To echo what have seen other say, I'm excited about this DLC in theory because I really enjoyed Elden Ring on my first play through and some quick NG+ runs for endings. I actually got all the achievements, which is rare for me.

But after all that, I've struggled to play since. I'll play for a few hours on a character, then take weeks or months before I want to play again. And I'm worried I'll have the same reaction with the DLC.

There is so much open space in the game that it somehow is overwhelming once you have a rough idea that most of the content isn't that important, but some of it is crucial to specific builds you may want to run. It's almost like you spend most of your effort avoiding content because of how time-consuming just playing the game "normally" can be.