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    24 days ago

    I think insisting that difficulty options must exist at the meta game level in a menu is a very narrow vision of how challenge and difficulty can be.

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        But they did implement it in another way: spirit ashes, NPC summons, player summons, getting a big ass shield, etc.

        Many people hit a wall in elden ring and go “fuck it, I’m using the mimic tear.”. That’s essentially turning the difficulty down, except in-game and not through a menu.

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          Some of us just really suck at their games. None of that made it easy enough for me to enjoy Elden Ring, but a trainer did.

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            Okay? Some games even with the difficulty set to minimum are too much for people. I’m glad you found a way to have fun (unless you went into multiplayer with cheats, in which case shame.)

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              24 days ago

              True, true, but the point is they didn’t try and will never even entertain the notion.

              As for cheating, I never cheat online if there’s any kind of competitiveness involved.