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10 Things I Learned About Elden Ring Nightreign Playing the Network Test

While it's pretty easy to say that this one isn't for me, since I really have no interest in a multiplayer game with 90% of it is chasing after the players who dedicate their lives to the thing while on a strict timer, I do at least hope that Fromsoft learns the right lessons from making the encounter-to-encounter gameplay more varied.

For example, I recently replayed Elden Ring, and one thing that sticks out sorely is that weapon upgrade materials *heavily* funnel the player down a single weapon choice for most of the game. When you can only have a single item upgraded to the currently-available max level, well, you're probably not going to use anything else unless you're doing a challenge run. Even at the endgame when you do start getting more options, the player might not feel like experimenting with every item when they're all under just a handful of different archetypes.

I also kind of felt dis-incentivized to try new magics when limited testing usually showed them to be less effective than what I had been using.