Originally posted by RuunForRest:

0 chance to fight them amazing changes by the devs lol

ive taken on 10 greydwarfs no weapons just torches lol its easy just kite smack kite smack and dont be dumb and get hit by them stones may not look like alot of damage but oh boy it is when 10 of em chuck at the same time XD

The skeleton that attacked me first night was a pain. Thought it might have just been bad luck RNG putting a skeleton spawn right next to the stone ring in the meadows where you spawn in the game.
Then the crypts I found just in the black forest both had one star green skeletons and the one with the two star sword skeleton was a bit much for my early equipment / food / stamina. That is when I decided the game was not for me. I guess they made some changes the next day to the update. But good luck.

Originally posted by RuunForRest:

thats true im close to shore and black forrest biome although i havent stepped into it yet

If you think that's fun, try putting a base at convergence of a mountain, swamp, and plains biome. :P

spawn run die repeat until it gets right .

YOU WERE NOT PREPARED --Illidan.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

The skeleton that attacked me first night was a pain. Thought it might have just been bad luck RNG putting a skeleton spawn right next to the stone ring in the meadows where you spawn in the game.
Then the crypts I found just in the black forest both had one star green skeletons and the one with the two star sword skeleton was a bit much for my early equipment / food / stamina. That is when I decided the game was not for me. I guess they made some changes the next day to the update. But good luck.

Come on!

1. Nothing tells that this overall higher difficulty will stay at this level after some more balancing.
   
2. You know that spawned enemies don't recover from their wounds fast, so it's still possible to grind them (and run safe, or eventually die).

I died just before H&H face to 2-star skeleton in the chambers, and I shall say that I dread facing another one now, before I can evaluate it by day light. Perhaps parrying with a weapon is possible (once the correct timing is assessed), or dropping some glowing mushrooms on the ground and equipping a shield, or using a torch and hit and drawback? I actually killed one post H&H, but as it was at the last store of a ruined tower, it killed me in two hits before I could take position on the store. When I returned I could retrieve the tombstone without actually climbing at its level, and then burned it with arrows from below.

Take heart!

Originally posted by HuckleberryHound:

If you think that's fun, try putting a base at convergence of a mountain, swamp, and plains biome. :P

Much earlier, just settling in a stone tower within alert range of a Grey Dwarves spawning site, will provide nightly animations already. Just beware, the poison cloud from 2 star-shamen will pass through stone walls.

Originally posted by pipo.p:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

The skeleton that attacked me first night was a pain. Thought it might have just been bad luck RNG putting a skeleton spawn right next to the stone ring in the meadows where you spawn in the game.
Then the crypts I found just in the black forest both had one star green skeletons and the one with the two star sword skeleton was a bit much for my early equipment / food / stamina. That is when I decided the game was not for me. I guess they made some changes the next day to the update. But good luck.

Come on!

1. Nothing tells that this overall higher difficulty will stay at this level after some more balancing.
   
2. You know that spawned enemies don't recover from their wounds fast, so it's still possible to grind them (and run safe, or eventually die).

I died just before H&H face to 2-star skeleton in the chambers, and I shall say that I dread facing another one now, before I can evaluate it by day light. Perhaps parrying with a weapon is possible (once the correct timing is assessed), or dropping some glowing mushrooms on the ground and equipping a shield, or using a torch and hit and drawback? I actually killed one post H&H, but as it was at the last store of a ruined tower, it killed me in two hits before I could take position on the store. When I returned I could retrieve the tombstone without actually climbing at its level, and then burned it with arrows from below.

Take heart!

This was before they did the re balance the second day.. have not played since.
The big issue on the two star sword guy, in a crypt fairly close to spawn in still, was that he came up behind me after I just finished off the 5 other skeletons in the area. It was one of those rooms in a crypt with 4 doors and stone pillars. Just had nothing left to deal with it that fast. Not even sure why two star things were spawning on the starter island that close to the game spawn in.

Don't really know the state of the game now but after getting my nuts kicked on the floor and my face spat in by the devs I really need a break from this.

Originally posted by RuunForRest:

thats true im close to shore and black forrest biome although i havent stepped into it yet

you attract greydwarves and greylings by chopping trees mostly, if you hadn't aggroed them yet you certainly had gotten their attention at some point if you were gathering wood at all. they are forest denizens afterall, they tend to be a bit territorial lol. building near BF as you start your early game is generally a really good way to get combat skills levelled though :)

and as others have mentioned, they like to come out at night so just beware of that aspect, sleeping though the nights does help a ton in the early game to avoid those random night spawns.

So you couldn’t make a campfire to stop them from attacking or you kept exploring after dark completely unprepared?

Originally posted by RuunForRest:

0 chance to fight them amazing changes by the devs lol

A) that is not in the recent changes. I think it was like that for quite some time.
B) you had lots of other options than just bluntly "throwing yourself at the wall".

I havent 100% certain confirmed it yet, but it seems to me that if you sleep at night, no attacks. The more nights you stay up all night, the higher the chances of an attack until it happens then it resets and starts the timer again. Ive never seen an attack happen while I was away from my home base. Just info, might help you going forward.

Sounds like you are blaming your lack of preparation and caution and also skill (greydwarves are ♥♥♥♥ tier enemies that you can probably beat unarmed) on the recent update and the devs.

Greydwarves don't even spawn at night in meadows until you have killed the first boss and even then they don't spawn as groups, which means you were too close to the Black Forest and you attracted a group.

thats true im close to shore and black forrest biome although i havent stepped into it yet

OP's situation can happen more often now. It's just that we have to depart from old bad habits. If you aren't prepared and are making noise at night, near some Black Forest tiny landlocked patch, or even by day near a Grey Dwarf purple spawning site, you can meet brutes and shamen early.

Just keep quiet by night. Or prepare.