Melee is easy, just pull them one at a time with a Bow/Arrow. When they get close just start circling them because they WILL miss, then you attack them when they are on a 5-6 second cooldown sitting there doing nothing.

They do not need a nerf, just don't get hit.

Use a bow with needle arrows. :)

"run and hide, the highlander way"

stick and move with bow... as all above said, fairly obvious unless u are die hard mele, if many in one area u are prob screwed, but can usually fight 1 or 2 at a time not all.

i'v seen an attack on our main fort w 8 or so, 3 of us in co-op.

Originally posted by Cptn_Miller:

"run and hide, the highlander way"

stick and move with bow... as all above said, fairly obvious unless u are die hard mele.

Even as a die hard melee it's possible. As someone else said, they fire in sets of three. Strafe dodge the attacks, then you can rush in and three shot them (assuming you use the dark iron sword upgraded fully).

Tactics, caution, patience, and planning. Not coming to the forum screaming for nerfs.

Melee is easy, just pull them one at a time with a Bow/Arrow. When they get close just start circling them because they WILL miss, then you attack them when they are on a 5-6 second cooldown sitting there doing nothing.

They do not need a nerf, just don't get hit.

They are very easy to kill if you strafe

what's everyone struggling with?
a bit of sniping with a bow, a good shield, and some effortless kiting, and the growths are easy to destroy.

As said above, range is just above and beyond when fighting them.

But I will say that expecting people to die and learn and die and learn has never been an appealing game design philosophy to me, so I sympathize with your frustrations.

I got no trouble with 2 of them at the same time, i use the tower black metal shield and the porcupine, i roll to them and then i hit them

I always like them too a shot I can climb and snipe them, or pull them to other mobs since they attack anything, or pull other mobs towards the pit.

Strategy. This isn't a game meant to run through and zerg everything.

Originally posted by Trakehner:

This isn't a game meant to run through and zerg everything.

Not with that attitude

There is always room to discuss...
- they are weak to fire. You have a bow and fire arrows. You can take advantage of their weaknesses.
- you are complaining that you can't exploit?
- they do not come in 8+ groups. I have seen 3 tops and usually just 2 per pit. Did you find the mother of all pits, like 2 or 3 on top of each other?!
- 2 of them were not able to kill me, seeing as how I capped them and looted the pits. They certainly should not kill 2 maxed out players, apart from the first time you see them maybe.

I died to them the first time, sure. After that it was obvious that the slow prevents getting into melee range, and that the bow would be required.

I am not sure about any kind of nerf. They may need a balance pass, or not, but try ranged tactics to see if it helps you. The first time you run into anything is always a high risk, then you adapt until you have a way to handle it.

snipe them with freeze arrows , not go meele with them because its pretty a imposible task

they are slow. in the bronze age. i can easily out run them and lead them to goblins/lox

they die in a few arrow shots.

You can strafe their attack quite easily and then you have an opening to run in and wack

we had about 8 of them after us today (there were 2 of us maxed on armor). took us 2-3 deaths to clear them. All from 1 pit.