What's the deal with trolls?!

[God's Drunkest Driver™]

Trolls are a massive pain in the ass to kill. That is fine, I can bear wit hthat.
My problem is that all of the monsters infight amongst themselves- skeletons and greydwarves hate each other, and occasionally boars will fight as well. I've recently gotten to the swamps and I'm seeing that blobs, draugrs, and suturelings are fighting each other as well.

So why the hell is it that when a troll shows up, everything just conveniently ignores each other and everything tries to fight you at once?
I've had so many trolls show up during the fight with the elder. I'm getting chased by hordes of greydwarves while this giant tree man is demolishing the forest around us, and even trolls are joining in- The elder did no damage to the trolls or dwarves, and the trolls did no damage to the dwarves either.

Can we PLEASE get the trolls to fight the other monsters every now and then?

[Gnarly]

From the Wikipedia:

"Notes
Trolls are hostile to Draugr and can effectively dispatch them with only one or two strikes.
Trolls are hostile to Leeches and will attack them if they encounter them on the shores of the Swamp.
Trolls will smash any Workbenches they can reach.
Trolls are allied with Greylings and won't hurt them at all, even if they swing at the player.
As with many creatures, there are multiple tiers. Trolls of a higher tier are green (1-star) and red (2-star) instead of blue."

[Gnarly]

Also

"Because of the Elder's location in the Black Forest, additional enemies such as Trolls or Greydwarfs may join the battle and increase the difficulty significantly."

Basically (true likely for all bosses) ensure you clear the area around the boss's summoning location of creatures/nests/etc where possible before summoning the boss.

[Probitas]

Once you have iron Trolls are speed bumps. Hunters Bow and even flint arrows will make short work of them, once your are good enough to hit them in the face consistently. Every time I get the troll attack on the base it's usually 4-5 of them. I just keep killing them until it stops. Doesn't last long anyway, maybe 4-5 minutes, game must assume once you down a few of them it's time to stop.

FYI Trolls will also fight sea serpents.

[God's Drunkest Driver™]

My main problem is that trolls deal no damage to any other nearby enemy. You're telling me that this 20-ft tall huge naked dude with an entire ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bush's worth of pubic hair can fell a tree with a single swing of his fist, but the five tiny tree people standing right in front of him and are hit by said fist take no damage at all? That's just a load of ♥♥♥♥ right there, my guy.

[daemian2k]

best thing to do is to kite them and let them cut down trees and mine copper and stone for you. Then you dispatch them with extreme prejudice when their usefulness and the fun has subsided.

[Weaver]

Originally posted by KOMISSARIAT:

My main problem is that trolls deal no damage to any other nearby enemy. You're telling me that this 20-ft tall huge naked dude with an entire ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bush's worth of pubic hair can fell a tree with a single swing of his fist, but the five tiny tree people standing right in front of him and are hit by said fist take no damage at all? That's just a load of ♥♥♥♥ right there, my guy.

They don't do damage to friendlies, exactly like player characters (by default).

[Thunder Beaver]

Using a max level finewood bow with fire arrows and I take down a troll in 8 to 12 shots. I havent even got to iron yet. I know the swamp is tough. Im on my second play through after losing all my best gear trying to retrieve my stuff. After watching a few walktrough videos I decided to make a fresh start and max out my most useful skills before going after the Elder and the swamp.

[AAND]

Guys before you start fighting each other. The mobs on the second bossfight are only there to fight you.

normaly dwarfs and trolls arent fighting each other but every other mob groups. So for me it seems like the second boss is summoning the ads against you right from the start

[Weaver]

Originally posted by AAND:

Guys before you start fighting each other. The mobs on the second bossfight are only there to fight you.

normaly dwarfs and trolls arent fighting each other but every other mob groups. So for me it seems like the second boss is summoning the ads against you right from the start

I had only one wander in during my fight because I made sure the area was completely cleared for a ways around. It's the noise you're making that attracts them in if you haven't cleared far enough, or if trees and such start breaking.

[RasaNova]

Most mobs in any given biome won't fight each other at all, but will fight creatures from other biomes. There are a few notable exceprions - Skeletons, golems, and serpents are hostile to everyone.

[GunsForBucks]

All you need to do is clear the area of enemies. Even had one Modor fight where a stone golem was near by. So before the fight started I dug a pit and used my harpoon to drop him in it. Killing it would only allow it to respawn later when it could be a problem.

In the black forest or swamps just clear the area of any spawners. Bonemass only throws out some blobs. A good scouting of the area and cleanup of any enemies should be done well before you actually summon the boss.

The last thing you should do is summon the boss when you first find the location, that seems like asking for trouble. This game rewards being prepared and punishes not thinking ahead.

[Crystal_Pistol]

More of a nuisance than anything. They take a while to kill and soak up arrows like a sponge. All the while, a team of greys will be throwing rocks and running around like their hair is on fire.

[Flare |UKCS|]

I agree the Trolls should accidentally hit friendlies , ie the greys... I mean the greys seem to know they are in no danger so run around you messing you up with collisions and blocking.
Trolls are usually depicted as rather dull, so smacking friends would be usual for 'em.

[Frozztastic]

I just hate how they take out all the nice trees I've planted.

[jrc]

Head shots and knockback. Use fire. Look for and clear nearby troll caves. Consider deploying spikes, dig pits, use brains. You should be 4-shotting them with a Hunter's bow. Draugr Fang bow can take them in 2, sometimes 1, depending on placement, condition, and arrow choice.