Souls is never really overly hard after your first one. Once you know the tricks its not as brutal as it seems on your very first run-through. I don't think fromsoft increasing the difficulty with every game would actually be a very good idea for them, would make it harder and harder to sell copies with every game.
Of course my friend there are two who are kinda hard but still I'm not faulting the game I'm just used to it by now
You're crazy, int is not dead at all. Faith isn't great though. My sorcerer, MLGS build (which I don't even have yet) has only lost once in PvP and that was because the elements plus his running phantom range Kitana was too much for me. I will be playing on this build for awhile, my first build was STR which is op for PvE. Next build is pyro/Dex/bow. Game is amazing and probably the best souls game to date.
It has always been so. You gotta bait the double roll and hit them on wake up. DkS PvP is all about conditioning, much like a fighting game. Also, the buckler is your friend.
It's just the roll invincibility that gets me
Roll invincibility isnt as good as other Souls games man. Your complaints are so far out there about this game, it's almost as if you haven't played another souls game
Magic feels like it has no place in this game. The gameplay is really fast and magic requires massive stat investment plus 2 out of your 4 ring slots just to do actual damage. Spells are even easier then they normally are to dodge, require stamina and mana plus they do less damage... this stuff isn't even suitable for killing beginners anymore
magic takes up so much investments idk if it's worth it. they fucked up making you have to use pretty much all your ring slots to do good damage.
Did you kill havel yet?
It really isn't worth it. I'm only using it now because some of the spells look really cool and in the chaotic gank environment that your almost always in when you invade you might be able to scrub out a kill on someone that wasn't paying attention to you.
Idk, I've done just fine with it. It's not as good as DkS2, but you can't rely on solely magic to kill, gotta switch it up.
I think the problem is people are trying to do pure magic in PvP. And trying to do easy to dodge magic like soul arrows. Which aren't useless for people who are running, and they also can be used in ganks. Faron flash sword and soul Greatsword are great for parry happy players. I haven't even got the better magic yet too. Can't wait for my build to be complete, it's going to be OD!
Dude I think spellsword is very alive. I have seen popular players use it and done the numbers myself, it's very possible! Give it time and you will see a ton of players min maxing, mainly with dex builds as always, and using Sunlight Blade (think it's called lightning blade now) and dark moon blade. I've seen guys get 3 shotted or parried and a touch with a Uchi buffed with DMB.
