I don’t get that at all. Elden Ring was already painfully long. If you tried to do everything you ended up super OP. It became an absolute slug to get through. It was super repetitive. I can’t imagine anything they could add with a DLC that could improve that. I don’t get the hype for the DLC.

You’re complaining that a game has too much content?

Games not scaled for you play all the content, not entirely the same complaint.

I mean, it kinda is though? The stats all have diminishing returns.

If you did all the content you would probably be max at everything by the time you finish a playthrough unless you lose lots of souls. Would there be an enemy or boss that would be significant hurdle for content to be fun at that point?

Because of the diminishing returns you would actually also hit that point far earlier than max level as well.

Idk what you’re on about, I platinum’s the game and I’m only RL200 in NG+3. RL200 is enough for a decently strong (but not OP at NG+3) battle mage class. I stopped leveling after hitting 200 and plan to play the DLC after NG+3 at the same RL.

It’s not too much to ask that a Soulsborne enthusiast who’s replayed the game multiple times and put in over 150hrs just decide when enough is enough regarding leveling. It’s been that way since Demon Souls. It’s an intentional part of the game design.

Why would you expect the game “scale” and retain its difficulty when you are 99 in every single stat? That’s ridiculous.

So you had to reset the game increasing the difficulty to get more out of it. That’s not doing it in one playthrough.