B.A.T.S.

[Thrandarian]

How to deal with them? They are impossible to shoot with a bow and arrow, so noobs are not allowed to mine caves anymore?

I for one am glad about the bats. I hope all these hearth fire, cave entrance blocking , troll living dungeon dwelling, stinky little creatures, die a miserable death.

[banok]

Die noobs, die.

We are considering some leniency in the bat department. Enjoy the fun while it lasts.

its too late. RIP Dustin.

[MightySheep]

I walked into a cave and there were 2 bats a couple of tiles away from me right at the very entrance. They didn't even aggro me so I killed each one in 1 arrow shot and wondered what the heck all the fuss was about.

Admittedly the ones further into the cave will be a pain to deal with but couldn't you just block the floor with logs or stockpiles then shoot at it? or do they fly over stuff?

[Black_Heart]

Something like this will allow you to ignore bats a little easier, and if you replace one of the section of fence with your hf you can walk through but bats cant making it so you can kill them melee combat as little as 5 ua & no combat discoveries, just kill 3 bat on day old guy as i died earlier to a boar. also they seem not to spawn on claim hope this helps, but beware if they spawn the walkway on occasion & if it happen you just go outside fence and they trapped inside same function

hhahahahahhahahahahhahahaha
really you did it cause of bats?

I think we construct same things in our cave. Thx

[Huitsi]

I walked into a cave and there were 2 bats a couple of tiles away from me right at the very entrance. They didn't even aggro me so I killed each one in 1 arrow shot and wondered what the heck all the fuss was about.

Admittedly the ones further into the cave will be a pain to deal with but couldn't you just block the floor with logs or stockpiles then shoot at it? or do they fly over stuff?

You cannot shoot over logs anymore. I died because I was trying to get an angle where I could shoot them.
Maybe you can from small crack the bats cant go trough but that's not really safe.

[dvsmasta]

Was crawling by a set of 3 bats and they aggro'd on me... knockout city.

[satinembers]

Why are bats agressive anyways? They're generally shy timid creatures. I guess to make mining harder?

Would be nice if they were like foxes, moderately strong but non agressive, so if you're unprepared and try to attack them you'll get a smackdown.

[epicless]

Die noobs, die.

We are considering some leniency in the bat department. Enjoy the fun while it lasts.

Yes, please. Thanks.

[arthuratwar]

Bat one shot me for 42 hhp wtf jorbtar fuck your fucking bears with wings.

[Orocnogu]

Oh that was a bummer, really. I had a guild once in some other MMO, formed via an alliance of two other guilds -- Brotherhood of Alliance and Time Sliders, and the resulting name was B.A.T.S. Seeing this on this forum made me go full obi-wan kenobi, like "that's a name I haven't heard in a long time!"

And whaddya know, it's really about some newly-implemented bats. Disappointment over 9000. =(