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Why do people stop leveling in Dark Souls?

It has to do with diminishing returns of stats. It allows for a variety of builds without the ability to make universal build (something like 58/40/50/50) to use every weapon. Did not know that. Thank you.
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When should you stop leveling Dark Souls?

You can stop at 140 and be okay. Depends on what you wanna do, for invading/co-op in mid-late game areas I'd say 60-80, for "structured" PvP, 120-140, depends on build, "mage" builds usually stay around 140.
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Is it bad to level up in Dark Souls?

This is because certain characters will only want to level up specific stats. There is no reason or advantage to be gained from leveling up all of them. Instead, in Dark Souls, you want to specialize as much as possible, so you're character hits as hard as possible.
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Is there a reason to stop leveling Elden Ring?

It's advisable to stop leveling Mind at 40 points due to diminishing returns. This is unless you really need more for your build, then you can take it to 55 or 60 before the caps start to kick in.
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What is most important to level up in Dark Souls?

Vitality is broadly considered the most important stat in Dark Souls. It serves a single purpose in the game and that's to increase your max Hit Points. While there are some who can beat the game without ever getting hit, most of us will get hit... a lot.
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Is Dark Souls' Leveling System Useless?

What is the hardest level of Dark Souls?

Dark Souls: 10 Hardest Areas In The Series, Ranked
  1. 1 Frigid Outskirts (Dark Souls 2)
  2. 2 Shrine of Amana (Dark Souls 2) ...
  3. 3 Blighttown (Dark Souls) ...
  4. 4 Iron Passage (Dark Souls 2) ...
  5. 5 Ringed City (Dark Souls 3) ...
  6. 6 Anor Londo (Dark Souls) ...
  7. 7 Iron Keep (Dark Souls 2) ...
  8. 8 Tomb Of The Giants (Dark Souls) ...
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What is a soft cap in Dark Souls?

For the uninitiated, soft caps are points at which continuing to level an attribute would be not optimal or even virtually useless. This is due to the concept of diminishing returns. Simply put, once the soft cap is reached, the player will see less and less return on their investment.
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How many runes does it take to get to level 713?

This is not as simple as it sounds; each level you purchase increases the number of required runes, making reaching max level extremely expensive. At level 1 the cost is only 673, level 10 costs 829, level 20 costs 2,857 runes, and so on until level 713, which requires players to spend a whopping 8,879,348 runes.
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Has anyone beat Elden Ring without leveling up?

The most daring and masochistic of Elden Ring fans have taken it upon themselves to complete the entire game without gaining a single level.
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Why do people cap at 150 Elden Ring?

reasons to be in RL 150: - completing the game will make you earn to level up more than 125, so holding in 125 is limiting everyone in pure gameplay to be in pvp meta. - vigor need to be around 55-60 to make sure no one one shot you no matter built you want to make melee, mage, etc.
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What should I not do in Dark Souls?

Dark Souls: 8 Things You Should Never Do
  1. 1 Kill Solaire.
  2. 2 Consume The Boss Souls. ...
  3. 3 Lock Out The Darkwraith Covenant. ...
  4. 4 Use Humanity For Health. ...
  5. 5 Enter New Londo Without The Proper Items. ...
  6. 6 Go To Ash Lake Before Acquiring The Lordvessel. ...
  7. 7 Head To The Catacombs First. ...
  8. 8 Turn Your Back On The Undead Assassins. ...
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Does dying in Dark Souls make it harder?

The enemies and the layout of the levels do not change, and you do not receive any penalties for dying. The challenge of the game comes from learning the patterns and weaknesses of enemies, and figuring out how to navigate the levels effectively. Demons do not have a biblical soul which is in Gen.
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Are Dark Souls games too hard?

Dark Souls is extremely hard from the get-go, even through its "tutorial" stage, because it doesn't hold your hand and it makes you loop, sometimes maddeningly, through areas you've already completed before. You also can't truly pause.
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How many hours should it take to beat Dark Souls?

When focusing on the main objectives, Dark Souls is about 42 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 105 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Can you beat Dark Souls without leveling?

It's possible yes, but you'll run into a point (I'm thinking right around blighttown) where you will get one shot by everything and it will take a ridiculous amount of hits to kill anything.
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Has anyone 100% Elden Ring yet?

True to From Software form, the company reveals that Elden Ring cannot be 100% completed in one playthrough, requiring multiple to see everything.
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What is harder than Elden Ring?

Elden Ring is potentially easier than Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne, but it isn't a surefire thing anymore. What remains is the various other Soulslikes, most of which are designed to be more forgiving.
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Is Elden Ring the hardest game in the world?

Elden Ring is one of the most popular games in recent years, and also one of the hardest games of all time.
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How long would it take to get 1 billion runes?

As discovered by this player's efforts to make a billion runes, the game's rune counter only goes so far as 999,999,999. Carrying one billion runes is literally impossible in the game, and it took 55 hours of farming to make this discovery. Devastating.
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What is the max dexterity in Dark Souls 1?

The speed of spell casting increases with dexterity, max speed at 45 dex. Casting speed is only affected by Dexterity in the range of 35-45. Anything below 35 and there will be no change in casting speed. Dexterity only affects casting speed of attack spells.
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Is resistance worth upgrading ds1?

Putting points in Resistance does not increase additional Magic or Lightning resistances beyond the standard increases granted for any level increase. The consensus among Dark Souls players is that it is a waste of souls to level up this stat, as doing so doesn't provide enough benefits.
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What endurance should I have Dark Souls?

Basically everyone wants at least 40 endurance, and that already gives you plenty of room to wear some heavy gear. Try to use Havel's Ring if you want to go further and then put points in VIT, before you decide to go further in END.
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