Reduced Reliance on RNG (from the perspective of a game maker)

The battling system DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. PERIOD.
Lvl 10 enemy, level 20 lead LUCKY FEET active before initiating the battle.

The Lunar Badger lunges at you, but you dodge and take only 3 damage.

The Lunar Badger makes a swift dash before you can react. Your opponent has the first move.

In both cases the modifier (the small pop-up text that appear when you hover over the dice icon) said -1 agility. So the badger managed to hit me fist because of my LOW agility, but at the same time I dodged because of... his low agility? Or my high agility? That doesn't make any sense. Remember, we're talking about enemy 10 levels BELOW with LUCKY FEET active.

I almost never manage to hit first when I battle low level enemies. They almost always attack first and the text goes like "overwhelming strenght" or "outsmarted you". Sorry, but how can lvl 6 enemy be smarter than my over 700+ stat lead with 138 in smarts? This doesn't make any sense. The only thing I'm really happy about so far is the healing salve update because booooi I need this.

EDIT: Battle with lvl 7 enemy, 13 levels below my lead.

The Pherris Feline Marauder chases you and hits just one last time for 2 damage. Total energy used: 10.

You are bleeding and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Feline Marauder attacks you for 4 damage.

You bite the Pherris Feline Marauder for 3 damage.

You are wounded and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Feline Marauder bites you for 4 damage. You are wounded!

You bite the Pherris Feline Marauder for 2 damage.

The Pherris Feline Marauder bites you for 2 damage.

You bite the Pherris Feline Marauder for 5 damage.

You rest a bit and recover 2 HP. You feel better!

You are wounded and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Feline Marauder attacks you for 3 damage.

You try to rest but the Pherris Feline Marauder charges at you!

You are wounded and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Feline Marauder attacks with its claws for 3 damage.

You try to rest but the Pherris Feline Marauder rushes at you and attacks for 1 damage!

You are bleeding and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Feline Marauder rends your side for 3 damage.

You try to rest but the Pherris Feline Marauder rushes at you and attacks for 3 damage!

You are bleeding and have lost 1 HP.

The Pherris Feline Marauder attacks you for 2 damage. You are wounded!

You bite the Pherris Feline Marauder for 4 damage.

You chase the Pherris Feline Marauder for a while but it doesn't seem to get tired at all.

The Pherris Feline Marauder tries to dash away but you react quickly and stop it. You start first.

Nah, it's a valid complain that we've all got. To be honest, IDK how the hell a casual player would get any enjoyment out of these events, I missed one day last time around because I dared to go on a road trip and fell way behind the end goal I'd been aiming for.

And yeah that bleed DoT needs to not be a thing.

EDIT: Yeah the healing salve thing was desperately needed and is so far the only objectively good alteration that I've seen.

my only guess is theres hidden stat thresholds but thats entierly me guessing, the revamp kind of seems to have helped but theres still so much confusion round HOW it works that its still debatable. that then raises the question of do enemy stat thresholds change with level too, but thats a whole nother kitten cabootle. tbh the combat changes only really seemed to have made it so battles take longer and use more energy. seems like damage rolls are still kind of all over the place. somtimes theyre reasonable and sometimes you get smashed. though i will grant that i havent had the uh, plesure of messing with the combat too too much but i suspect thats going to change REAL quick. (due to the lunar event i mean)

...lvl 2 automon vs a lvl 18 lead. I won, but I took a LOT of damage. (I started at full health 47...ended with 11)

Total energy used: 17.

The Pherris Automaton has lost a lot of blood and can no longer fight. You win.

You got +15 EXP for winning!

You gained  1 Lunar Tear!

The Pherris Automaton is bleeding profusely and has lost 3 HP.

The Pherris Automaton shoots you for 1 damage.

You bite the Pherris Automaton for 4 damage.

You are bleeding and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Automaton is bleeding profusely and has lost 3 HP.

The Pherris Automaton slashes you for 2 damage.

You bite the Pherris Automaton for 2 damage.

You are bleeding and have lost 3 HP.

The Pherris Automaton is bleeding profusely and has lost 4 HP.

The Pherris Automaton slashes you for 3 damage.

You bite the Pherris Automaton for 2 damage. It writhes in pain. 

You are bleeding and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Automaton shoots you for 2 damage.

You bite the Pherris Automaton for 2 damage.

You are bleeding and have lost 2 HP.

The Pherris Automaton shoots you for 2 damage.

You try to bite the Pherris Automaton but miss.

You are bleeding and have lost 3 HP.

The Pherris Automaton slashes you for 4 damage.

You try to rest but the Pherris Automaton rushes at you and attacks for 3 damage!

You are bleeding and have lost 1 HP.

The Pherris Automaton shoots you for 4 damage. You are wounded! 

You bite the Pherris Automaton for 2 damage.

The Pherris Automaton shoots you for 2 damage.

You try to bite the Pherris Automaton but miss.

You lunge at the Pherris Automaton and deal 6 damage. It is stunned. 

The Pherris Automaton tries to overcome you with brute strength but you stand your ground. You make the first move.

PLEASE for the love of everything, fix the battling. It's nothing but frustration, it's been BY FAR my least favorite part of this game since Day 1 and after the "update" it's just gotten so much worse.

With the only event, which is also a reoccurring one, being so heavily reliant on battling, it's basically just a frustration event. I don't even want to participate at all and wouldn't if these rewards weren't time limited. That's the only reason I'm doing this event and truly the only thing making it such a pain is the battling, which is SO BAD it's sucking the entire fun out of everything.
I practically leave every Wolvden night during the event feeling pissed because some nonsense happened during the battles.

And don't even get me started on Lucky Feet. Thanks for the boost, but it's barely one at all. When you bleed FIRST TURN without even having had a chance to move, and then you get 2 more bleeding messages (and didn't even stop bleeding before??) and then get beaten with the enemy having lost a whole 6HP despite you having a used a lucky Foot when the battle started...
Yeah. Thanks, really great help.

Excuse the salt, but my god the game has been running for 5 months. How long does the userbase have to complain about the same things for them to get fixed??

God YES PLEASE. I don't want to be pissy but the rng is getting infuriating.

Lvl 17 lead, went up against a lvl 18 red fox. I used an LF from the start and he caused me to bleed, and barely 3 moves later my health is halfway down. Lucky feet are utterly useless. Hardly managed to do any damage to the fox. 

Anyone else just getting Bleed inflicted on them within the first two rolls in pretty much every battle now? Birds especially, regardless of level (my lead is level 20) if they strike first they’re causing bleed basically 90% of the time. It’s so, so frustrating and absolutely senseless as no way is my level 20 wolf getting pecked to death by a level 5 lunar owl 🙃 then resting doesn’t work as they’ll just attack on your rest turn. 

This system needs fixing. 

Seals, birds, even some undulates, but with birds it's a 50/50 shot that I'll get a huge DoT and some 7hp hit in one go if they get initiative. Level could be 1 or 20, doesn't matter.