What's up people
I guess this topic has been discussed before, because it's impossible not to feel this way ! But toadstool is a God damn joke... People ask for new content, and Klei can simply add more content to game by giving some use to the useless stuff in the game, which I think they are going with this path. Since the useless ocean in game now has a use.
One useless item in game, is toadstool. This abomination takes a crap ton of resources to defeat, and yet, the loot is not worth it ! Gosh, you can even take the same loot from klaus which needs far less resources. So, what's wrong with the loot?
First, the funcaps suck. They are potentially hunger belts which let you keep your backpack, but let's be honest ... If you reach the point where you can defeat toadstool, you are not having problem with hunger ! Instead , it could be some kind of alternative for one man band, which has limited time instead of limited durability. The spore releasing perk is kinda cool, but it's useless again, since the glowcap sucks !
Yea, glowcap and mushlight suck. Because you fight a 54000 hp monster to get a light source, and it's not permanent !! May I remind you, that the scaled furnace has permanent light, while the God damn mushroom lights which are supposed to be a high tier light source, don't ! What the hell is even the point of these things ! One may argue that, oooh but they will be to overpowered ! Well, potentially you could light up an entire area with them if they have infinite light, but you will need a lot of toadstool skin for that, which encourages player to fight toadstool again and again. I don't call it overpowered then ! I'd call it "No pain no gain"...
Can we talk about misery toadstool for a second? This creature has a sh!t ton of hp, and has a none guaranteed "unique" drop, which is a worse version of pan flute ! Are you kidding me ? It could be some kind of healing potion instead, which you throw it and it heals players while puts creatures to sleep, much like the living staff in forge... That might give me a reason to waste my gears on 99999 hp boss.