Enemies too frequent?

[Carl]

I'm onto day 11 and I'm getting swarms of enemies constantly, sometimes including 3-4 of the big guys. I can't seem to be able to do anything anymore because I'm always having to defend my base. Is there a way to prevent them or am I just unlucky?

[GammelErik]

same... cant do anything!

[MeGa]

im hearing the same from many mates. I lowered agression and am barely holding with combination of skull, mask and scarecrows

[shmodzilla]

Originally posted by Carl:

I'm onto day 11 and I'm getting swarms of enemies constantly, sometimes including 3-4 of the big guys. I can't seem to be able to do anything anymore because I'm always having to defend my base. Is there a way to prevent them or am I just unlucky?

Probably on a trail or a nearby base, but yeah we had to move because our first outpost was like world warz.

[Rantzas]

how much have you attacked the cannibals? Not sure if its a thing but with the new AI if you are aggressive towards the cannibals they might want to seek revenge and attack you more.

[BarryTGash]

The aggro is a bit hit or miss. My first day we got attacked by the giant waving the outboard engine. Kelvin bravely ran away and I got sliced up like a kebab.

For now, I'm playing on lower aggro but it's not much different. In the Forest, the majority of the cannibals had their own set routines and paths with only a handful of scouts. In SOTF they seem to just be spawned in by script near your location which just feels cheap - whats the point of being stealthy and avoiding paths if they just get dropped on you anyway?

[True Coverage]

yea its not fun... i hope you can change the settings like in the first game

i used to enjoy playing when they only came out at night

Gave it that.. i am legend feel

[Anarchy]

Trying to stay in the snow now, tried to go to warmer location and got killed by 4 cannibals, but they found me up there, 7 cannibals climb up to snow to my plane crash, all climb up my treehouse glitch threw the floor, fighting them in the middle of my treehouse, killed 5 of them but 2 of the killed me ;p

[Retro]

I thought the devs were going to give them more fluctuating AI, where some aren't hostile if you don't attack so i didn't attack...but nvm they ended up attacking..i want different tactics to handle the AI if possible.

[Ghost of Razgriz]

I'm by a lake right now. I get a few freaks a day, but nothing major. About two weeks in. There is a small freak camp above me, about a few minutes walk, so I don't know if I'm just lucky right now, or I've found a low spawn area.

[DredSilent]

welcome to the forest? Did you not play the first one?

[Mazelex]

I think it has to do with where you setup. I built near a couple camps and get constant raiding parties trying to tear down my abode. Would be cool if you could eventually fight them all of in the area for a time or something.

[NightElf3210]

Day 4 and we got swarmed by like 3 different groups that destroyed our whole base and some giant with a club that basically one hitted us

[YouMayCallMeMurray]

Originally posted by DredSilent:

welcome to the forest? Did you not play the first one?

So the sequel should be a copy of the first one without any new progress?
That makes a sense...

[Realmonster]

My friends and I set up near a cannibal base and got attacked quite regularly. We decided to clear out the cannibal base completely and put up about 20 heads on pikes around the perimeter. Now we literally never get attacked.

In The Forest, I think what we did would have increased aggression and attacks, but idk, maybe this game is different.

[Vote Quimby]

10 days and already killed over 50 i think. Why big red ones don't drop anything? And ones with golden masks.