my 2 Yen;
Based on what I'm reading in the various forums I get the impression the Mistlands update was pushed out before it was fully play tested and balanced because Iron Gate didn't want to deal with the PR ♥♥♥♥ storm that would have happened if they didn't release SOMETHING for the Mistlands in 2022 like they had been saying they would back when they decided to completely redo the zone from scratch.

In short IG didn't manage the publics expectations as well as they could have and promised more than they could deliver in the time they gave themselves.

Personally I expected this to happen and after following the various discussions and comments in these forums I'm going to give Valheim:Mistlands a pass for at min another 4-6 months, possibly longer, to give the devs some extra time to actually make the new zone more balanced and playable by casual players, like myself, who are just average people who don't have the reflexes or loads of free time to develop the in game skills this game needs but just want something they can chill out with after a workday.

Just how it looks to me currently, I expect a others will disagree but as long as things are kept civil a good discussion can be fun and informative.