Why overpowered Elden Ring characters will still have an advantage in the DLC FromSoftwareElden Ring\u2019s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will introduce a new progression system to balance the game for all players, but will this actually work? If you\u2019re like us, you have a highly overpowered character in Elden Ring which you\u2019ve been waiting to unleash on any new bosses and enemies that arrive when Shadow of the Erdtree DLC launches in June. Sure, you\u2019ve been through various New Game Plus cycles so enemies are jacked, and FromSoftware\u2019s DLCs are usually much harder than the base games, but even with all of these factors, it\u2019s going to be a slaughter, with you carving through Messmer the Impaler and his goons like a hot knife through butter. After all, while you may have experimented with the game\u2018s various builds, you\u2019ve still got your main character, the one who\u2019s seen every ending, gathered every item, slain every boss, and bullied lots of poor unfortunate souls in the Colosseum expansion. At this point, you laugh when someone invades you because they really picked the wrong world to enter. Of course, they\u2019re likely to be a super high level and a seasoned veteran too, but you\u2019ve perfected your build, you can see the holes in theirs, but most importantly, you\u2019re Elden Lord here \u2013 and they\u2019re in your domain. This only ever ends one way. Humbling the Elden Lord Malenia, Radahn, Mohg, the Fire Giant, and the Elden Beast all may have troubled players like us once, but no longer. For over two years, we\u2019ve craved a new challenge, something to finally make us feel a semblance of what these bosses once did. But really, we want to see how quickly we can tear through the next round of horrors that have been dreamed up in the wonderfully twisted mind of Hidetaka Miyazaki. We\u2019ve got the build, we\u2019ve got the levels, the items, the knowledge \u2013 the overconfidence, but then we got the news that changed everything. With the unveiling of the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer, we learned that the Elden Ring DLC will introduce a new progression system that effectively wipes the slate clean and puts all players on an even keel. It\u2019s a system that\u2019s designed to take away the advantage of OP players like us so that even those who are over level 400 will be at just as much risk as those who are new to the game. For some, this news came as a welcome challenge, especially to those who appreciate fair play and balance. However, this was unwelcome news for others and ruined our mad power fantasy of running through the expansion and cutting down everything in record time \u2013 before gleefully celebrating on a pile of crushed enemies. FromSoftware knew our intentions and has already moved to remind us of what Souls games are all about. There are no easy wins and in this world, death comes for us all. But here\u2019s the thing, we don\u2019t know exactly what this new system will entail yet and how it will work. It\u2019s also worth pointing out that in order to access the DLC, players will need to kill Mohg, then will likely need to approach the egg that supposedly houses a mutated Miquella. To get to this point, players will already need to be approaching the endgame, meaning there\u2019ll be no new or inexperienced players venturing into Shadow of the Erdtree. Challenge accepted Pretty much everyone heading into Shadow of the Erdtree will already be a high-level and competent player, so we\u2019re skeptical that this new system will truly level the playing field. We believe that the truly OP players will indeed still have an advantage. Of course, this new system will likely de-fang us to some extent, but we find it highly unlikely that it will completely negate our builds, equipment, and buffs. We also can\u2019t see how those of us who are at an incredibly high level will lose our advantage if the world\u2019s bosses and enemies have already been capped after seven NG+ cycles. Sure, the enemies in the DLC will likely be even harder, and Shadow of the Erdtree could buff them beyond the seven-cycle cap, but even still. Will this make a dent in those who have reached max level, or even those who are level 400 and beyond? We\u2019re not convinced. Finally, here\u2019s the main reason we don\u2019t fear the Elden Ring expansion\u2019s new leveling system; we did the work. We already earned the skills and understand what it takes to move through the Lands Between as opponent after opponent falls to our blades. FromSoftware already made us run the gauntlet, several times if you count the Dark Souls games, Demon\u2019s Souls, and Bloodborne too. We know how to analyze a boss and look for its weak spots and gaps in its defenses. It\u2019s our skill and experience which will carry us through and it\u2019s this skill and experience that allowed us to become overpowered in the first place. While our build, gear, and high levels help, they alone are rarely the path to victory in Souls games. The developers can add as many systems as they like to reduce our advantage, but ultimately, it\u2019s too late to take it away. Therefore, our defiance and overconfidence \u2013 at least for now \u2013 will remain untarnished. So do your worst, FromSoftware, and remember, we\u2019re not locked in with your bosses, they\u2019re locked in with us. We\u2019re the real monsters you created. Elden Ring multiplayer | Elden Ring character classes | Elden Ring character creator | Elden Ring New Game Plus | Survive an invasion in Elden Ring | How to level up in Elden Ring | How to get the Horse in Elden Ring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why overpowered Elden Ring characters will still have an advantage in the DLC FromSoftwareElden Ring\u2019s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will introduce a new progression system to balance the game for all players, but will this actually work? If you\u2019re like us, you have a highly overpowered character in Elden Ring which you\u2019ve been waiting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}