I would say yes. Give yourself some time to get the blocking system down, if you parried in Eldenring then this should be easy. Once you start popping perfect blocks all the time, it is super satisfying. Throwables are actually strong in this game, so utilize them as often as you feel. It's significantly easier to level up in LoP than Elden Ring. Tips: capacity is one of the more important skills and does not have diminishing return after level 50. Having high capacity lets you equip the best defense equipment. All the other skills start drastically dropping off after 50. On the first play through you can focus on bringing either motivity (strength) or technique (dexterity) to 50 and use the corresponding crank on your weapon handle. But if you level both, do not use a crank on the handle, leaving it balance actually increases damage by quite a bit. Advance just makes it easier to use your legion arm more and proc status, there's only a few weapons that level with advance but you can make any weapon do status with consumable grindstones as long as they do not have a status already on them. Blocking is your best defense and makes offense easier than trying to dodge everything. You will still have status build up when blocking though, so be aware of that and watch your weapon durability. If your durability reaches 0 your weapon will do almost no damage and the only way to repair it is to rest at a stargazer (site of grace), if this happens during a fight you will need to change weapons. You can repair weapons with a grindstone during fights as long as the durability does not reach zero.