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

I can usually snap out of being grappled or surrounded, but I also pick fights with only canine/fox enemies unless the snake tasks me otherwise.

A bigger problem for me lately has been the limitations to battle trophy drops, and foxes never wanting to be within the level range battle trophies drop for me at all, and then if they are... giving me nothing of value. Thanks, I find it frustrating.

I want to level up my lead as fast as possible to get her to full stats and level, so I fight everything that's in my lvl range. And it's super annoying when lvl 14 wolf defeats lvl 18 fox and got nothing in return so I feel you so much.

Also "keep moving forward" battle is just brutal.

There's very little point in being lvl 20 for me. It just decreases the range I can get battle trophies from >__>

@Ihmislehma

Just wanted to let you know that the devs updated the trophy drop system! Hopefully you'll have more luck from now on. From Development Update #9:

Trophy Drop Adjustments

Thanks to your feedback, we have made an important adjustment to how trophies drop from enemies. Three conditions apply:

* Trophies now drop from ANY enemy that is level 5 or higher

* Your Lead Wolf must be at least level 10 for trophies to drop

* The chance of trophies dropping is directly tied to your Lead Wolf's level, with the highest chance of getting a drop at level 20

We hope that these changes drastically improve the chances of finding trophies, especially for those of you at level 20.

i've mostly still been getting healing salves from stuff i fight, unfortunately.

@Brunch
Thanks, I seem to have had better luck. I can now pick fights on a wider range and not rely on hoping for strong enough targets.

Gotta say, either my luck has been abysmally bad this last event, or combat got tweaked without anyone being alerted to it, because combat is back to being an awful effing slog and I'm hating every minute of it.