Okay so when i played the last time there were exploits i guess you call them so you could kill animals in water and dug out holes but now that has been fixed so how do you even survive? I can not take but a few hits from bears and i am dead and the little animals that i can kill run away so i can not even get any skills.

Should i be looking for a better armor set or better weapons? I guess i am not that good at all the blocking stuff i am just more or less standing there swinging but a few swipes by a bear and i am done and he takes no real damage at all. Any information would be helpful.