DAY EIGHT Breaking down the barricade, I step onto the road, reseal the door, and head into the house across the street. I begin by stripping out the floor of oak and stone and dig down a bit further so that the new floor is now two meters below the frame of the doorway. There are a few spots of sto...

Does anybody know what happened to SergeantSlate's channel? I can't find it. I'm hoping he just changed the name.

Yeah, I confirmed that squid will not use their pull if you're in water, one block or more. I chugged some night vision and dove into the river. One stack of ink sacs later, I never got pulled.

I didn't test isaac's thing though. That sounds like a bug.

Wow, Sandrew. If that's the case, then maybe the best course of action is to just jump in and fight them. They don't deal much damage. Most of their threat is weighing you down.

Will they not pull you even if you're head is above the water? Or do you have to be submerged?

Thanks, Mesh. Good tips.

But is it even possible to get respiration pre-anvil? I have yet to get one on my helmets.

So, I've learned a few things that I think might be helpful to others. First off, something that might be a massive spoiler as I don't remember seeing anyone mention this. However, I can see this seriously screwing an early game player, so I suggest you read it. Never, ever, EVER: Parry a squid. You...

DAY SIX I smile, as I always do, at the sound of the sun purging the monsters from this world. I wait for the silence that tells me its work is finished and open up the barricade. With the prospect of a green one destroying my home still fresh on my mind, I rush out of the house and down the road to...

Thanks! Note: I'm going back and editing my previous days. There are some differences beyond simple grammar. Things happening differently, better explanations of stuff. Different explanations of stuff. That sorta thing. But anyway, day five: I travel to the pine forest again, searching further for f...

That's really impressive. I like those pillars underneath the desert area. I don't know how you managed to extend the water that far underneath it, though. I decided to just go all-out at the nearest populated village. It's been fun. I've got all of the pre-anvil tech set up with a building for each...

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Sorry, I had to say it. But it fixes the problem with wood punching being un-fun without compromising the progression of the stone axe, or the time crunch, and doesn't require any new features.

Fair enough. I appreciate the discussion anyway.

Well, you are correct that punching wood is one of many features giving death consequence, but with this one there's the additional factor here in that the wood punching places time pressure on your first day (whether first first, or respawn first), and thus on the local food supply. Ideally, I wou...

I've given it a lot of thought and given you said it was an interesting discussion, I think the wood punching is unnecessary. It serves its purpose, true. It makes death suck that much more and makes you fear the consequences of your mistakes. However, there are a lot of things that must be done fol...

Ditto, Sir. Your game is just awesome. Few games have consumed more of my life than this.

We're cool. I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions. Sad fact about communication via text is that body language and tone are lost in translation.

Oh. Yeah, I missed some things for sure. I'm very sorry to hear about FC's health. I've always had a deep amount of respect for him as a game designer. I'm not sure where you got that the device wouldn't be a thing *because* of RTH, though. Also, I've never expected a "steady string of updates&...

Day Four: I wait for the silence that tells me the evil has been forced from this world and climb out of the cave. I leave the humble shelter intact knowing I would likely be foolish enough to require it again, and head home. Crossing the plains, I see no wildlife. Of course. I’m not the only predat...

It's funny you say that. Acquisition of SFS has always been my favorite part of the mod and I'm really itching to get up to it again. Early game is actually the part I don't like. Well, aspects of it. Namely, punching a tree for two minutes straight. After getting your first stone axe, it's pretty f...

Nice. I might have to try the chicken thing. I do want invis pots.

BTW, I JUST finished your season 2 minecraft for men on youtube. Sad to see it end. I was looking forward to seeing your nether farm. :(

I think there's at least the device left as a pre-cursor to RTH.

Yeah, tin. I used to love the jungle till spiders got added. I don't know how to deal with them. I miss my jungle treehouse bases. :( Also, I think I'm going to largely abandon my current base and move to the village. It's in a desert so it will be nice to not have to worry about storms anymore. Dow...

I know all of the effects. I'm not going to experiment with villagers. Cows seem to be the only useful one and that seems debatable given squid are already farmable.

Anyway, the periodic safe house thing is a cool idea. I might do that. But villagers are slow...

That's a LOT of torches. Before HcDark, I might have slabbed a tunnel with the resources i'd get, anyway. I dunno... maybe a massive, manual kiln system for charcoal. Still, the mining itself would take ages cuz of stratification. Have you actually done that? That would be insanely impressive. --edi...

So, I'm mostly just curious what other guys do when it comes to secondary bases. Where do you guys generally build secondary bases? Village bases seems obvious, but do you guys also build at an overworld fortress, or just the end? How much infrastructure do you put in these bases? Do you go full-out...

Well, shit. I was afraid of that.

Guess it's time for another thread.

Thanks for the replies.