Originally posted by Nerevar:

lets see. you cannot build with stone before you get the stone cutter. which is swamp. same deal.
you cannot build with black marble until mistlands. but you still need the stone cutter ANYWAY. so this is simply a non issue.

as adding extra methods to get black marble just so you can use it like 2 biomes earlier doesnt seem worth the dev effort needed. just switch to build mode with the new update and build everything you want. then switch back to survival.

thus this isnt really an issue at all.

alot of building material options dont become available until a certain point in progression. black marble is as cosmetic as stone building is which you also dont get earlier due to stone cutter. oh and its not even purely cometic. marble is fire resistent. stone is not.

so yeah. non issue.

Sure, not an issue for you. It's an issue for me though, one I don't expect to change, it's just annoying to me. It is what it is and I will accept it, but not without venting to people about it first.

I really don't see what's so difficult to understand about my point. I like the black marble structures, therefore would like to experience what I build using them for more time than it takes to complete the final biome, I feel like that's a perfectly valid issue.

I understand what you're saying about stone builds being available only when you have the stone cutter. As you said that's in the swamp, you need iron for it right? Iron comes from the crypts which you get access to after killing the SECOND boss, which isn't all too far into the game. It means that after killing the second boss and getting access to stone, you can build and enjoy the stone structures you build for like 70% of the game. Unlike black marble that you can experience for like 20%. (if you play like me, and stop playing once you've ran out of main content)

I also said "almost completely cosmetic structures". I understand it has a minor use. All in all my issue is, it's unfortunate for me to get access to almost completely cosmetic structure pieces including foundations, walls, and ceilings (the fundamentals of a base) so late into the game that I barely get to experience what I built with them, that is all I'm complaining about.