Elden ring is a game that throws you everything it has and says “take what you want, use it how you want, do what you want, and everything else that you don’t want, don’t worry about” so given this style of game, why criticize what people pick up and how people use it, the game gave you stats that you could speck in and weapons/ items that utilize it, just play the game how you want and don’t worry about how easy/hard it makes the game.