Originally posted by d¢:

I tried creating a challenge for myself

I die, die some more, die more, and I just want to sneak and use the bow and knife. I get back to my body, go to my base, set my spawn point and go to sleep. I go outside. A troll is just...there. I realize I don't have food on me. I figure the troll hasn't seen me yet. I crouch, and he is about to see me. I go back into my base just 5 steps away, eat food, and then try to leave. The troll smashes my base and my bed in one hit, along with myself. My spawn point has been destroyed and so have my recently reaquired items. They're all the way across the map in the other direction to where I need to go to the Elder.

I spawn at the starting point in the game with nothing.

I smash on my keyboard a bunch of buttons after staring angrily at the screen with my character just standing there. My computer restarts

Why is there no difficulty slider? I had like 8 greydwarfs after me, a shaman 1*, some greylings, and a massive troll. I don't have resist poison potions on me, and I have the crude bow, which I am not used to. I can't kill them all. I wanted to try to basically sneak with the knife, and use distance to my advantage, and not parry for the first three biomes. I just get constantly wrecked on my latest seed and character. It seems like the mobs have become more difficult....or maybe it's the change in playstyle

But there's really only one way to play this game without sheer frustration. Slow playing it. I'm not a fan of that, but I guess my new character needs to make a massive base just to farm stuff

You want them to leave you alone or something? Grey(most of the) Dwarves are easy- fire. Carry a torch, make campfires, They don't seem to be afraid if you set yourself on fire- better to set them on fire.

Trolls- first up sounds like you weren't as sneaky as you thought you were and lead it right back to your base.

Think you're good enough for a self imposed challenge- doesn't seem like it by what you're posting here. Learn a bit more about how to play, then you'll see where you can make shortcuts (there are shortcuts).