Originally posted by warrenchmobile:

So I am getting ready for bed at my main base, a kilometer or two from the circle of boss stones, when the phone rings. I have to take the call. Six or seven minutes later when I return to the computer, my viking is standing in the boss stone circle wearing a rag tunic without so much as a crumb of food or a stick or rock to fight with.

I skip the twenty meters or so to the first shelter I ever built and consult my map. There is a raid in progress at my main base. I eat some cooked deer, cooked boar, and honey I had left in the shelter. I was not smart enough to leave any weapons or armor. I run off to my main base.

The Ground is Shaking and two or three trolls are lurking at the base. I have to attract their attention and then let them chase me around in the red circle raid area until the raid expires. Then off to the woods to lose my guests.

What I really needed was:

Not a Pause Button to avoid the situation altogether;

Not to be resurrected with the gear I was wearing when I died.

Not to be resurrected with a smaller skill loss or no skill loss at all; but,

A new character animation.

My viking needs to be able to "moon" an enemy or group of enemies to get their attention faster. And maybe Tattoos. I once knew a British sergeant who had a large eyeball tattooed on each butt cheek. Talk about world champion mooning.

I am in no hurry. I can wait until you finish the other biomes and bosses to complete the game. And the scuba gear, AK-47s, space ships, magic wands and whatever to satisfy the whiners. But I would really, really like that "mooning" animation.

Originally posted by Potato Cat:

Originally posted by warrenchmobile:

So I am getting ready for bed at my main base, a kilometer or two from the circle of boss stones, when the phone rings. I have to take the call. Six or seven minutes later when I return to the computer, my viking is standing in the boss stone circle wearing a rag tunic without so much as a crumb of food or a stick or rock to fight with.

I skip the twenty meters or so to the first shelter I ever built and consult my map. There is a raid in progress at my main base. I eat some cooked deer, cooked boar, and honey I had left in the shelter. I was not smart enough to leave any weapons or armor. I run off to my main base.

The Ground is Shaking and two or three trolls are lurking at the base. I have to attract their attention and then let them chase me around in the red circle raid area until the raid expires. Then off to the woods to lose my guests.

What I really needed was:

Not a Pause Button to avoid the situation altogether;

Not to be resurrected with the gear I was wearing when I died.

Not to be resurrected with a smaller skill loss or no skill loss at all; but,

A new character animation.

My viking needs to be able to "moon" an enemy or group of enemies to get their attention faster. And maybe Tattoos. I once knew a British sergeant who had a large eyeball tattooed on each butt cheek. Talk about world champion mooning.

I am in no hurry. I can wait until you finish the other biomes and bosses to complete the game. And the scuba gear, AK-47s, space ships, magic wands and whatever to satisfy the whiners. But I would really, really like that "mooning" animation.

You could just have logged out.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/68
This mod allows you to pause.