git gud... rng

Dont think much have changed. Ive seen a lot of starred greydwarfs in black forests not so close to spawn in way old patches... Maybe you were closer to spawn on your previous adventure, maybe it was different group of friends that made it feel ok.

As far as i can remember hordes of greydwarfs were always a problem... thou i agree black forest is my least favourite biome because there is juts too much of these pests running around.


In fact i think star chance on some mobs like wolves was DROPPED since older patches. These days i can go entire playthrough without seeing a 2 star wolf. 1 stars during daylight are extreamly uncommon too. Same with 2 star draug archers... So yeah stuff was probably adjusted, but only a little and more to smooth out the difficulty.

Or it could be RNG ... humans are, by nature, extreamly bad at judging it. So just like the wind is always against you when you are in a hurry, if one thing does not go smoothly, suddenly everyting else is more difficult.