I really hope the DLC adds covenants

[Necrophoria]

Or something of the sort. It was pretty immersive and let you roleplay each specific faction back in dark souls 1.

Hate people entering your lawn in the forest? Boom, there's a covenant for that. Love GETTING invaded, and worshipping death? There's Nito for you. Do you simply want to be a dragon? Well, there was a faction for that too. I even remember back then participating in the darkmoon covenant just out of spite towards invaders.

Anyways, here I look around and think dang. I would love it if I can actually participate in Volcano Manor, without these scripted NPC invasions. Or somehow have a long term/ongoing goal related to who you picked for your ending, and tie it into the PVP system.

Let us be a part of this world, and not simply see it off to an end. Without a doubt, I think covenants helped dark souls 1 for its longevity, and would love to see something done here.

Thoughts?

[Sparhawk 59]

If they were going to add them dont you think they would have done in the first place? Maybe they thought after ds1 2 3 and dsr it was time for a change!! As it has been shown ER is predominantly a single player game by its structure of no balance for PVP invasions they dont care about that part of the game as much as they did in other games of the series.

[breadman]

i hope dlc adds horse armor

[SotiCoto]

Covenants were a good thing for Dark Souls. But for some unfathomable reason they were removed for Elden Ring, and the multiplayer is an utter mess as a consequence.

[psheue]

A 3v3 gank city would be sweet,

[Drax]

Yeah it's a shame they were removed. They don't even have to be multiplayer focused. Just having factions you can join that take some grindable materials for maybe a unique armour and a weapon, spell, incantation, etc. Could have been really cool. Such as for each of the respective endings. i.e. Golden Order, Stars, Frenzy, Death, and Curse. And maybe the Dynasty and Volcano Manor.

Only other mechanic I really miss is tail cuts.

[s0d0]

I want a map about half size of the normal game but with the interconnection of DS1, 7 different covenants with frequent summon mechanics without the need of using items, and at least 8 very hard and uncheesable bosses.
Thanks michael zaki