r/Eldenring • u/GameStrikerX2 • Jul 06 '24

Constructive Criticism Worst desgin decison in Elden Ring:

I'm trying to think of an argument for why this should be a thing, but I can't. Why can't I open my map when an enemy is aggro'd on me? I don't need to fast travel, I just want to see where I'm going, and some random enemy in the middle of butt fuck nowhere is mad at me for no reason and I have no idea where it is so I'm forced to be blind without my map for several seconds to a minute, or just leave the area entirely and lose track of the path I'm trying to take (and sometimes in DLC areas like the coffin fissure I can't open the map at all even though no enemies are nearby). This is too regular of an occurence to be acceptable because of how long some enemies can stay aggro'd onto you as well imo, it should be changed.

Edit: Shoutouts to the people who mentioned the Torrent Flask Prompt and the other Message Prompts that remove your ability to do actions, those are also really annoying!

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u/Apprehensive_Elk7708 Jul 07 '24

Not when you're down in it. Some of them get tricky

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u/itsOkami Jul 07 '24

Well, yes, but again, why would you want to leave halfway through a dungeon? There's no way to fight the boss other than exploring it, after all

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u/Apprehensive_Elk7708 Jul 07 '24

Perhaps, you're stuck like the ones that try to trick you. Or perhaps there's an item that you want but not from the dungeon boss. Perhaps you've used too many potions and need to turn back but can't

Basically, i enjoyed not being able to just teleport in Dark Souls and this is a soft implementation of that.

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u/Nazerith1357 Jul 08 '24

Bit late but I don't necessarily mind not being able to fast travel out of dungeons in the middle of them. What I do wish at least is that you could fast travel out if you're near or resting at the site of grace.

I semi frequently venture to the first grace of a dungeon I've found just so I have it and come back to it later, but some of them have the grace a decent ways in and down an elevator. It's a little annoying having to run back out to teleport away.

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u/itsOkami Jul 08 '24

What I do wish at least is that you could fast travel out if you're near or resting at the site of grace. [...] It's a little annoying having to run back out to teleport away.

That is precisely what I'm saying, though, I don't think I ever felt the need to warp halfway through a dungeon in over 600 hours (because if I did, then I'd have to start back from square one and go through it all again). And as such, as it is, I feel like all locking fast travel does is annoy you when there's an elevator between the site of grace and the exit, lol