Hearthlings are blind or something

[MrMcNuggets]

Everytime you move and, say, there's a tree in the way, my character will just walk INTO the tree and not move any further, it gets really annoying when i'm chasing down a rabbit and my character will just slam his face against a tree. Why not just have him walk AROUND the tree like in other games?

[Arcanist]

You have to tell him to walk around the tree.
Alternatively there are public pathfinding clients.

[Ninijutsu]

Your character will walk from where he is currently to the point that you click to. You'll get used to it, we all had to.

[Neizi]

hearthlings are like pawns. they do whatever they're told, unquestioningly. that means smashing into trees. personally i haven't had any problems with this.

[vatas]

hearthlings are like pawns. they do whatever they're told, unquestioningly. that means smashing into trees. personally i haven't had any problems with this.

I woke up in the woods. Voice telling me to pick branches from trees and somehow chip stone barehanded. I don't know how but I managed to make stone axe. Voice tells me to pick other stuff from trees and dropped them. Suddenly knew how to chop down trees and grab rabbits. Voice tells me to walk around. Voice tells me to grab rabbit when I see one. Voice tells me to kill rabbit and butcher it. Voice guides me. Voice makes me strong.