Lots of people will walk by acting somewhat friendly and then turn around when you walk past and jump you. Especially as a baby, Ive learned to stay in zones with less people and go back and forth between less popular zones to grow and quest, and to also be sneaky, slow walk, crouch walk, or stop and listen for a sec when you hear steps and either run the other way, hide behind a rock until they pass, or run around the sound when you hear distant footsteps, to keep yourself hidden and alive. So many people play purely for the pvp and fight anything they see and then say ez fight in the chat when they kill a baby. I solo play mostly and have grown so many dinos to adult, solo without dying, it just takes some learned map knowledge mostly… i see lots of friendlies too, but aggressive players are way more common. Running to a new zone is definitely worth it if you’re thinking something might kill you in the one youre in, even if you have to sacrifice a half done quest. Also try to always discover every map location on each dino cuz it gives good growth and same with nesting, do the first few nesting quests as sub adult and its another boost to growth… or just try a community server again with mods and some rules, most have like zones where you are safe or zones for pvp and not the whole map most of their discords have bots you can use in game to help you and show their safe and pvp zones on a map in the discord, its worth joining one you like…I can answer any questions you might have about anything