Originally posted by spamrock2:

The combat in mistlands is like anything else in Valheim, you just figure a way to game the AI. Nothing new. For me it's the terrain and poor visibility that makes mistlands suck. I just find it so boring jumping around trying to find something of use. Just got bored of it very quickly. Kind of disappointing, I found the challenges of mountains and plains more interesting.

Valheim has always been punishing, but at the same time very rewarding.

I cursed while mining the first copper vein and was constantly interrupted by trolls/gray dwarves, but every ingot I burned made me progress and get stronger. It just felt like it's worth to go through all this and sooner or later you outscaled the enemys depending on your adapting/skill level additional.

In Mistlands you no longer have rewards, you just collect and hoard everything. We were facing the Queen and didn't even have 5 cores yet. Then at the end of the biome you unlock stuff you don't need anymore.

If you take out the progress, all that's left is the torture without the rewarding aspect.
This is one of many core mechanics where Mistlands has lost touch with its main game.