Originally posted by Krogdalo:

I know everyone will just tell you to "get good" and "This is why we play these games" - but from every survival game I played so far, this is the most frustrating one.

No matter what you do, the game wants you to suffer.

You go into the Black Forest to gather your first types of ore and different wood? Instantly after making noise, you are surrounded by 1-2 trolls, a wave of greydwarves and at that point, you are basically done for, because no matter what you do, you can't gather in peace, can't fight back well enough at this point and your inventories weight/slots are so minimal you are forced to run back with whatever you were able to gather in that short time frame.

The game does not throw waves at you when you make a noise, that is not a mechanic in the game at all. When you first explore a zone there are initial world populated enemies, once destroyed they only respawn at certain respawn points (invisible ones) and very slowly. World spawners (the physical object) are different again and can be destroyed to prevent them from constantly spawning more mobs. So when you first go into an area you need to clean out the initial seed mobs near ruins, or areas of interest, look around for spawners and kill them, then you only have to deal with the trickle or random spawns. (except at night, where the spawn increase dramatically, so you should sleep your nights off).

If you are getting a full wave of greydwaves it is either nigh time or you went near a set of ruins where the initial seed spawn of mobs is still alive. 1-2 trolls should not happen unless you actually kited one to another accidentally. There is normally spacing between trolls, not to say it cant happen but it is rare. Early game the only viable troll killing is back stab with a knife, roll away, and transition to fire arrows, unless you are a master at roll dodging. Once you have full troll gear and bronze shield you can start parry fighting them with difficulty, get iron and it is a cake walk.

Pace your progression, take time to fully develop your base, your crafting bench and forge, and spend some time learning the mobs and how to fight them and you will be rewarded. Rush off ahead under geared and under prepared without either the skill set (player based) or skill level (in game) and you will be punished.