too hard to die? Maybe i am doing something wrong

[VDZ]

It's just unlikely that you go from full health, no wounds to wounded > your total hp thus dead in one combat round.

There's a dedicated newbie killer camping the only place where you can scentlessly leave the Ring of Brodgar area with a watchbot, rushing in on a horse and then building up openings until they can 100% cleave with murderous rage for an instant kill on at least anyone with fresh spawn stats but probably a bit above that as well. (My trade alt went from 100% health to instant death.) As getting a red restoration is pure RNG (haven't been able to get Yield Ground on my mining alt even with a Combat Instruction for one killing quite a few bats and foxes), a lot of people have no way to resist and avoid death. It's very possible if someone is dedicated enough and attacks only the weakest players.

[nightmare]

I remember back in like legacy, you could get raided by a camped ram and they would straight wipe your whole village, camp beds, smash hearthfires and summon scents, w/e. A lot different than a 2 day investment on a hermit character being lost. It's not fun when it happens to you but very rarely in modern gameplay do safe and established characters in a faction behind a wall get killed like this, so they just bloatmaxx.

Once a pali is up you're probably not really dying unless you get truly caught out. I.e killed by a shop camper