Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Your base needs no protection... you do. They're after you, not your base.
Get away from your base, lead the mobs to you and kill them.... your base is now safe from harm ;p
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2424562622

If they cant get to you directly they will attack your workbenches, boats...etc...there is one simple thing i swear by...just build up the terrain around where u want to build your base, about half the height of a troll, large enough surrounding the area u want to build so trolls cant throw rocks and hit your base, they will try when they cant target you and are trying to hit a workbench but cant get to it. Doing this has turned every single base assualt into a cakewalk, the enemy AI is so dumb they may try and circle around but eventually will just stand there like idiots stuck doing nothing, you can pick them all off with arrows...after setting up a base this way its never even been damaged once and i just mop up the mobs and trolls and collect all there stuff. Maybe eventually IronGate will make a better AI.