Friendly warning: bats not that nerfed after all

[vatas]

After dozens of times getting attacked by bats and getting only few nicks&nacks I may have grown too careless but still, my story short. I was foraging in a cave and sneaked past 3-4 bats. It failed and they aggroed me. I started running away and tried to use some defensive moves but they KO'd me and presumable dumped their IP moves at me, one hit dealing 42 hhp damage, until I permadied. I don't bother you with exact stats but it was my main who was eligible for Valhalla.

[Robben_DuMarsch]

I'll see you in Valhalla soon enough my friend.

[Sevenless]

They're a little less aggressive than they were, and they spawn less densely.

Recently I've been noticing their aggression was tweaked upwards again. Still not as bad as when they first were introduced.

[proknah]

Same thing happened to me. Got attacked by 4 bats. Good thing I was wearing armor and I was safe.
Just a tip, do not try to sneak around them. Pull and kill 1 by 1.

[Audiosmurf]

Same thing happened to me. Got attacked by 4 bats. Good thing I was wearing armor and I was safe.
Just a tip, do not try to sneak around them. Pull and kill 1 by 1.

This, seriously. They're extremely weak 1v1, not worth sneaking around.

[theoddfielding]

I suffered the same fate a couple of weeks ago. Yep, bat swarms are nothing to sneeze at. Sneeze at individual bats all you want, sometimes that's enough to kill them.

[banok]

if I see 3 or more bats I aggro one. if 2 or less bats I just run past because I know I can handle 2

even on a good fighter taking on running through 3 bats is stupid, because at best you cannot put up your defenses before they waste durability on your armour.

combat vs multiple opponents is exponentially harder.

[burgingham]

It doesn't take too much armor to soak all their damage, then it won't harm the armor either.

[Kaios]

The "sneaking past" isn't supposed to have a chance to fail attached to it from the way I understood their changes in that regard when they made them but maybe I'm wrong.

[TeckXKnight]

The "sneaking past" isn't supposed to have a chance to fail attached to it from the way I understood their changes in that regard when they made them but maybe I'm wrong.

Didn't jorb say that movement speed has nothing to do with their aggro and that was something players had invented on their own?