Elden Ring DLC to Limit Player Attack Power, Aiming to Refresh Challenge
• Miyazaki confirmed Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will limit player attack power, similar to Sekiro's progression system, to increase difficulty for new and veteran players.
• This is meant to give freedom to explore areas before re-challenging bosses that were previously too difficult.
• In Sekiro, players collected prayer beads from bosses to increase attack power and HP, but other stats remained locked.
• It's unclear how exactly Elden Ring will implement this system, but it will likely involve collecting items to increase a DLC-specific attack power stat.
• This new progression system should make the DLC feel challenging again, even for players with high-level characters, while still feeling fair.