Originally posted by Dave:

The experience before and after getting the Mistlands workbenches / equipment made is wildly different. I actually think there's fewer enemies than in other biomes, but they're just very tanky if you don't have good gear.

Agreed. The first few treks in it feels like there are enemies everywhere, but now that I'm actually comfortable exploring in there (the new cape was game-changing), wide expanses seem to be entirely empty of hostiles.

I've heard some people say the wisp lights attract enemies, though, and I decided to do the Mistlands without defeating Yagluth to avoid the new raids, so perhaps I'm meeting fewer enemies because I don't have the wisp?