A group of Elden Ring fans has created a website to raise awareness among players, and especially developers, about the problems encountered in multiplayer mode.
Less than 10% of male and female playersElden Ring believe that the multiplayer mode — competitive — is balanced. This far from positive statistic is highlighted on the site called Elden Ring PVP, created by a handful of fans who want to raise awareness about the problems encountered in the online mode of the most important game of the year. The survey, accessible at this address, has already gathered more than 10,000 people.
“ Elden Ring is FomSoftware’s least accessible game to date “, Can we read on this site which lists many concerns observed in the multiplayer mode – concerns which have persisted since the launch last February. ” Above all else, even before the DLC, multiplayer accessibility must be the priority “, say the creators. They really want developers to address their complaints.
Why Elden Ring Multiplayer is Broken
Elden Ring is a veritable gold mine in terms of possibilities for designing a hero to your liking. In this regard, some strategies are much more powerful than others (examples: bleeding, two-sword combat). It’s not a problem when you face enemies controlled by an artificial intelligence (in solo), but it becomes so when humans cross swords. The consequences are dramatic for the general balance, between fights that only last a handful of seconds (a lot of damage for few life points) and opponents who end up all looking alike (by dint of adopting the same strategy).
Added to this are Ashes of War (powers linked to the weapon) which offer too many advantages when used, even making them invulnerable. On the Elden Ring PVP site, we can therefore discover recommendations on certain adjustments that could better level all the tools made available to defend and fight back. The work is colossal, but Elden Ring sold well enough that the community deserves to be heard.
Finally, there are the bugs, “ which can be minor, or break the game – without forgetting the loopholes exploited by the bad guys. Again, Elden Ring PVP provides a lot of documentation for the developers, so they can better pinpoint what’s wrong. “ Many of the issues are repeats, already seen and resolved in previous games “, indicates Amir, one of the creators of the site, in the columns of Kotaku on July 26.
Note that FromSoftware is not the most comfortable studio with online experiences. As proof, we can no longer play multiplayer Dark Souls for several months because of a security flaw discovered on PC.