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

I know. :P The system needs to be redone anyway, because battle can consume most of your energy. Here I knew I'm low, and I knew I would have to pay for it, but it doesn't change the fact, that the system is broken and should be rethinked. It shouldn't be tied so closely to energy or it should take constant ammount of it (like -10% energy for battle, period). HP loss is enough penalty as it is.

Agreed 

granted i get lucky more in fights but i still have wtf moments when i do meet NPCs who are lower level than me and do more damage even when i have energy and such to spare. so yeah, i don't fight alot unless i have to (or it's coyotes since my lead finds them easy targets even in packs and she hates them lol)

The system definitely needs reworking I agree, but it's worth noting that if the tired status reduced rolls by one then they would have succeeded their rest much sooner. 

Got to admit, I agree.

I haven't had that huge problems with battling, but losing as lvl 10 to a lvl 5 so often is kind of... demoralizing. Even more so if the difference is bigger, and even more so for a large body difference. A tiny little fox beating a wolf? Egh.

Herbalist proficiency is also unfortunate. At least let them bring rarer and/or more herbs in.

Is this still an issue :(?

I have been away from Wd for a good couple of months so I am out of touch.

It's a bit more stat-dependent, but it's definitely still a thing, and still needs some work. For example: first-round bleed procs from birds especially are annoyingly common.

Oh I just outright avoid birds if I can xD

Same, though with the events it doesn't feel like there's much choice.

I've been lucky that the snake hasn't wanted me to beat birds, lately.

The other battle-related issue for me is definitely getting grappled/surrounded. That’s currently a death sentence for my lead :/ battling got a little bit better after changing to wolf with better stats, but it still feels like a necessary chore :/