Midland hive towns are being killed off and eaten over time. What I have noticed is that in this mod there are more powerful animals roaming around vain than in vanilla. Like the Foul Hounds ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they kick your ass. I love it, but those poor hivers cant deal with even 1 of them. A hiver patrol runs into 1 foul hound and that is minus one hiver patrol. The hive town guards are lucky if they can survive a single beak thing. Also the hivers weaponry is just rubbish. Or its their skills. Or their numbers. Probably all that and more.

in a fresh game I have visited the hive early on near the hub and the gates only have 3 guards. My population settings are actually lowered a bit to prevent too many roaming bands from destroying towns. But I think the hivers towns are just too sparsely protected in this mod vs the hostile wildlife.

I used to play with a higher global population and larger squads but this would cause towns to be destroyed very quickly.

Anyway this is just some feedback on the midland hive situation in this mods. Hivers are just pathetically weaker now, than even vanilla.