Give us a way to deal with midges already

[VDZ]

Use some armor, shield

Don't ants have 100% armor penetration or something? Or has that changed? I recall Antcid Burns being entirely inevitable when fighting ants unless you manage to keep your openings low (but then you're not attacking).

[MagicManICT]

Any combination, three or more I believe, of Ant bites, bee stings, midge bits, jellyfish stings, nettle stings, and at least one or two I'm forgetting, cause an allergic reaction. I'm one of those people that, if it doesn't require high skills, but has some risk, say everyone in a village should help out with gathering <blank>. Honey and wax from hives is one of those things that everyone can help gather, and only get one or two stings per person per day. But then what about going out foraging, fishing, or other activity that puts more small wounds on a character? It kind of hampers that "share the load" concept that I try to encourage out of village mates when people start getting Allergic reactions, and not just one, but two or three or more.

@jorb, loftar: I get that wandering down the path without worrying about the destination can be enjoyable. For a developer, it usually is (until you run yourself into a dead end road in the middle of a dark forest and the only way out is back many, many releases ago). For a player of that game, it can be fun watching the development, but it can also be a huge headache and kill any other fun because you want to avoid these traps while playing.

[Archiplex]

I've never had allergic reaction either, what the heck you do to get it?
Maybe I just don't play enough, dunno.

I've had some midges in my base recently, new phenomena. But I have maybe 0 midge bites combined on my characters, so there are not any issues really.

I wonder if devs have some statistic about how many characters have more than 100 midge bites or something.
Because I think you're all just bullshitting and just want the 100% health bar.

I got one a few days ago because i had a beesting (which lasts way too goddamned long), had picked a nettle whic hgave me nettle burns, and a midge bit me while i was raiding a bird nest at the last 5%

[springyb]

Use some armor, shield

Don't ants have 100% armor penetration or something? Or has that changed? I recall Antcid Burns being entirely inevitable when fighting ants unless you manage to keep your openings low (but then you're not attacking).

They don't, armor will help against HHP damage.

[jordancoles]

Use some armor, shield

Don't ants have 100% armor penetration or something? Or has that changed? I recall Antcid Burns being entirely inevitable when fighting ants unless you manage to keep your openings low (but then you're not attacking).

They don't, armor will help against HHP damage.

Ants definitely have armor pen and they may be the only animal in the game that does aside from maybe hornets

It's why ant dungeons are actually harder on your hp then beaver or bat dungeons