The title says it all. I understand why they implemented the rats, but at some times they are more nuissance than anything else.
Maybe they should have been used more sparsely? Or maybe their damage just needs a re-check (they are killing fast!)

if you stand still without reacting, they don't kill you faster than any enemy ..! XD
Also if you notice, there is almost always an alternative route to be able to avoid them 

@nowayy I agree they are super annoying.
There is a rat infested spot where you are supposed to shoot an arrow through a window to break an obstacle. I died twice there. Only ever died due to rats in DLC so far.
Driving them away with weapon swings sometimes doesn't work at all, that's the main problem.

@kormac67
suggestion:
you can use the arrows to move away the rats, and travel the desired area ...! 


or...
escape by climbing the walls ..! XD but it's not a very Viking move ...!

@nowayy y werent they in london?

@nowayy they really don't bring anything to the game imo, the rat arrow is interesting but outside of that its just pure annoyance, at least let us burn them, something. The mounted units are just as annoying, your special abilities are useless against them and do minor to no damage, you can't even pull or knock them off the horse yet 1 arrow sends you flying half way across the zone. Two mechanics that did nothing but make me shake my head. I won't even get into the crashes, I have had more crashes in the past 2 days then the past year of playing Valhalla, about 180 hrs into this game and I have to quit because of crashes.

Paris DLC - 1.5/2 out of 5 stars for me.

@nowayy The funny thing is... rats in England and Ireland are also invincible, but they don’t have the taste for blood like those Frankish rats. I honestly don’t remember the last time I lost so much health so quickly.

@rift74 Couldn't agree more with all you said.
Annoying,boring. And the fact that we got to use the rat ability to get 250 XP annoys me even more. The ability isn't fun to use in my opinion. And I never use ability anyway.

And I thought I could use flaming spear to kill them. Guess not. These rats are invincible.

@garbo3 Just go to the snake spot like with every other "kill 100 with useless weapon type you never use" challenge.

Annoying,boring......
I think they were created for exactly this purpose so ..
basically you are complimenting the developers ... ...! XD

I'm sure, if inside a video game, you feel anxiety, fear, terror of an enemy it means that the job has been done well


I personally had no problems with mice, either they are driven away, or they are avoided

@kormac67 It works in England too?? I am an idiot,been using it in Francia so is ruining my experience. I still got 30 left. Thanks for the heads up,you just saved me!!

@kormac67 just throw a body next to rats and you'll be occupying them and can walk freely on that area!

I forgot to mention they killed my horse. So make sure your horse is nowhere nearby when you use this ability.

@garbo3 I’ve discovered that the rats from the plague of rats archery ability will not harm your rebel allies when on a rebel mission.

Yes, like many other thing in this game.

Absolutely hate the entire rat mechanic. Annoying, not fun, not realistic in any way. I simply will not mess with whacking rats, moving boxes, etc. at all. I don't need any loot or item bad enough to spend time with Ubi's rats. It's not that I don't like rats, I simply hate the entire gameplay that involves this awful mechanic/idea. I see rats I move on to other activities. Same with the floating paper chases...not fun.

All they do is slow Eivor down and make you waste time shooing them away when movement in this game is already sluggish as it is.