I haven’t played Elden Ring in days and as a result I’ve played nothing else. Well, Clash Royale but that is barely anything (yes, I know that crap adds up. ANOTHER BLOG!). I don’t want to play other games. I don’t want to play Madden or anything else in the face of such a large and beautiful game. This is a good thing and a bad one. I feel like a game like this does in some ways raise the bar for other games. I’m low on games I stick around for. I don’t play much Apex anymore unless a new legend is dropped and then only for a few days before I check out again. I cannot really get into Madden any longer. It feels poorly made in comparison to, well, everything. All in all, I find myself loving the one game and, while not being good at it, yearning to figure out ways to get better.
How do I get better? The chosen method is grinding my way to the highest possible level. Given the number of levels I already have, I should be better than I am, but my build is weak. So I get better by learning about better builds and beyond that shaping my character to the weaponry I want to exploit. Presently I use the nerfed sword of night and flame and I am learning I need a better blade. So, step one: figure out the weapons for the build. Step 2: respec to the best possible build. Step 3: dominate. Of course, I’ll grind for hours more along the way to get more stat points so I can build as many stats up as possible.