I'm not seeing that. First off, use better barriers. They don't even make it to my base as I just dug a big moat around it.

Second, at least eat some food before you go. If you do that, it shouldn't be so hard to dodge the hoards, or maybe I'm just not as far as you to see bigger hoards... I've had smell of the swamp raids though, and I'm currently exploring the swamp.

Lastly, you should have multiple sets of gear. I just use my previous set for my corps runs. When I was rolling all troll gear, I did make two full sets of it because I had a ton of their skins. It's what I still use for corpse runs.