Yes, I know what I’m asking is basically sacrilege in the ‘Soulsborne’ community but I’ve played quite a few Souls games and I am kind of over the whole ‘challenging myself’ thing. Part of the reason I was originally drawn to the Souls franchise was the difficulty but now I just want to play Fashion Souls with a cool-ass character in a cool-ass world doing cool-ass shit. The game has so much lore and such a beautiful world and just so much creativity in general that the difficulty seems like a distraction from enjoying it.
I’ve heard using summons is a good way to alleviate some of the difficulty. Are there any other effective ways?
If youre on PC there’s an easy mod you can install, I think you can change the difficulty to your preferences when installing it
Summons are the way to go. Especially when combined with spells/incantations. You can kill most bosses by just summoning and using Rot Breath and just running away. Some bosses also have weaknesses that you can exploit.
But if all else fails, summoning other players is probably the easiest way.
first of all, fuck all the git gud crowd. im team game.should have a easy mode and a hardcore mode to keep this people busy.
as for elden ring, the game itself begs you to be exploited, summons, insane arts and etc…
if you are looking to cheat, use cheatengine and give yourself infinite runes to level up and buy itens from the npcs
Make a character that can fight at range and melee competently. This can mean making a swordsman that knows some type of offensive magic or a mage that is not a glass cannon or at least having a bow with arrows. Level VIT (the only thing that actually makes you harder to kill) and use summons/ashes for bosses. A good ash of war to use is the mimic tear or the bow puppets.
Using weapons that have some range is also a good idea, like spears.
Depends on how you like to play. Summons (human or otherwise) can make most boss fights easier, but aren’t common for the levels themselves and may sometimes basically play the game for you.
You can also use magic since IIRC it’s pretty strong in this game, so you just stay back and shoot at most enemies from outside range.
If you can rollback to a previous patch, mimic tear is basically a super strong summon disguised as one of those spirit thingies you can summon. You can look up how to get it early (or hack it into the game).
And if you like mods, there are plenty of easy mode mods like this one:
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/146
I remember there also being a “slow mode” mod that decreased enemy speed like in Sekiro, but I can’t find it.
Difficulty is part of the fun, but the keyword is part. Don’t feel guilty if you enjoy the other parts more.
Edit: Oh, and and there are some rune farm guides on the steam forums that teach you the most efficient ways to farm depending on your progression. You never get unkillable, but it can make a lot of the game easier.
