Just started checking this out and seems very cool, so far the recipes are the same as the original. I've got a touch 5 though and I think I'm going to wait for the widescreen fix before really devling in, of course the liquids are awesome and the graphics are bumped up from JJ Can't wait to try MP and check out some other planets. I was a huge fan of the original so this was a no brainer so to speak.
No reason to wait on the fix. The only thing going on right now are the black bars on the skybox only. Nothing else is affected and everything you actually interact with is widescreen. I didn't even notice the skybox issue until it was pointed out in this thread. And since you spend most of your time underground anyhow, the whole issue is moot most of the time.
Arcane Essence is used to make an Arcane Essence Bauble trinket(other essence types can also be made into baubles). Ice Shards can be turned into ice blocks.
Weird. Just found a skeleton statue deep underground on Terra. Certainly wasn't expecting that. Pretty spooky to wander into a dark cave off my tunnel and stumble upon that. Looks like it's silver, and my iron hammer won't break it, so I guess I need to upgrade. If I bust it up with a hammer, will it be destroyed, or remain intact?
Statues require at least Mithril to break. However, you can use a big bomb instead. I didn't try anything below big, so others may work. The statue will drop as an item when broken.
Thanks for the topaz suggestion! That makes exploration much easier! I've now hit bedrock im Seth, time to move sideways. It's weird that bits of trees stay behind after you chop them. No big deal, they explode after a bit, except for the pine trees, which sometimes generate bots of trunk that stick around. A couple of times I initiated some sort of running glitch (or maybe a device input glitch, though it hasn't happened elsewhere). Jill got stuck running in one direction. Couldn't intentionally replicate it though (I wanted to, to pick up bits of exploding trees...)
Mummies on Seth can also drop a mummy chest armor that naturally has the topaz effect and has stats superior to mithril armor. Barely less than titanium except in one stat I think, for that matter. I got two of them by the time I finally got my third portal piece... But I think it took me an abnormally long time to get it. I did a trip down to bedrock and at least 5 loops sideways... I got two Xeno pieces during my trip down on Alba and the third on my first loop lol. One Magmar piece on my way down Xeno. Having fun exploring Xeno, though. I like the biomes here even though they're simple.
I'm a total newbie with this genere but bought JJX and so far am loving it. I definitely can see how the learning curve is relatively steep and after changing the settings to initially have less mobs I'm better able to get a grip of the game. I stated on my iPad and will most likely play this more on my iPhone 5 in the long run and have decided to just mess around for now and maybe restart after I better understand everything! If you don't like exploring and finding things out in an open ended game you may not like this game much!
iCloud support? I'm a bit surprised that it wasn't automatically included? I've read about being able to load other people's "world" from the original JJ and assume we can do the same in JJX? However, what I would really want to do for now at least is to be able to play this in both my iPad & iPhone 5! Any idea if this is being considered?
From Jack's own mouth: http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13324&p=208016&hilit=icloud#p208016 So, for now, no chance.
Longtime lurker looking to get into some serious junk jack x gaming through Game Center. Please add me, ThatsLife271 on GC. I am new to the junk jack series but very familiar with terraria and similar games. I picked up both in the sale and so far haven't had the chance to delve deep enough into JJX. Looking to take advantage of the multiplayer first. Send me a pm or something and let's play some games!
