My philosophy is that difficulty should be seen as a barrier you can overcome through experiencing content, and is a barrier you should want to overcome in order to experience more
The moonlord requires you to needlessly grind for max defense accessories, and then regens health to an absurd degree. And the rewards for beating him aren't worth the hair-pulling you have to endure.
It's absolutely ableist. My ADHD makes me worse at games for sure (and also way less able to tolerate punishing design such as the Dark Souls corpse runs), also some things like tapping rapidly I just can't do at all. The only answer gamer bros have for me is "git gud" or its even worse evolution "skill issue".
It really triggers the RSD sometimes but what can you do, I just play easier slop now (especially since work has crushed my soul) and have more fun. I would actually love a website that lists the bullshit in each game like infrequent checkpoints, difficulty spikes, lack of quest markers etc so I can know to avoid them.
I welcome your realization that "git gud" is some bullshit and welcome you to go further, and realize that "balanced mods" are also some bullshit.
I feel like you've misunderstood my point here. I'm not talking about whether the specific unspecified mod you were using was "balanced" or "unbalanced." I'm saying that the basic idea of caring about "balance" in any context other than competitive PvP is very bad, and in fact the same type of very bad that "git gud" is.
I'm not very familiar with the Terraria modding scene in particular, but based on my experience from other games, the absurdly unenjoyably difficult mods are the most likely to have devs who talk about the importance of "balance" a lot.
Yeah, I just went and had a look at the terraria community forums thread for calamity mod and found all the classic hallmarks of a hardcore git gud mod author.
The big one is bundling vanilla "balance" changes into a new content mod.
And of course anybody in the thread who complains gets shouted down.
Terraria is the game that got me to learn how to make cheats in cheat engine lmao. Playing that game normally i just hit a brick wall every time I have to like internalise the entire wiki for it otherwise its miserable.
Anyone that says git gud infuriates me to the point of wanting to punch them in the face
for some reason i can't see shit in terraria, i think it's my monitor because i play with a friend and he can see things in the dark way more easily than me
also couldn't beat moon lord until i got razorblade typhoon from fishron, the lunatic cultist stuff just wasn't cutting it for me
Terraria may be one of my favorite games of all time, but many of the bosses have flash visual effects, rapid attacks, spammed projectiles, high speed dashes, and teleports. It becomes a mindflood. Seeing the "Git Gud" toxic meme applied to Terraria of all games is bewildering
I can enjoy plenty of hard
tier games; I've solo'd every souls game and had a great time, I love shit like DMC and even rapid twitch games like Ultrakill on lethal difficulty, but fucking Terraria bosses like moon lord destroy my brain. I don't think I've ever beaten him solo, and I still have an absurdly hard time with the majority of bosses past hard mode."Git Gud" ableism has turned me off interacting with Gamers more than anything (aside from the blatant racism and queerphobia that have always been rampant in gamer circles) and threatened to ruin my enjoyment of series I loved. When asking for help or takking about how a particular progress wall is antithetical to how your brain works is just met with smug jeering, it is ableism. Beating a game without help, or by placing arbitrary limitations on yourself (no magic, no coop, no npc summons etc etc) is not a virtuous act motherfucker, it's a game, a toy to enjoy.
I have no qualms about modding shit to fit your play better, or to get around bullshit that you can't do anything but bash your head against. Playing Elden Ring with the seamless coop mod has been my most fun souls experience by far and I don't give a single fuck if gamers whine about it being easy mode (or whine about the ability to turn off invasions in the config file - to that I say lol get fucked, we're playing in our own tranquil world fuckers)
good post. I enjoy a wild mechanical challenge from time to time in games and I adore terraria but I've always cheesed moon lord with a really long rail track and the solar gear. makes it a lot more manageable.
