Don't mess with trolls: A cautionary tale

[Amanda44]

Well, I've now learnt that maybe being on a horse whilst mining isn't as safe as I thought!

[reexar77]

Jord and Loftar should at least tell us how the creatures acts , not knowing what such a deadly creature can do is just bad , studying them is too risky and spawning them too rare for testing how the flex mechanic works , so far i've only seen like 5 trolls this world 2 of which were killed before the flexing mechanic being added and they are nasty creatrues with a base q of 90 in some cases , i've seen q90 trolls

[reexar77]

Well, I've now learnt that maybe being on a horse whilst mining isn't as safe as I thought!

never have a horse in your range when mining , horses in the troll range will skip the flexing stage which lasts 5 to 10 seconds from what i've heard

[thomas_ewing]

Trolls don't despawn.

This does help highlight what I see as a problematic game mechanic. I just don't understand the point of trolls in their current form. Are they supposed to be instant death to 99% of the players? If so, why not just replace them with exploding pockets of gas or something. As things stand, only factions can take them down without cheesing. I would love to hear what J&L actually envision for trolls, because unlike most things in this game, I just don't understand it.

[jordancoles]

So the lessons here are brace for almost instant death and do not try to hunt it in any way shape or form. Just let it despawn and hope for the best?

Trolls never despawn

[spawningmink]

Most people can kill trolls 1v1 combat and if you can't you're pretty autistic

[MrPunchers]

Most people can kill trolls 1v1 combat and if you can't you're pretty autistic

I heard trolls on lvl.5 can kill people with 3k+ stats in a 1v1, on lvl 1-4 idk though.

[MadNomad]

Just let it despawn

interesting.

[Amanda44]

Well, I've now learnt that maybe being on a horse whilst mining isn't as safe as I thought!

never have a horse in your range when mining , horses in the troll range will skip the flexing stage which lasts 5 to 10 seconds from what i've heard

Yeah, do you know if that applies to a bull too? Or anyone knows?
Only I ride my horse (which I won't be doing anymore!) and bring my bull with his pack on ... but if I just brought my bull, would the Troll still react to it in the same way?
I'm sort of guessing yes ....

[Karede]

Just let it despawn

interesting.

They don't despawn either then? RIP