re: I've just become an Elden Lord

Level 357? If you’ve beaten the game I wouldn’t expect so. Probably has more to do with how you’ve handled the game in general. If you had to grind a ton to beat early bosses then you may have a tough time with the dlc. They mentioned one reason for them implementing the dlc leveling mechanics is so people don’t roll in with their high level characters and steamroll it. They wanted it to be a challenge like the base game