Is this game skewed towards Ranged Attacks?

[Shephard]

I played ER a couple of times, whilst it's not as mind bendingly hard as peeps make out if you understand the basics , however the stance of your character seems to make a huge difference.

I think ER doesn't really "educate" the basics of its combat to well which seems to cause issues, for instance if your trying to melee NEVER run from an opponent unless you have an out, most big bosses will bash you down as running healing etc "trigger" certain death from above mechanics lol, a lot are coded run cover more distance even when your running, combine that with the deliberate sudo stun and well RIP. Roll and jump through the attacks is the best bet and roll out from the 360 sweeps :). Just DONT get hit :P

It just seems that is so much easier to "enjoy" the game if you opt for a ranged build.

Oh and the "skill issue" "get gud" rhubarb no lifers spit out is pointless, 85% of the time you can kite a boss down on torrent if you know what your doing lol, but this is a cheese if honest and cheating :)

I'm really trying to find a fun rewarding way to play, and maybe that's the issue there isn't one, its just blood and strain :P

[Dirak2012]

You want challenge or you want to beat the game no matter what? Both options are possible and equally valid.
Learn to roll, block, and parry, so you don't get hit by bosses after learning their moves. Or use summons, OP weapons, or magic, your choice.
What's fun for you? Only you can tell.

[Lynfinity]

This game is skewed towards finding a playstyle that you find fun to mess around with.

But honestly, what was I expecting from a "Elden Cheese 2: Electric Boogaloo" thread?

[Toast]

Speaking for myself, I’ve always had a better experience with Melee builds. This is for any From, game. Range seems to open another can of worms. Seems you have more control over the mob patterns, when you’re up close, than if you’re doing the, pew pew from a distance.

[Senki]

both melee and ranged can be extremely powerful but yeah for people that don't know how to dodge the enemies well ranged is easier. You invalidate a ton of close attacks bosses have if you kite well

[Weyrlock]

Ranged is simply weaker, unless you spawn some bleed or blackflame spells against very specific bosses or do a glass cannon build*, but guess what, you can also do most of these things with melee weapons.

*Forgot to mention, the obvious comet Azur cheese, which you're gonna have to go out of your way to use it properly

[s̷h̷a̷d̷o̷w̷]

Just git gud, problem solved. And I mean it literally, I was really bad at the game until I took the time and mental process to learn and understand it. It's not that hard as people think (the learning I mean XD but game yeah, not that hard anymore). You can beat the game with literally any build, optimized or not, meme or min/maxed, you just have to know what you're doing. And as someone mentioned, even Comet Azur one-shot cheese requires planning and thinking to make it work.

[vamirez]

A "normal" melee run would still use different tools such as crafted items, summoned spirits and powerful weapon arts, so you can try out different things in different situatiuons and relatively easily find ways to overcome all enemies. The "hard mode" challenge is when you go just with your melee weapon and blocking/rolling. Which you can do if you have fun with it, but is ofc not required. Which is the main message - play in any way you enjoy the game - this game has a wide range of builds and abilities to allow for a variety of styles and difficulties.

[1100011]

In Elden Ring, ashes give melee ranged options, so the fights showcase their new mechanic.

[Sabaithal]

Dark Souls is more skewed towards melee attacks, with ranged options being secondary without any optimization.

Elden Ring is a little closer to the center, but still higher emphasis on melee attacks. But ranged attacks can still be an effective option without minmaxing.

[zab]

git gud
skill issue

[Shephard]

Always one man child on a post lol.

zab の投稿を引用：

git gud
skill issue

[CazadorDeLobo]

Short answer is no

Long answer is they didn't have time to balance everything for every enemy perfectly

[Fineous🔥]

A balance of ranged/melee skills is the way to go but then again people tend to play From games like if the only have to choose melee or ranged.....

[☬ Crow ☬]

Shephard の投稿を引用：

I played ER a couple of times, whilst it's not as mind bendingly hard as peeps make out if you understand the basics , however the stance of your character seems to make a huge difference.

I think ER doesn't really "educate" the basics of its combat to well which seems to cause issues, for instance if your trying to melee NEVER run from an opponent unless you have an out, most big bosses will bash you down as running healing etc "trigger" certain death from above mechanics lol, a lot are coded run cover more distance even when your running, combine that with the deliberate sudo stun and well RIP. Roll and jump through the attacks is the best bet and roll out from the 360 sweeps :). Just DONT get hit :P

It just seems that is so much easier to "enjoy" the game if you opt for a ranged build.

Oh and the "skill issue" "get gud" rhubarb no lifers spit out is pointless, 85% of the time you can kite a boss down on torrent if you know what your doing lol, but this is a cheese if honest and cheating :)

I'm really trying to find a fun rewarding way to play, and maybe that's the issue there isn't one, its just blood and strain :P

95% of bosses in this game you can't even summon torrent for, so not sure wtf you are even on about.... If you want a ranged build so badly go play one. I've made everything from pure str, to pur mag ranged, and neither is really "easier" than the other. Sure there are some bosses which ranged helps which is why I carry a dagger with storm blade even on my str build. It's not really that difficult to kill any boss in this game besides a couple of them. The real question here is why do you feel obligated to play this game using ranged when literally hundreds of thousands of people have beaten the game using str/dex/melee without any problems.. What exactly are you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about?

[Speed Malus]

Long answer: No
Short answer: n