Just being careful. I played it blind on the public test. When I first encountered the locals I had absolutely no idea what to expect. imagine my surprise when hitting a rock to see if it was the black marble summoned the seekers out of the mist. The devs managed to surprise me with something as dreadful as deathsquitoes when you first encounter them. Died as I didnt expect them and wasn't prepped for that level of kiting and combat.

They arent bad one on one. They get dangerous when they attack in groups of two or more. They hit hard and often and are aggressive with the wings so running horizontally simply isnt possible, with having alot of stamina or another biome mob to aggro them onto.

If geared right, aggression is best as you can stunlock them into a parry state if you hit them hard enough and often enough. Frostner or a atgeir wrecks them well enough.