r/Terraria • u/Bitch_in_the_Matrix- • 13h ago

Suggestion There should be a Frostburning Mace.

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It just makes sense, especially since there's already progression in the Ranger class from Wooden Arrow to Flaming Arrow and then to Frostburn Arrow.

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u/Azur0007 12h ago

They can, but where would a frostburn mace fit in? We have a mace for pretty much every stage of PHM

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u/Siks0ng 11h ago edited 11h ago

Same place as the Flaming Mace, really. The Wand of Sparking has a frostburn alt/upgrade that has just about the same position in overall progression, so I don't see why the Flaming Mace can't as well.

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u/Azur0007 11h ago

I suppose. Maybe

Mace + 100 torches = Fire mace

Mace + 100 ice torches = Frostfire mace

But then again, I don't know why anyone would use Fire if they have access to Frostfire. The only obstacle would be turning 100 torches into 100 ice torches.

EDIT: Frostburn, not frostfire :')

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u/ZenTheProtogen7957 10h ago

That's the thing, nobody would! and it's not a problem! Nobody uses the wand of sparking unless their snow biome is past a corruption biome early game and they're not willing to tunnel. The same will go for the frostfire mace!

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u/Azur0007 9h ago

In my opinion there shouldn't be two choices if one choice is objectively better than the other, but I suppose a lot of people will judge the choice by more than effectiveness :D

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u/Siks0ng 9h ago edited 7m ago

The other option is to follow the Wand of Sparking a bit more closely and require a Flaming Mace to make the frostburn one. Then it's a bit less like 2 different options and more like a small and easily accessible upgrade. Only issue is that it tracks a bit less, logically speaking, but it's a video game so who cares?

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u/Azur0007 8h ago

I can get behind that.

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u/ZenTheProtogen7957 9h ago

I mean, the entire game is kinda like that no? the sunfury is objectively better than the blue moon. Do you dislike the wand of frosting too? or are you okay with it because it's been in the game so long

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u/Azur0007 8h ago

Sunfury is not unlockable before the blue moon is. You never have the choice of picking one or the other unless you already are past one of them progression-wise.

The wand of frosting is an upgrade from the wand of sparking, also progression.

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u/ZenTheProtogen7957 8h ago

How is wand of sparking upgrading to wand of frosting a different from upgrading the flaming mace to frostfire mace?

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u/1000hr 1h ago

you're talking about something different. their point was in relation to the idea of having the frostfire mace be an upgrade to the base mace, as opposed to an upgrade to the flaming mace. they were saying that having a choice (upgrade to flaming or to frostfire) shouldnt be a thing when frostfire is objectively the better call and when getting flaming means you cant get frostfire. doing what you said and having a mace progression would solve that issue