I wish the explosions had a lot more punch to them in Terraria.
...then again I probably have SotN on the mind.
early on explosive weapons are good but in hardmode they're sorta useless
like hellfire arrows aren't too easy to make and cost a lot, while only being good early on because of their higher damage, they don't even have the bonus of aoe damage because jester arrows
explosive bullets are basically the same except i don't know of any piercing bullet, so they're good to keep enemies away and deal big damages
not like it stops me from making and buying them because it's always fun to blow up things