Feel like I'm missing a mechanic in gameplay regarding hordes (20-30+ enemies)

[Aether]

So I made a post about this in the past, but basically I'm loosing wiping out pretty much every few days.

Someone recommended I set the difficulty to solo, which I did, and still wiped. Tried setting ALL the settings to their lowest setting, and wiped again.

Basically what's happening, is the cooldown for the Horde. I can kill SOME of the goblins, and the last time where I rage quit I killed a good ten ish of them. However, so many spawned that every time I stopped blocking, I would get hit twice before a single hit of mine could land. I'd get completely surrounded, cubstomped, die, and then respawn with the camp fully overrun again with goblins.

I'm not bad at combat games, this feels VERY much so like I'm missing some sort of mechanic, like traps, or even AI help (like workers to help fight off the goblins).

Either way, not sure how your supposed to play the game in solo, when the game throws 20+30 goblins at you in a surge and expects a single player to fight them all off

[Sam]

Find or make a small tunnel, or find something narrow and fight from there, so you can just do one or 2 at a time.
I mean, if you die it's not that big of a deal anyway, but overall I've been able to handle all hordes by using a good strategic location where they cant attack all at once.

[Soul]

Very much what Sam said. Find a choke point, forcing them to attack only one or two at a time. Keep your back to the wall as much as possible. Also, watch their striking animations to learn each enemy's pattern. That will give you an edge once you know when to throw up your shield and when to strike.

[william_es]

I use mining out large deposits to actually summon the hordes. I'm actively farming them for random drops like black diamonds, so I make as much noise as possible by mining and singing to trigger hordes.

By the time the horde shows up, I have a tunnel into the deposit I can retreat into during the fight.

When I start to mine into a large wall deposit, I aim upwards with the pick (at a 45 degree or higher angle). This mines out a chunk well off the floor vertically. I jump up into it, and keep repeating it, eventually making an upward angled tunnel into the deposit. Then I start curving to the side to create a corkscrewing upwards tunnel.

The end result of all of this is that when the horde shows up, I have safe hidey hole that they can't usually climb most of the time. I can fight them, and if I start to get overwhelmed I run and jump back up into the tunnel.

Sometimes I even build a repair station in the tunnel, so I can repair mid fight.

Also, there is a combo move mechanic in the game. You have to learn how pause for half a second between hits, and you will start to chain moves together. Do not button mash as fast as possible. One move is a suddenly nearly 180 turn and attack, that will hit another target behind you. It kind of works out like the batman's fighting style in arkham asylum. You can literally bounce back and forth between multiple enemies, keeping them off balance. I've seen this happen 5 times in a row, hitting 5 different orcs.

as others said, keep your back safe. The smaller orcs are cowardly, and will attack you from behind if you already fighting someone. If you see them edging around behind you, you need to move.

And the last bit of advice, whenever possible stick to one target like glue and keep hitting them until they actually die. My biggest problem was just knocking them down, and switching to another enemy. You have to finish them off.

[colonel Joel]

Originally posted by Aether:

So I made a post about this in the past, but basically I'm loosing wiping out pretty much every few days.

Someone recommended I set the difficulty to solo, which I did, and still wiped. Tried setting ALL the settings to their lowest setting, and wiped again.

Basically what's happening, is the cooldown for the Horde. I can kill SOME of the goblins, and the last time where I rage quit I killed a good ten ish of them. However, so many spawned that every time I stopped blocking, I would get hit twice before a single hit of mine could land. I'd get completely surrounded, cubstomped, die, and then respawn with the camp fully overrun again with goblins.

I'm not bad at combat games, this feels VERY much so like I'm missing some sort of mechanic, like traps, or even AI help (like workers to help fight off the goblins).

Either way, not sure how your supposed to play the game in solo, when the game throws 20+30 goblins at you in a surge and expects a single player to fight them all off

if your lucky you can hide from them

[Chaoslink]

The hordes that spawn out in the mines have a time limit. You don't have to kill any of them, just outlast them. You can kill them if you want loot drops or something, but honestly just find a nook somewhere and wait them out. Since you usually trigger them while mining, just dig a nook with no line of sight to them and just hang out for a bit until they pass. Note that most basic goblins will die in single hits as you get some better weapons.

[MaddogDino]

Place a stone hearth at the base of the deposit and build some temporary walls to keep them out whilst you mine or sit behind the walls repairing them until the Horde gives up.

[Master Therion]

There are two solutions

!. Build on water using those free standing platforms, the orcs cant swim. Have a gap in the bridge to your base that you just jump.

2. Build high, the orcs cant climb.

[Nneu]

Practice using the shield and try to block every attack. You can block with the weapon, but you might lose durability too fast on it.

Blocking is OP. You will take 0 damage even if someone is stabbing you in the back and It doesn't require any stamina. You can try to get fancy with charge attacks, but they also make you vulnerability since some of them take a while, although you should be able to cancel mid animation by blocking.

In short, always keep your shield up, wait until the mobs next to you attack and get in a shot or two. You can ping pong between them when you get the rhythm for the dash attack. Once you master this you can fight hordes of 30 with 0 stamina without taking any damage.

Also, if you are running out of durability on your shield, the masterwork one will last forever which you get pretty early in the game.

[Chaoslink]

Also, if you’re still so early game that you don’t yet have the repair forge, just make an extra weapon or two. The resources to make the basic stone stuff are super cheap and plentiful. Once you have some processed iron you should be able to make the repair forge to repair rather than replace.

[MaddogDino]

Try not to block, but rather dodge.
Slash, Slash, Dodge, repeat. Get's me out of so much trouble.

[Kaery]

Especially with hordes, dodging and moving around are mandatory when playing solo. Yes, the large amount of targets means you're spreading out your damage, but try and focus down individuals anyways.
If you only stand and block, you will get overwhelmed, like you describe. Move. Try to make sure that at most three to five enemies are in range.

[Chaoslink]

Also note that blocking with a weapon deals damage to the weapon. If your shield is broken, dodge rather than block so you don’t end up with a broken weapon as well.

[gerald2]

Originally posted by Aether:

So I made a post about this in the past, but basically I'm loosing wiping out pretty much every few days.

Someone recommended I set the difficulty to solo, which I did, and still wiped. Tried setting ALL the settings to their lowest setting, and wiped again.

Basically what's happening, is the cooldown for the Horde. I can kill SOME of the goblins, and the last time where I rage quit I killed a good ten ish of them. However, so many spawned that every time I stopped blocking, I would get hit twice before a single hit of mine could land. I'd get completely surrounded, cubstomped, die, and then respawn with the camp fully overrun again with goblins.

I'm not bad at combat games, this feels VERY much so like I'm missing some sort of mechanic, like traps, or even AI help (like workers to help fight off the goblins).

Either way, not sure how your supposed to play the game in solo, when the game throws 20+30 goblins at you in a surge and expects a single player to fight them all off

yeh its frustrating cause they tend to spawn all around you ,try finding elevated position when u get horde warning or even try dig up in an rock ore then shoot few from bow before going on em.
Otherwise use maul+charge it staggers enemies dropping em to ground for few seconds ,its not much but it can keep u relatively safe if u moving smarty having wall behind u and using charge attack all times .