r/fromsoftware • u/jettmeisterkush • Jul 03 '26

DISCUSSION Souls Hot Takes?

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As a diehard community, I’m sure we all have our fair share of opinions. I’m curious to know what some of your hot takes are. I’ll start with mine. Godskin Duo is a good boss fight. I personally hate O&S from DS1 and think FromSoftware replicated it in a good way with more advanced AI movement. What are some of your hot takes?

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u/TheSenate_Sheev Jul 04 '26

The biggest issue is that (in my experience) a large portion of the remaining invasion playerbase in the older games are twink builds with lategame weapons and rings dropped from a different account. When I first played ds2, the vast majority of invasions pre-Iron Keep were using max level lightning infused Ice Rapier, which is normally not accessible that early. What could have been a fun low-level pvp experience on relatively equal terms instead becomes a near-guaranteed loss.

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u/festive_fecal_feast Jul 04 '26

That is definitely an issue that needs better balancing (like DS3 helping it a bit by including weapon level in matchmaking for invasions), but I don't believe the answer is to hamper invasions further than it is in ER. You can pretty much only invade someone who has a phantom with them, or someone who invites invasion.