Elden Ring Fans Want More Players Per World

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Now that Elden Ring has been available for several weeks, many players are wrapping up their playthroughs and finding new ways to enjoy the game. For one of FromSoftware's biggest communities, that means active participation in Elden Ring's budding PvP scene. Invasions, rescues, and organized dueling and fight clubs have long been a facet of each of FromSoftware's games' long-term success. But Elden Ring is struggling in a way past games haven't, leading to players asking for a major change.

The issue is tied to Elden Ring's current player cap. Multiplayer interactions are limited to four players per world and only one invader, at that. In other words, it's rare to come across a PvP interaction with multiple people. And even if one does spawn into a world with multiple people, it's rarer yet for it to be someone interested in a structured duel or a «fight club.» In order to do those bigger PvP events, players need FromSoftware to increase the number of players per world.

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A hugely successful post on Reddit shows just how popular this idea is among the Elden Ring community. The post asks FromSoftware to remove the multiplayer player caps to make Elden Ring more like Dark Souls 3. Dark Souls 3, in comparison, had a player cap of six with mechanics to swap the maximum number of invaders and cooperators. This change would allow Elden Ring players to host fight clubs where players could take turns battling each other.

As for whether such a change could be made, it isn't clear. FromSoftware had a similar cap in Bloodborne, allowing up to 3 cooperators and a single invader (though Chalice dungeons allowed 2 invaders). It may simply be a matter of FromSoftware's current