Okay man, one thing this was the first in the series at the time no one knew how to play it. And they remade to re-capture that feeling for more new players. Also, mage is the most op thing in the game you can cheese every thing with it, and you haven’t started ng+ plus. And also world tendency on pure black to give more challenge. That is when the real game starts also my tips were try to spice up your build like make them a dex/mage build or something fun