Are you starting a new Elden Ring playthrough for the DLC?

\I started a new playthrough and after a couple hours into it I just don’t think I have the time for another 30-50 hour playthrough of this game sadly at this point in my life.

My backlog already becons me too as it is.

Due to this revelation I loaded up my level 120 tarnished 45 hour playthrough of my character which has defeated the final boss and hasn’t gone into ng+ yet.

I tried some combat and I’m pretty rusty :rofl: hopefully the dlc isn’t too hard with my endgame character.

For past souls games and bloodborne I always did a new playthrough but Elden ring is just too big !

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Currently doing a new playthrough, my knowledge of the game is good enough, that I’m back at the lookout farming runes after 12 hrs and at level 105. I have gotten used to the movement of the game again, I just need to fight more enemies to remember their attack patterns.

As for the DLC not being too hard on a higher-level character, my experience with Dark Souls/2/3 says that yes it will be tough. But I don’t think it will be too much harder than the Haligtree areas.

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I’m quite rusty with these types of games now but I did beat wo long (with summons lol) and I beat lies of p myself so hopefully I can readjust

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I’m using my 136+ hours char, no time to start again

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For me starting over is about getting rid of the rust, since I will either face enemies too strong for me to adjust in time. Or enemies so weak I can’t pick anything up.

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Well, looks like level isn’t going to contribute much to the DLC difficulty. As FromSoftware is implementing a similar system to Sekiro for the DLC.

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NO way going through all the pain again lol. I’m Faith build and some late parts of the game were super hard at moments. Maybe will try something else, but I like my Blasphemous blade too much :sob:.

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I’m using my 138 level character. I’m not trying to start over

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Are you kidding?

I’m going to play Dark Souls Remastered, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3 & then Elden Ring before I touch the DLC.

It’s the only way to be sure I can beat it.

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I’ll use my 200 level character who’s in a NG+3 cycle for the expansion. Wish me luck! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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Going in level 337 NG++. Is it too high? Probably. Can I use pretty much any build I want? More than likely.

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Nah, will just play with my original character.

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I just booted Elden Ring up and I’m totally lost lol Level 177, 136 hours, no new game plus… man I don’t remember how to play it after two years, there are too many options on the grace thingies, I have too many items, too many stuff to remember…

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LOL, I think I finished Elden Ring around the lvl 150 ish, maybe lower. But after seeing the new DLC Erdtree Expansion previews, I have the same over whelming thoughts on jumping back in. I think I’ll be waiting until I have the time and focus to play ER DLC, maybe this winter, but I will return.

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I’m mopping up everything I can in NG+ to have as high as level as possible. at 176 now and previews stated you want at least 170-220 for it so I’m hoping to get up another 10 or 20 by the time review code shows up.

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That’s awesome. It’s one of my favourite games of all time, but it took me about a year to complete it when I had a few quarterly hardcore gaming weekends haha. Where Lies of P this year I finished in a month, because it wasn’t as large and had a focused item, gear, and progression. ER just feels like a fall/winter game to me when I can give it more time and focus. Hope you enjoy your experience!