User blog:Sky Shieldmaiden/Wiki Project: Post-Moon Lord Expansion

I beat the Moon Lord for the first time this morning. It was a pretty awesome feeling. On top of the world, if you get what i mean.

But then I had a Blood Moon and I felt pretty disgusted with how I could destroy everything now with combined Star Wrath and Lunar Flare power. I know that's the point, but it's still taking 99% of the fun out of the game for people who like a challenge, like me.

I present to you: the Equality Project!

Goals

 * Give post-Moon Lord, pre-War Mode players a challenge as they gear up for the victory lap of the game.
 * Make it gentler than the ascent into Hardmode. It's not supposed to be a shocker, it's just when you realize you've finally outgrown possessed armors and armored skellies. Give them time to acclimatize to War Mode.
 * Open up opportunities for sidequests before progressing further in the game.
 * Now that the Golem is main storyline, we have only Fishron left in the end-game pool of sidequests. More opportunities for game hours would be appreciated.
 * Allow for more loot to work its way into the pre-War Mode scene.
 * Progression at this point is highly linear and against the standard style of Terraria. It's quite obvious that only Moon-tier, Fishron-tier or Martian-tier gear is for beating the Cultist and first few pillars.
 * After that, we have the truly massive leap in power from Tsunami to Phantasm, North Pole to Daybreak, Razorblade Typhoon to Nebula Arcanum.
 * When the Moon Lord's corpse lies on the floor, we get yet another leap in power. The S.D.M.G. outclasses the Vortex Beater by so much it might as well be another planet.
 * In short: I'd prefer a less linear kind of progress with more options in different places, if possible with less huge jumps between the yellow, turquoise, red and purple tiers; but I know that's next to impossible considering the Pillars and Moon Lord go hand in hand.
 * The Cultist is a prime candidate for loots. He currently drops vanity and (I believe) two yo-yos.

In finality
I have no idea how this should be pulled off or even if we could. I would prefer to keep it to this blog post until we've got a solid framework worked out. Discussion is wanted!