Well I know they, supposedly, fixed the FPS issues in places like Blighttown.
As long as they dont touch stuff like toggle escapes, dead angles, backstab escapes, ghost kicks, etc. the PvP should be good for sure.
It would benefit a lot if they fixed some of the broken aspects of PvP. Like decreased the back stab window significantly. It’s super unsafe to swing most weapons even ONCE if you don’t have it perfectly spaced out. They can literally just walk through your attack with poise and back stab you before you even recover from ONE attack. Since you don’t have to be directly behind them, you can backstab so easily in DS1. Some smaller quicker weapons like the Falchion can swing safely though, which is a big reason the Falchion was so good, plus the fact that the weapon is just great overall in PvP, especially with weapon buffs.
Backstab escapes aren't a guaranteed thing due to latency, but dedicated servers may make them more reliable.
I strongly disagree. One of the main reasons DaS1 PvP was so good was the multiple options everyone had. It wasn't just rock paper scissors, but so many variables contributed to your success. The PvP never got stale for me and a big portion of the PvP community, but people did eventually move on to dark souls 2, bloodborne and darksouls3 till the PvP inevitably died out.
I agree, all of the options you had made the PvP robust even if they were bugs, it really added a ton of depth and longevity to the game and meta in general.
As a friend of mine and avid Dark Souls 1 PvP'r used to say. Dark Souls PvP was all a beautiful mistake.
There’s literally zero risk in poise tanking a single attack and backstabbing them before they can recover. I mean you take damage from the attack, but as long as you’re not low on health that shouldn’t matter. Your backstab will either one shot them or at least do significantly more than their one attack.
This isn't exactly true. If you damage them as they backstab you, you get knocked into the backstab animation but take no damage. You can do it really consistently if you know they are fishing. I used a setup that guaranteed a longsword r2 hit to knock me out of the back stab, and that was pretty chunky damage.
It’s true on the majority of attacks, not on quick smaller weapons, like I said. Guys, this is a big reason why DS1 PvP died. This is a big reason why not many want to go back to it after playing better PvP with DS2 and DS3.
Again, that's not true, particularly if you played unlocked. You could do it with pretty much any weapon. I don't know who you are referencing when you say that people don't want to go back to DS1 pvp. Hopefully its not people like peeve and the other big name streamers of the time, because most of them really weren't that good. DS2 and 3 pvp is incredibly boring in comparison. Now don't take this the wrong way, but if you didn't know what toggle escaping was for the majority of the game's life span, then that tells me you really didn't have a full grasp of the pvp, as it was such an integral mechanic.
I wasn’t around for the majority of the games lifespan, didn’t start even playing DS1 until a month or so before DS2 came out. I do know what toggle escaping is, I never got to use it and in turn learn it though, didn’t need it.
This was my point with toggle escape - I wasn't saying you were *bad* for not knowing about it, more so that you just haven't spent enough time playing DS1 to really understand it. A lot of the problems you perceive aren't really a big deal once you get comfortable with all of the buggy intricacies.
Well the only problem I have with DS1 PvP is backstabs being too good. That plus poise (which I love poise, real poise, DS1 poise) makes the backstabs just that much better. But like, if you’re getting ganked, you can’t really do many setups or really play your game. Obviously in duels it’s fine, but fighting gankers in DS1 is extra difficult because of that reason. Shit in a duel at SL 120 or so you can pretty much use whatever weapon or build you want and do well with it. But invasions, for me, were almost never a 1v1 unless it was a fight club or something.
Ganking might've been the fairest in DS1. You had humanity to heal, no health penalty and the host couldn't turn the mobs against you. It still wasn't in the invaders favour but FROM didn't hold the hosts hand like in every iteration since
Claymore + rapier was my weapon of choice either on midroll poise tank or low 33 poise DWGR, though I enjoyed the quelaag fury sword too (can't wait to burn fools with it again).
I’ve always loved the Great Scythe, it’s so good for dead angles, normally ran it with a rapier. DWGR was usually my ring of choice. Claymore with the Gold Tracer too.
