Quartz - am I missing something?
DannyR
Bucharest, Romania Join Date: 2015-11-08 Member: 209102Members
Bucharest, Romania Join Date: 2015-11-08 Member: 209102Members
So, I haven't been playing for awhile (3-4 updates) to let the game grow. To come back and see that I can't find quartz ANYWHERE on the surface. I have found 5 quartz in 2-3 caves, but none on the surface so to speak. Has the quartz been moved to caves only? Also, I mention that I started 3 new games (all with the same result), verified the integrity of the game, tried experimental as well as stable and went even in Kelp Forest and Grassy Plateaus. Even on a reefback. No quartz, whatsoever. Is this suppose to be this way now? Should I try to uninstall and reinstall...or...?
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Personally, I've found enough quartz in the caves/coral tunnels to suit my needs in the early game. Beats having to deal with Warpers and all that in the BKZ.
Yes, yes it is. The some of the changes in resource distributions and especially recipe changes...well, I'm just going to say this is the first update that made me like the game less and leave it at that.
Carry several medpacks, trigger the crashfish and run (using a seaglide preferably). One can get the hang of it... it is just mine disposal afterall.
Regarding quartz... at least the new recipies reduced the massive numbers you need, cutting a lot of things glass/quartz requirements in half, or even removing some (wall locker).
Anyway I have consistent success with this.
Sometimes the changes to the recipes can be a pain... I expected to need Glass to make a Hatch, lockers, etc. So, I pre-made a few pieces of glass. But now the recipes use Quartz. Oops! (I saved the Glass for the Cyclops)
- If you're a daredevil like me, try to hit the Crashfish with a knife when it gets close. If you succeed-- no explosion.
A video or it didn't happen.
@Jarin Fun fact about swimming towards the danger: If you encounter a shark in the wild, especially a great white, swim towards it. They're actually an ambush predator of sorts, in that they'll only attack you from behind. So if you're like, "I see you, dude, don't try it." they'll turn away. I saw this in a documentary and it was hilarious. You could imagine the shark being embarrassed like, "What? I wasn't doing anything! I swear!"
Many predators are actually extremely cautious, they want to avoid getting hurt by their prey.
Video's not happening while I'm running with an Intel HD530 (that's right: no graphics card). But as long as you can kill them before they reach the highest point in their death scream, you'll get a visual explosion but take no damage. Be aware that they don't launch right at you from the pod; they launch out of the pod, and then head for you.
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OH! I forgot to mention how I discovered this. There was a bug-- I haven't encountered it since-- in which a Crashfish wouldn't explode, and then you'd have an annoying swim buddy. That's when I started going all preemptive on their butts.
I searched for this on Snopes, and they confirmed this one is absolutely FALSE.