When you chop a tree or hit a rock, etc, even once, you have a 100m sound range around YOU, for the next 60 sec, that slowly dies down by 4m/s. So hitting a tree ONCE, then running to base fast in 10 sec, you will generate noise from that 100m range effect minus 40m and slowly dying. I suck at explaining it but...basically be quieter.

That is why you see an army of dwarfs coming at you after you chopped a few trees, and keep coming. Or trolls see you from a very far distance for no reason.

Imagine you have a MASSIVE BELL around your neck, that rings for 60s every time you HIT something noisy. Might have different ranges etc on mobs and all that.

Originally posted by Ciuy:

When you chop a tree or hit a rock, etc, even once, you have a 100m sound range around YOU, for the next 60 sec, that slowly dies down by 4m/s. So hitting a tree ONCE, then running to base fast in 10 sec, you will generate noise from that 100m range effect minus 40m and slowly dying. I suck at explaining it but...basically be quieter.

That is why you see an army of dwarfs coming at you after you chopped a few trees, and keep coming. Or trolls see you from a very far distance for no reason.

Imagine you have a MASSIVE BELL around your neck, that rings for 60s every time you HIT something noisy. Might have different ranges etc on mobs and all that.

Thanks for paraphrasing my original writeup, which includes a link to the reddit post of the person who did all the work to dig the details out of the code.

Your version is greatly simplified, but it gets the point across.

Type god in console -> problem solved immediately. I´m picking up the loot of fuling villages (even without armour) while 10 of them struggle to kill me. Never had a problem with enemies again since I use this tactic.

Originally posted by SoullessScythe:

im with you on this. i have 773 hours of play at this point and the difficulty of the game is "broken" the developers dont really seem to care that the monsters are terribly unbalanced. and its ruining the experience of those of us who actually love the game. ive built cities in this game and still if i go into the mistlands or the plains. its just gunna get me killed over, and over, and over again. im an adult. it shouldnt be impossible. but the developers dont want you to be happy playing their game i guess, as long as you already threw down the money for it.

It's really not broken. There are specific ways of dealing with each mob. Everything is actually quite balanced when you take the time to figure out which method works the best. One of my mates has demonstrated this over and over again where he runs into the Black Forest as soon as he has a spear (often still in rag gear) and starts taking down trolls left right and centre with very little issue. He is death incarnate in the swamp.

I cheated on my own server and travelled to see what Seekers in the mistlands were like while waiting for friends to catch up to the level I was at. Like Deathsquitos, they are ridiculously squishy that you can easily down them in silver gear but they have a wicked punch that you need to dodge or parry, you just need to know how to deal with them. If you keep getting killed over and over without changing your approach, that's on you for not paying attention and learning.

The game certainly isn't perfect and there's a butt-load of things that seriously need addressing. The mobs really aren't one of them though.

Originally posted by SoullessScythe:

im an adult. it shouldnt be impossible.

Well, there are many things that adults say are impossible, and sometimes video games are one of them. Usually it's not true of course.

Originally posted by Censored:

Imagine what you´d do if an alien enters your home without any permission...

swing away merrill, swing away

im with you on this. i have 773 hours of play at this point and the difficulty of the game is "broken" the developers dont really seem to care that the monsters are terribly unbalanced. and its ruining the experience of those of us who actually love the game. ive built cities in this game and still if i go into the mistlands or the plains. its just gunna get me killed over, and over, and over again. im an adult. it shouldnt be impossible. but the developers dont want you to be happy playing their game i guess, as long as you already threw down the money for it.

Originally posted by Censored:

Imagine what you´d do if an alien enters your home without any permission...

swing away merrill, swing away

Mobs should get stamina. I hate when swimming goblins attacking my ship, and they never drown

Build a base near or in forests to have a constant rock throwing companion around your walls, pelting you at every opportunity

That is called free wood, Stone and eyes.

Originally posted by esbenmf:

That is called free wood, Stone and eyes.

... once you can gear up enough to stop running away in terror because they can one-hit your newbie derriere.

Are your hands empty? No bow, no arrows, no shield, no weapon? There's an easy way to get them to stop chasing you.

Imagine what you´d do if an alien enters your home without any permission...

Break line of sight. Get quiet.
Alternatively, use the terrain to break their pathing.

Either way, they'll eventually wander off when they can't get to you.

They chase you indefinitely if you run around like a chicken. If you run far away from their starting spot they loose intrest.
And as above stated you can also brake aggro by making them stop seeing you. They will run to the place where they last saw you, so if you disappear just for a moment its not gonna work. You have to be more crafty.