Yes it's harder than the base game, but this isn't something impossible to do, yes there are some problems with performance even on high end PC's, but this is easily some of the best content in terms of level design, equipment design, lore and world building, i've ever seen.
I'm not a particularly good player but i can beat it without extreme character min-maxing, just be a little bit flexible with your build to have different tools for different situations. This is supposed to be very hard, it's the ultimative challenge and peak of Elden Ring. Fromsoftware can't just make it easier so people can breeze through it quicker than the base game.
Fromsoftware took (over) 2 years to make this, there are no plans for different DLC as of now. This is the End. And it's glorious.

Yes it's harder than the base game, but this isn't something impossible to do, yes there are some problems with performance even on high end PC's, but this is easily some of the best content in terms of level design, equipment design, lore and world building, i've ever seen. I'm not a particularly good player but i can beat it without extreme character min-maxing, just be a little bit flexible with your build to have different tools for different situations. This is supposed to be very hard, it's the ultimative challenge and peak of Elden Ring. Fromsoftware can't just make it easier so people can breeze through it quicker than the base game. Fromsoftware took (over) 2 years to make this, there are no plans for different DLC as of now. This is the End. And it's glorious.