Gladi8er65 replied to why are trolls so strong and found so early July 6, 2022 @ 7:39:20 am PDT
"why are trolls so strong and found so early"
Welcome to Valheim LOL... This isn't a "casual" game where the player is some sort of "super hero" that rushes through slaughtering everything in their path with reckless abandon... It's a tough game and if you dont stay prepared and careful, it will kill you dead at any given point... The troll is the first in a long line of "we mean business" mobs.
I see it as a way to "enforce" the fairly steep step-up in difficulty that each biome has compared to the previous one.
This game is very much designed to follow a certain progression structure, which is that the player is meant to stay within their current biome until they discover and gather every type of resource that biome has to offer which will unlock crafting stations, and food recipes, and item recipes based on those resources, and prepares the player to be able to reasonably "handle" fighting the boss of that biome, signaling that the player is ready to move on to the next biome, (in the progression), to repeat that same process.
The difficulty jumps significantly for each new biome which is why the is a very audible "announcement" from the game and a visit from the bird with a "warning" about being prepared, the first time the player crosses from Meadows to Black Forest.
At THAT stage in the game, the Troll is a mob to be taken somewhat seriously, as the player (presumably) has not yet accumulated the skills and gear to adequately deal with trolls, except maybe from a distance with bow and arrows.
By the time the player has fully explored the Black Forest, gathered resources, and upgraded gear, foods and work stations, the troll becomes much less of a threat... Don't get me wrong, you still need to use care, but the player survivablity is much better and before long the player will be actively hunting down those trolls for their hides (troll leather armor).
As mentioned every biome has it's own version of the "troll".... a mob that seems VERY tough when first entering a new biome, but gets less dangerous as the players progress and prepare and learn the ropes.
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Welcome to Valheim LOL... This isn't a "casual" game where the player is some sort of "super hero" that rushes through slaughtering everything in their path with reckless abandon... It's a tough game and if you dont stay prepared and careful, it will kill you dead at any given point... The troll is the first in a long line of "we mean business" mobs.
I see it as a way to "enforce" the fairly steep step-up in difficulty that each biome has compared to the previous one.
This game is very much designed to follow a certain progression structure, which is that the player is meant to stay within their current biome until they discover and gather every type of resource that biome has to offer which will unlock crafting stations, and food recipes, and item recipes based on those resources, and prepares the player to be able to reasonably "handle" fighting the boss of that biome, signaling that the player is ready to move on to the next biome, (in the progression), to repeat that same process.
The difficulty jumps significantly for each new biome which is why the is a very audible "announcement" from the game and a visit from the bird with a "warning" about being prepared, the first time the player crosses from Meadows to Black Forest.
At THAT stage in the game, the Troll is a mob to be taken somewhat seriously, as the player (presumably) has not yet accumulated the skills and gear to adequately deal with trolls, except maybe from a distance with bow and arrows.
By the time the player has fully explored the Black Forest, gathered resources, and upgraded gear, foods and work stations, the troll becomes much less of a threat... Don't get me wrong, you still need to use care, but the player survivablity is much better and before long the player will be actively hunting down those trolls for their hides (troll leather armor).
As mentioned every biome has it's own version of the "troll".... a mob that seems VERY tough when first entering a new biome, but gets less dangerous as the players progress and prepare and learn the ropes.
5:13 pm, July 6, 2022