At least they patched out the effect where Curse stacked with each death to the debuff. Imagine playing the game with half health, then a quarter health, then an eighth health...
Damn FromSoftware don't mess around. I'm still yet to finish Elden Ring (just defeated Fire Giant this weekend and I'm now pottering around in the Consecrated Snowfield) and I intend to play through either DS3, Sekiro or Bloodborne after but I need to play something a bit simpler, more mindless and on-rails in between :)
But the curse status also has an interesting positive side effect: with it you don't need the "transient curse" item to temporarily make ghost enemies vulnerable.
> in the Consecrated Snowfield
The merchant outside of Leyndell sells an interesting torch that'll come in handy in Ordina, by the way.
Ha I touched that site of grace just before I stopped playing. I'll snoop around first and will check out that merchant if (lol, when) I run into issues