Originally posted by Ryzilynt:

Yeah, this sounds like it's working as intended then (for now). Read some real-time discussions the devs were casually having with the public about this a couple days ago on their discord channel and this sounds like the desired behavior.

Yeah. I get the reasoning behind it. Though I wish there were more engaging ways to have siege traps that waste resources like the spikes do. Another concern is how easily a solo player can be overwhelmed by the hoard size. I know the focus on the game is multiplayer but I really wish the size and composition of raids and mob patrols would scale to the number of players and not just their hp and damage output

If they can clearly path to you they will focus you. Otherwise they will try to destroy objects between you and them or destroy objects if they can't see you.
They have been tweaking the AI lately to try to find a balance in things.
Note that even other mobs can block pathing to you and so mobs behind them may then be diverted elsewhere. So choke points at times can work against you.

Originally posted by Weaver:

If they can clearly path to you they will focus you. Otherwise they will try to destroy objects between you and them or destroy objects if they can't see you.
They have been tweaking the AI lately to try to find a balance in things.
Note that even other mobs can block pathing to you and so mobs behind them may then be diverted elsewhere. So choke points at times can work against you.

ok. My fort was built with a moat so nothing could get to me and most mobs just throw rocks at my walls. the two that started attacking my stairs were the shaman and big club guy

Yeah, this sounds like it's working as intended then (for now). Read some real-time discussions the devs were casually having with the public about this a couple days ago on their discord channel and this sounds like the desired behavior.