User:GMoney132

Hi, I'm G-Money. I really like Don't Starve and have been trying all the characters.

Wilson
I used Wilson first for obvious reasons and died on the very first day. I didn't understand how the game worked and made a campfire way too early. It ran out before the night was over and I didn't have any more logs. Later on, I died to the hounds because I wasn't expecting to get raided. My final try with Wilson ended during Winter because I had no clue it was so terrible. I ended up being stuck in camp, starving and losing my sanity,  I finally ran out of my camp, trying to pick up old seeds and flowers and never made it back.

Willow
I'll be upfront - Willow is my favorite by far. I tried her after Wilson and did way better. The wiki entry is pretty dismissive of her and it's way off. She has two great advantages, one mediocre advantage, and two negligible disadvantages.

First, she gains sanity from being near fire. This totally eliminates sanity loss at night when you stand next to a campfire and you can grab a small boost when burning down trees during the day. This is seriously good. I found that I never had to spend any time maintaining her sanity except after large drops such as when spelunking or after a terrible fight. Second, her lighter is great. It's basically an unlimited torch, so I never worried about darkness and I just carried it around while traveling for a small sanity boost. Finally, she is immune to fire, which is basically only useful when standing right next to burning stuff to gain sanity.

Her disadvantages are minor. She has quite low maximum sanity, but it doesn't matter because it's so easy to maintain it. Second, she lights fires when her sanity is low. This could be devastating if it happened near farms, but it was never an issue because, once again, it's so easy to keep it high.

All of my deaths with Willow have been from surprise attacks from very high damage enemies - tentacles, the evil bunnymen, and a berserk pigman. Tentacles are seriously the cheapest things ever.

Wolfgang
I'm currently playing Wolfgang. I like that he trashes enemies, but man, does he get hungry fast.

Wendy
I haven't used Wendy yet.

WX-78
I only tried the robot once. I read his power (that he's not a picky eater) and thought that meant that he could actually eat things that other characters don't like (such as monster meat). Boy was I wrong. I quickly went insane and died to the shadow monsters. I didn't really give WX-78 much of a chance, but he seems pretty terrible until you find a ton of gears, which I have never been able to do on any character.

Wickerbottom
My longest running game is with the librarian, yet I don't really care for her. I like that her sanity is super high, but it's difficult to maintain it due to her insomnia. I frequently find myself having to go pick a bunch of flowers and make a garland. I did not find her books useful. They drain way too much sanity and don't seem to do anything worthwhile. Her knowledge of many early prototypes is slightly useful early on because I can make a backpack right off the bat, but I also miss out on a ton of sanity from prototyping. This power is useless after building a science machine and alchemy station. I attempted adventure mode with her and her prototype knowledge is a much greater advantage there because the levels are so squalid that I can't build a single structure.

Woodie
I enojyed playing as Woodie. He horking annihilates trees. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that chopping so furiously would trigger his dark secret. This came as a total surprise and when it wore off, I was devastated. I was very far from camp with super low health, hunger, and sanity. Just when I had managed to claw myself back up, it happened again due to the moon phase. Woodie's power is cool, but when it wears off, it's super horrible. Once I learned that the moon cycle was important, I was able to prepare for the event and did much better. Woodie lasted a long time, but met his demise at the "hand" of a tentacle. I wish all tentacles would die forever.

Wes
I haven't unlocked Wes yet because adventure mode is impossible.

Maxwell
I haven't unlocked Maxwell yet because adventure mode is impossible.