What felt like a missed opportunity, to you?

Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time. I got every penny’s worth out of this game, and then some. After 800 hours, there are just some things that I think would have been cool.

First, I wish leveling up to 400+ had more merit. I’m basically just leveling for fun at this point, and I think it would be cool if the soft caps weren’t so brutal passed 60-80.

Second, I wish NG+ runs garnered some new rewards. I think the easiest way to do this would be to let remembrances be used as upgrade materials. Using the remembrance of these great enemies, let us upgrade the weapons they drop passed their normal max strength. I feel like they could balance this by not allowing those upgrades to carry over to worlds with lower NG+ cycles. If not, just let us get some upgraded talismans, like the rings in DS3

Third, I wish armor was shown more love. Players literally make it a point to have the drippiest armor sets. It’d be cool to be able to customize armor the way we can customize weapons. Upgradeable armor would be way tougher to balance, but it feels like a worthy endeavor.

I know all of this probably sounds like I just want the game to be easier, but that’s really not the case. I just love building and upgrading my character, and I wish I didn’t feel like my character has largely stagnated since level 400.

I’m a very small part of the player base, I’m sure, but these are just some thoughts!

Bonus: Dryleaf arts should have been an incantation seal, as well as a melee weapon. Would have been a great mirror to the carian sorcery sword.