So far this appears to be a "choose your own difficulty" game. I've deliberately chosen to "git gud" at melee, since I've always sucked at melee. Could level to 99 and just blast through things, but where is the fun in that?
Elden Ring has taught me calm and resolve in the face of overwhelming odds. Also, the value of a battle honestly fought. It's a great teacher, and an amazing game.
Okay. And how am I supposed to find these play styles? Looking up walkthroughs that show you OP builds and where to find relevant items is surely more immersion breaking than changing a difficulty setting in a menu that makes enemies do 20% less damage and have 20% less health.
Farm normal enemies slowly, ignore bosses until you are over leveled - say by 20%, spend the time slowly exploring and methodically clearing out enemies instead, mount and run away or through packs of enemies, use summons and the NPC or human summons, play as a mage, try boss fights mounted where you are allowed.
