMetiz:

im still pretty sure they've kept the hostile statues able to drop items. it may be inefficient, but it works

Yes, hostile mob still drop items.

[FalloutBNKR]

Yea so there really isn't an issue. but the best part about the critters statues, especially the bunny and goldfish statuesis what they do during a blood moon. It's hilarious.

[Calsier]

Originally posted by Suncake:

Originally posted by Tongii:

I think they still activate pressure plates? :p

Yeah, but critter engines are also useless now.

You don't even need critter engines anymore. With theupdate, there are so many alternatives...
And quite honestly, do you seriously think catching critters generated by, if even that, nothing but a click, then selling them or using them as bait equals playing the game in a legitimate way? If you want to have unlimited amounts of them you might as well get them from, say Builders Workshop. Sure, you might say that you don't get a whole lot of money off it and that farming critters is quite random otherwise, and you'd be right about that. But cmon, timed spawners?

[aqmlyn]

Being able to just catch a ton of butterflies does kind of defeat the purpose of staying in the Purity biome, or even having a Purity biome at all. The game wants you to have to try for bait, unfortunately.

[vernicom]

Bait is easy to farm, the jungle has 3 diferent bugs to farm.

[Suncake]

Yeah, destroy jungle bushes, they yield a lot of bait. Also, you get bait for fishing quests and from crates, I managed to gather like 200 jorneyman ones.

[Albcatmastercat]

Originally posted by Suncake:

Yeah, destroy jungle bushes, they yield a lot of bait. Also, you get bait for fishing quests and from crates, I managed to gather like 200 jorneyman ones.

The Angler Bait is [Edit: Nearly] useless once you get your hands on a pair of Flower Boots. Just stand on Jungle grass and use something such as an Arkhalis or a Yoyo. There, endless bait.

[Atomicbean]

Provided they haven't nerfed it (which they probably haven't, as it's a bit more obscure.)
Easiest way ever to farm bait is still the flower boots. There's a guide out there on the setup, but you basically just end up standing in place infinitely generating bushes that instantly explode and pop out hundreds of critters. - It's not only easier than statues, but also more efficient, so the statues being nerfed really isn't that big of a deal.

It's also not mentioned anywhere in the changelog, and I'm like 90% sure it was still working in 1.3

[Suncake]

Originally posted by Albcatmastercat:

Originally posted by Suncake:

Yeah, destroy jungle bushes, they yield a lot of bait. Also, you get bait for fishing quests and from crates, I managed to gather like 200 jorneyman ones.

The Angler Bait is [Edit: Nearly] useless once you get your hands on a pair of Flower Boots. Just stand on Jungle grass and use something such as an Arkhalis or a Yoyo. There, endless bait.

Never tried it. I don't think I even have these boots somewhere in my stock. Gotta find a pair.

[Aeronark]

Originally posted by Greatness...:

So I was looking a the change log for 1.3.1 and I noticed "Critters spawned from statues are no longer catchable" and that means that aside from "ambiance" critter statues are now USELESS you can no longer farm for bait, money, or even the critter itself with critters which I think is stupid, if they are going to try to remove farming with critters (as well as the infinite house) why don't they go remove farming entirely and make mob spawns from statues have no drops either

that would basically be broken