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Also we are talking about Ongbank, he is not your run of the mill player
Sure, but it shows FromSoft crossed no threshold if he took him a few days to do his usual stuff (i assume he did it butt naked at SL1).
Also, what is the run of the mill player, exactly?
FromSoft games are intended to be difficult. They are NOT meant for the average normie. A lot of the games we cherish in the Codex aren't meant for the average normie either. There's nothing wrong about a game that "excludes" the run of the mill player as a matter of principle. The run of the mill player usually couldn't cope with games with difficult level design like Deus EX or Thief. They couldn't cope with all the stuff they would have to learn to play a complex 4X strategy game or RPG. Many of the concessions FromSoft makes (like summons) aren't there to cater to the run of the mill player. They are intended for the inexperieced player, the assumption being the player would eventually learn to cope with the game on his own. Sekiro doesn't even bother with that.
In my opinion, the "run of the mill" player when it comes to FromSoft game is already intended to be fairly advanced in ability. The baseline player of games like this should be someone who has no problem coping with challenging combat, or complex level design etc. You cannot think of games like this in terms of what the average normie would do. Just because normies flocked to Elden Ring for some strange reason doesn't mean a lot of them had any business playing a game like this.