Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-63.153.23.3-20130729052232/@comment-17624520-20130913192050

Not quite true. From what I've seen, nobody uses what can be considered a "conventional" combat style. DaS lets players derive how they fight from the variety of abilities there are rather than what class they are, so I've never seen many people fight the same way (the exception being how people circle dizzyingly around each other). With the advent of new mechanics, players will need to adopt more familiar strategies. This means that people like me will be out-classed in terms of gear only, and have an actual chance at victory through tactics. The benefits are meant to make the 10+-level gap seem much less daunting.