flintlock or musket?

[Marty44McFresh]

hey guys. i was just wondering... well the way most people get the arms dealer is by breaking a sshadow orb and getting the musket. then they can by the flintlock pistol. but it seems like the musket is better in every way except for the speed. does the flintlock pistols speed compensate for its low damege? if so should i buy it? also im looking for a server to go on but whenever i try it never works is there something im doing wrong or could someone give me a server ip that works?

[Marty44McFresh]

also im wondering if lights bane or war axe of the night is better...

[ManaTheDragon]

I never used flintlock or light's bane. I had a silver sword until I went into the jungle and got a blade of grass. However make a light's bane as it is an ingriedient in the best non-hardmode sword you can get. Also the flintlock is used to make the space gun which can have infinite ammo if you have a full set of meteorite armor. Sorry if this didn't help, or if it did help, Hooray!

[Marty44McFresh]

helped alot... thx! btw, a little off topic but is one meteor enough to make a full set of armor? one recently landed on my world... :)

[Bubbles the Soap Dragon]

Originally posted by Space44Taco:

helped alot... thx! btw, a little off topic but is one meteor enough to make a full set of armor? one recently landed on my world... :)

One meteorite is probably enough to make a full set of meteor armor, but be careful: The ores themselves hurt you when you step on them.

[Marty44McFresh]

i'll make sure to stay on my fireproof wood :)

[sagevallant]

The "Space Gun" actually functions more like a magic, draining your magic that rather than ammo. The Meteor Armor is basically a caster set. I usually don't bother with either, but outside of boss fights I mostly use melee so it may just be personal preference.

Light's Bane is pretty much better for fighting, but the War Axe of the Night works for chopping down trees. Generally I would just take the Light's Bane on the basis that I would be out to make the Night's Edge. Realistically, though, the Muramasa (found in the Dungeon) is pretty much the best sword aside from Night's Edge, at least before Hard Mode.

The speed on the flintlock sorta makes up for the difference in damage, but again, what you really want to do is journey down into the dungeon and find the Handgun if you want to use guns. It's quick, deals nice damage, and gets upgraded with some helstone bars. And this is where Meteorite becomes useful; crafting it and musket balls into meteor shot. Very good for taking on the Wall of Flesh to unlock Hard Mode.

[Marty44McFresh]

ok. thankyou. i never thought about that last part. if i wanna take on skeletron and/or the wall of flesh, i might opne my world as a server, so stay tuned either here or on another thread!

[sagevallant]

Skeletron is... sorta tough, but not drastically so. Solo-able with stuff you can acquire on your own, without having to cheat. Just make yourself a nice flat open space, maybe craft some meteor shot so the arms don't block shots (it'll penetrate the arm and go on to hit the head)... pour on the damage when the skull starts spinning (this is where you get to melee it). Don't let it touch you, but it moves pretty slowly so you should be fine. Bring good healing potions, maybe Stoneskin if you've got some from exploring.