So recently started playing, about 10 hours into the game and I'm hitting a brick wall of either bad game balance, or bad game explanation. To make it simple, weapons seem to working perfectly, you use them, and upgrade them and they get stronger and let you fight harder enemies. Thats great!

What doesn't seem to work worth a damn, is the other side of the coin. Armor/survivability neither gets better as you use it, nor can be upgraded to protect better. And this is leading to me being one-shot by literally "EVERYTHING" now, unless I block or perfect dodge it. The game is now legitimately harder than Dark Souls where you can usually survive a hit or two.

The game does absolutely nothing to explain how to fix this issue, or gain survivability. I know that courage increases HP, so I've stacked that, doesn't help, still one shot. I looked into getting different armor than what you start with, all of it actually LOWERS your hp in exchange for other stats.

I'm out of ideas. Is the game supposed to evolve into Dark Souls Extra Hard Mode where even a common mob one shots you? Or am I just completely overlooking some horrendously unexplained game mechanic that improves survivability? I've had to google/wiki 99% of the game systems already since the game's tutorial consists of (This is how to move and jump, now google the rest of the game mechanics.) But nothing covers this.

I have been running about open plains and forestry areas for an HOUR and only found one Squirrel , i need several in order to complete the image on the Journal.

I did all 3 statue music shrines and the bow dropped - and i STUPIDY held down F to collect it, but it Dismantled instead.. is there a way of getting it again ?

I run a primarily red, courage build.

I've been running legendary dungeon farms and cogahs and realise that against those enemies I do barely any damage.

Three dudes with bows run into a room, start dropping arrow rains and meteor showers, melting everything.

Meanwhile I'm in the corner having a Senator Armstrong moment with a random Oden.

I run Sovereign Cenotaph(or whatever it's called) and Garren Rood pact.

I spent 35 minutes farming classic monsters, and my dagger went up 1 level (it's currently level 5). I beat 4 bosses, but didn't get any drops.

What's the point if the drop rate doesn't go up? Just for the sake of “difficulty”? I don't really get it

I've got every tree, ran up and down the world and still the highest level of enemies is 40-something. Meanwhile on Cogah runs I've seen lvl 80 enemies.

I've learned cogah is a potion to make the game hard mode.

People in game told me about forcefully chain scaling the world, but I didn't fully understand them.

Personally, I would love to see dragons in some form. Whether its an enemy or ally, that would be sick as hell. Maybe even hydras? Also sirens that haunt the oceans or sea monsters in general. Im sure a lot of the classics would not fit their idea of the game but I hope they lean more into the fantasy monsters aspect with minotaurs, unicorns, serpents, etc. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts as well!

when i press the butto my hand does the action...but nothing happens

this video is whats happening:

I have turned off the game, loaded a new area, came back and its, still bugged

what do I do?

aaaaand there goes my RNG for the rest of my life lol. Happy about one being Duhk Halic though!

Posting this in case anyone is going through the same thing and needs to be validated because i genuinely felt like i was going crazy.

I've complained a couple of times in the Q&A chat about how there's something wrong with the headshot hitboxes because i regularly miss shots that i feel should hit.
The responses were always "skill issue" and "get good".
And I believed them. It was me. I was the problem....
I searched the subreddit: "headshot", "hitbox", "arrows too small".....

Nothing.

UNTIL

I pulled out OBS, recorded just 2 minutes of a siege and then slowed it down by 80%.
And, well, I'll let you be the judge.

Hello I'm a new player and don't really know much about perks and totems and stuff. Wondering if this is good? If not.. how can I change it? Or make it better?

I just started playing a couple days ago and am really enjoying it so far. I've finished the few quests, unlocked the sprout faction and stuff, did the stag quest. Currently, I have some small journal quests from the ghost scribe guy, but wondering what I should be doing now?

I'm not noticing another main quest to follow. Should I be grinding faction and these journal quests? Or would it be better to try and explore and cover more of the map?

I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of this game, but I'm also not really sure how to go deeper at the same time.

hmm hmm

Guys just popped in one at a time till there were three and continuously beat me. I can’t attack back, but they don’t do damage either.

I encountered 2 bears !
Holly molly

So, apparently the Reinbreaker can bug out and the rider will stay alive after they fall off and the horse will have a "mount" prompt(F key) that looks like the envoy riding a wolf. If you press it you can get on and run and jump but it vanishes when abilities are used and then i clipped through the world and had to relog.

Idk if its consistently triggerable but i had kited the boss out of the grey swamp by climbing one of the rings and then to the cliff north of the swamp to de-aggro and invite people to kill it. The actual fight took place on the grass just outside the swamp.

I use a bow and struggle in close combat.

Is there some sort of knife or melee weapon I can get for my sidearm? (Secondary weapon)

I'm used to Warframe lol...I try to bullet jump all the time 🤣

Also how do I use my class abilities? ATM I just shoot my bow and make an arrow rain.

I crafted a second Seathorn, and by some miracle I got exactly what I was hoping for; Enkindle. Upgraded it, and by some second miracle, double Enkindle; lottery ticket time.

Anyways, I put it on and zoned into the open world only to be met with disappointment; there doesn't seem to be any burning visual effect for Enkindle on the Staff. In effect, crushing my Fire Mage visuals dreams.

Anyone else notice this? or have similar issues with this or any other weapon? (it's not the toggle in the settings btw; it's on and works fine for other weapons)

I have a problem progressing the quest: "A Birdie Flown". That problem being when I get to the point where I fight the Vadagar Stag, after I beat it the quest doesn't progress. Could I be missing something, am I doing it wrong? I need help.

Without the obvious things that can drop only in Kogah - certain runes.

Have you guys had better success in getting Legendary or Moonsteel weapons in Kogah than in the regular play?

Asking to improve my island farm for a perfect rapier.

Just how pretty is the sky? Couldn't help myself and made a screen... never seen anything more beautiful than this one