Too many enemies?

[SgtSlushPuppy]

I feel like the cannibals are almost too abundant. The time between start, and your first encounter with the cannibals is such a short window and you are surrounded or followed constantly and not just by one or two theres multiple. They are simply everywhere. I feel like this hinders exploration, curiosity, and mystery. Especially for new comers to the series.

[TobyStick]

Specifically the muddies, really. They need to be nerfed as well, they deal way too much damage.

[LARGE FAЯVA]

ive gotten to the point where im surrounded by 6+ armored cannibals with weapons at all times, I cant even stop to dig or swap weapons or even setup tents aynmore

[Lateralus]

The spawn rate needs to be taken down a notch. I just got the shovel and wanted to build a base near a lake, no big camps anywhere near.
Yet, I'm constantly harrased by 2-3 gold masked, about the same amount of skull masks and a few of the fat ones. I now literaly spend more time fighing them off and running away than actually playing the game.

[Khaos]

We are rushed by 8 - 10 cannibals 3 - 4 times a day. I think the spawns are way overtuned.

[Cpt Behemoth]

Agreed. Too many enemies. The fact that you cant build a proper door in your defensive wall and the limited base defence options really doesn't help.

[VeinySnickers]

Are you building down in the forested area? When you are down there and making noise its attracts them (Cutting trees, building, Kelvin roaming). I built near the helo crash and have had like 4 raids on my base all split by 2 or 3 days. Playing on Normal nothing adjusted.

[Yebashenko ✅♿]

Guys you are aware about custom game? Or you ignore it and play normal/hard? Cause you can set enemy agression and other things, so its easier to deal with them for sure.

[⎛⎝RyGull⎠⎞]

Originally posted by Yebashenko:

Guys you are aware about custom game? Or you ignore it and play normal/hard? Cause you can set enemy agression and other things, so its easier to deal with them for sure.

I guess you haven't tried it yourself. Started over again because of the constant attacks... even with aggression turned down the attacks never stop.

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by Yebashenko:

Guys you are aware about custom game? Or you ignore it and play normal/hard? Cause you can set enemy agression and other things, so its easier to deal with them for sure.

You are aware that most players will start the game on normal, right? I can't imagine how it'd be on hardcore. The spawn rate must be changed and logic on it as well. There is no reason for 10+ raiding party is attacking you in the middle of nowhere, where the nearest camp is 10minute run from you. Just like it was in Forest. Bulding close to POI/Camps would be just as bad as it is right now, but at least you could built a couple of happy birthday traps and it'd be managable.

I'm now building a base on a narrow cliff, so the enemies get close 1 at a time if at all, but this is not great place to build.

[miketheratguy]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝RyGull⎠⎞:

Originally posted by Yebashenko:

Guys you are aware about custom game? Or you ignore it and play normal/hard? Cause you can set enemy agression and other things, so its easier to deal with them for sure.

I guess you haven't tried it yourself. Started over again because of the constant attacks... even with aggression turned down the attacks never stop.

Same experience here. I went to a custom game after finding the cannibals way too aggressive, frequent, and abundant but it doesn't feel like it's made any difference at all. I did my best to avoid confrontation but had to defend myself and kill several of them after maybe just 20 minutes of playing. Then, of course, within the next day or two I was getting squads. The enemy type escalated rapidly, it's pretty much nothing but mutants now and I'm not even two weeks into the world.

I played the original game many times, the aggro feels way too high this time around. It's even worse seeing that cannibals can get into my base pretty much no matter what I do, meaning that killing is inevitable.

[Rusted Metal]

I wish there were more, i have my base fully set, i'm on day 30 and its still very rare and i'm on hard.

[Krieger]

playing normal and i had barely seen any and the ones i do see are docile, building my base n they jiust styare at me unless i get to closwe, had a few babies swim/ float over to me

[korkk]

^too all this on day 10 and near constant attacks i kill 3-4 with bone traps but by the time ive reset my traps and eaten a bit there is another group of 4 or more wtf....

[CHR3S]

It's fine, the amount of cannibals that show up depends on your overall hostility towards them. If you keep killing cannibals, of course they will get stronger... duh...

Most of them are easy to beat, you just dodge and do a heavy strike (did you know you could hold the left mouse button?) to decapitate them

[Ivraas]

I started custom with less agressive etc. and they still are swarming around after a few minutes in game.
I even set the camp at the mountains since there were rumours they are not coming there that often, bullsht.
This needs a rebalance, they shouldn't just spawn at you which is happening now.
Honestly, i liked when they were having some limit of cannibals in the first game, it could be balanced around that, just set the limit, and when they are less and less present just respawn some back.
Also there should be some conditions, when you open the caves or mess with the camp, there should be more or less.