I see several things going on with the hate... The first thing I've noticed in these threads is people repeatedly saying to complainers "maybe you haven't tried working with the new food system enough". That to me is an important point, maybe Iron Gate should have explained everything better. Maybe people haven't. Maybe people won't. Maybe some people don't want to or aren't aware that it's a big deal now and suffer for it. Another miscommunication I think might be going on: is the complainer playing solo? Are the people having a great time playing multiplayer? No one makes that distinction and it seems to maybe matter. If you're the only one who is the focus of aggro from mobs it makes a difference. Then again, maybe there are solo players having a great time, idk, I'm just pointing it out. I also wonder how much a modded game might sometimes mess up the patch and give you broken spawns or wonky regen.

I found Valheim difficult solo before H&H, but I was cautious and patient and got up to Yagluth with only two instances of dying and putting the game down for the evening to cool off before my corpse run (voluntary quit before a ragequit). Old Vaheim was: eat foods and think about the daunting logistics of gathering/killing/expanding. New Valheim: Eat food, think about food every 10 minutes thereafter as I wrestle with gathering/killing/exploring. I feel like my vikingr went from having big rechargeable batteries to being on a long extension cord. The game is different. People are going to react to that in all the ways that there are different kinds of people. Cheers.