plumdude

the mechanic is fine but without being able to work towards a better light source is just tedium to the point that the only reason to really make torches is for jack-o-lanterns or somewhere you don't really plan on going back to, PUMPKINS R MY NEW BEST FRIEND. just nice to have base area lit up. not a forest!

the mechanic is fine but without being able to work towards a better light source is just tedium to the point that the only reason to really make torches is for jack-o-lanterns or somewhere you don't really plan on going back to, PUMPKINS R MY NEW BEST FRIEND. just nice to have base area lit up. not a forest!

and there is no reason set a default configuration that the community of players doesnt like. default should be set for playability and tweaked for tedium, not vice versa.

as a beta tester it seems shocking to see the devs defending a change that is obviously getting a bad reception from the beta testing community! i just dont understand. negative comment after negative comment. love the mod, but dont love this change (torches) and apparently am not the only one. there is no reason to even spawn underground caverns. i cant light them up and take my time exploring them because when the torches burn out you can not track your earlier exploration without fighting like crazy and finding burnt out torches in the dark surrounded by mobs makes it impractical, not to mention the fact that picking a few blocks in these caverns is causing massive cave ins. if bioxx wants to see how we react to this change, read this topic. from what i read, WE DONT LIKE IT!

new to the forum. played MC for a couple of years now, tfc for over a year now. love the mod!!! but, that said, the whole purpose of the forums is to get player feedback on the mod for the purpose of developing the mod in a way that the actual players of the mod find interesting enough to continue playing the mod. as i read the forum conversations on the torch feature implemented in b79, it seems that the players are not enjoying the TEDIUM that this has forced upon the style of play that they have developed and enjoy enough to keep them (and me) coming back build after build for more of this OUTSTANDING mod. it also seems that the devs responses are to offer workarounds to the players dissatisfaction at this turn of events. recommending that players change the config files, seems to indicate a problem exists with the default config settings in the eyes of the people who are playing this game. i personally feel that the torch situation, the cave in frequency, the only partially effective mining support situation has made the game almost unplayable for the playstyle i have developed over time spent with a game i LOVE. these changes have not made the game more interesting merely so tedious that i dont find myself trying to come up with excuses to leave work to come home and play as i have with past builds, but instead find myself dreading coming home and playing a game that now feels broke. i undestand the devs trying to implement changes to keep the game interesting, but it seems the torches for sure are not being enjoyed by he community at large. disappointing when the devs defend a poor decision rather than take constructive feedback from the game community into consideration. kind of defeats the whole purpose of the forum to me. thats my piece, hope to see some kind of change to make playing enjoyable again. sorry for any spelling errors, type with two fingers (poorly at that) but felt strongly enough to try typing all this