Currently, there is no way to protect yourself in this game. I talk about items and villages. Stone Hedge gives the biggest protection and its already can get bashed with hand. In H&H brickwall gave totall 100% protection, u just had to look for rams each 24 hours.
Half of my village left the game, when we've got robbed. Well, actually they left not because we've got robbed-all of them had H&H experience and they got used to loose stuff in random moment. They left Salem, when they read forums and understood, that there is no way to be protected. Btw, while tracking him, we've found like 5-6 robbed settlements.
My H&H mates, just like any H&H player, faced many things:
-Server technical issues while fighting with bears/swimming? -Ok, sh*t happens.
-Got surrounded by the players in Dragon helms? -I think, I ll have to watch global map and check for high-end villages nearby, before settle my next home.
-Was palibashed, robbed and killed? -At least, now I know that brickwall must be built ASAP.
But almost always, there is a way to escape 90% of troubles. That way called "Brickwall".
But now they dropped Salem after one single pathetic robbery. We've lost almost nothing-less than 500 coins was the biggest loss, LOL. They dropped not because they don't understand, that loosing stuff is a part of the game, but because whats point in playing? Guys like him can visit us again anytime. Next time this might be some retarded griefer, who will destroy all cupboards and structures, harvest all plants and throw all things that he don't need to the ground to let them rot.
I understand, that no one can feel totally safe-this is the part of this game. But the most valued stuff is not your character, its your high purity stuff, coins, plants and some things that require time to get. With some help of this stuff and your mates, you can easily get your new character back to its old level.
So my suggestion will be pretty short and simple: Make stone hedge indestructible, until there will be way to build a stronger wall or rams will be included in the game.