That’s bullshit. Look up what rent costs in southern and mid coast Maine and then tell me $51,000 would come even close to paying your bills. It’s not just rent here either, everything is more expensive. You might be able to live semi comfortably if you live up north, but all the decent jobs are in and around Portland.
Plenty games have you die with one hit https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneHitPointWonder
Many of those games don’t have difficulty sliders either. At least with Elden Ring there are ways to make your character sturdier if you wanted to. Fingerprint shield or greatshields in general are a great start. Stat dump in health. Wear heavy armor. Grind out as many levels as you need to. It works the same as any other game. It’s not like there’s a permanent game over where you have to start over. Dying and growing have been the point of these games and most games since like the beginning of gaming.
If anyone needs any advice I can help make the game easy from start to finish. Just let me know.
Elden ring isn’t hard. People just need to learn to adapt and try new builds. This game is too massive to play with one build unless you go for something OP. That’s why they give you so many tears to reclass. Learn weaknesses and resistances, use ranged attacks, use summons, use everything you have at your disposal. That’s the whole point of the game.
I get that. I’m just venting at how stupid that is. 1 bedroom apartments are now going for $1800 plus in and around southern and midcoast maine, and the state has rural state wages because there’s no real industry here outside of fishing and tourism. Everything costs more than other states because no one wants to ship here and the state is massive.
So no you aren’t middle class at $51,000. Everyone I know making up to that has been pushed up north towards Canada or out of the state unless they’re lucky enough to have parents with property they can move in with.