Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached]

Imagine this..
I just came back mining some few metals.
sneaking past flaming devils, sneaking past some monstrosity 4 legged beast, loki standing and watching and laughing. but i made it back, in story weather at the sea, lucky with no serpent.

Back home, melting my booty down *18 metal* hard days work.
Feeding my dog *billy* with his favorite boar meat. looking at my garden, thinking, ah next morning, i take care of you.

Next morning, i just finished taking care of the garden, was playing around with the idea maybe to build some stone foundations when the text came *the ground is shaking*

They breached right trough my outer defense of spikes walls, but those are a joke anyways, made out of paper. My walls did a decent job, sadly not enough to keep 3 angry trolls out.
I rained fire arrows at them, while eating my best food thx to my little garden.
Imagine this, eating food to get more health. not only 1 potion, but 3. when they breached trough and slammed me, i quickly dodged back. i was hit hard, so i poured a healing potions.
dont know the timer of that healing potion, but.. there is one. why? ♥♥♥♥♥ knows, but that was not the problem. my dear dog ran outside with a heart of a dragon and finished off one troll, only to be 1 hit by the next :(
By the time I was done with the trolls, i looked at the mess, and mourned my dear billy.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2878195366

Does the Man behind this game think this is fun?
Trash my ♥♥♥♥ and killing my pets?
You sir, should be ashamed of your self, having a mind like that..

Wooden spikes made out of paper with trolls charging...
2:13 am, October 22, 2022
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76561197968876093 replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 9:34:47 pm PDT

Originally posted by Migz - DH:
Originally posted by Cap'n Bells:
Historical Ditches and walls will help until Bonemass.. then cover your pets.. maybe not as elaborate as this Star fort around Haldor :-) https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1821165190714151766/8C604F6E4D819A1A668C12DB97C99DB099D51278/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
Why...? lol
That's such an elaborate fort around the peddler.
Covid Lockdown helped...and well then it has grown a bit since (to protect tames :-) from Bats
11:13 pm, October 23, 2022
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X replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 22, 2022 @ 10:15:07 am PDT

So much fun when this happens.
One of the reasons I love this game.
8:13 pm, October 22, 2022
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PakaNoHida replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 22, 2022 @ 10:19:15 am PDT

Originally posted by X:
So much fun when this happens.
One of the reasons I love this game.


Exactly why I love fuling invasions. :D
8:13 pm, October 22, 2022
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Marksman Max replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 22, 2022 @ 12:01:38 pm PDT

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:
Best defense for me has always been to charge in and melee. If they're busy trying to hit you, they're not thinking about your buildings or animals. Archery is not nearly as strong in this game as people want to believe it is.

Bows are completely busted in this game. Granted, I'd still recommend running outside your base when shooting enemies during a raid, as that should prevent enemies from attacking your base directly, but archery is insanely overpowered.

The main reason for this is because not only do you have higher damage and less stamina costs, but you also have a higher firerate at higher Bow levels, meaning even more damage and even less stamina. Your DPS increases like six times at Bow 100 over Bow 0.

And here's an example to show the insane stamina decrease. A fully-charged bow shot with a Crude Bow at Archery 0 costs around eight stamina. A fully charged bow shot with Draugr Fang at Archery 85 costs around eight stamina (and that's not counting the stamina decrease with the Archery skill). Every other weapon category gets considerably more expensive on Stamina the better the weapon tier; the Blackmetal Knife uses three times more stamina than the Flint Knife and costs the same amount of stamina as Frostner to swing, despite Frostner doing considerably more damage than the Blackmetal Knife per hit.
8:13 pm, October 22, 2022
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76561198169537886 replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 8:10:20 pm PDT

i'd suggest playing more aggressive and forward in the raids. usually you can draw aggro off your base if you're out and in their faces.
8:13 pm, October 22, 2022
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PakaNoHida replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 22, 2022 @ 10:12:15 am PDT

10m out from your building, dig down 4m, and 4m wide and get that moat going. You will have no more issues like that.

PS - Welcome to your first raid at your base.
5:13 pm, October 22, 2022
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Kai replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 11:23:26 pm PDT

Dig a ditch... and dont build too close to it. You'll never have this problem again
8:13 am, October 22, 2022
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loppantorkel replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 11:34:57 pm PDT

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:
The game is based around Norse myth and the programmers are from Norway. Ancient Norwegian defense was a trelborg. A settlement that was ringed by an earthen berm that was in turn circled by a dry moat with gates at each cardinal point and a draw bridge over the moat at the gate.
Well, the programmers are located in Sweden, and mostly from Sweden as far as I know. The Trelleborg ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_ring_fortress ) was a defensive structure, but mainly found in Denmark, a few in Sweden, and one suspected in Norway. It's a Norse thing, but Norse doesn't mean Norwegian.

As far as OP's issues - it's part of the game. Sounds like you had a great battle and now have a few more ideas on how to make a better defense for your next/upgraded base. Just a temporary setback in the end :)
8:13 am, October 22, 2022
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bacon replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 8:13:25 pm PDT

dont hide in your house during raids. go outside and fight.
5:13 am, October 22, 2022
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Migz - DH replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 8:59:39 pm PDT

Originally posted by Cap'n Bells:
Historical Ditches and walls will help until Bonemass.. then cover your pets.. maybe not as elaborate as this Star fort around Haldor :-) https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1821165190714151766/8C604F6E4D819A1A668C12DB97C99DB099D51278/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
Why...? lol
That's such an elaborate fort around the peddler.
5:13 am, October 22, 2022
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Cap'n Bells replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 9:34:47 pm PDT

Originally posted by Migz - DH:
Originally posted by Cap'n Bells:
Historical Ditches and walls will help until Bonemass.. then cover your pets.. maybe not as elaborate as this Star fort around Haldor :-) https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1821165190714151766/8C604F6E4D819A1A668C12DB97C99DB099D51278/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
Why...? lol
That's such an elaborate fort around the peddler.
Covid Lockdown helped...and well then it has grown a bit since (to protect tames :-) from Bats
5:13 am, October 22, 2022
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SquidBob replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 7:35:36 pm PDT

Did you start a pet cemetery?
5:13 am, October 22, 2022
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The Big Brzezinski replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 8:09:43 pm PDT

Best defense for me has always been to charge in and melee. If they're busy trying to hit you, they're not thinking about your buildings or animals. Archery is not nearly as strong in this game as people want to believe it is.
5:13 am, October 22, 2022
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iris_idem replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 8:10:20 pm PDT

i'd suggest playing more aggressive and forward in the raids. usually you can draw aggro off your base if you're out and in their faces.
5:13 am, October 22, 2022
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knighttemplar1960 replied to Rant about game mechanics [IMG attached] October 21, 2022 @ 7:03:43 pm PDT

The game is based around Norse myth and the programmers are from Norway. Ancient Norwegian defense was a trelborg. A settlement that was ringed by an earthen berm that was in turn circled by a dry moat with gates at each cardinal point and a draw bridge over the moat at the gate.

The game gives you all the pieces that you need to set up a trelborg (with a bit of creativity) and it will keep all ground raids out. Keeping live stock inside a barn will protect them from air attacks long enough for you to deal with the air attacks.

You can also mod the game to eliminate raids if building hardened defenses it too boring for you.
2:13 am, October 22, 2022
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