im with you on this. i have 773 hours of play at this point and the difficulty of the game is "broken" the developers dont really seem to care that the monsters are terribly unbalanced. and its ruining the experience of those of us who actually love the game. ive built cities in this game and still if i go into the mistlands or the plains. its just gunna get me killed over, and over, and over again. im an adult. it shouldnt be impossible. but the developers dont want you to be happy playing their game i guess, as long as you already threw down the money for it.