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should have been made of gold
in any case, its just balancing, so you cant simply buy all the backpack upgrades in one go.
It's expensive because it is a huge game-changer. Starting off with only 12 slots is very restrictive, it is nearly impossible to do much of anything without constantly running back to your farm to drop stuff off, even if you store all of your tools.
Once you get the 24 slot inventory, it's a bit more manageable but once you start doing the mines, getting down to Floor 40+, you're going to fill up and having to leave valuable stuff laying on the ground really diminishes the profits and progress that you could be making if you didn't need to leave stuff laying on the ground.
So, you'll have to choose.
Personally, I think the first upgrade (to 24 slots) is hugely valuable. The second upgrade (to 36 spots) is nice, it helps, but it's much less of a game changer than the first one.
Do also bear in mind, you can build and place chests outside of your farm. So ... you don't have to carry everything you need with you. I typically leave a chest on the Fishing Pier and a chest at the head of the Mine.
You do have to try to avoid NPC pathing, but with 1.6 out now, NPCs will just push chests out of the way instead of destroying them, so ... it's a little easier.
Also, a chest at the entrance to the mine sounds like a nice idea and all, until you're on Floor x4 or x9 and you find something valuable and open your inventory and you really don't wanna part with any of the stuff you've got already. If you exit, whatever's laying on the ground is gone, and you're gonna have to re-do those 4 floors over again.
A chest at the entrance to the mines only helps between runs, not during a run and certainly not if you're pushing to unlock elevators (or you're doing the hardmode).
<shrugs> Yes, time spent moving things around is an opportunity cost. But you don't have to move everything, nor do you have to move it all at once. It's perfectly functional to store stuff in the mines and only invest time in moving an item if you actually plan to use it.
You can also just wait until you have a larger backpack and the Mine Carts functional. Lots of stuff doesn't have to be moved right away.
Yep, that's what's known as "meaningful game-play choices" You have 12 (or whatever) spots available, what do you value most? Is it that stack of Quartz? Or is it that Cherry Bomb that just dropped? Or maybe that Forest Sword just lying there on the ground?
Yes, you will have to choose, and yes, you will have to leave behind valuable stuff that you'd rather have taken.
Having a chest at the mine head still gives you more flexibility, allowing you to leave everything you don't actually need while you're IN the mine at the top, and allowing you to leave stuff you're only likely to want down in the mines (like say, bombs (not that they don't have other uses, but the mines is still the top choice for bomb use)) in the chest the rest of the time.
It allows you to maximize the utility of the inventory spots you DO have available, regardless of whether or not you'll have to make choices while actually down in the mines.
I typically play using a 25% profit margin. Upgrades (pre 1.6 at least) were still full price, meaning they're functionally four times as expensive as a Normal play run. The speed at which I can manage to upgrade my gear is directly limited as a result (and that emulates how newer people who don't know how to maximize their efficiency see the game world).
You're under valuing its impact. And you're prioritizing poorly. Getting to that next Elevator is the primary goal. Yes, you will have to sacrifice some stuff along the way.
Do you have infinite money? Then sure, buy yourself all the Backpack upgrades right away. I love having more space. But the way I play (and the way newer players are likely to experience the game) backpack space is a premium item that may not be affordable.
Putting a Chest at the head of the mine is a handy tip to maximize your functional flexibility until such time as you can afford the upgrades.
as well, if you have multiple chests by the mine entrance, then you can sort items in those chest, of stuff you wouldnt need to bring back home, ie.. things you need for mines, weapons you wont use/need and are going to sell at a later date, accessories, among other things.
that being said, everyone plays their own way, so to each their own.
as for chests outside of your farm.... thats inevitable, this game is more or less a hording game, that and with the amount of stuff one stocks up, you will end up putting chests in various places outside your farm so you dont have to carry specifics to different places (for instance placing chests in town with items you dont need at the farm, are selling, or other stuff.
Yeah, but if you have 36 item slots, I find that I can usually do 10 floors and almost never drop anything on the ground except for the occasional slime or sap which I don't care about.
That's why I speak to the utter importance of having all 3 rows of item slots. Going past floor 40 or so without the 2nd upgrade is just stupid because you're leaving money and resources laying on the floor, it's rather a waste.
Sure, After you've invested 12k gold. Then you can do 10 floors at a time and drop nothing. But that's 12k gold, and you didn't have that at the start of the game. And it's very unlikely that you invested that much if you didn't already have a whole lot more. You probably also spent at least 6k (if not 14-20k) upgrading your Pick and Axe and Watering Can as well. So now we're looking at a minimum of 18K, plus seed money on top of that.
Yes, there are people who can make that much in Spring of Year One.
But most new players aren't capable of generating that much cash that quickly.
So yes, you have to choose. Because even if you only have 12 inventory slots, it's STILL worth pushing down into the mine. Despite the fact that yes, you will have to leave stuff on the ground that you'd prefer not to.
Mmm, no, I disagree. Having 24 slots? Sure, that's important. Having 36 slots? Yeah, it's nicer than not having 36 slots, but it's not essential.
Regardless: It still costs you money. It is an investment, it's money you spent that you didn't get to spend on something else that you needed. Money that you didn't have at the start of the game and had to earn ... somehow.
You can't have 36 slots right away. You still have to play the game and figure out how to move forward regardless of how many inventory slots you have.
That's the point: How do you play the game before you can afford the backpack upgrades?