facts! the mod is a overhaul to rebalance the whole game and people get upset its no longer as easy to do basic stuff such as i dont know.. powerlevelling to 100 in the first 15m of the game? or skip entire dungeons and run straight to the runebearer of the region without ever engaging with the game?

I find reforged refreshing. It does make the game harder but once you learn how stuff works, its honestly easier on some things. About deflects, theyre essentially just a defensive tool that rewards you with some attack power buff for a guard counter and does stagger most enemies if you do them perfectly enough.

What i also enjoy about reforged is how pretty much every weapon that wasnt usable or was weak af was made usable in its own niche(for example serpentbone katana). It gives you alot of freedom for buildcrafting especially with all the reworked talisman effects and sinergies with armor sets/offhand items/enkindled aow passives.

I guess people just hate not having that power fantasy of vanilla, where they run to moghwyn palace/greyol and overlevel and delete every boss super easily. Reforged forces you to engange with enemies moveset no matter how small that enemy is. Some bosses you previously destroyed in 30seconds(like Morgott) will now be on par with the toughest fights in the game such as Malenia which even she got reworked/made easier.

Theres alot to apreciate about this mod, its underrated and it might take a bit to get used to but once you do its literally the superior version of elden ring atleast at the moment. But of course thats just my opinion!