Originally posted by electricdawn:

The swamps are still the biggest hurdle for most players, as they are now introduced to mobs that hit so hard that relying on your armor alone will not be enough to survive.

Good point. Swamp is where you learn how to parry / dodge because as you correctly stated, that's where mobs actually hit and you can't just face tank everything or run around shooting arrows left right and centre. Once you have those skills sorted, rest of the game gets easy.

This is why we see new players rage quit when they skip biomes, go to the plains and get corpse camped by a deathsquito. They are skipping those biomes that teach you how to play.