Originally posted by SoullessScythe:

im with you on this. i have 773 hours of play at this point and the difficulty of the game is "broken" the developers dont really seem to care that the monsters are terribly unbalanced. and its ruining the experience of those of us who actually love the game. ive built cities in this game and still if i go into the mistlands or the plains. its just gunna get me killed over, and over, and over again. im an adult. it shouldnt be impossible. but the developers dont want you to be happy playing their game i guess, as long as you already threw down the money for it.

It's really not broken. There are specific ways of dealing with each mob. Everything is actually quite balanced when you take the time to figure out which method works the best. One of my mates has demonstrated this over and over again where he runs into the Black Forest as soon as he has a spear (often still in rag gear) and starts taking down trolls left right and centre with very little issue. He is death incarnate in the swamp.

I cheated on my own server and travelled to see what Seekers in the mistlands were like while waiting for friends to catch up to the level I was at. Like Deathsquitos, they are ridiculously squishy that you can easily down them in silver gear but they have a wicked punch that you need to dodge or parry, you just need to know how to deal with them. If you keep getting killed over and over without changing your approach, that's on you for not paying attention and learning.

The game certainly isn't perfect and there's a butt-load of things that seriously need addressing. The mobs really aren't one of them though.