In games, I hate bosses. So at first, I did not buy Valheim because I read that in order to progress it's mandatory to beat bosses.
Then I read there are some exploits to beat the Elder and the BoneMasse. So I bought the game and indeed, I could beat the Elder without to much difficulty.
So maybe the devs will make those exploits inoperant (sad for me), or they will make it possible to bypass the bosses with menu settings for those of us who mostly want to build houses and explore.