“Who Cares About DLC Anymore?”: Elden Ring Patch Just Majorly Changed The Base Game

Summary

• Despite the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, other updates are coming to Elden Ring, for all players.
• The new patch adds the ability to summon Torrent during a major boss battle, which helps with mobility.
• In this battle, Torrent allows players to get closer to the boss and possibly avoid attacks, changing the tactics of the game.

Despite the launch of the long-awaited The shadow of the Erdtree DLC for Fire ring, some players are diverting their attention from new playable content to a smaller patch that brought some quality of life (QoL) improvements to the entire game. It just so happened that this patch was released alongside the expansion's debut, so a lot of its contents seem to have been mixed together. The free update for everyone, for example, brought with it new inventory configuration for Fire ring for players, allowing them to better understand what items they recently obtained.

The patch added several minor updates to the game and one of them is catching the attention of players. As seen in a publication made by user Hurtucles in redditwho jokingly mentions “Who cares about DLC anymore?" One of the additions is the ability to summon the spectral steed Torrent during the boss battle with Elden Beast. at the end of the base game. This has been a long requested feature among players in the community and it seems that developer FromSoftware took note of the requests and provided Fire ring players exactly what they wanted.

Why torrent summoning in Elden Ring's final boss fight is a game-changer

Players can now use their Spectral Steed for greater mobility against Elden Beast

With the new free patch, all players coming to Elden Beast can now use the Spectral Steed Whistle to summon Torrent into battle. This is a great addition to the game for several reasons and not just one. The first is that The Elden Beast boss arena is quite large and traversing it on foot can take a long time. – especially if the boss slowly walks towards the player. The second is that Torrent offers players greater mobility in this area. With Torrente in Fire ringIn the final battle, players can close the distance with Elden Beast.

"Players looking for an additional challenge are not required to torrent against Elden Beast."

Likewise, it is possible to Torrent to get away from the boss, giving players enough time to recover HP and FP, for example. By using the Spectral Steed Whistle to summon Torrent, Players can possibly even avoid some of the attacks used by Elden Beast much more easily. compared to how they would normally avoid them on foot. In essence, the ability to torrent drastically changes the way players can approach the final challenge in the base game.

This is particularly good due to the fact that the battle with Elden Beast occurs immediately after the fight with Radagon of the Golden Order . As such, Players essentially have to defeat two strong bosses in a row. without the possibility of using a Grace Site in Fire ring to recover. With Torrent, players might find it easier to get through the final challenge without feeling like the experience is being too punitive, for example. Of course, those who constantly seek greater challenges are encouraged not to use the Spectral Steed Whistle during battle.

With Torrent, players can keep up with Elden Beast's high mobility, as the creature is prepared to attack and quickly move away to attack from afar.

While the addition of Torrent to the Elden Beast fight may have been one of the most notable aspects of the patch, several other details were added to make the gameplay experience much smoother. He free Fire ring update It also includes bug fixes, the aforementioned inventory features, and an adjustment to the Colosseum experience where players do not lose their consumables.

Fountain: reddit