Originally posted by Falaris:

I've noticed that all of you have ever commented on difficulty in posts to tear down others' suggestions of the same, so your opinion is set in stone. You'all engaged purely in nitpicking and not even adressed the point I made.

Since we're not going to discuss that anyway...

I don't know how the shield mechanics work, but I took 18-20 damage through a lvl 2 shield. I didn't expect a lvl 3 shield to be so much different that it would make you immune. Explain how that works?

Well if you don’t try to parry attacks you’ll take damage. Never not parry melee attacks unless you’ve got a blackmetal shield and are fighting deathsquitos. It’s easy and super beneficial

I don’t find the game hard at all. My main solo playthrough is on day 270, I’ve beaten yagluth and made a grand castle at the top of a mountain and my last death was before day 40 to a sea serpent that spawned in the middle of a lake before I knew what it was. All my suggestions are based on the things I did when I was going through the game. I had a flint spear, level 3 wood shield and leather armor the first time I entered the black forest, and yes, my other death was in a dungeon. But I learned, took proper precaution, and changed how I approached them so that I’d never struggle with them again.

If you claim pre-H&H was easier, I’ve also played through part of the game post-H&H too and found it easier as I used the stagbreaker strategy I told you about to eliminate the threat of all melee enemies in the dungeon (which most of them are anyway)