Elden Ring Coliseums Could Fix Big Flaw With PvP

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Anyone that's played FromSoftware's previous games will find a lot of familiar elements in its latest release, Elden Ring. Elden Ring has a lot in common with the Dark Souls series, offering co-op and PvP functionality that's very similar to what's found in those titles. However, there is one big flaw with Elden Ring's PvP that has been ruining the experience for many players.

Elden Ring PvP has been marred by AFK rune farmers. For those who may not be familiar with the practice, Elden Ring AFK rune farming is when players hide in out-of-reach spots so that when invaders are summoned in, they either die trying to reach the AFK player or give up and leave. In either case, the Elden Ring host player who was AFK rune farming gets rewarded with a healthy number of runes despite doing nothing to earn them.

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The Elden Ring community has come up with ways to fight back against AFK rune farmers, utilizing traversal tricks to reach their hiding spots and using special weapons to take them out from afar, but it's still PvP's biggest problem. It's possible FromSoftware will address AFK rune farming in the game with one of Elden Ring's future updates, but if not, it has an opportunity to combat it with the game's rumored DLC expansion.

At the time of this writing, Elden Ring DLC has not been announced in an official capacity. However, FromSoftware tends to release DLC expansions for most of its games, and so it stands to reason that Elden Ring will get DLC as well, especially when one considers its dizzying popularity. It's anyone's guess as to what shape the Elden Ring DLC will take, but there are rumors about what it might entail based on content found by dataminers.

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