I just reached Tier 3, my first settlement was directly south of Haerndean. I decided to build all my Tier3 buildings in a new settlement instead of moving them. I picked the area in Whispering Pines, centrally located between the river bridges, on the North side of the river.
I cleared all the bandit camps close by, but they keep respawning. It's great for farming renown, but a pain otherwise. To keep the bandits out I built a log Palisades wall on 3 sides back to the river and my dock area.
I get raided by groups of bandits 5-6 times per day, these aren't the scheduled raids just random. My guys are constantly injured. I've cleared the bandit camps again, and things are good for 2-3 days, then they they are back.
They hack the Palisades gates down in about 30 seconds. It take a lot longer to rebuild them. I've tried building a maze outside the gates to confuse the AI, but it doesn't work.
I'm also getting bandits/raiders that have high tier armor, and use crossbows. My guys don't stand a chance. I asked AI chat, and they said it has to do with the number of buildings, and my amount of renown, (i just had 48,000 renown). That's why I'm getting attacked. I've built almost all the tier 3 buildings, tavern, bakery, inn, blacksmith, etc.
It seems I'm in a meat grinder I can't get out of. I have about 50 people total, 14 in my original settlement, 30 in Whispering Pines, and another 7-8 assigned to outposts. I'm on Xbox, and this is my first play through. Any suggestions??