I’ve finally decided to start DS2 after having played DS3 close to launch and DS1 PtD a year or two ago. DS3 kind of soured me on invasions, between the netcode, meta builds and some other issues.
I love Dark Souls for the atmosphere, PvE gameplay, and puzzle like level design. I also love the multiplayer design philosophy between covenants, invaders, defenders, messages and bloodstains, even if I rarely participate.
I believe the DS1 PtD servers were shut down by the time I started my playthrough, so I really didn’t expect to ever seee another player in DS2. Imagine my surprise when I came back to an invader (while hollow, nonetheless) sitting beside me at Heide’s Tower bonfire after walking away for a few minutes!
Vito, you’re a true gentleman (or woman) for not only waiting for me, but also giving me a minute to pick up my bloodstain and clear out an Old Knight so we had space for a duel. Thanks for not caving my skull in with some insanely cheesy build or moveset swap and for not being some hypersweat with 3k hours logged and more game knowledge than the wiki. It was a fun duel and we both were down to the wire, I really hope you didn’t need that covenant item!
(Also a shout to the host that summoned me for Scorpioness so that I could get a token of fidelity. What’s the chance we were both running grand lances?)
Dark Souls 2 has been great so far, except the shaded woods ghosts, Royal Rat Authority, and the stupid camera. I’m glad there’s still some folks playing casually.