Economic area scaling

Adjusted area scaling to make the game more challenging, including multiple difficulty levels, non-intrusive quality of life improvements, and additional adjustments to item placement/usability

Economic area scaling

🎮 **A comprehensive difficulty adjustment mod designed for "Ring of Elden"**

✨ Main functions

• 📈 **Enhance area attribute multiplier** - Comprehensively improve enemy attributes in all areas
• 🛡️ **Removes enemy base defense multiplier** - Closes the gap between state and non-state builds
• ⚔️ **Simplified Weapon Upgrades** - Standard weapons only cost 1 forge stone per level
• 🎯 **Multiple difficulty options** - 5 increasing difficulty levels to meet the needs of different players

🎪 Detailed explanation of difficulty levels

**Level 1** - Moderately increases HP/damage/stamina damage/status resistance

**Level 2** - Higher stat boosts, progressively stronger starting with Lienia

**Level 3** - Significantly increases enemy damage, limits healing items, and has a maximum number of Holy Grail bottles of 7

**Level 4** - Enhances all attributes including stance value, many items and spells are unavailable

**Level 5** - Same as level 4 but with higher status resistance, enemy posture cannot be broken

⚖️ Balanced design concept

This mod aims to provide a new gaming experience alternative to NG+7, with more linear progression and no bloated enemy defenses. Status resistance has been improved across the board to balance out the advantage of status effects brought by high enemy HP.

🎯 Recommended gameplay

• **Level 1** - For players who are familiar with game mechanics and use all available resources
• **Level 2** - Starting with Lienia and gradually increasing in difficulty
• **Level 3** - You need to make full use of all available means to avoid being killed by the later BOSS.
• **Level 4-5** - Only recommended for hardcore players who are proficient in all BOSS mechanics

💡 Description of attribute multiplier

• **Damage Multiplier** - Affects all damage types, does not affect status accumulation speed
• **HP Multiplier** - Calculated based on the enemy's base health. Enemies with high base HP will benefit more.
• **Endurance Damage** - Affects the amount of stamina consumed when blocking
• **Status Resistance** - Calculated starting from the base value of 2, special attention needs to be paid to adjustment

🗡️ Weapon upgrade optimization

The standard weapon upgrade requirement has been reduced from 97 forge stones to 10, consistent with the Eclipse weapon. This allows a similar number of standard and eclipse weapons to be upgraded in zone-locked gameplay.

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE

• Module balance is based on 25 vitality to reach Stonewell City, 40 vitality to reach Lienia, and 50+ vitality to reach Yatan Plateau/South Gelide
• Not recommended for use in NG+ and above projects, as it may cause extreme imbalance
• It is recommended to cooperate with area locking gameplay to get the best experience

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🌟 **Are you ready for a real challenge? Choose the difficulty level that suits you and start your epic adventure! **