i build stairs pretty hefty. i use 3 cobble to build 1 stair usually, at least that was part of the idea of my skyxpress system. Also, a thought behind my sky walk would be that at some point it becomes rail enabled. without some more substantial anchoring its really impossible.
anyways, I am blathering.
Torchces are easy to make and I have a nice tree farm growing outside of my 'home' so recouping torches is no big deal.
i thought i was safe, just trying to feed my MC addiction from work, I wasn't anticipating performance from a Lenovo T410 laptop on a T3 or greater to be in the slideshow range. anyways, tragic things happen.